Rory Hoy At Juno Download

Review: Coming together once again after stonking funky breaks singles such as "Todos Es Nuevo" and "T-Rex Booty", French producer (and Badboe cohort) Prosper teams up with prodigious Brit producer Rory Hoy for the low-slung G-funk of "Have You Heard Of This". With a tightly-looped "funky worm" sample recalling the heyday of west coast '90s hip-hop, Zhygiz lays done some punchy rhymes over a sampled, roughed-up break on the title tune, while another newie "Rookie Dance" moves up into disco tempo and fuses twangy bass leads and Latin percussion with a fun, pitched-up vocal from Digicay.

Review: Out on the recently revived Skint Under-5's imprint, Rory Hoy packs a shed load of funk and finesse into "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Iz". A breaks-flavoured production at around 100bpm, there are loads of hip-hop scratches as well as live bass and guitars that keep the tune lively, and some killer breaks into solo Rhodes keyboard vamps too. On the remix front, Linton Brown delivers a dubstep workout with an uptempo beat that's dripping with energy. Hoy's "Keep It Down" is also included - a fun and fruity breakbeat tune that comes loaded with plenty of funky brass. All in all, a joyful collection of tunes.