A nice slice of instrumental Eastern funk for you here on Sababa 5’s new single Eilat 22. This follows previous single Funk #1 b/w Funk #2 and very much maintains the quality pitting hypnotic bass and crunchy drum-breaks against crazy swirling keyboard solos. Turns out the single is named after the band’s studio on the borders of Tel Aviv and Jaffa and finds them co-opting the
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SABABA 5: Eilat 22 (Vinyl 7″)
THE IRONSIDES: Changing Light LP
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When The Ironsides first hove into view with their Stig & Steen cover Sommer in 2020 it was as a Monophonics side project (of bassist Max Ramey, along with his brother Joe) doing atmospheric but rhythmically funky cinematic soul. Even then the potential was clear: the production was amazing; the combo of orchestral strings and funky rhythms their USP
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CALIBRO 35: Gun Powder
Say hello to a returning Calibro 35 who, having re-invented themselves for the new decade as a band liable to use a lot more electronic sounds and arguably more late seventies/ early eighties influences on 2020 LP Momentum now deliver their first single in ages – Gun Powder. Ironically Gun Powder harks back to sort of Rage Against The Machine-meets-mod-funk sound bomb they
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WHATITDO ARCHIVE GROUP: Palace Of A Thousand Sounds
On previous album The Black Stone Affair LP – Whatitdo Archive Group was all about the sound of giallo and spaghetti western soundtracks but when you’ve pastiched those so effectively, whither next? Well, as anyone who’s been keeping an eye on recent singles will know, the destination arrived at on new album Palace Of A Thousand Sounds is very much Planet Exotica with musical influences
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GREAT REVIVERS: Seek & Destroy
Buoyed by the success of volumes 1 and 2 it seems that German label Golden Rules has no intention of halting its funk showcase series The Originals any time soon for here is the first of two opening salvos from the label for Vol. 3 – Seek & Destroy by Great Revivers. One hesitates to use a semantic field of war in relation to a Russian band given current international affairs but a) they’ve
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BEAT BRONCO ORGAN TRIO: Another Shape Of Essential Sounds
As augured by excellent single Dr Kiffi last month, here is the second long player from Beat Bronco Organ Trio (or just Beat Bronco as they seem to be styling themselves lately) – Another Shape Of Essential Sounds. And yes it does fulfil the promise of that single. Not for the them the ‘first album part 2′ sound of some bands’ sophomore affairs this one finds much of the material on it
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OS ZABELÊS: If You Don’t Like the Effects, Don’t Produce the Cause / Back In Our Minds (Vinyl 7″)
The second of two 45s to launch F-Spot Records’ psych-world-folk subsidiary label Pangea International Recording Co. is this one from Os Zabelês. Cover tracks? Yup – this time of two Funkadelic numbers – A-side If You Don’t Like the Effects, Don’t Produce the Cause from America Eats Its Young and B-side Back In Our Minds from Maggot Brain both done in a funky samba stylee
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THE SAND DOLLARS: Waterloo Bossa/ Get Thy Bearings (Vinyl 7″)
Rating: Turns out F-Spot Records (home of funky reggae covers super-group Night Owls) has a new subsidiary label – Pangea International Recording Co. – and not one but two new forthcoming 45s on said subsidiary! The first of those is by The Sand Dollars and once again we’re in super-group covers territory with two psychedelic sixties classics re-imagined in a
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THE IRONSIDES: The Web
Like cinematic soul? ‘Course you do and so you’ll love the new Ironsides single, ‘The Web’ with its beautifully arranged nod to the grandiose and sweeping film scores of the sixties. The bedrock of this one is a funky rhythm (and yes there is an actual short drum break solo) but what will really catch and hold you about The Web is its rich orchestration – all epic strings and, later in the
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CANTRIPS: For Private Use Only (Vinyl 7″)
Rating: Some heavy new psych-funk coming out of Oz on For Private Use Only by Cantrips – a crew composed of band leader Patrick Ryan and like-minded members of both Karate Boogaloo and Surprise Chef. Unusually the name of the single isn’t the name of either of the tracks contained thereon for these are A-side The Prayer and B-side The Big Break. Both cuts were apparently
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