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Warp
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OUND SOUNDS,
Don Cavalli School Of Seven
Going To A River
Bells
Biting at the heels of fellow
A*Rag Records
Iamundernodisguise
fucked up beatsmiths like Dabrye and
Full Time Hobby
Prefuse 73, this young Glaswegian DJ/ If you haven’t had a chance
Producer is already being hailed as to check this guy out, may The Prefuse 73 hook up
PO Bo
the Aphex Twin of hip-hop. Given the we be so bold as to suggest pays dividends. Infectious
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carefully crafted workmanship of his you should you start here. harmonies and glitch
Warp debut it’s not hard to see why. Modern blues magic! crunch for those that
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Or course, whether or not his music know.
, London, S
will display the depth of character Billy Green & The
or longevity of his trailblazing label
Love Machine Beatsy Collins
mate remains to be seen. We wait with
Tubular Bells Beatsy Collins Re-
W1
Dynamite Soul 6 2YJ
anticipation!
edits
Duplate
Straight up sleazy chase
Bon Iver
electronics and heavy neo-tribal drums ers come up with the goods again, pay-
funk from Billy Green who
Another secret squirrel
Blood Bank collide, the vocals of Pugh and Madeline ing homage to the obvious checkpoints
covers the Oldfield classic
from the Beatsy Collins lot.
Jagjaguwar
Davy cutting through with punk soul of Brian Wilson, Spector, The Kinks and
with bottom end bounce
Fela Kuti and Marvin Gaye
precision. Super cool. co. Clean, serene and tight as a ’68
and fuzz guitar.
get the re-edit treatment.
The Bon Iver bandwagon rolls on with Carnaby Street suit, it’s all strings and
this follow up EP to 2008’s ‘For Emma, Various Beach Boys harmonies leaving Ashley
Forever Ago’ long player.
Tirk 02 Sampler
Beedle to extend the mix and add a little
Tirk Records
What to expect? More harmonic beauty more psych fuzz to proceedings on the
from the voice of Justin Vernon, and
remix.
a lush backdrop of heartfelt acoustica
No disrespect to the kind folk over at
where the appliance of less is more takes
Tirk, but for us this four track sampler
Jazzanova
precedence and emotion overtakes the
from their forthcoming compilation is I Can See
Verve/Universal
need for any superfluous whistles and
something of a two horse race. The first
bells. Check for the slow build of the title
is Hot Coins’ slow cooking remix of The
track ‘Blood Bank’ for evidence.
Joubert Singers joyous gospel offering Although it’s been out a while, this
‘Stand On The Word’, and the second nugget from Jazzanova’s ‘Of All Things’
Mayer Hawthorne & The
is Dirty Haze’s ‘Lazer Sex’ — a tough, LP is still definitely worth a mention.
Country percussive gem of a track. Featuring the Northern Soul-inspired, SKEG BREAKIN BREAD
Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out party weapon original, both with and
Stones Throw
Greg Wilson
without the tones of the ubiquitous
01. HERBIE HANCOCK ‘Bring Down The Birds (B-Boy Edit)’ MGM
Cosmic DJ Delight
Wicked and mysterious remix of the track sampled by Deee-Lite for ‘Groove Is In The
Ben Westbeech, this 12” also features Heart’.
Hailing back to a time when Berry Gordy
I Get Rvng
a couple of excellent reworks. The first,
02. SHAFIQ PRESENTS JANK RANDOM VS EARL LEON
and Motown ruled America’s soul roost,
a bassline driven, disco inspired re-rub
‘The Frequency Cla$h’ Poo Bah
this truly tasty piece of sweet soul music
With everyone going cosmic crazy it was
by Holy Ghost! and the second a well-
Wicked leftfield rhythms, drums and sounds from the burgeoning LA scene.
will probably have a few folks scratching
only a matter of time before the tale of
considered, deep house style rework
03. MINIMATIC VS WU TANG CLAN ‘Le Hipe Hope’ Tour Eiffel
their heads. Is it an original? Is it an
the tape was chopped and reconstruct-
courtesy of Mark E.
Dope re-edit of classic Wu verses over a crazy jazz stomper. Illness!
edit? Is it a rework? In truth, it’s none of
ed via the splicing talents of Wilson.
04. SCOTT DOWN & DJ CUTLER ‘716 Lesson’ Lodo
the above. Instead, it’s just an honest
It’s Ital a go-go on ‘Cosmic DJ Delight’,
Malakai A new one in the ‘Lessons’ cannon. Cut and Paste music at its best.
musical tribute from one serious old
the more interesting excursion coming Snowflake
school soul lover to another.
on the flip with a chop up of Santana’s
Invada/B-Block Music
05. PPP ‘Abundance’ Ubiquity
The Pipers return with a stunning change in direction. The future....
‘Soul Sacrifice’ that includes a ferocious
06. THE KILLER METERS ‘Dance Move Shake!’ Breakin’ Bread
Free Blood drum intro before dropping into the acid Made up from an unruly mix of rock, The KM’s return with a new rock edge but they still know how to funk!
Parangatang laced original. Viva Woodstock! soul, funk, prog, hip-hop, pop, sound-
Rong Music/DFA
07. TOMMY STEWART ‘Bump And Hustle Music’ Jazzman
tracks and whatever else you’re likely to Classic disco, now re-issued on 12” for the first time.
The Superimposers
find at a record fair, Malakai’s forthcom-
08. RAMSON BADBONEZ & HARRY LOVE ‘Mixtape Vol. 1’ Medication
Ever since the ‘Royal Family’ single
The Northern Song
ing album is a proper testament to a UK hip-hop is still alive! This takes it deeper...
crossed our path, we’ve been awaiting
Wonderful Sound
love of music, as is this latest single:
09. LENNY WILLIAMS ‘I Couldn’t Find Nobody’ Soul 45
the next move from ex-!!! member
a tough slice of angular, psyche-pop Super rare soul re-issued on the hard to find Soul 45 label.
John Pugh. Now recording through DFA
Never ones to deny wearing their influ-
reminiscent of classic UK rockers like The
the next release doesn’t disappoint, as
ences on their sleeves, The Superimpos-
10. LINGUA FRANCA ‘The EP EP’ Breakin’ Bread
Small Faces and Terry Reid. Dope leftfield soul sounds from Ghost with the awesome Devorah.
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