house REVIEWS
Paul Gardner feat Peyton
Tom Middleton You Can’t Hide From Yourself
Milk & Sugar
QUICKIES
PHil C
Da Lata feat Diabel the Magic Sessions man,
The subject of many a past plunder, the Cissokho
made for intense moments
H
Teddy Pendergrass classic gets another
This Is Not Your Job in dark late-night sessions.
eeseman
Papa
going over here, only this time it’s a
The asymmetric rhythms
proper re-do with Peyton doing a great
of ‘Beat’ are particularly
job of rasping out the powerful vocals.
Heavy Afro beats with delightful. 1
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Mixes come from Kid Massive, Ruben
quality production ethics
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from Patrick Forge and Chieko Kinbara feat
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Alvarez, Milk & Sugar and of course Soul
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Avengerz, Kid Massive’s piano-happy
Chris Franck, delivered in Sharon Adams &
an Gdns, London, NW1
rendition proving the most attractive.
original, broken beats and
Lisa Mack
Don’t bet against pounding piano and
house mixes with a good
Changed My Life
King St
big vocals making a comeback this year.
if slightly overcooked set
of re-rubs from Yass, Faze
Fish Go Deep
Action and Layabouts.
Thumping piano gospel
Blue Funk EP
house with powerful
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Go Deep
Halo & Kemal feat
vocals, staccato strings
Michelle Weeks
and the obligatory organ.
FGP are one of those acts burdened by
Come Together DJ Spen is the man on the
Purple Music
the success of one particular record,
controls over three joyous
in their case ‘The Cure, The Cause’, of
Code Red mixes.
course. Not burdened themselves, but
Yes, it’s US producer
by the expectations of others. Best then
Halo in uncharacteristi- Groove Junkies feat
to forget the past and concentrate on
cally deep soul mood,
Rick Teller
the present — and on this showing the
as he partners up with
Black Man In The
present shapes up nicely.
Switzerland’s Kemal for
White House
MoHo
All purely instrumental, the ‘Blue Funk
this cleanly produced soul-
EP’ spans the abstract deep house
ful vocal excursion with the
doodling of ‘Binary Deep’, an excursion
reliable Ms Weeks. The Yass
Zeitgeist-jumping release
into warm keys and crisp percussion
style bounce gives it some
from the Junkies in their
presented in two flavours, and the more
decent welly.
usual style; funky horns
insistent rhythms of title track ‘Blue
and fuzzy bass provide the
Funk’ and partner ‘Blue Dub’.
Tedd Patterson
musical accompaniment
Shit From Shinola EP
to Teller’s spoken word
Vibal musing on the historical
Joshua Heath
Writer’s Block EP
significance of the new
Salted Music Densely textured, low-end
US President elect Barack
electro-tribal grooves from
Obama. Yes we can!
Kevin Bryant
just let yourself go and embrace it. Tom
Heath’s impeccably funky grooves are
Who You Wanna Be? Novy supplies the big room remixes.
Launch
frankly unfashionable — and all the
Roasted Soul
better for it. Here he busts out a packet
of three pleasure givers: the overtly
Laidback, loungey production vibes very
Reach Out
Coffee n Crème P-Funk-ish ‘Agent Blue’ leads the way
much in his Ananda Project style from
with a low slung, fuzzy bass, then it’s
Chris Brann, with a nicely understated
time for the bouncy, Prince-tinted ‘Just
but impressive vocal performance from
Resolutely old school values are in full
Funk Me Already’.
Kevin Bryant.
effect here as Mystery and Matt Early
But things peak with the main event
Lush percussion, horns and calm keys
pound out the funky basslines, rolling
‘Heartache’, an acid-funk chugger with
dominate the music, but the vocal
percussion and jazz-funk flavoured keys,
big horns that takes off in a Jimpster
holds its own throughout a beauti-
all topped off with a suitably soulful
direction with the excellent tech
fully balanced production. Bob Sinclar
male vocal.
mix. Warrants further
takes it in a totally different direction,
The original mix keeps it all clean and
exploration.
dropping his commercial approach for
tight while Mystery and Matt’s Early
a club banger fizzing with hi-hats and
Revamp injects a little extra low-end
a tough bassline — but he can’t resist a
funk grunt. The Broken Beat mix does Stereo Mutants MONE
Y
KIKO NAVARRO PAChA
long, epic, arms-in-the-air drop featur-
just what it says.
feat Neve SHO
T!
Samson & Delilah 01. KIKO NAVARRO FEAT CB ‘Soñando Contigo (2009 mixes)’ TBC
ing vocals and piano. DJ Dove’s Dub
Mutated Music
New mixes from Sunshine Jones, Tuccillo and myself for more peak-time action.
provides a deeper, more stripped-down
Tom Middleton
Remember The Love
02. TUCCILLO ‘Jazz Thing’ TBC
club groove.
io Music
A good tune is always a good tune
I’m completely a fan of this genius. This is groovy, jazzy, and rocks the floor.
Timmy Vegas feat Bad Lay
even if winter may not be the most 03. SADE ‘Stronger Than Pride (K2 remix)’ Unknown
Dee
A little retro fun from the Middleton man obvious time to unleash a Latin
The mysterious man did great work on one of my all-time fave singers.
Another Dimension
with his tribute to the original house scorcher like this. ‘Samson & Delilah’ 04. JE DAVU ‘Music Got You Movin’’ Bang Bang!
Universe Media music summer of love. Vintage heads is something of a rump shaker in the
100% pure groove.
and spotters will have little trouble iden-
Copyright style; precise production 05. CODE 718 ‘Equinox (Henrik Schwarz Remix)’ Strictly Rhythm
Given the enduring popularity and rec-
tifying the references — Joe Smooth’s married to good musical elements
A lovely Tenaglia classic remixed by one of the most innovative producers.
ognition factor enjoyed by Crystal Wa-
‘Promised Land’, Jamie Principle’s ‘Your with picked guitar, horns and Latin 06. KIKO NAVARRO & DJ FUDGE ‘Ideal EP’ Peppermint Jam
ters’ ‘Gypsy Woman’ it’s surprising that
Love’ and Rhythim Is Rhythim’s ‘Strings percussion to the fore.
‘Maximal’ — our secret weapon is finally out!
nobody’s yet managed a crossover hit
of Life’ are among the tunes that make If the vocal proves a little on the sickly 07. RUFFUS Qalomota’ Unknown
incorporating that special melody. But
up this Frankenstein’s groove, though sweet side there’s always the instru-
Great hypnotic crazy vibe on this new track from the French producer.
things could be about to change with
the clever bit is that none of it is direct mental and Deeper Dub to chew over, 08. POUSSEZ VS. DEMARKUS LEWIS FEAT HANNAH KHEMOH
this genre-busting C&C Music Factory-
samples or straight replays. the latter boasting a mean bassline
‘Passin’ Thru (Atjazz Mixes)’ Tone Control
Great remix from Atjazz, wicked chord stabs and female vocals.
inspired jam produced by Soul Central’s
The Presidential Sounds remix offers comparable to Morel’s Grooves’ classic
Timmy Vegas and featuring raps from
a more electronic take, while Soul ‘Let’s Groove’.
09. DELANO SMITH ‘Sunrise EP’ Third Ear
Four track EP which includes ‘Trans’, a good Detroit-flavoured trip.
Bad Lay Dee. Those concerned about
Avengerz get down to some contempo- Other mixes range from electro to
their cool quotient might be inclined
rary beats. lounge, but the originals are what
10. DJ PIPPI, TUCCILLO & KIKO NAVARRO ‘Higher’ Yoruba Records
Coming soon on Yoruba’s ‘Palmistry’ compilation, first time I recorded vocals on a track.
to give it the big swerve, but better to
we’re all here for.
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