So successful are Smoove’s multi-track reworks, he should probably be in charge of the UK rail network because it’s time for Multitrack Reworks Vol. 5 already! And this time the man they call ‘Berry Geordie’ (or at least the man the monkey calls ‘Berry Geordie’) trips to the disco with Everyman, doubly exposing his A-side source material via the medium of the remix. It’s a
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Monthly Archives: March 2023
SMOOVE: Multitrack Reworks Vol. 5 (Vinyl 12″)
(LAST EVER) LONDON INTERNATIONAL SKA FESTIVAL: 35th Anniversary 6-9 April (2023)
Good times ahead with the news that a huge event in the reggae-related music calendar – the 35th Anniversary of the London International Ska Festival – runs this Easter from 6-9 April. Yay! But also very sad times too though since this, unbelievably, will be the last ever instalment of said festival. Boo! As ever, the event takes place across multiple venues in the capital, boasts an
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BOMBSTRIKES: Funk N’ Beats Vol. 10 – BOCA 45
It’s been a minute since the last entry in Bombstrikes Funk N Beats compilation series – two years to be precise – but even if the label does sometimes put out no volumes for a year or two, they certainly make up for it in others by putting out more than one. Last year saw two entries from Jim Sharp and X-Ray Ted, while 2018 holds the record for the most to date with no
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NAT TATE: Freed From Desire (BOCA 45 remix)/ BOCA 45: Suki’s Revenge Pt 2 (Vinyl 7″)
Now then. This is a bit late and would have gone up a week ago but for the Great Monkeyboxing PHP Update Disaster, when things went awry, to say the least. Since all things MB now seem more stable though, maybe today is the time to consider how Mr Boca 45 himself has managed to wrest personal victory from the jaws of another’s disaster, or at least construct a cover version of
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THE BAMBOOS feat. OZAY MOORE: Midlife Glow
‘Hip-hop mixtape Real To Reel‘ by Veteran Oz-funksters The Bamboos is in the offing, it seems, and the first taster of it is this soulful single featuring Michigan MC Ozay Moore entitled, Midlife Glow. ‘Midlife Glow’? A reference to the redness brought on by the application of topical heat cream to back ache, knee ache, hell – any ache, brought on by the advance of years perhaps? No?
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WHATITDO ARCHIVE GROUP: Forbidden Cove / The Cashmere Chamber (Vinyl 7″)
Remember Whatitdo Archive Group? Been wondering what it do lately? Wonder no more, for a new single is out and a new album is in the offing for this crew of a retro-authenticist bent so curved that some completely believed that their The Black Stone Affair really was the lost soundtrack to a lost 70s spaghetti western-cum-giallo flick. The full-length album is entitled Palace
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MR DORIS & D-FUNK: New York Kiss b/w DUNPROOFIN’: Casbah Wonder (Battle Weapons OO1)(Vinyl 7″)
Embattled party breakbeat DJs take heart; new artillery has arrived in the form of the debut 45 from the Battle Weapons label. On side A, we find Mr Doris & D-Funk pairing an acapella by arguably the greatest MC of all time with an instrumental by arguably the greatest funk band of all time. The resulting blend is every bit the treat you’d imagine – even if its title, New York Kiss, sounds
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