If you caught the lush, jazzy boom-bap of MG Gost‘s recent free maxi single Dream Chaser featuring Jack Jones (a.k.a Audessey of Soundsci) then you’ll no doubt be fiending for more. Happy the reader of this post then, if they are someone the previous sentence describes since MG Gost’s Waking Walk LP is out at the end of the month. Naturally it contains the aforementioned single
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MG GOST: Waking Walk LP + win JAZZ SPASTIKS ‘Unkut Fresh’ Instrumentals (2015)
MG GOST feat. JACK JONES a.k.a. AUDESSEY: Dream Chaser (2015) Free download
MG Gost teams up with Jack Jones a.k.a Audessey of Soundsci for some inspirational verses on this jazzy boom-bap freeness from the Dusty Platter label. Slone and the superbly named Dirty Hairy are on the remix tip but it’s Slone who trumps even the original cut with his super mellow psychedelic-soul-jazzy take on Dream Chaser. There’s also rather gratifyingly not only
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JAZZ SPASTIKS & REBELS TO THE GRAIN: Unkut Fresh (2015)
More 90s head-nod boom-bap dope from Dusty Platter and damn if it ain’t those Jazz Spastiks again – this time in the company of L.A. crew Cheddy and MP a.k.a. Rebels To The Grain with the fifteen-track Unkut Fresh. Thus in time-honoured fashion it’s yet another effortlessly classy pairing of UK production talent and Stateside microphone magic – see also Format and
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JAZZ SPASTIKS: ‘The Product’ Remixes (2014)
It would seem to be the week (and perhaps the time of year) for labels to promote some remix product. In this case it’s an album of re-versions of Edinburgh production duo Jazz Spastiks’ The Product LP which consisted of effortlessly dope phat, jazz-influenced boom-bap hip-hop hook-ups with quality American emcee legends such as Ladybug Mecca (of Digable Planets fame), Apani B
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DJ SUSPECT & DOC TMK (feat. EMSKEE & A.S.M.): That’ll Never Happen / Fresh (Dusty Platter 45 Remix Vol.1) (2014)
Fat, funky wax action from one half of The Funk League, DJ Suspect, his production partner in crime Doc TMK and their partner in rhyme (and general all-round go-to for true school mic action) Emskee of The Good People? That’ll never happen. Except it has! On this – That’ll Never Happen! But what if the same production duo were to team up with Kraut/ Canuck crew A.S.M.?
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JAZZ SPASTIKS: The Product (2014)
The jazz-rap vinyl resistance (or should that be renaissance) continues apace as Edinburgh-based Jazz Spastiks and Dusty Platter signings (re)-drop dope LP The Product (originally only available in cd and digital) to all the vinyl junkies. In doing so they add a highly respectable contribution to the recent spate of such material from Kista & Glad2Mecha, the Blunted Astronaut label (and
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KISTA & GLAD2MECHA: Collecting Dust (2014)
Judging by the formats on which this has now already sold out, I’d say the last thing album love-letter to soul, jazz and funk 45-sampling boom-bap Collecting Dust is doing is collecting dust. Raising dust maybe. And even a brief listen to the work of UK producer Kista and US emcee Glad2Mecha will reveal why. It’s classic mid 90s style boom-bap – only made now, obviously
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JAZZ SPASTIKS: Move (feat. APANI B-FLY)/ Frequency (feat. MOKA ONLY) (2014)
According to the PR, Jazz Spastiks are, “a highly gifted production duo residing in Edinburgh, Scotland. Blending their love of Jazz with Hip Hop, they make nothing but pure head-nodding, neck-snapping beats.” Which is true. But is there scope (see what I did there?) for lyrical enhancement? As it turns out there is. First up is a veteran emcee known for her Native Tongues-ish ’96 single
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ANTEEK RECIPES: ‘Hot Rhythm/ Little Stories’ Ltd. 7″ (2014)
Anteek Recipes take it back like Robin Locksley on this limited gem. Hot Rhythm finds producer Dirty Hairy making your day by laying down a super smooth 80s dancefloor funk groove for MC Shuteyes to get lyrical on though the Buffalo NY emcee restrains himself from adopting the full retro rising and falling inflection of Sugarhill-era mic manipulation. Over on Little Stories Dirty Hairy’s all
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KISTA: Pushin Buttons EP (2013)
UK producer Kista comes correct and goes stateside for his rappers with his forthcoming EP the Pushin Buttons EP. The twelve tracker (six vocal cuts plus instro versions) features the talents of Maspyke’s Tableek on two tracks while The Vinyl Junkies’ Sumkid turns up on another pair – one of which also features Rob McKay. Expect the sort of heavyweight dusty soul, jazz, disco and funk
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