The Jem Stone Express (original mix) - (6:15)
52 BPM Well-Oiled Machine (original mix) - (4:26) 111 BPM
Holy Smoke (original mix) - (3:46) 78 BPM
No Business For A Lady (original mix) - (4:47) 112 BPM
Sweetpea (original mix) - (10:45) 78 BPM
Hotdog Supreme (original mix) - (3:34) 74 BPM
Storm In A Teacup (original mix) - (6:11) 64 BPM
Penshala (original mix) - (9:11) 75 BPM
You Are Nothing Without Me (original mix) - (5:30) 114 BPM
Fake Ghost (original mix) - (3:00) 120 BPM
The Final Curtain (original mix) - (4:07) 74 BPM
Stone Grooves, Vol 1 (continuous DJ mix) - (1:03:11) 112 BPM
Review: Given that Jem Stone AKA Jem Panufnik was once the driving force behind the Finger Lickin' label, you'd expect this debut full-length to be crammed full of party-starting treats. It is, of course, though Panufnik wisely chooses not to go for the jugular straight away, instead showcasing a string of shuffling, mid-tempo grooves that gleefully join the dots between hazy house, hip-hop, blues, Balearica (the delicious "Sweatpea") and pitched-down funk breaks ("Hotdog Supreme"). When the up-tempo workouts come, they're predictably tasty, with the wild breakbeat house thrust of "Storm in a Teacup" and creepy and dense tech-house throb-job "Fake Ghost" standing out. Best of all, though, is the trippy, string-drenched downtempo soundscape "The Final Curtain".