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Born out of the mid-2000s skate scene, the Jack Moves are a product of an illustrious and creative period of downtown New York.

Raised on a healthy diet of old-school soul and ’80s classics, singer, producer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist Zee Desmondes met drummer, producer, and former pro-skater Teddy Powell at LES skate hangout Tompkins Square Park in 2006 and the two became fast friends with a shared love of Wu-Tang Clan and rare soul records.

The pair soon shaped a garbage-strewn second-floor walkup in the heart of downtown Newark into a fully functioning analog studio. With Newark as their cultural backdrop, they began writing material that would speak to the timeless nature of soul music, but a music that was of its time. Singer Zee Desmondes delivers a falsetto reminiscent of some of blue-eyed soul’s greats Daryl Hall and Bobby Caldwell, while drummer Teddy Powell—who has placed beats on G-Unit and U-God projects—provides a steady, aggressive hip-hop-inspired bottom that propels the music forward. It’s an amalgamation of many styles and influences, spanning ’60s and ’70s soul, ’80s boogie, ’90s hip-hop, L.A.’s lowrider scene, and today’s millennial skate and streetwear communities.