With no let-up in the onslaught of year-end label compilations in sight, here’s Jalapeno’s contribution – Jalapeno Funk Vol. 11. And since their roster includes some heavy-hitters you can expect a bit of class. Twenty tracks deep, this one contains contributions from Gizelle Smith, Aldo Vanucci, Basement Freaks, The Allergies, Dr Rubberfunk, Flevans, Izo FitzRoy, Soopasoul
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Monthly Archives: December 2019
VARIOUS: Jalapeno Funk Vol. 11
THE FRITZ: Schweet EP
Newness from Scour Records then, in the form of The Fritz’s debut Schweet EP which has apparently been eight years in the making. Turns out it’s a decidedly un-wobbly collection of party breakbeat nuggets of the sort that people used to make before the wobble began to take over – oohh – about eight years ago. Now that peak wobble has passed however, this sort of stuff has been re-
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BOSSA 70: Think (Retro Roland Riso Perfecto rework)/ Get Out Of My Way (Retro Roland Riso Eterno Regroove) (Vinyl 7″)
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If you dig Latin funk and you dug the last Bossa 70 7″ put out by the ever-reliable Matasuna Records, you’ll absolutely shit when you hear this 45. Whereas the last one featured two cuts re-mastered straight from the original 70s master tapes, this drop is all about DJ Retro Roland Riso’s edits of Bossa 70’s versions of Think and Get Out Of My Way. Both instros, the tracks
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SHAWN LEE: Rides Again
Rating: What better title for Shawn Lee’s long-gestating country-soul album than Rides Again? For Mr Lee has been in the musical saddle since the latter half of the 90s and in a variety of guises too – though always with an undercurrent of the funky. What this project does is pull together his long-held desire to use that particular title at an appropriate time to take stock of where
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JOHN LEE HOOKER: Boom Boom (ROCKNROLLA SOUNDSYSTEM edit) Free download
Boom Boom! No, Basil Brush is not in the area but rather inveterate edit artists, Rocknrolla Soundsystem who ‘woke up this morning’ to take on the 1961 single from the mighty John Lee Hooker. Well, I say ‘this morning’ though obviously they did spend a bit of time cooking this one up. Whereas the original was a lively twelve bar blues stomp praising the way a certain fox walked and
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BOMBSTRIKES: Funk N’ Beats Vol. 7 – MARC HYPE
At the eleventh hour, (or more accurately, in the twelfth month) Bombstrikes make sure there’s still time to start the commotion before 2019 is out with the release of Funk N Beats Vol. 7. You could be forgiven if you had become anxious that the year might pass with no new instalment at all, especially given that last year saw no fewer than three volumes of the now six year old Funk N
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LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS: Don’t Give Up
Prefaced by a lovely little guitar vamp, Lee Fields’ new single and soul slowie Don’t Give Up (the bonus track from this year’s It Rains Love album), encourages the listener not to give up on love when the ‘winds of uncertainties have rattled your faith.’ Is Mr Fields having another lady crisis or could he be talking about love in a wider sense? The PR blah notes that the track contains, ‘the
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KID ACNE: ‘Bubblegoose Empire’ and ‘Council House Boys’ videos
Fresh from releasing superb long player Have A Word, Kid Acne drops two more videos for LP tracks Bubblegoose Empire and Council House Boys. If you’ve checked the album you’ll know it crackles with K.A.’s wry lyrics as he, “cascades cadence, unique…[turns].. of phrase over fresh beat arrangements,” the latter being psych-tinged boom-bap production from Chicago’s Spectacular
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THE FUNKSTAMATICS: The Reverend
More Hammond-funk vicar? Yes, it’s time to welcome back the artists formerly known as Euro Cinema – a.k.a. The Funkstamatics – with new single The Reverend. Long aficionados of the sound once purveyed by Blue Note and Prestige Records back in the day, the band this time treat your ears to a chugging groove that harks back to their early days jamming in the studio with no
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MR BRISTOW: Brex-mas Mix-Up 2019
Mr Bristow’s Christmas mix has become something of an annual seasonal fixture on MB over the last five years so now that it is actually 1 December (and notwithstanding the fact that retail stores and TV seem to have been pushing the festive period since 1 September) here is…the 2019 Brex-mas Mix-Up! Bit controversial Mr B – but tell us what voters – er – I mean listeners can expect. Sorry –
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