Right, new Izo FitzRoy single out – Say Something. No, not you, doofus! That’s the name of the single! Third track off last year’s Skyline album, you may remember – rolls along on a cracking drum break, decorated with a jazzy bit of piano while FitzRoy lambasts an unsupportive lover in her bluesy rasp? What could improve on that? Well, the singles package
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Monthly Archives: February 2018
IZO FITZROY: Say Something
ONDENO: Mayolye (Original single version) b/w Mayolye (Nik Weston official Mukatsuku edit) (12″ Vinyl)
Look sharp – Rocafort Records are at it again with a 12″ repress of the original version of Jean Ondeno’s big-ass late seventies afro-disco number Mayolye. That’s nearly four minutes of pumping wah-wah drenched four-to-the-floor with layer upon layer of extra afro-percussive elements to you. And since it’s afro-funk related and a remix is required, there’s only one person in town to ask
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THE ALLERGIES feat. ANDY COOPER: Rock Rock b/w Blast Off (Remix)(Vinyl 7″)
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Whoo-eee! You won’t know whether to Rock Rock or Blast Off with this new double-Andy Cooper-featuring Allergies donut on Jalapeno. Haaaang on a minute. Didn’t Jalapeno release Rock Rock and Blast Off on 7″ already? Like two years ago? Ahhh – you’ll be thinking of the original vinyl drop when a 45 featuring speed-rap Rock Rock and the album version of Blast Off
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CALIBRO 35: Decade + ‘Superstudio’ video
Rating: 2018 sees Calibro 35 celebrate a ten year-long career by releasing their new long player entitled, appropriately enough, Decade. And if you thought their soundtrack funk schtick might sound a bit tired after that length of time – put such thoughts to bed – for the Milanese five-piece have not only revitalised their sonic palette with orchestral elements but included, among the more
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TRAMP RECORDS: Movements 9
There’s no letting the grass grow under Tramp Records’ feet as they ensure that barely a month of the new year goes by before they unleash their first comp. in the form of Movements 9. As regular MB readers will known, Tramp’s raison d’etre is guardianship of rare and lost African American music from the sixties and seventies and this LP
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BAZZA RANKS & IMAGINE THIS: That Stuff
In a departure from his more usual dancehall-oriented drops, Irish bass don Bazza Ranks hooks up with Kiwi emcee Imagine This for some of That Stuff – a decidedly bass-heavy slice of hip-hop which manages to combine label Bombstrike’s penchant for both twenty-first century breaks and that ol’ boom-bap. Surely there are only two directions remix crews can head in then? WBBL
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RORY HOY: The Other Side Of Forever EP
Who better to provide the debut release for Terence ‘Pulpfusion’ Thöny and Kim ‘Wiccatron’ Sørensen’s new label Big Fat Mama Beats than the UK’s like-minded Rory Hoy – a man for whom beats can never be big enough? Frankly what else would you expect from an entity created solely for the furtherance of ‘big beat, breakbeat, nu-funk and break tech boom-bap’ – and I refer to the
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M-TRI & DJ LEECY T: She’s The DJ, He’s The MC (Extended Mix) b/w Trading Places (7″ Vinyl) + videos
Rating: There had been rumours of something big on the way over at the camp of web mag, club night and, latterly, label, 45 Live, which has been practically humming with excitement about forthcoming drops – and here’s a banger. It’s a seven inch release of M-Tri & DJ Leecy T’s massive boom-bap bomb – She’s The DJ, He’s The MC. Is it the back-to-basics ethos of drum breaks
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JAMES HUNTER SIX: Whatever It Takes
The James Hunter Six pretty much arrived at their spiritual home when they signed to Daptone Records a few years ago given the label’s world-beating ability to recreating ‘that’ authentic sixties soul sound in the production studio. Hitherto however, Hunter and crew have been one of the lower profile signings on Gabriel Roth’s roster, arguably overshadowed by the presence of the
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GEORGE JACKSON: Love Hijacker (MR BOOM Edit) Free download
Rating: Last heard of around these parts with his excellent Nico Gomez edit from back in the autumn, Mr Boom returns with another edit par excellence, this time hijacking George Jackson’s 1971 single – er – Love Hijacker. Well, I say ‘hijack’, Jackson would probably have welcomed Mr Boom with open arms after hearing this sensitive version which subtly tweaks the beat
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