(NEW) 1. DJ Rebel – Uptown A Little Bit More
‘Uptown Funk’ my arse part 1. What you need is some uptown stomp
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CHART – MARCH 2015
THE SKINTS (feat. RIVAL): Eyes In The Back Of My Head (2015)
London dub crew The Skints follow up recent Tippa Irie and Horseman-featuring single This Town with a new single – also about ‘London town’. This time however, according to the PR, Eyes In The Back Of My Head is, “a song about the liars, thieves and cheats that lurk in London’s streets,” but that’s enough about bankers, property developers, oligarchs and politicians –
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THE BIONIC RATS: Dear John Remix EP (2015)
Dublin 2-tone outfit The Bionic Rats find their track Dear John leaving them for multiple partners on this remix EP. Origin One offer the security of something relatively close to the original but a little more minimal, Max Rubadub promises lazy days and hazy nights with his slowed down dub cut, Bobby C TV offers plastic palm tree excitement in the form of 80s-tinged funk and
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TOPPA BLING feat. QUINCY JOINTZ & LOS CHICOS ALTOS: Straight Representing EP (2015)
Latin music and dancehall music are both notoriously steamy but – good lord! – what might happen were latin fire to meet Jamaican raunch? Is it possible for anything to be that sexy? Maybe we should ask Toppa Bling who hooks up with Los Chicos Altos for just that sort of action and even gets Quincy Jointz along for one track to make it a threesome. This one’s all about opener
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LOS HERMANOS FLORES: Enfermera (EMPRESARIOS Dubplate especial) (2015) Exclusive free download
“Enfermera…Enfermera!…Enfermera!!”
“Yo no voy a cambiar las sábanas de nuevo, Señor Hastings.”
…and if you got that – you might even be old enough to remember seventies cumbia outfit La Orquesta Los Hermanos Flores! Fear not if you didn’t though, for DC-based, Fort Knox Recordings signings, Empresarios, have
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DJ REBEL: Uptown A Little Bit More (2015) Free download
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It wasn’t so many years ago that Mark Ronseal was well into his retro soul. Of late though he’s been far more interested in 80s funk. But what if 80s funk don’t give it to ya? Or what if you like Bruno Mars’ singing but prefer a more sixties rnb-ish/ northern soul beat – like, say, the sort of thing The Olympics used to do? These and other questions are the sort of thing that DJ
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DJ PNUTZ: B-Girl Breaks (2015)
Let’s face it, the b-boy breaks and boom-bap hip-hop scene can be a bit blokey can’t it? The production equivalent of fart gags, belching and – well…farts. What is needed occasionally is the fragrant presence of female input – though sadly, that’s a far too infrequent occurrence. Happily though, here’s DJ Pnutz, Danny Massure’s new signing on Spring Strut with three slabs of quality
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FEATURECAST: Goodgroove Friday 3 April (2015)
Somerset town Frome has been the site of human settlement since at least Roman times yet the most exciting thing to have happened there in two thousand years was the 2010 discovery of a hoard of Roman coins. Fact. Until this year that is. On April 3 to be specific. Why? Because on that day the fearsome Goodgroove horde plans to descend on this quiet country backwater to wreak
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BREAKBEAT PARADISE RECORDINGS: Bring Back The Funk EP Vol. 3 (2015)
It’s sometimes easy to lose sight of the funk in the midst of all the wobble but Badboe‘s Breakbeat Paradise Recordings have made it a personal mission to ensure that the spirit of what JB started isn’t forgotten on planet breakbeat. For this year’s effort, proceedings are opened by Father Funk who loves to love you with a moody disco breaks number adorned with Timbaland vocals and a dash
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THE MONADES: Shake Me (feat. RAYNA)/ Not To Tonight (feat. DARIYA) (2015)
It’s saucy soul-breaks double action time shortly as The Monades (a.k.a. Renegades Of Jazz and Herma Puma no less) get their slink on with the aid of a pair of vocalists known to MB readers i.e. Rayna and Dariya. Both ladies take a turn at revealing how lovers make them feel but it seems the ever reliable Rayna is the willing yin, to Dariya’s aloof yang. For while the former seeks a
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