About to throw one of their Shake It parties with the world-renowned Carl Cox, London’s Layo & Bushwacka! will be bringing tech-house vibes this Easter Thursday taking place at the Warehouse, SE1 London. For an idea of what’s to come, Layo & Bushwacka! give Juno Plus their Top Ten picks of their favourite tracks right now.
Artist: Layo & Bushwacka!
Title: Deep South
Label: Juno
Genre: Breakbeat
Format: 12″, Digital
Buy From: Juno Records, Juno Download
Following on from the superb Linkwood & House of Traps remix effort on “Deep South” (which we reviewed here), Danish breakbeat artist Badboe provides the second remix package, with an irresistibly funky dub remix on the a-side and a rolling, percussion-heavy original remix of the flip.
Badboe has developed a style that has clear echoes of 60s and 70s funk yet still fits seamlessly into the modern musical landscape. This man has dipped his toe in almost any genre you care to name – from house to trance; hardcore to trip-hop.
He eventually came to conclusion that funky breakbeat is what he does best, and, based on this evidence, he’s made a great decision.
Review: Aaron Coultate
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Review: Layo & Bushwacka! – Deep South (Linkwood & House Of Traps remixes)
by Juno Plus on 08.12.2009 at 17:25pm
Artist: Layo & Bushwacka!
Title: Deep South
Label: Juno
Genre: Deep House
Format: 12″, Digital
Buy From: Juno Records, Juno Download
Layo & Bushwacka! comprise of Matthew ‘Bushwacka’ B, a former member of the infamous Rat Pack, and Layo Paskin, a North Londoner immersed in the acid house scene. They met through Mr C whilst Matthew was working at his studio, and by the mid 90s the two had started writing music together.
By 1999 they composed their debut album, Low Life, released on End Recordings. The album announced the arrival of the duo as a force in electronic music, with a record that brought together electro, house and breakbeat fused with blues, dub and downtempo; all underpinned and informed by their collective experience of underground culture.
One of the standout tracks of this was “Deep South”, with its Bessie Smith vocal sample, jazzy trumpet solo, luscious, techy instrumentation and irresistible dance groove.
On this release, the ever-mysterious Edinburgh crew Linkwood and House of Traps chip in with two remixes, picking up on Layo & Bushwacka’s early acid house influences and using a lot of tape and silver boxes to achieve an authentic-yet-contemporary Chicago sound.
Review: James Thomson
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We’ve got a rather special prize on offer here at Juno Plus: 10 test pressings of the new Layo & Bushwacka! remix 12″, signed by Layo & Bushwacka, Linkwood & House of Traps.
The remix package to the classic tune “Deep South” has already garnered some positive feedback from DJing cognoscenti including Ashley Beedle, Pete Herbert, The Revenge and Mark E.
It will be released on December 7 on 12” and CD via Juno Records. Digital copies will be available from Juno Download.
To enter, all you have to do is answer this simple question: Which infamous DJ collective was Matthew B with before he became one half of “Layo & Bushwacka!”?
Email your answer and postal address to: competitions@juno.co.uk
Winners will be notified by Monday, December 7.
Check out the exclusive new remixes to classic Layo & Bushwacka! tune “Deep South”, by Linkwood, House of Traps and Badboe.
They will be released on December 9 on 12” and CD via Juno Records. Digital copies will be available from Juno Download.



















