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27-May-2005 |
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New At Tunes: Bring Back The Bell |
Greetings,
With heat comes madness. A ringtone hits the UK no.1 spot
and Tunes is selling loads of smart records on the cheap.
Click links to overstocks sale at bottom of this mail or
on the home page.
##ALBUM OF THE WEEK##
>>Boogie Angst - Kraak & Smaak<<
After four brilliantly received EPs and a set of spot-on
remixes, Dutch trio K&S finally drop their debut album.
Laced with their unique interpretation of funk, 'Boogie Angst'
has enough diversity to render it a proper listening album
as well as a dead cert on the dancefloor.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10127.html
##ALBUMS##
>>Ghetto Soul Vol. 2 - Various<<
Vinyl only comp of delicious rare soul and funk covering some
brilliant tracks scored from out-of-press 7"s, B-sides and
assorted obsurities. Limited availability on this one.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10124.html
>>Diggin It Something Rotten - Diesler<<
Jonathan Radford's precociously good productions sprawl across
jazz, hip hop, soul and funk influenced bass-heavy beaty gear
as well as more exotic Latino dancefloor stompers.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10112.html
>>Mushroom Jazz Vol. 5 - Various<<
Om Records boss Mark Farina continues his smart series in
fine style, with volume 5 blending fresh, funky hip hop,
downtempo beats and soulful house cuts into a subtle mix.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10116.html
>>Quasars & Phasars - Robert Strauss<<
Robert Strauss has released productions from his Toronto
studio on Osunlade's Yoruba imprint prior to this album debut
on Freerange. Broken beat / future soul and some...
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10121.html
>>Outstanding In His Field - Freddy Fresh<<
The Minneapolis breaks / hip hop / electro icon drops this
class album on his own Howlin' label. With over a hundred
12" releases to his credit, and a remixes/collaborations
with Eminen, Boogie Down Productions, Grandmaster Flash,
Schooly D, Sugarhill Gang, this has got to be good...
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10119.html
>>Cargo: High Tech 3 - Various<<
Milan's Cool D:Vision imprint presents the third chapter in
the 'Cargo' series, this time dedicated to the evolution of
electronic music and, more specifically, to remixes.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10114.html
>>Winter In America - Gil Scott-Heron / Brian Jackson<<
Reissue of this 1974 classic, featuring Gil at his most
outspoken and provocative, supported brilliantly by Brian
Jackson's keys, acoustic piano and arrangement skills.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10120.htmll
>>Worx: The Remixes - Fauna Flash / Various<<
Great selection of the German electronica / dancefloor
pair's re-rubs for other artists. Includes unreleased tracks
and two brand new remixes (Rodney Hunter and Megablast).
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10118.html
>>Sneakers Freaks Club - Various<<
A dozen sizzling dancefloor tracks on this French import CD
from Parisien label Basic Recordings, keeping the pace up
with a house, electro-tech and Afro-house assortment.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10113.html
>>Gangster Of Love - Johnny 'Guitar' Watson<<
One of the hottest blues axemen on the West Coast during the
'50s,Johnny 'Guitar' Watson reinvented his style to badass
funk in the '70s, with stunning results,
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10115.html
>>Mick's Tape - CassetteBoy<<
Audio prankster Cassetteboy follow up the magnificent 'The
Parker Tapes' with this one, regurgitating humorous/mad
cut-and-paste carve-ups alongside a mix of weird and
wonderful tunes from a variety of genres.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10122.html
>>Untilted - Autechre<<
Bleep pioneers Autechre's latest release for Warp will do
nothing to bridge the gap between those enlightened and those
irritated by their music. Make your own mind up...
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10125.html
>>Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack<<
Bobby Womack's original soundtrack to blaxploitation classic
'Across 110th Street', the title track of which saw a
rennaissance after featuring in Tarantino's 'Jackie Brown'.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10117.html
All these and loads more albums at:
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/recent_additions/
##SINGLE OF THE WEEK##
>>Blendcrafters: Melody - DJ Nu-Mark & Pomo<<
Jurassic 5's Nu-Mark & crate-digging buddy Pomo pull in
the talents of Eddie Harris, Carol Kaye, Derf Reklaw and
MF Doom over the course of this lovely 12". Mellow,
head-nodding hip hop jazz.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10135.html
##SINGLES##
>>Gabryelle (Remixes) - DJ Spen presents DJ Technic<<
Fabulous electro-Latino remix of Spen's euphoric, string-
soaked original from Spiritual South, with all the right
percussion and top end action and some deep, weighty bass.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10139.html
>>Funky Town - Unknown<<
Naughty but nice reworked booty of Lipps Inc's 1979 disco
cut 'Funky Town', brilliantly edited and interspersed with
dialogue. Guaranteed to do the business on the dancefloor.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10131.html
>>Blue Bird - One Self<
DJ Vadim, Yarah Bravo and Blu Rum B drop some mellow hip
hop joy that interwines Bravo and Blu's voices to
perfection over grainy samples and funky guitar riffs.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10138.html
>>Money In The Bag Remixes - Kraak & Smaak<<
Three killer remixes of Kraak & Smaak's massive single.
The boys themselves kick off, followed by Crazy Penis'
deep disco and Sharam Jey's vintage electro house.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10132.html
>>Phil K presents Y4K pt. 2 - Various<<
A deep, downtempo electro breaks epic from Luisine that's
full of space and atmospherics backed with Si Begg's
reworking of Product 01's raw, grainy low end throbber.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10128.html
>>Sunny Places EP - Shawn Ward<<
Nottingham's DiY label comes back with this lovely deep
tech house EP from Shawn Ward. Three solid tracks of
dancefloor fodder.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10133.html
>>Illusions - The Pharcyde<<
Stripped down to Imani and Romye AKA Brown, The Pharcyde
drop this single from their recent album, presented in
remix and original album versions.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10134.html
>>The Poisoner's Diary - Silicone Soul<<
SS make a welcome return with a New Order / Giorgio Moroder-
ish synth-pop track.Stuart Gray of Glasgow guitar band Viva
Stereo provides the vocals and the Slam boys lay on a remix.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10140.html
>>Rockers Delight - Tayo meets Acid Rockers Uptown<<
Tayo makes his debut on Fat! Records alongside Acid Rockers,
aka Preston producer Matt Buggins. The result is the
throbbing, bass heavy, dub influenced breaks blast.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10130.html
>>Warhead - Stereo MCs<<
The Stereo MCs return after another 800 years of lying low
with 'Warhead', a decent enough affair that's heavily (if a
little strangely) reminiscent of Ian Brown.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10141.html
>>16 Lovers - Caged Baby<<
Caged Baby's original mix of 16 Lovers is a retro-electro
pop groover that clearly draws on '80s electronica/futurism,
but adds some subtle funk touches.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10129.html
##SEVEN INCHERS##
>>Stuck In A Wind Up - Lord Large feat. Clem Curtis<<
Tasty nugget from Acid Jazz, that's somewhere between Motown,
Northern Soul and 'Suspicious Minds'. Flip for the ska-soul
groover 'Move Over Daddy'. A sweet 7" from Acid Jazz.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10142.html
>>Git Back / Flight To Cuba - Sugar Pie Desanto / Fire<<
San Francisco's excellent Luv 'n' Haight label has dug deep
for these two rare raw-edged funk blasts sessions. Crusty
beats, chopped guitars, rumbling bass, and freestyle Hammond.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10143.html
All these and loads more singles at:
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/recent_singles/
##BACK IN STOCK##
>>Galactic Soul - Various (2x LP)<<
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9995.html
>>Unknown - Jackson Torpedo (12)<<
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9318.html
>>Resin Dogs - She's Gone (12)>>
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/9932.html
>>Zoltar - Story Of An Age (12)<<
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/8076.html
>>Various - Ultimate Breaks & Beats 4 (2x LP)<<
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/7587.html
>>OVERSTOCKS SALE<<
Follow the links below for our overstocks sale:
Albums sale>> http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/sale_albums/
Singles sale>> http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/sale_singles/
##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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