Former Tru:Funker BMD is back in the production seat with new single Funk It Up. In fact not so much ‘funk it up’ as ‘big beat it up’ as he goes hell-for-leather after the sound that once defined the Heavenly Social club – pounding uptempo breaks and a 90s take on the kind of noise that post-punks ESG used to make in the clubs of NYC back in the early 80s. Of course – that does bring
…MORE
Monthly Archives: February 2016
BMD: Funk It Up (2016)
JESSE MORGAN: You’ve Changed For The Worst (2016)
Rating: 
By the late-seventies funky soul was already running scared from disco. Though aid was about to arrive in the form of the first wave of hip-hop, there was still time for some epic rearguard action from funky soul itself however and righteous boogie-tinged, 1978 stomp You’ve Changed For The Worst from former Mopp Topp, Jesse Morgan, was an example. Or it would have
…MORE
FRANKEE MORE: The Funk Chamber EP (2016)
Frankee says: make it heavier and louder and put more wobble on it. Yeah it’s a bit long for a t-shirt – even a big white baggy one but you get the point. Frankee More likes it to bang loud. Welcome to his funk chamber or, more accurately, his The Funk Chamber EP which resonates with so much buzzsaw bass it actually registered as global seismographic activity recently. There’s still a bit of
…MORE
AESOP ROCK: Rings (2016)
Indie hip-hop king, Aesop Rock is back shortly with new LP The Impossible Kid. Out already though is the video for album cut Rings – all lurching Def Jux-ish drums, synths and lyrical reflection that perhaps Aesop shouldn’t have put his artwork on the back burner. How to reflect that in video form though? How about having Rock stumble across a ‘missing’ poster for himself in a
…MORE
GHETTO FUNK presents: THE NICEGUYS (GFPD24)(2016) Free download
If you’ve been missing action from the Ghetto Funk label lately, now’s the time to get your download on as the latest in the Ghetto Funk presents… series is a second four tracker on the label from The Niceguys. This time around Seniorr, Headrush and Luz Vegas get busy with breaks and glitches and mix in Edwin Starr, the Beasties, JB, Kool DJ AJ and The Mohawks, among others, for reliable
…MORE
BURGUNDY BLOOD MEETS MONGRELS: …In The Pop Wilderness (2016)
It’s underground hip-hop agogo …In The Pop Wilderness as veteran Mancunian emcee Burgundy Blood (fresh from fluffing the crowd for the Wu-Tang on the recent UK tour) meets Mongrels – a.k.a. another Brit-rap vet., Sheffield rapper Kid Acne, and Sebash of undergound 80s/90s NYC outfit New Kingdom. The pop wilderness of the title seems to be located
…MORE
SHAKA: Spacefunk EP (2016)
Not to be confused with Shaka Loves You who hail from Glasgow and make fun stuff across the spectrum of funky breaks, Shaka hail from Brazil and – make fun stuff across the spectrum of glitch-funky breaks. The title track is a collision of louche cocktail sounds and colossal bass farts, Crumble is a stop-starty slab of instrumental glitchy blues-hop, Freedom chops up the gospel
…MORE
KITTEN & THE HIP: Groove Is In The Heart (2016) Exclusive free download!
Rating: Sometimes originals can be bettered. Sometimes they can’t. But of those that can’t, sometimes they can be equalled. Especially if the cover is so gloriously lunatic it provides a singular aural experience. Step forward Kitten & The Hip, utterly unfazed by taking on not just one of the biggest chart hits of the nineties but a timeless dancefloor classic. Initially a strikingly
…MORE
BEASTIE BOYS: So What’cha Want (MORLACK 2016 Remake)
What to do now the man has bought out Soundcloud and Soundcloud is increasingly biting the dj remix culture hand that fed it like some sort of senile Alsatian? Bandcamp? Great setup but upload it lossless or forget it. Hearthis? It’s free, it’s got that early SC vibe – might be the way forward. Morlack‘s got a different answer that allows you to keep all your shit on soundcloud with
…MORE
MECHELL NDEGEOCELLO: Come Smoke My Herb (ROCKNROLLA SOUNDSYSTEM)(2016)
Feeling a bit stressed? What you need is Rocknrolla Soundsystem‘s blissed-out beat re-tweak of Come Smoke My Herb by neo-soul, comfort woman herself – Meshell Ndeogeocello. Consider it less a track than the very culmination of a club-night where Morpheus is the dj. Which is to say it’s not unlike the musical equivalent of being wrapped in a duvet whilst being conveyed
…MORE
