Right, so let me get this straight: 19 year old musician George Barnett has done a highly competent (but not wildly different) cover of Daft Punk’s planet-sized feelgood hit of the summer, Get Lucky. Which he just happens to have sung, played all the instruments on and performed. And generated nearly 115 thousand plays on soundcloud and over 2 million on Youtube in the
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SMOOVE feat. JEHST, MICALL PARKNSUN & DJ JAZZ T: Fresh Pair (2013) Free download & video
Imagine being so obsessed with things you wear on your feet that you not only spunk hundreds of pounds on them, but witter away endlessly about them. No, not women – men. And trainers. And so to Fresh Pair, downtempo ode to fly footwear and brainchild of a collaboration between soleheaven.com and fellow sneaker freakers Jehst, Micall Parknsun, DJ Jazz T and producer
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MR CONFUSE: Do You Realize: The remixes (2013)
This should be relatively simple to understand – Mr Confuse has had his recent Do You Realize LP remixed and he’s just released the results as Do You Realize: The remixes. In order to bring this about he’s assembled an impressive line up of production warriors which include a strong UK contingent (Smoove, Lack Of Afro, Daytoner, Dr Rubberfunk and Tom Eno) plus Hungarians
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SMOOVE: Take It Easy My Brother Smoove (2013) Free download
If this sounds a lot like Take It Easy My Brother Charlie by well fit Brazilian sixties/ seventies songstress Astrud Gilberto but with a bit of a breakbeat boost that’s because it is Take It Easy My Brother Charlie by well fit Brazilian sixties/ seventies songstress Astrud Gilberto with a bit of a breakbeat boost. If you fancy a punchier b-boy version of Gilberto’s cocktail anthem (and it’s not
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SMOOVE: Keepin The Marley Faith (2012) Free download
Big freebie here from ‘known’ remixer Smoove as he blends De La Soul’s Could You Be Loved-sampling Keepin The Faith track with Bob’s original in Keepin The Marley Faith – a blend that I would say is virtually certain to be loved by all and sundry. He says he made it for his ‘personal use’ but it went down so well that he’s decided to share it with us all. Lucky it’s free eh? Could be construed as
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AFRIKA BAMBAATAA & CHARLIE FUNK feat. KING KAMONZI: It’s My Funk (2012) + video
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Ever seen a grown man cry? You’re about to. As far as I can make out this is a digital only release. I say ‘as far as I can make out’ because label ‘What The Funk haven’t exactly plugged their release with one of the founders of hip-hop. The only site I found for a label called ‘What The Funk’ made no mention of AB and you’d think with a legend like that on board
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SMOOVE: First Class (2012) + ‘Call Up To Heaven’ remix free download
Need a funk/ soul/ disco/ latin / swing remix? Who you gonna call? That’s right – Smoove. For those not in the know, the Newcastle-based Smoove is the beat-making, bongo-playing half of critically and popularly acclaimed nu-funky-soul duo Smoove & Turrell – latterly of extensive Radio 2 airplay and Hollywood film synch fame. He’s also boss of northern jazz label Wass (home of
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THE THIRD DEGREE: Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (Smoove remix) (2012)
Previously famous for covering Duffy’s megahit Mercy in a more authentically sixties manner than Duffy, The Third Degree have now crafted a future retro soul version of Kylie Minogue’s megahit Can’t Get You Out Of My Head. Hearing Kylie’s version used to trigger memories of a video where she suggestively rubbed her thighs. In the absence of any promotional video from The Third Degree what
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VARIOUS: Jalapeno Funk Vol. 4 (2012) + DJ Moneyshot “Rob Resurrected’ free download
For Jalapeno Funk Vol. 4, UK label Jalapeno draw together the disparate elements of the funky end of the bass music scene by assembling a motley crew of eleven artists and getting them to contribute something modern and funk-related (both originals and remixes as well as previously released stuff and exclusives), for this fifteen tracker
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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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