Back at the dawn of hip-hop, heads thought nothing of dropping ten minute tracks with no clearly-defined verse/ chorus structure and such an animal was the Jean-Michel Basquiat-financed, Rammellzee and K Rob-featuring early psychedelic hip-hop epic, Beat Bop, which first appeared in 1983. Distinctive for its vocals which are periodically drenched in reverb (and for fading out
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RAMMELLZEE vs. K ROB: Beat Bop repress (Vinyl 12″)
NICK FABER: What Happened Yesterday (Vinyl 12″)
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It’s fair to say Nick Faber has been around the musical block a few times. The veteran big beater’s Let Me Hear You Clap Your Hands came out on Marble Bar in ’99, for example; he was king of the beats on John Turrell’s solo album Kingmaker and has previously remixed minor artists like Kylie and Sugababes. His next trick however, is the release of a new 12″ solo single
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ONDENO: Mayolye (Original single version) b/w Mayolye (Nik Weston official Mukatsuku edit) (12″ Vinyl)
Look sharp – Rocafort Records are at it again with a 12″ repress of the original version of Jean Ondeno’s big-ass late seventies afro-disco number Mayolye. That’s nearly four minutes of pumping wah-wah drenched four-to-the-floor with layer upon layer of extra afro-percussive elements to you. And since it’s afro-funk related and a remix is required, there’s only one person in town to ask
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DUSTY DONUTS 12: All Eyes On Lovin’ (NAUGHTY NMX Cali Mix)/ Keep Your Head Alright (RUNEX Zapped Up Mix) (2017)
Clearly alarmed by Jim Sharp’s canny attempt to become the ultimate dj fanny-magnet on Dusty Donuts 11 with super-smooth re-versions of late 70s/ early 80s boogie funk, label mates Naughty NMX and Runex launch a counter-attack with Dusty Donuts 12 and their own re-versions of two cuts from the same era. Which also happen to be devastatingly on-trend (given the imminent
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