Five stars on MB, in case you hadn’t worked it out yet, is for shit that gets the heaviest rotation on the stereo (and usually the decks) at MB Towers. And there’s no doubt that two of the tracks on Voodoocuts latest three track set, Juice Vol. 2, are precisely the type of inspired mash-up party breaks edit thingies that get heavy MB rotation. Take the utter bigness of pumping soul-jazzy
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Tag Archives: Funk
VOODOOCUTS: Juice Vol. 2 (2013)
THE GRIPS: Tennessee Strut/ Fancy Roll (2013)
It’s re-press time for the first ever release from retro southern funky soul label G.E.D. Soul which means that the Tennessee Strut/ Fancy Roll 45 by The Grips (an early incarnation of G.E.D. Soul’s house band DeRobert & The Half Truths) gets to see the light of day once more. Sounding decades older than their mere six years, both tracks bowl along driven by crashing percussion and the sort of
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SKY HI: Reality Check EP (2013)
Tennessee’s answer to Daptone, G.E.D. Soul are building a roster to rival that of their Big Apple – er – rivals. On this occasion it’s Sky Hi who fly the flag for the sound of retro southern funk sound aided and abetted by DeRobert ‘Dee’ Adams of fellow G.E.D. act DeRobert & The Half Truths. That’ll be five tracks of early seventies Stax-style numbers (with an indefinable modern twist) and
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ACEYALONE: ‘Leanin On Slick’ video (2013)
Here’s the video to the title track and lead single off what is shaping up to be one of the monkey’s favourite LPs of 2013 – Aceyalone‘s Leanin’ on Slick. Expect to find the Freestyle Fellowship rapper, slightly greyer in the beard but still tight on the mic, propping up a barrio bar, chain smoking and downing endless shots of rum whilst holding forth about what people will sell their soul for –
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THE GRITS: Break of the week (2013) Free download
If you make hip-hop or party breaks then every week between now and the release of Brighton funk crew The Grits‘ new single is your birthday week. Why? Because these raw funk renegades are releasing a WAV file of one of their drum breaks every Saturday until their new 45 comes out. For you to sample. Gratis. Brighton’s The Grits have been dropping quality lo-fi, psychedelic funk for
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FORT KNOX FIVE: 10 Years Of Fort Knox Five (2013)
Has it really been ten years of Fort Knox Five? I had to dig out my 12″ of Radio Free DC (which features on this) to see how old it was and even that’s eight years old. So, yes a decade since the spy funk breaks of The Big Score. If another record company had signed the four of them (yes, I know) back in 2003 you can imagine they might have been posed the question “So – where do you see
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CHART – May 2013
(NEW)1. T Bird & The Breaks – I Gets My Boogie On (Mako & The Hawk remix)
Shades of Coldcut’s remix of ‘Paid In Full’ and Loaded-era Primal Scream anyone?
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THE O’JAYS: For The Love Of Money (Shaka remix) Free download (2013) + video
Some people (board sports types and VW camper drivers mainly) like to throw out a shaka. But what does a shaka throw out. Well, if it’s Glaswegian crew Shaka, the answer’s a ghetto-funk remix of much-sampled O’Jays classic For The Love Of Money. O’Jays singer Eddie Levert has previously complained at the way the original anti-capitalist message of the song and its title (taken from
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T BIRD & THE BREAKS: I Gets My Boogie On (Mako & The Hawk remix) (2013)
(PRESS RELEASE) Ladies and gentleman, fetch your dancing shoes – it’s the brand-new, debut official remix from dj/ production duo Mako & The Hawk who rework I Gets My Boogie On by Texan funk crew T Bird & The Breaks on a grand scale. Evoking shades of Coldcut’s version of Eric B & Rakim’s Paid In Full and Primal Scream’s Loaded, the reflective gospel-tinged soul of the original
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WARSON & CHUDY: Funky Boar Strikes Again (2013)
Not had enough refried funk yet eh? You’ll be wanting to check out the two distinct flavours you get on Funky Boar Strikes Again then, courtesy of the latest wing of the Polish funk/ breaks mafia a.k.a. Funkosol Records‘ Warson and Chudy. First up is Warson who reboots Israeli 70s throwbacks Funk N Stein and their Ohio Players style number That’s Love for the nufunk/ ghetto
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