Stimulator Jones Vinyl Records
Roanoke, Virginia isn't known as a hotbed of R&B or hip-hop, but Sam Lunsford, the producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter known as Stimulator Jones, has emerged to show there's plenty of soul in the Old Dominion. While he has produced sample-based tracks, Lunsford has been as stylistically adventurous with his made-from-scratch material as a crate-digging beatmaker, synthesizing early jazz-funk, psychedelia, dub reggae, and even new jack swing on his releases for the Stones Throw and Mutual Intentions labels. Since making his full-length debut with Exotic Worlds and Masterful Treasures (2018), a showcase for his tender vocals and sensitive songwriting, Lunsford has issued the disparate instrumental LPs Mano and Low Budget Environments Striving for Perfection (both 2021).