Rating: 
Anyone for a quick Q&A? Hands up who used to dj and produce for Jurassic 5 aside from Cut Chemist? Well done, yes, it was DJ Nu-Mark. Now, hands up who can name the person missing from this list of original Pharcyde members: Fatlip, Booty Brown and Imani. That’s right – Slimkid3. And a slightly harder one – hands up if you know the name of that guy who got the
…MORE
Monthly Archives: February 2019
TRDMRK: Hands Up (Vinyl 7″) + video
VARIOUS: Take Us Home: Boston Roots Reggae From 1979 To 1988
Most people probably won’t have pegged Boston, Mass. as a locus of quality roots reggae but for at least a decade from the late seventies onwards, it certainly was – as new Cultures Of Soul compilation, Take Us Home: Boston Roots Reggae From 1979 To 1988, decisively reveals. Turns out that not only was Boston digging reggae before 1979, it was digging it before Exodus boosted Bob
…MORE
SMOOVE & TURRELL: Mount Pleasant Remixed Vol. 2
Mount Pleasant Remixed Vol. 2 follows Vol. 1 as Smoove & Turrell once more make free with the stems from their latest LP. Perhaps they launched them over their heads to remixers like a pair of coy northern brides tossing flowers to a baying pit of single ladies at a wedding – we’ll never know. What is certain is that the ones who got lucky are Flevans, The Allergies and once again Valique –
…MORE
DJ MOYA: II305
Long-time MB readers will know that while the greater proportion of what gets featured on the site is aimed squarely at the dancefloor, occasionally something a little more chin-stroky makes it past MB’s strict door policy. That of which we speak goes by many names of course – instrumental hip-hop, downtempo breaks, trip-hop and (if you’re James
…MORE
BOBBY OROZA: Your Love Is Too Cold b/w Deja Vu (Vinyl 7″)
Big Crown signing Bobby Oroza is from Finland and has a new vinyl 7″ out – Your Love Is Too Cold. But if you’re expecting music that speaks of grim arctic winters, wind and snow howling around where you’re holed up drinking vodka until the sun returns some time around June, forget it. Despite its title, Oroza’s new one is an uptempo retro-soul cut that draws from northern, surf and psychedelic
…MORE
JSTAR meets MAX RUBADUB: Dem Nah Ready (Vinyl 7″)
Is that thunder I hear? No? Someone’s got the engine of an eighteen wheeler ticking over outside? No? Well – an earthquake perhaps? Oh wait – no – it’s just the bass on the new JStar meets Max Rubadub 45 – Dem Nah Ready – a brisk (for dub) digi-dancehall monster, featuring Crosby on the mic for which neither ‘dem’ nor their bassbins will be in any way prepared. Expect your
…MORE
DJ KRASH SLAUGHTA: A Little Funk (In Your House) b/w SPECIFIK: Back To Business (Vinyl 7″)
What better way for B-Line Recordings’ new vinyl 45 imprint, 7 Series Phonograph Co., to introduce itself than with two super-funky b-boy bangers courtesy of Glasgow’s DJ Krash Slaughta (previously A.W.O.L. since his Bobby Deans find and remix in 2016) and Bournemouth’s Specifik. Krash brings us A Little Funk (In Your House) which turns on a funky drums and conga break
…MORE
THE MIGHTY HEARD: Still High
In the second herbally-themed post this weekend at MB, comes news of the next release on Growroom Productions – single Still High from The Mighty Heard. Originally the brainchild of Honest Lee and Terry T, this Hyattsville outfit rapidly enlisted other musicians to become a ‘space-funk…intergalactic soul band’ subsequently joined by rapper Abudullah ‘Dullah D’ Thompson. Despite
…MORE
BAZZA RANKS feat. DYNAMITE MC: Don’t Let It Pass (Vinyl 7″) + video
Next from Bazza Ranks is Don’t Let It Pass on which he hooks up veteran dancehall vocalist Dynamite MC with yet another bass-heavy bashment beat on vinyl 7″. This time it’s so that Dyna can hold forth about how frustrating it is when you’re in a circle and something isn’t passed to you quickly enough. Oh what – like a dutchie’? Sort of. More ‘the purple’ in this case. I wonder
…MORE
