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20-Jan-2006 |
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New At Tunes: Goth Balls |
Greetings,
A goth vicar is taking the Lord into his own hands at a
church in Cambridge, replacing the traditional hymns and
psalms with a selection of gloomy music from the likes of
the Sisters of Mercy and Depeche Mode.
Rev. Marcus Ramshaw's candlelit 'Goth Eucharist'
services at St. Edward King and Martyr Church also utilize
a specially written liturgy with a gothic slant, and
currently boast a congregation of some twenty panda-eyed
clots, praying as one for pastier faces, cheap hair dye
and an afterlife of free Prince Alberts and eyebrow bars
in the celestial tattoo joint.
Ramsham, 34, sheds a little dark on the situation:
"As goths, there is a broad sense of an outlook of life
that focuses on the bad things. The point of the service
is that we all get desperate at times. We all get knocks
and sometimes life seems hopeless." TURN THE GAS ON NOW.
But wait... It's ok, because: "The Goth Eucharist
re-establishes a link; God is still there for you even if
you have been blinded," says the daffy Reverend.
Best of all though, after the 45 minute God-jam,
the catatonic flock shuffle off to The Calling, a goth
evening at the nearby Kambar nightclub. That, as they say,
is Sunday sorted then...
##ALBUM OF THE WEEK##
>>>>Gaz's Rockin Blues: Club Classics - Various<<
Legendary selector Gaz Mayall returns with this cele-
bration of the 25th anniversary of his London club night
of the same name. Stretching from blues and R&B from the
1950s through to classic ska and rocksteady from the
'60s and '70s, the track list will do the talking here.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11106.html
##ALBUMS##
>>>>Timeless Finest Jazz: Kindred Spirits - Various<<
Dutch label Kindred Spirits select some classic moments
from the catalogue of Timeless Records, the first label
to bring US jazz to Holland in the '70s. Inspirational.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11104.html
>>>>Hit The Rhodes, Jack - Various<<
Brilliant tribute the legendary Fender Rhodes electric
piano, focusing on rare recordings from 1972-78, and
compiled by Brown Sugar label head Michael Möhring
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11105.html
>>>>Nastradoomus - MF Doom<<
Man in the metal mask MF Doom connects acapellas of some
of Nas's finest moments (from his Nastrodamus album) with
his own beats, sounds and production. Limited stock.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11103.html
>>>>Fabric26: Global Communication - Various<<
Electronic music royalty Middleton and Pritchard journey
through hip hop, broken beat, deep house, techno, electro-
nica and downtempo on another great Fabric mix.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11066.html
>>>>New York Noise Volume 2 - Various<<
The second volume in the Soul Jazz Records series delves
further into the post-punk/dance world of the '80s.
Ranging from the guitar-driven experimentation of Sonic
Youth to the dubbed-out disco of Arthur Russell.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11068.html
>>>>Music From The Corner Volume 4 - Task Force<<
The fourth and final volume in UK hip hop duo Task Force’s
‘Music From The Corner’ series presents a collection of
home-produced songs with the boys sharing production and
mic duties while Raw Dog takes care of cuts and scratches.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11067.html
>>>>Nite:Life 03 Remastered - Various<<
Remastered release of the San Francisco soulful house hero
Migs's lauded compilation mix, heralded by the house
fraternity as a classic and still sounding great.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11072.html
>>>>Champion Sound Clash - Dubmatix<<
Quality debut album from Canada's Dubmatix. A top class
collection of reggae originals, moving through roots, dub
and steppers flavours with a fresh dancefloor slant.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11115.html
>>>>Sold My Soul: Remix & Rarity Collection - Pharcyde<<
>From one of the most innovative groups in the history of
hip hop, a 2x CD collection of remixes of all their best
tunes plus prized tracks from out-of-press 12"s.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10956.html
All these and loads more albums at:
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/recent_additions/
##PRE-ORDER ALBUMS##
>>>>Let My People Go - Darondo<<
'70s soul, blues, jazz and r'n'b singer Darondo was touted
asthe next Al Green or Sly Stone at his peak, but released
just three singles. This album includes the those ultra-
rare 7”s plus three tracks from recently discovered tapes.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11101.html
>>>>Sexy 70 - Che<<
Producer Che originally wanted to make a compilation of
music from '70s Brazilian porn films, but found that the
source material was in such bad condition that he decided
to put together his own imaginary soundtrack.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11102.html
>>>>An Evening With G15 and the Monaco 808 Orchestra - G15<<
New release on Squeaky Records from the loungecore, kitsch,
B-movie melangeurs, fusing cheeky chops and samples,
vintage Moog mayhem, funky b-lines and fat beats.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11100.html
Pre-order albums at:
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/prerelease_albums/
##SINGLE OF THE WEEK##
>>>>Like A Freek - Malente<<
The first 12" taken from Malente's fourth full-length
album, due out in July 2006. A pair of heavyweight electro
-disco-funk bombs heading straight for the floor plus a
massive nu breaks remix from Canadian producer Myagi.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11091.html
##SINGLES##
>>>>Cressy St. Breakdown - Cookin' On 3 Burners<<
The first release on new imprint Knowfoowl sees Melbourne
retro funkers drop a fresh and tight Hammond-guided track,
falling somewhere between the JBs and Motown funk.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11084.html
>>>>Catch The Beat / Family Rap - T Ski Valley / Family<<
Promo-only 12" release of two slices of early rap history
from New York City. T Ski Valley’s block party classic
will appear on Soul Jazz's forthcoming 'Big Apple Rappin'
comp, while ‘Family Beat’ is exclusive to this single.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11085.html
>>>>Climate Shift Album Sampler - Various<<
Melbourne broken beat / nu jazz front runners Equatorial
Records drop a fine sampler. The broken boogie No Comply
mix of Choi takes the cake here...
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11088.html
>>>>Soul Reflected EP - Alessandro Oliviero<<
Spacey nu jazz from Oliviero on the excellent Perfect Toy
label, mixing double bass, mutant jazz beats, Rhodes
riffs, brass freestyling and swirls of electronica.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11086.html
>>>>Check This Out - Miguel Migs<<
You really can't touch Migs when he's doing this kind of
thing. A brilliant soulful percussive house track in 'Life
& Music'and a hard-working dancefloor groover on the back.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11089.html
>>>>Grow feat. Jungle Brothers - Kabanjak meets Protassov<<
Rap meets rub-a-dub on title track 'Grow', remixed with a
b-boy flavour by Protassov. Italian beat-freak Painé drops
a lovely nu jazz rework on the flip, followed by a
Switchstance allstars remix session. Brilliant stuff.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11090.html
>>>>Isar Gold - Various<<
Celebrated in the international press, Munich's quality
production houses (Gigolo, Compost, Gomma, Disko B) have
conquered the dancefloors of their homeland. This 12"
sampler airs previously unreleased material, cult classics
and undiscovered gems from the city'sunderground.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11092.html
>>>>Snapped - Skull Snaps meet The Audible Doctor<<
Superb funky breaks session from Skull Snaps, responsible
for one of the biggest breaks in hip hop history,re-edited
by The Audible Doctor using elements from 'It’s A New Day',
'Trespassing', and 'I’m Your Pimp'. Essential.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11108.html
>>>>Timeless Finest Jazz compiled by Kindred Spirits (12"
Sampler) - Various<<
Dutch label Kindred Spirits select some classic moments
from the catalogue of Timeless Records. Inspirational
tracks from the likes of Rodney Jones, Pharoah Sanders...
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11110.html
>>>>Hai Karate Allstar Remix Series: Rock - Various<<
Mash ups and reworks EP from Canadian label Hai Karate.
Wicked Lester do a minimal fix on Free's 'All Right Now',
Janis Joplin's 'Mercedes Benz' gets a bit of MARRS, Dead
Prez's 'Hip Hop' is mashed with Lenny Kravshitz's Mama
Said and finally Twista's 'Overnight Celebrity' and Pink
Floyd's 'Money' battle it out.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11109.html
>>>>Angel Baby / Wildfire Woman Remixes - Down To The Bone<<
Brilliant remixes of these N'Dambi-sung tracks from DTTB's
'Spread Love Like Wildfire' album. Bugz In The Attic's Daz
-I-Kue blazes it with his version of 'Angel Baby'.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11111.html
>>>>Wonderlove Remixes - Heavy<<
Following up Heavy's debut EP, Kindred Spirits drop
another sweet release of remixes. Jazzanova, DJ Spinna
and Yam Who? step up and deliver.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11114.html
>>>>Guaranteed - Geriba<<
Tough mid-tempo, stomping beaty rap-funk from Geriba on
the ace Funk Weapons label. Plus great remixes from All
Good Funk Alliance and Clayton & Fulcrum.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11112.html
And loads more singles at:
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/recent_singles/
##SEVEN INCHERS##
>>>>Freedom - The Nostalgia 77 Octet<<
Superb space-jazz-dance-dub taster from the forthcoming
album, remixed here by Ben ‘Nostalgia 77’ Lamdin and Mike
Pelanconi. PLay two back-to-back for best results.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11093.html
>>>>Send Another Moses - Lopez Walker<<
Classic roots reggae 7" on Phase 1 from Lopez Walker, who
urges a new Moses to "whip them with the rod of direction"
in this jah revolutionary track. Flip for a dub version.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11094.html
>>>>The Slip - Reverend Cleatus & The Soul Saviours<<
Retro-funk quartet inspired by The Meters and The New
Mastersounds. Driving Hammond, wah guitar, cheeky horns,
rolling bass and wild, funky drums all the way...
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11099.html
>>>>Runnin' - The Pharcyde<<
Blue vinyl repress of the 7'' single from The Pharcyde's
sophomore album from 1995. Great production, with the then
Q-Tip protege Jay Dee at the controls.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11107.html
And loads more sevens at:
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/7inch/
##BACK IN STOCK##
11000: DICEYLP001
>>>>Beatconductor - Beats Cut Out, Played Back...<< (2x LP)
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11000.html
>>>>Common / Kanye West / Erykah Badu / Alice Russell
- Platinum Soul Remixes<< (12)
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10993.html
>>>>Various - Get Your Hand Outta My Pocket Vol.1<< (12)
LAST COPIES EVER!
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/10865.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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