CLAUDE COOPER: Friendly Sounds Vol. 1
STONE MONKEY
09/04/2025
He may not have known it at the time but Edan, with his epic 2005 LP Beauty & The Beat, seems to have laid the
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RETI: Shake
STONE MONKEY
31/03/2025
Rarely has a track been so aptly named but the dancefloor action resulting from any DJ dropping Shake is likely to be fairly monumental. The
THE SLACKERS: My Last Star (Vinyl 12″) + Video
STONE MONKEY
31/03/2025
Some early reggae-style action for you here in the shape of new Slackers single My Last Star and a very poignant story behind its genesis
BACAO RHYTHM & STEEL BAND: Let’s Grow
STONE MONKEY
31/03/2025
By way of a taster for Volume 4 of Big Crown Records’ occasional series Big Crown Vaults, which this time around focuses on Bacao Rhythm
DAEMON: Megaladon
STONE MONKEY
27/03/2025
Holy shit! The new single from St Louis emcee Daemon will hit you like – well – like a Megalodon. Wait – did I say
SMOOVE: Blown b/w Faith (WACK RECORDS 26)(Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
25/03/2025
Not content with having already had two 45s out (the Wack 25 vinyl 7″ and his remix of Betty Black’s Sweet Dreams) before the first
GREGG GREEN & PIMPERNEL JONES: Hypocrite (Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
24/03/2025
Say hello to new single Hypocrite from Brooklyn emcee Gregg Green and UK-based producer Pimpernel Jones. ‘Hypocrite’ eh? Looks like someone’s in the firing line
THE ALLERGIES: So Real
STONE MONKEY
21/03/2025
The Allergies take time out from being big-time party monsters, with new single So Real – a more laid-back, soulful affair. What gives? Maybe it’s
ODARIO feat. MAD PROFESSOR & YOLANDA SARGEANT: The Situation
STONE MONKEY
21/03/2025
Hip-hop meets dub? Where did I hear that before? Oh yeah – the mid-nineties when hip-hop fragmented and trip-hop was born. In the further reaches
MF DOOM: Air (KRASH SLAUGHTA Remix)(Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
17/03/2025
Of course, the original version of Air featured DOOM over a Dabrye beat – a sparse, Vangelis-like affair with ethereal synths and minimal 808 drums.