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3-Feb-2006 |
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New At Tunes : senuT tA weN |
Greetings,
Always wanted to do that... Anyways, a grand batch
for ya this nut-freezing week. And don't forget to
keep an eye on the pre-order pages - get your tunes
before the riff raff (scroll down for links).
##ALBUM OF THE WEEK##
>>>>Private Funktion - Skeewiff<<
Follow-up to the heavy hitting 'Cruise Control' album
draws on '60s soul and funk, exotic lounge and sound-
tracks, Eastern exotica, jazz, blues and huge grooves
and beats, delivered with Skeewiff's characteristic
spirit of the party.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11163.html
##ALBUMS##
>>>>One Offs, Remixes & B-Sides - Quantic<<
Brilliant double album collecting together the best of
Will 'Quantic' Holland's one offs, remixes & b-sides,
from six albums through Tru Thoughts and countless
sought-after re-rubs (many long deleted, vinyl only).
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11168.html
>>>>Isar Gold - Various<<
Celebrating the diverse music that's keeping Munich
partying, an excellent collection of unreleased
material, cult classics and hidden gems, from deep
electro-tech to leftfield disco and beyond.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11167.html
>>>>New Standard Of The Future - Jafrosax<<
Japan's Jafrosax combine dancefloor jazz, tech funk and
electronica to fine effect, with guests including Yukimi
Nagano (Koop), Vikter Duplaix, Jazztronik, Faze Action
and DJ Mitsu The Beats.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11156.html
>>>>New York State Of Mind mixed by DJ Green Lantern
- Beastie Boys<<
New York hip hop DJ and sometime Eminem accomplice Green
Lantern blends, scratches and drops beats over a set of
Beastie Boys cuts. Rare and limited CD.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11161.html
>>>>Sevens & Eights - Nostalgia 77<<
Recorded from a live gig at London’s Jazz Cafe, this
album brings alive the songs of Nostalgia 77’s second
album, ‘The Garden’. Includes versions of Sun Ra and
Graham Collier tracks.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11166.html
>>>>Studio One Soul 2 - Various<<
Journeying further into Jamaica’s fascination with
American soul and funk music, a second selection of
classics, rarities and unreleased gems from Studio One.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11164.html
>>>>Choice: Danny Howells - Various<<
Deep house DJ and producer Howells turns in a faultless,
diverse mix of anthems, rarities and personal favourites.
A wide-ranging collection that punctuates house records
with acid, dark techno, ambient ballads and more
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11160.html
>>>>Brazil Now! - The G/9 Group<<
Re-release of this 1968 German recording, inspired by
the bossa-jazz coming from Rio and LA in the '60s.
Sunny pieces featuring some great soulful playing.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11162.html
>>>>Back To Mine: Liam Prodigy - Variousk<<
Liam Howlett of The Prodigy delivers his BTM selection,
from full-tilt rockers to ska, classic US hip hop, punk,
new wave, prototype club tunes and Dolly Parton and ELO.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11130.html
>>>>This Is My Demo - Sway<<
Self-financed pre-the hype release of MOBO award winning
UK rapper Derek 'Sway' Dasafo's album. Hip hop / R&B
sounds augmented by Sway's incisive and humorous verbals.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11165.html
>>>>Trojan Selecta 1 - Various<<
Fourteen reggae classics from the legendary Trojan
label in the first album in this series of budget-
priced quarterly samplers.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11158.html
>>>>Bar suSU 2 - Various<<
Bar suSU returns with another set of jazz-flavoured
house, laid back dancefloor grooves and classic soulful
vocal house tunes, compiled and mixed by Notenshun.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11157.html
All these and loads more albums at:
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/recent_additions/
##SINGLE OF THE WEEK##
>>>>Seven Samurai / Budapest Chachacha - Paul Murphy<<
Murphy takes the theme from Akira Kurosawa's film classic,
blends in Ashley Slater's expressive trombone, works in a
deadly drum groove and glues the lot together with one of
the fattest, dirtiest bass lines you'll hear.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11175.html
##SINGLES##
>>>>Radio City feat. Bajka: EP 1 - Radio City<<
Limited edition EP from Berlin's Niko Schabel, whose
sound ranges from slack dub and moody folk-soul to
spiritual cinematic jazz, enhanced here by Bajka's vocal.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11173.html
>>>>Little More Oil - DJ Rupture/Sister Nancy/Kid 606<<
Electro dancehall for 2006 from electronics mangler Kid
606, mentalist eclectic DJ Rupture and queen of '80s
Jamaicandancehall, Sister Nancy .
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11172.html
>>>>Stakes Is High/Climax (Kid Sublime Mixes) - Various<<
De La Soul's 'Stakes Is High' and Slum Village's 'Climax'
are skilfully reworked by Amsterdam's Kid Sublime on
this very limited, promo only US white label.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11171.html
>>>>Hai Karate Allstar Remix Series: Funk - Various<<
Mash-ups from this Canadian label, including a two-step
version 'Hit The Road Jack and J5 blended with
Bowie's 'Let's Dance' and 'Under Pressure' by Queen.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11170.html
>>>>A Part In That Show - Chris Joss<<
ESL release a second single from Joss's debut album,
with a money remix from Kraak & Smaak, who reshape the
original into a funky, offbeat breaks jam.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11176.html
>>>>Pretty Little Thing - Fink<<
Fink’s much anticipated new record is a hybrid of blues,
soul, beats and dub. This 7" taster from the forthcoming
album has echoes of vintage acoustic folk man John Martyn.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11119.html
>>>>Join Me Please - Mantronix<<
The legendary DJ/producer and hip hop originator's 1988
12" gets a reissue. Three tracks that paved the way for
countless tracks, artists and whole genres of music.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11174.html
>>>>Jealousy (Parts 1 & 2) - Martin Solveig<<
French DJ and producer Solveig's made to be massive funky
disco house tune. Remixes from Richard Earnshaw, Junior
JAck and Danny J Lewis.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11143.html
>>>>Soma Classics Vol. 3 - Slam / Dove<<
Two more diamonds form the vaults of Soma records.
Slam's superb 1991 anthem 'Eterna', backed with 'Fallen'
by Dove, originally released back in 1993.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11169.html
>>>>ATIC Sampler - Aim / Gripper / Niko / Paperboy<<
Four tracks to launch Aim’s brand new ATIC imprint,
including the funky 'Smile' and Niko's intricately
layered downtempo piece 'Womb'.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11177.html
>>>>Don't Hold Me Down - Tortured Soul<<
Live soulful house three piece pick up a pair of dance-
floor remixes. A straight up floor filler from Quentin
Harris, plus a deep, weighty groover from Marathon Men.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11179.html
>>>>Swimming Places - Julien Jabre<<
Two 12"s of the end of night record from Miami to Ibiza
and beyond. Take your pick from the Pete Heller versions
or the original plus Sydenham re-rubs.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11116.html
>>>>Take It Away / Strong Island - J.V.C. F.O.R.C.E.<<
Very limited, much sought after re-issue of this
classic hip hop joint from 1988 from New York's
J.V.C. F.O.R.C.E.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11180.html
And loads more singles at:
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/recent_singles/
##PRE-ORDER SINGLES##
>>>>Afroheat Vol.4 - Afrodisiac Soundsystem<<
DJ-friendly club mashup style remixes that blend the
organic sounds of West African funk with the dance-
floor staples of classic disco, hip-hop and beyond.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11150.html
>>>>Roll Call - Random Heroes<<
Breaks-loaded, b-boy-friendly party 7" from Random
Heroes on the excellent Jack To Phono label.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11149.html
>>>>Remixed Sampler 2 - Speedometer / Afrodizz<<
Heavy funkers Speedometer covering Beyonce's 'Austin
Powers' theme, remixed by Beatfanatic. Flip for Montreal’s
Afrodizz remixed by broken beatsmith Moonstarr.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11148.html
>>>>Burnt Progress EP1 - Various<<
First in a series of limited edition (500 only) 10"s
featuring tracks heard and developed at the infamous
'CDR'club nights, where new creators and established
producers drop CDRs of their newest, unreleased music.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11153.html
>>>>Hot As Hel - Various<<
Sampler from the upcoming comp, bringing together the
best artists from the thriving Helsinki club jazz &
soul scene, from Five Corners Quintet to Dharma One.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11152.html
>>>>DJ Graham B - Sambamadness<<
Sizzling dancefloor 7" from Pioneer on the Dutch music
scene Graham Breflecting his long time passion for
Brazilian rhythms and percussive mayhem.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11151.html
>>>>Cyphers In Motion - Deckard<<
First release for on Equinox Records for Deckard, whose
Mo' Wax influenced downtempo beats are infused with his
own unique use of athmospheric tones and melodies.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/11154.html
Pre-order singles at:
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/prerelease_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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