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10-Dec-2004 |
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New At Tunes: Definitely Jammy |
Greetings,
In yet another 'US rapper in trouble with the law' surprise,
Def Jam hardcore dude DMX recently pleaded guilty to reckless
endangerment and driving under the influence of valium at a
criminal court in Queens, New York. Answering to his real name,
Earl Simmons picked up a conditional discharge, a $1000 dollar
fine and had his Ford SUV impounded.
Fair enough? Well... here's the story behind the bust:
1) Simmons and associate attempt to steal a car at Kennedy
International Airport.
2) The pair are foiled and promptly 'do one' on foot.
3) Simmons forces a passing motorist out of his car, claiming
to be an FBI agent.
4) The cops ID Agent DMX and swoop on Chateau Simmons.
5) Cops give Simmons' SUV the once over, discovering that:
a) the truck has been fitted with a police siren, and
b) it's also storing 15-20 rocks of crack, a billy club and
unspecified quantities of Oxycodone and Diazepam.
Now bear in mind that back in 1999, a raid on Simmons'
house turned up crack pipes, a pistol and 13 pit bull terriers,
for which he was hit with a fine and an order to make public
service announcements for the Humane Society (yes, that's right).
Then check how his lawyer, Murray 'if I was a' Richman,
described the latest court deal: "This was a good disposition
for a matter that was blown greatly out of proportion". Murray
Richman. Remember that name if you're ever in any bother...
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##DVDs##
>>Stones Throw 101 CD & DVD - Various<<
A splendid selection from Stones Throw: 16 music videos on
DVD, bonus videos inlcuding tour footage, interviews and
more, all topped off with a 70 minute CD mix of the first
100 releases from the label.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9461.html
>>Brazilectro DVD - Various<<
If you've enjoyed the Brazilectro albums you're going to
love this. Two wonderful music films shot in Rio De Janeiro
and Sao Paolo with a soundtrack featuring a 75 minute mix of
the best songs from the albums (series 1 to 6) plus extra
material and 77 minutes of mixed music on a bonus CD.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9460.html
>>Our Latin Thing - Various<<
A musical documentary revealing the lifestyles of New York's
Latinos during the 1970s. Includes music from Ray Baretto,
Willie Colon, Roberto Rodriguez, Barry Rogers etc. Directed
by Leon Gast this is a raw DVD capturing an essence similar
to that of 'City Of God'.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9014.html
>>Live At Montreux 1987 DVD - Curtis Mayfield<<
Curtis' distinctive falsetto vocals and fine guitar playing
are in evidence on this classic set that encompasses early
Impressions material along with later hits.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9462.html
##ALBUM OF THE WEEK##
>>Soul II Soul At The Africa Centre - Various<<
Essentially the story of the rise of Soul II Soul, this
collection covers many of the tracks played at their
legendary sound system sets in the Africa Centre, along with
exclusives from artists like Horace Andy, Shabba Ranks,
Caron Wheeler and Barrington Levy. In authentic style,
the set closes with a live police raid.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9485.html
##ALBUMS##
>>Who Shot Jaques Laverne? - Various<<
Danish label Jack To Phono unleash a quality album of
quirky electronica, sample-infused leftfield dancefloor
grooves, twisted Latin-jazz, weird world music and proto
funk, featuring artists from around the globe.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9484.html
>>FabricLive 19: The Freestylers - Various<<
Fabric stalwarts The Freestylers mix up the best of current
British urban breakbeat, featuring some of the scene’s
youngest and freshest talents.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9489.html
>>Deluxe 2: For Your Pleasure - Various<<
The ultimate experience in contemporary lo-fi, this time
around fuelled with a dark jazzy undercurrent and a
persuasive urban flavour.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9494.html
>>Bargrooves Special Places Boxset - Various<<
8 CDs, 90 tracks and all in one box. Contains four double
CDs: 'Terrazza', 'Frosted', 'Space Privee' and 'Al Fresco'.
Based around the finest house music from soulful to funky
and deep this collection will keep you going all year
round. The tracklisting speaks for itself...
Also available individually - check the links.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9495.html
>>Ultimate Street Anthems - Various<<
No less than 52 tracks of hip hop, R&B and urban sounds
including classics of the genre as well as recent heavy
hitters, blended into a killer mix.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9482.html
>>Malik - The Lafayette Afro Rock Band<<
This Afro-rock / funky soul set is one of only a handful of
albums recorded by the legendary Lafayette Afro Rock Band.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9463.html
>>Roots Of Dub Funk 4 - Various<<
A typically eclectic dub-based melange plucked from more than
400 tracks for consideration, there’s a lot more to this
album than throbbing bass and cavernous echo chamber action.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9477.html
>>Martini Mood Vol 3 - Various<<
Soulful melodies, lounge vibes and shaking beats with club
sensibilities, running from downbeat to Latin, leftfield to
jazz and beyond.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9478.html
>>The Hudson Affair - Keith Hudson & Friends<<
Overshadowed by fellow '70s dub heads and producers like King
Tubby, Lee Perry and Augustus Pablo, Keith Hudson nevertheless
had the skills to equal these stars' quality of output.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9473.html
>>The French Pop & Soul Experience Part 1 - Various<<
In the early '70s, three maverick French composers and
musicians initiated a project to fuse pop, jazz, funk and soul
into a unique Herbie Hancock / David Axelrod-inspired fusion.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9472.html
>>Interesting Flavours - Various<<
Yorkshire label Chocolate Fireguard continue their exploration
into all things musically excellent and leftfield with a fresh
collection of leftfield, hip hop, funk, breaks, chilled
grooves, downtempo and soul.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9467.html
>>Playtime Reggae - Various<<
Easy rocking reggae numbers from the brilliant Hi & Fly label.
Cool Jamaican vibes, mellow laid back cuts, soulful, funky
stuff and deeper roots tunes.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9466.html
>>Soul Makossa - The Lafayette Afro Rock Band<<
Afro Funk gold from The Lafayette Afro Rock Band, a talented
collective recording in Paris in the early '70s, merging
American funk rhythms with African flavours
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9464.html
All these and loads more albums at:
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/recent_additions/
##SINGLE OF THE WEEK##
>>Slipstream / Stars - Spiritual South<<
Lovely double-A 12" from Spiritual South, airing their latest
percussive Afro-tech exploder 'Slipstream', featuring Philly's
jazz poet high priestess Kiapella. Flip for the brilliant
'Stars', with two mixes including the cinematic, Sun Ra-ish
'QAF Breach' version.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9476.html
##SINGLES##
>>Standing Tall - Black Samurai feat. Daddy Freddy &
The Ragga Twins<<
Smart 12" from new imprint CSide, opening with the soul-hop
of 'Standing Tall' and diversifying into some downtempo
2-step dancehall action with 'Information Critic'.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9444.html
>>Wise Progression EP1 - Okada Taxi<<
Japanese import from the people that also gave us DJ Mitsu.
Anyone familiar with Break N Bossa 3 on Schema will
recognisethis name and the rest of you are in for a treat.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9465.html
>>Lick The Frog - Lee Coombs vs Lick The Frog<<
Single-sided limited edition press of Lee Coombs tech-house
mix of the U-Freqs track 'Lick The Frog', as heard on
Coombs' recent album 'Breakfast Of Champions'.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9469.html
>>Original / Bun De Wikkid - Luv Lite Massive<<
Founded by DJ and producer Megablast (aka Sascha Weisz),
Luv Lite Massive hook up with Pressure Drop's One Eye
Records for this bashment bruiser.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9474.html
>>Big Fun (Cosmic Re-Edits #2) - unknown<<
Single sided bootleg re-edit of Kevin Saunderson's Detroit
house anthem 'Big Fun', featuring Paris Grey's haunting vocal.
A breakthrough track when it first blew up in the late '80s.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9471.html
>>Peyote Road - Elite Force<<
Feisty 4/4-based hypnotic electro breaker from Elite Force.
'White Lightning' on the flip pushes the breaks up for a
dark and twisted floor stormer.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9470.html
>>Big Chief / Sambana - Professor Longhair/ United Eye<<
Paul Murphy reworks New Orleans piano legend Professor
Longhair's classic into a percussive Brazilian dancefloor
heater, backed with a massive carnival party tune 'Sambana'.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9499.html
>>Slum Dunk presents Funk Carioca (Sampler) - Various<<
Inspired by Rio's favela parties, 'Funk Carioca' combines
street-smart sounds with dirty electro beats and the
intensity of DIY techno.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9475.html
>>Man With A Movie Camera Remixes - Cinematic Orchestra<<
Domu and Tony Nwachukwu take a side each to remix the title
cut from the Cinematic's soundtrack masterpiece. Downtempo
deepness from Domu, backed with Tony's synth-breaks take.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9480.html
>>The 3rd Gear EP - Demarkus Lewis<<
Demarkus Lewis' third release on F&R is a warm and soulful
Larry Heard-style deep house jam, backeds with a pair of
more electronica-fuelled tech-house tracks.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9481.html
>>Two Culture Clash: Knock Knock - Spragga Benz / Roni Size<<
Lifted from the Wall Of Sound / Gee Jam collaborative album,
where electronic producers go head-to-head with Jamaica’s
most talented dancehall, ska and reggae vocalists/musicians.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9483.html
>>The One Thing - Alfonso X<<
Panama's Alfonso X drops a fresh plate of electrifying Latin
rhythms, killer horns, soaring guitars and heavyweight
string arrangements plus some stunning vocals.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9486.html
>>The Plunderphonic EP - Beatphreak<<
Another smart EP from Jack To Phono, featuring Jason Holmes'
Beatphreak dropping mellow electro-soul, dubby downtempo
business and a reworking of reggae big 'un 'Gospel Nights'.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9488.html
>>Wake Up People - Heem & The Music Monsters<<
7" Re-issue heroes Jazzman drop their first ever 12",
inspired by their desire to release this rare Philly disco-
funker in it's full length format for the first time.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9490.html
>>Crossroads - Alison Crockett<<
Alison Crockett repeats the winning formula of her last
WW45 release inviting DJ Spinna to sprinkle some soulful,
NYC house vibes over her emotive original.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9491.html
>>The Bashment Track - Baobinga<<
Full tilt breakbeat rockers from Samuel Simpson's Baobinga.
Gritty beats, extra fat bass and whooping electro terror,
with an arrangement to wind the floor into a frenzy.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9492.html
>>Blessed Is He - Zion Train<<
Limited 10" re-issue of two lovely dub cuts from Zion
Train's 'Original Sounds Of The Zion Remixed' album.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9493.html
All these and loads more singles at:
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/recent_singles/
##BACK IN STOCK##
Nostalgia 77 - Seven Nation Army (12)
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/8985.html
The Lost Plates EP - Krafty Kuts
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/5681.html
Take It - Kraft Kuts & C5 Joyriders
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/7501.html
##JUST IN ON VINYL##
Interpretations For Ken Ishii: Future In Light Remixed
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9403.html
Back Home - Alex Attias presents Mustang
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9303.html
##EVENTS##
APPLE CRUMBLE
Saturday, 11th December
Herbal 10-14 Kingsland Road E2
£5 before 10, £7 afters
Host DJs Ed Dimmock and Mr George (SUPERTANKER)
Guests Quinn Whaley from DIFFERENTGEAR (CITY
ROCKERS) and DEREK MESCALITO (TUMMY TOUCH)
Plus Captain Phil...
Then, keep your faces on for:
CMonGround
Sunday 12th December
The Poet, 9 Folgate Street E1
2pm - 10:30pm
FREE
Mr George (Supertanker/ Apple Crumble), Derek Mescalito
(Tummy Touch) and Lascelles (7-Hurtz/ Output).
Food available - traditional Sunday roasts with a twist
accompanied by tapas + meditaranean dishes for under a tenner.
There's table football and a pool room too. In the front bar,
footie fans can catch Villa v Birmingham (2nd hf 2pm) and
Arsenal v Chelsea (KO 4.05pm) on the big screen.
##MAILOUT ARCHIVE##
Access all the previous mailouts for past recommendations, albums
and singles of the week(s) and poisonous rants.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/mail_archive/
Cheers,
- Derek
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