Mr Boom has shown a keen ear for an edit for time now so it’s excellent news that he’s got himself onto vinyl and netted the A-side of Nola Breaks V7 with a remix of Ernie & The Top Notes’ clattering funk bomb Dap Walk. The result is a cut well over a minute longer than the original, with extra drums layered on and extended sections which include replacing the original’s fade with
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Monthly Archives: August 2018
NOLA BREAKS V7: Dap Walk (MR BOOM remix) b/w I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man (PROFESSOR SHORTHAIR remix) (Vinyl 7″)
COOKIN’ ON 3 BURNERS feat. KAIIT: Warning + Lyric video
Veteran Melbourne deep-funk outfit Cookin On 3 Burners hook-up with up-and-coming Melbourne songstress Kaiit for their brisk new single on 45 – Warning. While CO3B provide the type of crisp Hammond-n-guitar-scorched uptempo funk we’ve come to expect as standard, Kaiit uses the language of job interviews to put off a ‘suitor’ in which she has no interest because she’s
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PAN AMSTERDAM: Know The Difference (Video premiere) + UK/US 2018 tour dates
It’s not even a new single but that hasn’t stopped Pan Amsterdam (a.k.a. the genius pairing of producer thatmanmunkz and jazz trumpeter plus emcee Leron Thomas) dropping not one but two videos for Know The Difference, one of the standouts from standout LP The Pocket Watch. Those who’ve had their ear to the ground will know that this is the track on which Thomas’
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BASEMENT FREAKS: 80s Disco Funk sample pack
Not enough of an Egyptian Lover feel to your last single? Can’t get the Cameo you wanted? Not yet Prince of the disco breaks? Is your life over? Don’t be daft, punk! Basement Freaks has got you covered with his recent 80s Disco Funk sample pack which loads you up with seven full song kits (including key and tempo), two brass loops
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MEGATIVE: Megative (album)
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Here we go then – Megative’s debut LP channelling the sound of Ghost Town-era The Specials as if produced by Massive Attack across eleven tracks. What’s that – you wanted a proper review? Like that’s not enough to have you immediately seeking out a copy? Ok then, well, let me see now – I suppose there’s a bit of The Clash
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THE LEWIS EXPRESS: The Lewis Express
Ooh hello, soul jazz and fat drum breaks ahoy. Step forward Leeds-based The Lewis Express with new mini album The Lewis Express channelling the vibe of Ramsay Lewis and sometime Ramsay Lewis trio members Redd Holt and Eldee Young of Young Holt Trio/ Unlimited fame. As you can probably tell, they dig Ramsay Lewis a bit – alright – a lot
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MR BIRD feat. MELO-D-MELO: Mind, Body & Soul Remix EP (B.I.R.D. 001)
It’d been a while since the monkey’d heard a chirp out of the Mr Bird camp until his new drop – the Mind, Body & Soul Remix EP flew in the other day. But what has he hatched out for us this time? Well there’s the original version of Mind, Body & Soul for starters which provides ever so slightly afro-tinged funk vibes with Melo D Melo providing a
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FAB SAMPERI: Moonshine Crossroads
Packed full of summer goodness, Moonshine Crossroads sees Fab Samperi finally follow up his debut long player (2011’s Power Bossa) with a tardiness matched only by the lateness of this bit of MB shine. As ever though, the contents provide ample recompense for the wait and, as with Power Bossa, Samperi mixes up the old and the new, lacing pumping new beats with samples while a
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