The latin breaks party continues apace with Hammond Classics, Palov, Mr Bird and, of course, Panama Cardoon. A subtler affair than it’s predecessors, and largely mid-tempo there’s still plenty of upright bass, latin piano and shuffling breakbeat rhythms to swing those hips to which the ladies love – as all concerned are well aware. Caribe opts for a sweaty cumbia groove
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VARIOUS: Carnibal Records 003 (2012)
JOHNNYPLUSE feat. BASS NACHO: Back To The Future (2012)
New from Johnnypluse is Back To The Future. Basically a vehicle for Bass Nacho it sees the Floridian doing some of that there speed-toasting business over minimal skankin breaks and bass abrasive enough to get rid of all your rough edges with proper singing on a chorus all full of island sunshine horns. You get the original mix and a
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FOREIGN LEGION: Night Moves (The movie) (2012)
And you thought Foreign Legion’s third LP Night Moves was just one of last year’s most underrated underground hip-hop releases. Think again sucker. Rappers Marc Stretch and Prozack Turner also made a feature film to accompany the album that has hitherto only had limited screenings. Shot in black and white, in a…er…string of comedic dialogue-based ‘cinema verite’ set pieces, the
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DOOMTREE: Bangarang (2012) video
Doomtree, the unconventional Minnesotan hip-hop collective with a name that sounds like a black metal band, attempt to break Europe with a single that sounds like a porn film. Should be amusing when they appear on a bill in the Ukraine supporting Dimmu Borgir. I’m just fucking with you. They’ve actually been supporting the ‘redneck rapper from Alabama’ – Yelawolf on his Euro tour
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EWAN HOOZAMI: Through With Love (2012) Free download
Ewan Hoozami gets all post-modern and samples himself (well alright, his band Syte & Sound) on sweet trip-glitch-hop freebie Through With Love. Heart hurting? Are you spending the day moping about a darkened flat too depressed to dress? Can’t believe that special person has been swinging for years behind your back and has a well-documented ‘amateur’ career on the
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HARVEY K-TEL: Hotstylin’/ Babylon Bop (2012)
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Time was a year or so ago, I couldn’t open my inbox without word of another reggae mash-up appearing on my digital doormat. Of late though, things have fallen unusually quiet and I was starting to bemoan the lack of any recent cheeky reggae bumps when who should get in touch but bass music’s Mr White – Harvey K-Tel. Even if you don’t know of him you almost certainly know
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THE IMPELLERS: This Is Not A Drill (2012)
It seems these days that if there’s a new retro funk album out nine times out of ten it’s from a band based in either Melbourne in Australia or Brighton in the UK. In the last few years Melbourne’s been fielding more than it’s fair share of LPs but here’s the latest from ‘London-by-the-sea’ which sees ten-piece outfit The
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THE GRITS: Strychnine/ (I’d Walk) A Funky Mile (2012)
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It’s been a while since the last drop from The Grits but proper funk filth takes a while to cook up and both cuts on this 45 are pure dirt. A-side garage rock cover Strychnine lays down an stop-starty, itching, scratching line of poison that should see off the deluded who keep insisting that MOR acid jazz is ‘deep funk’ while the super-heavy
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VERNON GARRETT: The Story Of (2012)
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I’ve lost count of the times I’ve said that Tramp Records’ Tobias Kirmayer has done it again – but he has done it again. The Story Of Vernon Garrett is yet another quality retrospective look at the career of a funky soul legend who failed to get the recognition he deserved back in the day. And
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THE ALLERGIES: Big Star/ Symphonics (2012) Free download
Here’s more Allergies for you and I don’t mean all that hives-runny-nose-where the fuck’s my epi-pen shit either. Nope, DJs Moneyshot and Rackabeat have been hard at it again blowing the dust off various sources to create the chunky-yet-restrained blues-vocal-sampling Big Star and the rather more hectic breaks of Symphonics – a musical entity sprinkled with an array of vocal
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