It might not be ‘hot town, summer in the city’ weather at the minute but Lovin Spoonful-sampling breaks oldie Sound Around Town from Moooqee and Herbgrinder gets some remix heat on this package from Funkanomics, Beatvandals and – er – Mooqee who gives things an ‘organ VIP’ editing. Funkanomics bring the sound around where grinding breaksville
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MOOQEE & HERBGRINDER: Sound Around Town (Remixes) (2016)
JUNGLE: Busy Earnin’ (Mooqee beats edit) (2014) Free download
Anyone familiar with London ‘soul collective’ Jungle and their 70s-ish single Busy Earnin from earlier this year may be aware that they were so busy “earnin'” that it prevented them doing a number of other things. One of these was writing lyrics that went much further than the phrases “busy earnin'” and “you can’t get enough” and another was adding a beat with any substance. Blimey – it’s a
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BOMBSTRIKES: 10 Year Takeover (2010) + MOOQEE & HERBGRINDER Sound Around Town (Mooqee organ VIP edit) Free download
A whole decade of Bombstrikes? That’s right and I’m not talking life on the Gaza strip either. Nope, I refer Mooqee and Beatvandals‘ record label having reached a stage where it could blow out ten candles on a birthday cake – if it had enough puff. Talking of puff – probably not the narcotic of choice at any night where Bombstrikes cuts are played – what with the focus being on breakbeat
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MOOQEE & BEATVANDALS: Bombstrikes: 10 Years In 10 Minutes Mix (2014) Free download
Christ – take cover! The Bombstrikes crew are parading more weaponry around than Vladimir Putin in chest-beating mode! Yes, Mooqee and Beatvandals lock, load, and cut everything they can lay their hands on from the label in the last ten years in order to celebrate a decade of dancefloor destruction. In case you were wondering, that’s two number one compilation albums, eight
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RANDA & THE SOUL KINGDOM: The Things (2011)
Blimey. Randa in disco shocker! The second album from Aussie funkers Randa & The Soul Kingdom, What You Need, is in the offing and according to the accompanying press release it promises to deliver more deep funk, sixties style soul and – if The Things is anything to go by – a bit of disco fever too. And what things is Randa singing about exactly? Going by the sound, I’d say silver hot pants, white leather roller skates and knee high basketball socks
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