Since 2011, he’s invented the genre of ‘northern jazz’ and put out two albums’ worth of it (plus a remix LP of one of them), created an epically atmospheric Lucifer-themed concept album (plus a remix of the same), dropped an afro-beat inspired long player (and, again, a remix of the same) and now, creative powers as fertile as ever, David Hanke a.k.a Renegades Of Jazz, releases his
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RENEGADES OF JAZZ: Neverthless
SAVAGES Y SUEFO: Brotherhood
At last, the long-promised Savages Y Suefo LP, Brotherhood has dropped. Surely, this was first rumoured, oohh, two years ago when the Ashley Slater-featuring single Revolution! appeared. And since that track appears on this, it now seems, in retrospect, to have been the lead single. Two years? Man, that is a long lead time. Mind you, better late than never, and the implicit call to unity
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RENEGADES OF JAZZ: Moyo Zaidi (2017)
Naturally after Renegades Of Jazz’s full-length afro-funky Moyo Wangu outing last year, Moyo Zaidi was only to be expected. However, where Moyo Wangu (a.k.a ‘My Heart’) found producer David Hanke re-connecting with his early childhood in Tanzania, Moyo Zaidi (a.k.a. ‘Oi mate – let us have a go with your stems, I’ve got some ideas’) finds twelve remixers get in on the act with
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SAVAGES Y SUEFO feat. ASHLEY SLATER: Revolution! (2016)
Savages Y Suefo and Ashley Slater pick up where Smoove & Turrell recently left-off tackling the greed of the one per cent with itchy, funky, uptempo heater Revolution. We’ve had enough of all that elite-‘bashing’ though haven’t we? Have we fuck. They don’t need less grief, they need more. Because they’re not getting better, they’re getting worse. Like that business harpy I caught on the
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RENEGADES OF JAZZ: Afro Cookie (2016)
Having invented ‘northern jazz’ and essayed his hand at a Lucifer-themed breakbeat album, David Hanke – a.k.a. Renegades Of Jazz has of late turned from the dark side to the dark continent (inspired by an early childhood spent in Tanzania) and cooked up a whole afro-funk LP Moyo Wangu. The first course from the new ROJ kitchen is Afro Cookie which offers Fela-esque rhythms and
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RENEGADES OF JAZZ: Paradise Regain’d (2015)
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Renegades Of Jazz made a very early bid for album of the year with his Satanic-themed, Milton-inspired northern jazz breaks epic Paradise Lost all the way back in January and there’s been little to rival its magnificence thus far. Now a decent amount of time has elapsed however, Agogo are all primed to summon its counterpart to earth – a counterpart travelling
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HIDDEN JAZZ QUARTET feat. GREG BLACKMAN: Tap On The Backdoor (2015)
Tap On The Backdoor? Ooh there’s nothing worse than being locked out is there? There you are, dressing gown flapping wide and showing your arse, vainly slapping the pockets you’ve already panic-checked, knocking on your own door just in case all the people that weren’t in your house to let you in a minute ago have miraculously materialised inside and…what did you say? It’s the
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ONOM AGEMO & THE DISCO JUMPERS: Rar (2015)
Rar? An archive file format that supports data compression? The sound intended to convey the world’s least energetic lion made by the apathetic to convey mock annoyance or anger. Or funky, fuzzy, lo-fi organ antics? It’s the latter of course – the new single from Onom Agemo & The Disco Jumpers who are much less disco jumpers than they are, say, Money Mark admirers – in a good
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SAVAGES Y SUEFO: Remixes Y Reworks (2015)
Bet you can’t guess what sort of deal is on offer from Savages Y Suefo‘s next release – Remixes Y Reworks. Oh alright then – yes it is a stack of quality rerubs from among the Hungarian production duo’s favourites of the last few years. The collection includes a proportion of work that the pair have re-done for fellow Hungarian artists such as The Qualitons, Kerekes Band, Marcel and
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MO’ HORIZONS: The Banana Remixes (2015)
Purveyors of jazzy-bossa-boogaloo-breaks Mo’ Horizons are ‘between albums’ at the minute, so to keep everyone happy until a new one becomes ripe they’re putting out The Banana Remixes at the start of June. Basically it’s a bunch their stuff that’s been remixed along with another bunch of remixes they’ve done of other people. At the moment there are only six tracks available for
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