DJ Inko‘s been on a remix tip again, not that you’d know from his Soundcloud. But then Soundcloud has been a bit of a minefield where unofficial remixes and edits are concerned lately, even if they are free downloads and there is zero profit for megacorps to be missing out on. Still that’s what happens when you let the megacorps take over. They kill the goose that laid the golden
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Monthly Archives: September 2015
DJ INKO: Mama Diaspora ‘Back In My Hometown’ (DJ Inko remix)/ Inner Circle ‘Sweat’ (DJ Inko remix) (2015) Free download
FREETHINKER FUNK ESSENCE: The Emanuelle Jam EP (2015)
Say the name ‘Emmanuelle’ to people over a particular age and it conjures images of a certain series of racy, soft focus seventies movies. This being the case, the minds of said people can only boggle at what ‘Emmanuelle Jam‘ could possibly be referring to. While certain people ponder that, let’s consider Freethinker Funk Essence‘s The Emmanuelle Jam EP a.k.a the percussive
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BOCA 45: ‘People Are You Ready’ seven inch (2015)
People are you ready for People Are You Ready by Boca 45 on 45? Try saying that when you’re pissed! But failing that, why not celebrate that fact that Bristol’s Boca 45 is about to release a b-boy-friendly slice of hip-hop from his recent Dig Eat Beats Repeat LP featuring The Good People’s Saint and Emskee on the mic. on wax. People Are You
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SUBES: Free To Speak (2015)
Dutch outfit Subes‘ third full-length effort finds them once again exploring their bass and breaks-heavy amalgam of jazz, bossa and afro-influenced grooves in the eleven track deep Free To Speak. As with its two predecessors Contra Bossa and Thrill From The Pill, this is an all-live instrumentation effort with content varying from club-ready numbers like the sax-led Free Basic
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THE J.B.s: Use Me (SHAKA LOVES YOU edit)(2015) Free download
“Blow a kiss, fire a gun, we need somebody to lean on,” goes the refrain on this, borrowed from a certain rather well-known top three chart track from earlier in the year as Shaka Loves You lean quite heavily on The J.B.s’ 1972 slinky funk groove Use Me. Naturally the bottom end has been tweaked, and the bpms have had to be increased somewhat. It only remained to add a few subtle FX
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MR BRISTOW: Grey Skies (2015) Free download
Grey skies are gonna clear up, put on a happy face as Mr Bristow is back with – er – Grey Skies which features the unlikely pairing of the ‘Jazz Age’s’ first ‘crooner’, Rudy Vallee, with one of the hip-hop era’s most successful female rappers, Missy Elliott, over a skippy boom-bap beat. Other reasons to make you smile include the fact that this classy bit of swing-hop is not only free and available as a
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CHART – SEPTEMBER (2015)
1. (-) Renegades Of Jazz – Imperial Breed (Got The Blues mix)
ROJ’s glorious gospel blues rework of his own track
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DJ JUSTIN JOHNSON: Master Control Funk Program (DISCOBETA remix)(2015) + video
DJ Justin Johnson‘s latest drop is The Discos Of Tron, conjuring in the mind a place where, one assumes, dancers move only in straight lines and alter direction only at right angles and at great speed whilst wearing luminescent suits. Musically this finds representation in five breakbeat tracks, three of which get a remix. So far, so breakbeat. What you want this drop for however is
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MR BIRD & GREG BLACKMAN: Save Me (2015) + video
Mr Bird and Greg Blackman shouldn’t need any introduction and are in absolutely no need of a rescue here either as they release the gospel-tinged, soul-jazz highlight of their Lo-Fi Classics LP, Save Me. Bird provides an irresistibly shuffling beat and double bass-driven groove while Blackman employs his full and not inconsiderable
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KITTEN & THE HIP: I Wanna B Onnit (2015) + video
Kitten & The Hip leave electro swing behind with new one I Wanna B Onnit and head for the sunny urban pastures of early 80s New York with the disco vibes of I Wanna B Onnit. “I love everything on your body and the thing I like…on it most is me,” sings Kitten Quinn to hubby Ashley Slater of Freak power fame who responds with the kind of rapping that hasn’t been heard since the early
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