Renegades Of Jazz At Juno Download

Review: Signed by Smoove (of Smoove and Turrell) to his new Wass Records label, David Hanke's Renegades of Jazz project drops a remix and a new original on this two-track release. Andy Taylor reworks "Blow Your Horn" into a Afro-Latin stomp, replete with cowbell-riddled beats and Farina-esque riffery, while Redkin Tha Ancient & Krash Slaughta join ROJ on the hip-hop-focused "Seaside Suicide", which uses the much-sampled hook from KRS-One's "Moshitup" as a base for the two rhymers to flow from over raw drums and a superb piano motif.

Review: Signed by Wass Records head Smoove to inject a healthy jazz and swing flavour to the label, this debut album from Renegades of Jazz's David Hanke stays loyal to the original beats when he samples them - as on opener "Hooked On Swing" or the brass-packed "Get A Wiggle On". Pitched somewhere between electro-swing and more hip-hop orientated cut and paste samplers, this is an album full of thrills and spills, with plenty of jazz and beats to keep fans of multiple genres.

Review: Say hello to a collection of remixes taken from ROJ's debut album Hip To The Jive. With a solid funk narrative, told with a truly organic tongue, the 2011 LP put the band on the map and marked them as an act with real promise. There's always a danger of remix albums tainting the good work of the original, but thanks for some great A&Ring and arrangement this flows just as smoothly as the original... A fantastic listening experience and it harbours a huge amount of DJ fodder in the process. Featuring nu funk upstarts such as Tim McVicar and fresh faced jazz fiends Dusty, the whole set swells with a free-spirited, party-minded groove. Highlights comes in many shapes and sizes, but if Andy Taylor's rub of "Blow Your Horn" doesn't make you want to leap on the first table and start doing the lindy hop, or Printempo's emotional take on "You Better Run" doesn't make you feel all warm and squidgy inside you've got something seriously wrong with you.