Flo Frequency's "Infinite Light" Is Everything Missing From R&B Right Now!

So, I've been sitting with "Infinite Light" for a while now and I truly have no idea how to start this without just saying, this record got me. Like properly got me!

Flo Frequency is a London-based contemporary R&B and neo-soul artist, and "Infinite Light" is her sophomore album. It's a 16-track album produced entirely by Nav Bhatt, a veteran DJ and producer with over 30 years of crate digging behind him. This bit matters because Nav is someone who's been living inside this music for decades.

The whole project carries a clear intentions. Flo and Nav's idea behind "Infinite Light" is that music should be a frequency you actually inhabit, not just something playing while you do something else. I know that sounds like a big claim, but after sitting with this record? I get it. It totally earns that idea.

Nav is pulling from late-'90s neo-soul, classic UK street soul, and vintage Motown, but it never feels like copy-paste routine work. The Rhodes keys are warm and the bass is quite thick and round in the way that only someone with ears for this pallete of music will understand. And the choral harmonies stacked across this record? Truly one of my favourite things on here!

What I admire about the production is that nothing feels clinical. So much contemporary R&B right now is minimal to the point of cold. The feelings behind has been sucked out of it. "Infinite Light" fortunately picks the opposite direction. It's lush and warm in a way that feels almost old-school.

The album opens gently with "Only You" and "Things You Know" and I'm glad it does. The early tracks have that soft late-night vibe to it. Slow jams for those draining days, you know what I mean? The mid-section with incredible jams like "This Realm" and "Peace Will Find The Way" are honestly where I kept going back. Then the album opens up. The two-step bounce tracks that come through the middle of the record are quiite fun. Windows down, warm weather, head nodding kind of energy.

There's a conscious current running through the album that gives it a spine. It's not just a mere collection of love songs though those are on here too, and they're amazing. There's social realism in the writing, a preoccupation with unity that shines through the record.

By the time you reach closer to the final act, those near-end songs like "Slow It Down" and "You Need To Know Too" carry a cathartic feeling. A much-needed breather even. Honestly, "Infinite Light" is doing what it set out to do, and it's doing it pretty well. In a moment where so much soul and R&B feels built for algorithmic playlists rather than actual listening, this record asks you to show up for it and I appreciate that.

But just like that, all good things must end and so did this album. But it leaves the light on when it goes. Make sure to check out "Infinite Light," you shan't be disappointed!

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