X-RAY TED: Gimme Soul
When it’s been in the inbox for ages but you don’t write a post because the audio isn’t live to embed – and then you
When it’s been in the inbox for ages but you don’t write a post because the audio isn’t live to embed – and then you
Surprise Chef’s The Friendship EP has been out just over a month now and follows Education & Recreation – their highly successful first long player

Hailing from the same Tel Aviv soul scene as Men Of North Country, The Faithful Brothers here drop the first single off their debut long
[RATING: 5] Got dust? Krash Slaughta has. In fact, for him, Everything’s Turning Up Dusty right about now. Surely this can’t be his brand-new double-vinyl

It’s been a while (nine years to be precise!) since the monkey last heard from Smith & The Honey Badgers all the way back in
Damn, where did I hear this sound before? Oh yeah – on any late sixties/ early seventies Grant Green LP. And while I’ve heard stuff
The next digital single to provide a taster of the Golden Rules label’s vinyl format contemporary funk LP sampler is from Cookin’ On 3 Burners

Looks like June 2023 is fast becoming the stand-out month this year for sample-based releases with big-ass singles from Voodoocuts, Tom Caruana and Del Gazeebo
[RATING: 5] Doesn’t matter if he’s knocking up something original or knocking out something cheeky, Tom Caruana has become a byword for hip-hop quality –
Forever scoping the full range of hip-hop, tropical beats and reggae for the most interesting sounds, Italy’s Little Beat More label is just about to