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11-Mar-2005 |
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New At Tunes: Switch A Light On, Someone |
Greetings,
Further evidence that we live in troubled times comes with
the news that Arcane Promotions (www.arcanepromotions.co.uk)
are dusting down their skull lanterns for the Infernal
Damnation Festival, an annual gathering of cloth-eared goths
whose remit is, quite simply, "to summon a plague Of darkness
across London".
Scheduled for Saturday, April 30th at Electrowerkz
in the normally dazzling East End of the city, acts confirmed
for the miserable spectacle include: Archaicus, Desolation,
Diamanthian, Irony Of Christ, Mantas, Necro Ritual, Necro-
Sadistic Goat Torture and Razor Of Occam. Tickets are a snip
at £10 and doors open at 2pm. If you must go, do take a torch.
##ALBUM OF THE WEEK##
>>The Complete Recordings - Soul Tornados<<
The Ohio-based Heller brothers' 1969 recording session yielded
three fabulous deep funk 45s of chugging bass, scratchy guitar
and screaming top-end organ. The rare originals - collectors
items for years - are available as a three 7" box set or
on one CD.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9792.html
##ALBUMS##
>>Electronic Music From The Swedish Leftcoast - Plej<<
Re-release of Gonkyburg scenesters Plej's debut album, in a
limited edition pack that includes a bonus CD of remixes. Deep
house grooves, innovative beats and sugar-dipped vocals.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9791.html
>>Cosmic Dancing - Poison<<
Obscure '70s 9-piece funk combo Poison specialised in raw party
funk in a style popularised by Earth, Wind & Fire. This reissue
includes unreleased tracks plus cuts from the group's only album.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9798.html
>>Lasal - Various<<
Compiled by Joan Gómez Barbena, founder and resident DJ at the
Lasal bar in Barcelona, this brilliant unmixed selection covers
over an hour of soul, funk, hip hop and broken beat goodness.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9793.html
>>Sleeping Giant - Bluprint<<
Devon-based production collective Bluprint expand their nu jazz
/chill house sound with a more vocal-driven approach on an
album of amospheric, funk-touched mellow dancefloor cuts.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9790.html
>>Freerange Records Colour Series: Blue 02 - Various<<
Top notch selection from Jimpster's brilliant Freerange imprint.
This CD-only compilation covers a spectrum of house styles, from
deep to electro to soulful to straight up jackin.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9794.html
>>Spirits Of Life: Haitian Vodou - Various<<
Fascinating album of heavyweight tribal drumming and intense
choral vocalsfeaturing the music and songs of Vodou (Voodoo),
the African-derived religion that slaves brought to Haiti.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9801.html
>>I Love You - Benny Sings<<
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Benny Sings' lighter-than-air
feelgood pop songs are presented live (recorded at the BimHuis
in Amsterdam) on his debut for Sonar Kollektiv.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9789.html
>>So... How's your Girl? - Handsome Boy Modeling School<<
Re-issue of this 1999 classic from producers Prince Paul and
Dan 'The Automator'. An all-star atmospheric masterpiece of
classic rap, turntablism, trip-hop and electronica.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9800.html
>>Breakscape - Various<<
Bargain priced album collects together fourteen classic breaks-
driven cuts sourced from labels like Compost, Botchit & Scarper,
Marine Parade, Finger Lickin' and Against The Grain.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9796.html
>>Caviar At 3AM - Club Des Belugas<<
Beautifully produced, mellowed out Brazilectro, jazz and lounge
fineness composed and arranged by Martin Kratzenstein, aka
Maxim Illion, with classy guest appearances.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9797.html
>>New Skool Blazers: E-Z Rollers Mix - Various<<
E-Z Rollers compile and mix twenty tracks of full-strength D&B
from up and coming artists championed by the Rollers themselves,
inspired by demo tracks that they have received. Bargain price.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9795.html
>>Ultimate Scratch Series Vol. 1 - Various<<
Aimed at bedroom producers, turntablists, mix tape jocks and
scratch competitors, an excellent DJ tools plate, full of
sampled soundbites, film dialogue, score clips, beat loops...
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9799.html
>>Klubbjazz 3 - Various<<
Excellent volume in the jazz-referencing club music compilation
series from Slip 'n' Slide. A fresh batch in, going for less
than £6.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/5791.html
All these and loads more albums at:
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/recent_additions/
##SINGLE OF THE WEEK##
>>Afroheat #3 - Afrodisiac Sound System<<
Brilliant 4 track EP of Afro mash ups featuring various
groove blends including Fela Kuti, William Onyeabor,
'Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll', Manu Dibango's 'Soul Makossa'
and even a bit of In Deep's 'Last Night A DJ Saved My
Life'. Very limited stocks.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9805.html
##SINGLES##
>>The Nice Up - Rodney P feat. Kymani Marley<<
Reggae-driven dancefloor hip hop from London Posse legend
Rodney P, whose standout track from the album 'The Future'
gets a bit of re-rub action.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9813.html
>>Louder Than A Bomb - Tiga<<
Tiga follows up his massive 'Pleasure From The Bass' with a
surprising cover of Public Enemy's 'Louder Than A Bomb'. A 4/4
take with plenty of wobbly synths and some devastating bass.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9812.html
>>Dance - ESG<<
New York punk-funk originators ESG's early '80s classic gets
booted on this one sided plate. Very limited stock of this
brilliant track so grab while you can...
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9804.html
>>All I Need - Meat Katie<<
Mark 'Meat' Pember unleashes a couple of tech-funk monsters
from his recent sets, remixed by compadres Dylan Rhymes
and Lee Coombs.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9803.html
>>New Awakening Remixes Pt. 6 - DJ Mitsu The Beats<<
Bugz In The Attic's Agent K opens up chapter six in the Mitsu
remix series with a downtempo head nodder. Flip for French
producer Soul Village's soulful hip hop version of 'Music Mate'.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9802.html
>>Freerange Records Colour Series: Blue 02 - Various<<
Sampler 12" from the CD-only compilation, covering a spectrum
of house styles featuring Kirk DeGiorgio, Random Factor,
Jimpster, King Kooba, Sold On Sound...
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9806.html
>>Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme - Edan<<
Magnificent 12" from Edan fusing his advanced verbals over
properly imaginative samples and arrangements and buzzbomb
production. Flip for some strings-bathed beat poetry.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9807.html
>>Calm - The Rogue Element<<
Heavyweight breaks exploder from young London producer. Rogue's
previous releases have gone out on labels like Milk n 2 Sugars
and Functional Breaks, but this is by far his best.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9808.html
>>Jus' Gettin' It EP - The Narcoleptic<<
The first of two releases on Classic from new Chicago artist
Matty Harris, aka The Narcoleptic. Funk-driven dancefloor
boompty business that's getting heavy support from Derrick
Carter, DJ Sneak, DJ Heather and assorted Chi-town players.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9811.html
>>Distorted Minds - Hexstatic vs. Juice Aleem<<
Hexstatic return with the latest opus from their 'Master View'
album, with this electro-spy theme. Flip for a bleeding-edge
dancefloor mix from Zero dB and a wide-eyed leftfield jazz
re-work by Japanese duo Rainstick Orchestra.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9810.html
>>A Mosca - XRS + Marky<<
Sweet melodies, bruising d&b beats and throbbing bass from XRS
in his best release for ages. A fast and furious assaulter with
some delicious analogue synth mangling.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9809.html
>>Sane reD eVil - Daniel Veres<<
Gothenburg's Cute Records debuts with this quality four track
12" of fresh beats and bass on a broken boogie funk tip,
followed by some jazzy broken boogie jam action.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9814.html
>>The Alchemist - Dobbs<<
Lovely deep, atmospheric breaks 12" from Dobbs, following his
heavily caned 'Skydeck' single and marking the second release
for new label Redgrave. Flip for a tougher mix from Christian J.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9815.html
>>U-Freqs All Stars Vol. VII - Various<<
Bleep-tech loons U-Freqs drop another freaky four tracker of
sparse, intense electronica and warped digital breakbeat aimed
at chemically embellished dancefloors.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9816.html
>>Rock Me - Move Ya! & Steve Lavers<<
Move Ya! and Steve Lavers return with this funky-assed bass-
driven house-breaks 12" with an infectious female vocal hook.
Comes in original breakbeat form and twisted tech-funk re-edit.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9817.html
All these and loads more singles at:
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/recent_singles/
##BACK IN STOCK##
Sleeve - Get It On (12) At last!!!
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/8121.html
Ch3vy - Fur Coat, No Knickers (12)
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9632.html
Husky Rescue - City Lights (versions) (12)
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/8953.html
Benjamin Herman - Skunkaholic (7)
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9784.html
Quintetto X - Novo Esquema Da Bossa (CD)
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9637.html
Vuca - Bossafrica (12)
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/7710.html
Nicola Conte - Kind Of Sunshine (12)
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9191.html
Alice Russell feat. TM Duke - Hurry On Now (12)
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9622.html
##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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