Two different kinds of Lucky Brown nuggets for you from label Wax Thematique with their Funkways Series 3 45 drop. On side-one, the Lucky Mystery Now Orchestra’s loose-limbed and jazzily-funky workout Fireball which casually blazes its flute-led way along the ‘road less travelled’ of a three beat time structure. Actually it’s more complex than that but you’ll have to read
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Monthly Archives: January 2023
FUNKWAYS SERIES 3: Lucky Mystery Now Orchestra – Fireball/ J.A.S. Ricci Quartet – These Eternal Verities (Vinyl 7″)
ALEXIS EVANS: Let Them Loose (AUDIO PREMIERE)
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Bordeaux got soul! Say hello to Alexis Evans whose new long player, Yours Truly, debuts on 3 February. Before that however is new single Let Them Loose and hot damn if our man doesn’t fully unleash the funk. The track opens with massive squelchy wah-wah motif that nods to funk standard Simple Song before going into full New
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THE ALLERGIES: Reconcile EP
Bristol’s The Allergies see in the new year with their Reconcile EP which finds them getting two recent tracks, one brand new track and one oldie in the same room to celebrate the links between them. And what mainly links them is the influence of black music. There’s the two recent singles for example – Treat You Right which overtly pairs blues and breaks, the single prior to that
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JOHNNYPLUSE: Promo Mix 2023
JohnnyPluse is dead! Long live JohnnyPluse! Yes, reports of this man’s retirement from the party breaks scene appear to have been greatly exaggerated and last year’s retirement announcement and ‘best of’ Dead Dead Dead compilation are last year’s news with the arrival of the Irishman’s Promo Mix 2023. That’ll be a party-rocking blend of the finest hip hop, funk and
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VARIOUS: Mainstream Disco Funk
Rating: So that’s Mainstream Disco Funk as in ‘disco-funk music off Bob Shad’s NYC jazz label Mainstream Records’ as opposed to ‘disco-funk music that is mainstream in nature.’ Not that the cuts on this didn’t and couldn’t rock a dancefloor since they certainly could and certainly will. What this comp. on WeWantSounds aims to do however is shine a spotlight on the early days
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UGLY MAC BEER: Les Choeurs Perdu
The third single to be lifted from the forthcoming The Valley Of The Kings LP from French beatmaker Ugly Mac Beer is this – Les Choeurs Perdu. If you’ve caught the news about previous singles, The New Flame and the LP title track, you already know this is going to be a treat. Expect heavy, heavy boom-bap drums plus samples of portentous vintage vocals and dusty
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JUNIOR DELL & THE D-LITES: Whole Lotta Skankin’ Going On (Vinyl 7″)
Rating: Having said in the previous post that the start of January isn’t traditionally a fertile period in record companies’ release schedules, there is of course an exception. Step forward Original Gravity Records who have dropped two 45 releases in the last week or two and have a third on pre-order. In this post it’s all about a cover of
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VARIOUS: Jalapeno Funk Vol. 13
The start of January isn’t traditionally a fertile period in the annual record company release schedule so perhaps starting a new year by covering one record company’s retrospective look at its output for the previous year isn’t a bad way to go. That record company, is Jalapeno Records of course, while the retrospective in question is Jalapeno Funk Vol. 13. It’s a compilation that
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