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I was contacted the other day by a concerned member of the public about the lack of Skeewiff coverage on MB and, as any good Roman Emperor knows, it’s best to give the public what they want. Since the monkey is now on the Skeewiff mailing list you’ll no doubt be hearing a lot more about them henceforth – starting with this album remix
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Tag Archives: Renegades Of Jazz
SKEEWIFF: Man Turns Animal Remixed (2013)
RENEGADES OF JAZZ: Apple Sauce (B-Boy mix) (2012) Free download
“Want apple sauce on that mate?” The answer’s yes, of course, when ‘that’ is your decks and the apple sauce is Renegades Of Jazz‘s B-Boy mix of his very own album track Apple Sauce. Imagine some latin hip-hop heads have got hold of the spy-funk original and supercharged the percussion with some Nu-Yorican Bronx flavour and you’ll have a rough idea of where this is coming from. Once
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VARIOUS: Hiperbole Records ‘Northern Nocturne’ (2012)
Northern Nocturne finds Renegades Of Jazz‘s David Hanke (a.k.a. Hiperbole Records‘ label boss) putting together a celebration of the night in the shape of a sixteen-strong set of instrumental breakbeat cuts. And whether by design or accident (I suspect the latter) the musical mood trajectory of the tracklist is singular. We start with a sense of early evening promise, gradually venture into
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MANKOORA – El Loco/Boogaloo Tormenta (2012)
Mankoora? The new Lamborghini super car? A Congolese psych-funk supergroup from the 70s? An exclusive members-only sex club in Berlin? Nope – none of the above – though debut single El Loco/ Boogaloo Tormenta is a bit exotic. Yep, it’s all uptempo b-boy breaks and South American musical stylings – kind of like Renegades Of Jazz on a latin jazz tip. But then maybe that’s because this is
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WEEKEND SUN: You’re Good To Me (2012)
Weekend sun – you’re so good to me? Chance would be a fine thing. I’d settle for any bastard sun right now – summer my arse! What? Oh the band – Weekend Sun – and their new single You’re So Good To Me? Ah, well, that’s different. From Darlington they might be, but what with all the throbbing double bass, bongos and organs on this they seem to have captured the authentic sound of the jazz-funky Haight Ashbury in 1972 while
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RENEGADES OF JAZZ: Hip To The Remix (2012)
On which Renegades Of Jazz continues his mission to reclaim use of the word ‘hip’ to mean ‘rather well-informed about and appreciative of’ from its association with a certain eighties yuppie pop anthem. But that’s enough about Huey Lewis – let’s skip to the news which is that Renegades Of Jazz’s superb Hip To The Jive album has been remixed as Hip To The Remix. Yep, all twelve
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DAYTONER: On My Own (2012)
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UK producer Daytoner gets his first drop on Smoove’s ‘northern jazz’ breaks label and he’s on his own. He’s not really of course – that’s all bollocks. For a start classy little breaks number On My Own features the breathy (and occasionally growly) vocals of Jane Kennaway and secondly he’s got three remixers for company. And we’re not talking just any old dial-a-remixer
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MASH & MUNKEE: We Like It Like That (2012)
Mash & Munkee finally make good on the promise of those Hero Records and Funk Weapons singles with their twelve track debut LP We Like It Like That. But what exactly is ‘that’ you ask? Judging by the content it’s hundred per cent proof by volume b-boy instrumentals. Expect lots of jazz and blaxploitation-influenced grooves that sound like they’ve spent a ridiculous amount of time in
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VARIOUS: All Shook Up (2012)…
…or what happened when everyone and their grandmother’s pet puppy begged Renegades Of Jazz for a remix so they could get in on a bit of his b-boy breakin’ ‘northern jazz’ action. Well you would wouldn’t you? Can you imagine getting remixed by ‘conformists of jazz.’ Jesus – that’d be my worst nightmare. Well…that and being the victim of sadistic torture or something. Luckily for
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NICK PRIDE & THE PIMPTONES: Remixed Feast Of Jazz (2012)
Jazz-funky outfit Nick Pride & The Pimptones get a largely jazz-breaks makeover of their latest LP Midnight Feast Of Jazz from the likes of Fab Samperi, Diesler, Danny Massure and so on and so forth. Best cuts come in the form of Smoove (of Smoove & Turrell fame) and his drums of death re-version of Waitin So Long, Nick Pride and co themselves with their jazz-chunky Pimptroduction
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