Yet another project that dropped in the festive season and was thus in danger of getting lost amid all the nonsense that such a season entails is the From A Kid To A Man LP from a man who has been off the monkey radar for a long minute – Pulpfusion. Nevertheless, Terence Thoeny (for it is he) dropped this instrumental opus of fourteen tracks (plus three bonus cuts if you cop it on his
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Monthly Archives: January 2020
PULPFUSION: From A Kid To A Man
CALIBRO 35: Fail It Till You Make It
Mere days from unleashing their seventh studio LP, ‘Cult cinematic funk combo’ Calibro 35 drop another single Fail It Till You Make It. Not that this lot have failed anything since both Dre and Jay-Z have previously sampled them. Perhaps it’s a comment on their new more electronic direction for, having spent most of their career with their heads in the – er – heady world of sixties and
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LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS: Regenerate
Regenerate – surely there’s no more apt name for a single by Lee Fields & The Expressions given our Lee’s evergreen soul status. Sadly only available on digital format, Regenerate is noteworthy for a number of reasons. Firstly, it’s a track from the It Rains Love LP recording sessions that never made it onto the album – though don’t be thinking that means it’s in any way less dope. Why? Because
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IZO FITZROY: Blind Faith
Izo FitzRoy’s back with new disco-soul single Blind Faith – the third to be taken from her forthcoming album How The Mighty Fall. Turns out it’s neither a commemoration of a certain late sixties supergroup nor a comment on the government’s Brexit strategy but a meditation on giving relationships another go when they haven’t been quite what they should. Helping her along on this
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DRAGON FLI EMPIRE: Record Store (feat. J-LIVE)/ Fli Beat Patrol (Prod. DJAR ONE)(Vinyl 7″)
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No dead-of-winter lethargy for Calgary’s Dragon Fli Empire on the evidence of fresh dope 45 Record Store b/w Fli Beat Patrol. Side A sees Teekay and guest emcee J-Live trade bars over a bossa-based beat in a tribute to music in physical format – vinyl specifically – and the emporia in which such archaisms could once be found and indeed still can be if you look hard
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JIMI NEEDLES: Dean Town Come Down (Vulf.Paak Boot) Free download
Of course you did catch Jimi Needles’ Vulfpeck/ Anderson Paak mash Dean Town Come Down a couple of years ago didn’t you? You didn’t!? Oh well, it’s your lucky day then! This bad boy is still doing the rounds and Needles is making a show of actively hawking it again in the hope of hoovering up any Rip Van DJs who slept on it the first time. Surely you don’t need an explanation with that
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THE MIGHTY MOCAMBOS: Golden Shadow / Preaching To The Choir (Vinyl 7″)
Rating: Here’s a very happy new year to you all from The Mighty Mocambos who greet 2020 in the correct way with new vinyl 7″ single Golden Shadow. Yes, I know, it’s a title that almost sounds rude, doesn’t it? And that’s not the only thing that’s rude about it for when you listen to said cut, it turns out to be a breakneck car chase theme style thingy on which horns and retro-synth
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MINED & FORREST: Fire Back EP
Expect the latest digital release from Breakbeat Paradise in mere days as the label unleashes Mined & Forrest’s Fire Back. And they’re certainly packing some heavy weaponry on this new six-tracker. The title of opener The Big Mama seems to be a nod to sister label Big Fat Mama Beats (started by BBP co-founder Wiccatron) and consists of large, farty-bassed ghetto-funk beats
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TIMEWARP INC: Theory Of Revolution LP
Theory Of Revolution? Could use one of those in the UK since we’ve forgotten how to identify the corrupt, let alone do something about them. Maybe we should all boogie while everything burns down and if so, what better soundtrack than Timewarp Inc.’s fourth studio long-player? And what a mammoth affair Theory Of Revolution is, tipping the scales at a whopping nineteen tracks
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CROWD COMPANY: Stories
“Take a pen, think again/ Tell a story with a different end,” sings Esther Dee on new Crowd Company single, Stories, the third to be taken from their forthcoming Alan Evans-produced LP. Now there’s a positive sentiment given the multitude of stories over the last month that were mostly bleak as fuck. I suspect Dee was probably thinking in terms of romantic relationships having a different outcome rather than hedge-fund
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