Dublin 2-tone outfit The Bionic Rats find their track Dear John leaving them for multiple partners on this remix EP. Origin One offer the security of something relatively close to the original but a little more minimal, Max Rubadub promises lazy days and hazy nights with his slowed down dub cut, Bobby C TV offers plastic palm tree excitement in the form of 80s-tinged funk and
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THE BIONIC RATS: Dear John Remix EP (2015)
MR BIRD: La Playa (Remixes) (2014)
Danny Massure’s Spring Strut Recordings takes it to the beach with this saucy remix package of La Playa from Lisbon’s funkiest UK ex-pat – Mr Bird. Naturally you get the sexy original of course which opens things up strutting around all oiled up and available. First to have a crack at a remix is Broso who tries it on with a moombah feel and then Stereo 77 has a go too, loosening things up
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ASHER D & DADDY FREDDY: Raggamuffin Hip-hop (Remixes) (2013)
Back in the day, the Music Of Life label released some seminal UK hip-hop. Fast forward to the present and the brand new Stay On Target label has acquired the rights to remix and release some of these lost classics. And here’s there opening salvo – the remixes of Asher D (no, not that one) and Daddy Freddy’s Raggamuffin Hip-hop which first dropped in 1988. And you thought hip-hop
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SAMMY SENIOR feat. RAYNA: Don’t Touch My Heart (The Remixes) (2013)
Don’t Touch My Heart? Fat chance of anything not being ‘touched’ when it comes to remixing a release. And the time when Sammy Senior‘s excellent MC Rayna-featuring ghetto funked-up, swing-hop banger from February got passed around the grubby mitts of B-Side, DeFunk, DELimentary, and the Mustbeat Crew was no exception. It got a thorough groping. Check the results below – expect four different adventures
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BROWNOUT: Grant Phabao & Renegades Of Jazz Remixes (2013)
In the crazy world of electrical terminology a ‘brownout’ is a drop in voltage. Which is ironic since these remixes of Texan latin-funk outfit Brownout create something of a musical power surge. ParisDJs in-house producer Grant Phabao is up first and plugs his whole updated Studio One/ King Tubby ting into I Won’t Lie to nice up the wide-open spaces steel guitar vibe of the original in
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BLEND MISHKIN feat. MC JAMALSKI: We Are Roots (Remixes) (2013)
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Clearly a case of ‘Oh shit – that was good enough to make a bit of money with – what were we thinking with the free download?’ Blend Mishkin‘s hip-hop riddim-powered reggae number featuring MC Jamalski, We Are Roots, now gets the full four-track remix treatment package. And guess what? It’s not just the original that was good enough to make a bit of money with. The ‘exclusive
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THE ICONS Vol. 3: Ghetto Funk Remixes (2012) Free download from 22 Dec. ’12
It’s the Ghetto Funk label’s third annual Icons outing here with The Icons: Vol. 3 as they let a platoon of producers loose on several decades of musical heritage each to rework the – er – work of a musical icon in their own inimitable ghetto funk style. Well, I say ‘ghetto funk’ style – the more nebulous ‘bass music’ moniker would be nearer the mark – but more about that in a sec. Perhaps the most
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