Blimey – a 12″ – remember them? They were king of vinyl formats for a while and ruled the clubs for nearly four decades until newfangled stuff like digital formats came along and and – er – the vinyl 7″ made a resurgence. Still, for disco and hip-hop, they were always the big donny dadda of formats and The Rebel knows what’s good for new release Rebel Music. Six cuts (yep, there’s a lot
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THE REBEL feat. DANNO, THE GOOD PEOPLE, ICE ONE: Rebel Music (Vinyl 12″)
THE REBEL, DEDY DREAD, KEILA ABEID, MO’ HORIZONS: Quero Ver Você Dançar (Vinyl 12″)
Four Flies Records’ DJ’s Choice imprint, embarks on a new series of vinyl 12″s exploring music that promises to encompass nu-soul, tropical funk and hip-hop with first release Quero Ver Você Dançar. Combining the production talents of Rome’s The Rebel DJ and Portugal’s Dedy Dread with the voice of Brazilian jazz chantuese Keila Abeid, the track is a sinuous tropical groove designed to awaken
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THE REBEL: JBs Need Some Money (Vinyl 7″)
“Freddie’s dead!”
“No he ain’t!”
“Freddie’s dead!”
“No he ain’t!”
“The Rebel’s disco-funky You Can Have A Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks And I’ll Be Straight edit, JBs Need Some Money finally made it onto 45!”
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THE REBEL feat. ILLSPOKINN: The Sculptor (Vinyl 7″)
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Oh shit! Can’t see this hanging around for long when it gets released next week. Hot new 45 thrills from the DJ’s Choice label as they enlist the services of one of the monkey’s favourite DJ/ producers, The Rebel, who returns with a band, NYC emcee Illspokinn and seven inch banger The Sculptor. It’s a project that sees the outfit channel peak-era The J.B.’s perfectly while Illspokinn holds forth on the mic. Flip that bad boy
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DJ’s CHOICE: THE REBEL feat. DARK ANGEL/ DJ VADIM feat. MACKA B (7″ vinyl)
It’s been a while since the monkey’s had any proper bashment business to report but that particular drought is over now with the arrival of this new DJ’s Choice 45. Hitherto, DJ’s Choice has, of course, been the collective term for Rome’s ‘soul shakedown’ party-starter the Rebel DJ and Lisbon’s Dedy Dread. Now, however, it is also the name of the record label started by the Rebel DJ. The first
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BASEMENT FREAKS feat. ITRAN: The Rebel (2016)
Unbowed by everything 2016 has thrown at us, Basement Freaks turns his hand to dancefloor dub reggae in the run-up to Christmas. The Rebel is his new cut and it features vocals from Itran who delivers insurrectionary vibes on the mic. Naturally, there’s an instrumental version for those who feel that musical rebellion should be expressed purely by the medium of, well, music
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