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HS 051
24 Apr 13
Played by: Juno Recommends Downtempo
Review:
Following on from their first instalment, the guys at Parisian soul/funk/jazz label Heavenly Sweetness are back with a follow up. Having spent months scouring the net for the best new sounds, they proudly present the cream of their findings - 15 in total. Highlights include the future bass/jazzy trapisms of "Down Brandy" which takes the eponymous RnB singer and warps her into another dimension, the drunk cat on a keyboard-isms of "Muscles", the cool retro hip-hop of "Boomboxin" and the 80s freestyle pop of "The Followers".
SCCD 462
28 May 13
Review:
S-Tone Inc is the nom-de-plume for established multi-instrumentalist, Stefano Tirone. Immersed in music since the early 80s and professionally releasing albums since the 90s, Tirone has amassed a large body of work over the decades. Here he takes time out to rummage through the vaults to cherry pick the most interesting and rare works, originally considered lost but now destined to see the light of day courtesy of his long-time record label home, Schema Records. The most recent of these tunes ("Mass Distraction", "Wise Up") reveal a new, guitar heavy, downbeat and dubby direction.
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22 Apr 13
Played by: Juno Recommends Downtempo
Review:
Following in the trend set out from their first album, The XX let their resident beatsmith take the reins for a couple of indulgences into more electronically-minded versions of cuts from Coexist. "Sunset" gets worked into a simmering house groove that comes on with a distinct post-punk vibe, all live, unpolished drums and prominent bass, while the vocals get brought raw and close in the mix. "Reconsider" gets into a stripped down, steppy groove played out on found sound percussion immaculately produced with staggering attention to detail, while the original structure of the track drifts in and out of focus as though shot through a dream-fuelled filter.
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20 May 13
C56DIGICD 014
20 May 13
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07 Jun 13
MELOR 022
29 Apr 13
Review:
These guys are an atmospheric four piece from Peckham who enlist singer Abigail Hardiman for live pursuits. Now signed to Chris Coco's Melodica label, this is their debut for the imprint. There's two originals here; the flighty "Taint" which is all Motown drums, ethereal synths and twanging guitars, and the doomy, rolling drummed electronica of "Attgo". The title track also gets remixed - in a deep, gentle fashion by Djrum, as funky broken beat by King Krule & Jamie Isaac and deep house-pop by Mokadem.
DV 013
22 Apr 13
CPT 419-3
03 May 13
ANJCD 034D
22 Apr 13
MET 848
23 Apr 13
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26 Apr 13
Review:
Little is known about this shady producer, but a lot is known about Irma, particularly their knack of unearthing killer sounds, usually for classic comps. Here though we have ten original tracks by D'andy that all follow a laid-back trip-hop/broken beat-ish direction. "Smoking Room" is all deep beats, jazzy trumpets and soulful vocals, elsewhere "Bembe" is soft jazz-funk over a samba beat and "Moltosugo" even veers into acid jazz territory.
25 Apr 13
ZIQ 332
20 May 13
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01 Jun 13
WARPCDD 235
13 May 13
Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield
Review:
Some two years after his last LP, Bibio is back with Warp unfurling more of his tape-warped wisdom for those more reflective moments in your life. It's a mellow affair at nearly every turn, from the distant shoegaze malaise of "Dye The Water Green" to the purposefully MOR folk of "Raincoat", but there's still some cheeky fun to be had in between the more introverted spells on Silver Wilkinson. For example "You" gets busy with radio-busting vocal and orchestral snippets with an end result that feels compatible with the more imaginative corners of mainstream hip hop and R&B production. Really though, listening to Bibio is all about getting wrapped up in the pastoral dreamworld he inhabits, where songs can be songs, singers can be singers and sound sources can come from anywhere.
GDYRS 005
27 May 13
Review:
Banks is an aspiring female singer hailing from Los Angeles. She's very trusting, offering her phone number on Facebook as 'social media has never been my thing". We reckon that number won't be online for long as judging by the tune, she is surely is destined for big things. Someone who did phone that number is acclaimed British producer Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs who has produced this dreamy and almost beatless example of hipster RnB (PBRnB anyone?) at it's finest.
NON35
26 Apr 13
Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield
Review:
Friedman and Liebezeit are back with the fifth instalment of the Secret Rhythms series. It's all about gnarly percussion and sultry, ethnic harmonics with this pair, and "240-11" is one of those wacky drum arrangements that only these two can conjure. The same goes for the rest of the LP: "130-11" breaks its drum pattern entirely to create a jittery, heads-down number; "105-09" goes on a sort of middle-eastern hip-hop flex with its rattling percussion and mystical acoustics; whilst "120-12" certainly pays homage to the dub school at which these two have certainly studied and passed with flying colours. Another essential release from these two great minds - avoid at your peril...
EBC 0022
22 Apr 13
HSM 014
03 May 13
MEERCD 033A
07 Jun 13
SM 0032
29 May 13 |