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6-Jan-2006 |
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New At Tunes: Uncle Hank Says... |
Greetings,
To prove to myself that I've got the brains of a teabag,
I have carefully selected the famously bleak month of
January to stop smoking and drinking booze, replacing the
mind-expanding, life-shortening ecstasy of these two
fundamental pleasures with an awkward, horizonless non-
existence, made endurable only by listening to music and
reading about people who smoke and drink booze. Here's a
snippet from an old interview with Charles Bukowski:
"Alcohol is probably one of the greatest things
to arrive upon the earth, alongside of me. Yes, these
are two of the greatest arrivals upon the surface of the
earth. So we get along. It is ultimately destructive to
most people. I'm just one apart from that. I do all of my
creative work while I'm intoxicated. Basically I am a shy,
withdrawn person and alcohol allows me to be this hero,
striding through space and time, doing all these daring
things. So I like it, yeah.
"I like to smoke. Smoke and alcohol counterbalance
each other. I used to wake up from drinking, you know, and
you smoke so much, both your hands are yellow, see, like
you've got gloves on, almost brown, and you say, 'Oh, shit,
what do my lungs look like? Oh Jesus!"
Not easy, is it.
##ALBUM OF THE WEEK##
>>>>Supperclub presents The End - Various<<
The tenth release in the series from Amsterdam's Supperclub
marks the end of their cycle of deep house / lounge comps.
A fitting finale with 28 choice tracks, beautifully blended.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11038.html
##ALBUMS##
>>>>Universal Four - Teddy Rok<<
Five Corners Quintet and Nuspirit Helsinki man Teppo
Makynen leads a seven piece band through this deep groove,
Afro-funk, new soul, dancefloor jazz and hip hop trip.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11037.html
>>>>Melodica - Various<<
Reissue of the superb 'Melodica', originally released on
groundbreaking San Fran Bay Area imprint SoleSides in 1995.
Soulful hip hop, multi-layered production and introspective
rhymes featuring co-production from DJ Shadow.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11039.html
>>>>Rhythmatism - Steve Reid<<
Pioneering US drummer and bandleader Steve Reid's 1975
album wanders expertly between soulful funk and free jazz
on these instrumental sessions from his acoustic quintet.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11014.html
>>>>Cardboard Journey Pt.2 - Magik Johnson<<
Part two of Magik J's lovely debut album of delicious deep
house music. Highlights that include the Sandy Mill-vocalised
‘Follow The Groove’ and Ian Pooley collaboration ‘Golden Bay’.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11013.html
>>>>Ultimate Breaks & Beats 15 - Various<<
Fabulous funky, jazzy set of tracks in this series of great
break comps. Special DJ pack contains two copies of the same
heavyweight vinyl for extended mixing and turntable trickery.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11018.html
>>>>Lounge '64 - Deodato<<
A unique set of early work by Deodato recorded back in 1964,
before he really found the funk but instead focused on bossa
arrangments. Each track here pairs together two popular tunes
of the time, making for some sweet melodies arrangements.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11028.html
>>>>DJ Premier: Golden Years Reloaded - Various<<
Great selection of hip hop tracks produced by Gang Starr's
DJ Premier. 14 class cuts collected onto this double vinyl,
including classics from Rakim, Capone & Noriega, Mos Def,
Common, Snoop and Gang Starr themselves.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11017.html
All these and loads more albums at:
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/recent_additions/
##SINGLE OF THE WEEK##
>>>>Vertical Groove - Piergiorgio Capozza<<
Named after Piergiorgio Capozza's Milan club night of
the same name, 'Vertical Groove' is the kind of organic
dancefloor jazz that Scenario Records does so well. Flip
for the equally electrifying 'Head Up!'.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11036.html
##SINGLES##
>>>>J'Ouvert - The CJ & O Band<<
Another three disco re-edits from Electric Souls. CJ and O
Band kick off with their horn-heavy '70s romp 'J'Ouvert',
followed by Harry Thurman rarity 'The Sphinx' and up tempo
gem 'Soul to Soul'
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11043.html
>>>>Timber Up / Kulo - Jukka Eskola<<
Freddie Hubbard-insired Finnish quintet drop two tracks
from the eponymous debut album, produced by Teddy Rok and
featuring musicians from the Five Corners Quintet.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11041.html
>>>>Dirty Harry (Booty Mixes) - Gorillaz<<
Promotional use only import EP featuring the Chopper Remix,
a live version of 'All Alone' with Roots Manuva' and non-
album tracks 'Murdoc Is God' and 'Hongkongaton'.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11042.html
>>>>Peace / Hooked (The Remixes) - Yukihiro Fukutomi<<
Dimitri from Paris works his disco house magic on Yuki's
‘Peace’. Jazztronik mangles the rhythms and Markde Clive
-Lowe turns in a trademark classy broken beat mix.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11040.html
>>>>Underdog Edits 3 - Brenda Russell / Jackson 5<<
Two wicked edits here: Brenda Russell's smooth and sexy '80s
disco-funk track 'Way Back When' and Jackson 5 rarity
'Mirrors Of My Mind'. Limited stock of this promo only 12".
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11012
>>>>Sun Is Shining / Lambsbread - Prince Alla / Glen Brown<<
Limited copies available of this 12" featuring two remixes
created for the 'Select Cuts from Blood & Fire' series. Don
Air remixes Prince Alla and Rootsman re-rubs Glen Brown.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11015.html
>>>>S.U.M.O. Rebounces (Pt 2) - Mindreaders feat. Malik Heart<<
Swedish Underfed Music Operators return with another track
from their 'S.U.M.O Rebounces' album. The pair go to work on
this classic Mindreaders track featuring Malik Heart.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11017.html
>>>>House 'n' Bossa Sessione Prima - Various<<
Killer four track 12" import from Irma Records.Three Brazilica
influenced Latin house cuts and a rhythmic feast of Cuban
traditional sounds from Stigmato. Limited stock of this one.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/7961.html
>>>>Good Vibez - Nubian Mindz<<
Handful of these white labels unearthed from the vaults. Nubian
Mindz drop a mutated drum & bass track, remixed on the flip
by Bugz In The Attic man Psyan.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11023.html
>>>>I Wonder - Ohm Guru<<
Sometime producer of Irma artists like Bossa Nostra, LTJ, DJ
Rodriguez and Clan Greco, Ricky Rinaldi, aka Ohm Guru, has
three of his mellow originals remixed for the dancefloor.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11022.html
>>>>The Prayer - Dance Freak<<
Luke Howard and Marc Woolford's second offering as disco
hedonists Dance Freak is a strings-laden percussive vocal
monster with the gospel vocals courtesy of Lurleen Lewis.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11025.html
>>>>Take Me Higher - Don Carlos feat. Michelle Weeks<<
Another import-only white label unearthed from the Irma
warehouse, this one offers two gorgeous remixes of this huge
track from Don Carlos and Michelle Weeks.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11024.html
>>>>Ghetto: New Yorkshire - SuPaFiX<<
Tech-disco stomper from Sheffield boys Winston Hazel and
Ross Orton for Afro Art. Label boss Paul Murphy and
Spiritual South's Marc Woolford take care of the remix.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11026.html
>>>>The Summer Is Coming (Remixes) - DJ Rodriguez<<
Three uplifting remixes of deep house head DJ Rodriguez
tracks. The Dress version kicks things off with a full
strength dancefloor take, followed by Belladonna's
percussive groover and Alan Sqa's extended re-rub.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11027.html
>>>>Heavy Heavy Heavy - Various<<
Rare Afro-beat from Geraldo Pino, whose excellent 'Heavy
Heavy Heavy' also picks up a breakbeat remix here from
Tumba, plus Steele Beautah's brilliant Afro-funk joint.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11029.html
>>>>Face - Stockholm Cyclo<<
Four versions of two Stockholm Cyclo tracks, kicking off
with 'Face', featuring M Elino's emotive vocal. Another
very limited white label 12" from Irma.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11032.html
>>>>Rock On - Jackson & His Computer Band<<
Frenchman Jackson Fouregeaud uses brutal cut-ups, fierce
beats and compression-heavy production with captivating
results on this three track EP for Warp.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11035.html
>>>>Get Back - Medaphoar<<
Just Blaze-produced track from Medaphoar with a real
leftfield flavour - part broken electro, part bollywood
strings and tabla and tight rhymes from the man.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10399.html
>>>>Como Antes (Remixes) - Soul Quality Quartet<<
Long awaited follow up to this Swedish crew's debut on
Sonar Kollektiv, fusing straight-ahead soul and Brazilian
and Afro/Latin styles with dancefloor sensibilities.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/8814.html
And loads more singles at:
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/recent_singles/
##SEVEN INCHERS##
>>>>War - Carla Whitney<<
Funky belter from 1975 from Carla, whose heavy soul vocals
sit beautifully over the instrumental parts. Flip for the
up-tempo, blaxploitation-flavoured 'It's You For Me'.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11044.html
And loads more sevens at:
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/7inch/
##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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