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Review: It's another absolute strike from the Breakbeat Paradise crew as they welcome the ever-ready sounds of BadboE to the table, delivering a vibrant original alongside a hip-shaking collection of remixes. First up, 'Hard Times' takes centre stage as shrill saxophone melodies and groove-inducing breakbeat arrangements give us a tasty original to work with, setting the mood just right for some remix action. Next up, Suckaside unloads a seriously weight refix clip, giving the track a much more dubwise feel, followed by the system-twisting bass crunches of Baxta & Boydex's overhaul, alongside Gramophone Soul's more dancefloor driven rethink. Every feature on this collection has a valid time and place, making it a very well arranged remix package!
A Journey South (Remixes)EXCLUSIVE
Played by: DJ LAUREL
Review: Four mixes to choose from of this latest outing by DJ Marcon & The Palo Santos, a six-piece Afrobeat project from Bulgaria headed up by producer and DJ Nikolay 'Marcon' Markov and guitarist Yanko Agirov. In its original form, 'A Journey South' stands out thanks to some very fine trumpet work, while on the remix front, label boss Timewarp Inc takes us on a more low-slung 'n' funky ride, Aris Kokou tones downs the horns a little and lets the percussion do more of the heavy lifting, while Umbo brings the guitars further to the fore - though it has to be said these are fairly subtle variations.
Living In The JungleEXCLUSIVE
Review: Italy's Sound Exhibitions bring us an EP that finds DJ Moy joining forces once more with on-off collaborator and fellow label regular Funk Reverse. Openers 'Home Jazz' and 'Living In The Jungle' have a sparse, sketch-like feel reminiscent of library music, before 'Relax 4 You' turns both the tempo and the funk up several notches. Next comes 'Just This Funk', a lively little hip-shaker with chicken scratch geetars and energising horn blasts, before the EP closes back on a slightly mellower note with the sultry, sax-laden jazz-funker 'Get Your Funk' with its female oohs and aahs. Baby-makin' music for sure!
Speakers Corner Quartet, Kwake Bass, Raven Bush, Peter Bennie, Biscuit & Coby Sey - "On Grounds" - (3:10) 107 BPM
Speakers Corner Quartet, Kelsey Lu, Kwake Bass, Raven Bush, Peter Bennie & Biscuit - "Acute Truth" - (3:41) 91 BPM
Speakers Corner Quartet, Kwake Bass, Raven Bush, Peter Bennie, Biscuit & Tirzah - "Fix" - (2:39) 150 BPM
Speakers Corner Quartet, Kwake Bass, Raven Bush, Peter Bennie, Biscuit, Confucius MC & Joe Armon-Jones - "Wavelet" - (3:25) 88 BPM
Speakers Corner Quartet, Kwake Bass, Raven Bush, Peter Bennie, Biscuit & L?a Sen - "Dreaded !" - (4:03) 92 BPM
Speakers Corner Quartet, Kwake Bass, Raven Bush, Peter Bennie, Biscuit & Kae Tempest - "Geronimo Blues" - (4:26) 138 BPM
Speakers Corner Quartet, Kwake Bass, Raven Bush, Peter Bennie & Biscuit - "Can We Do This?" (feat Sampha) - (2:57) 89 BPM
Speakers Corner Quartet, Kwake Bass, Raven Bush, Peter Bennie, Biscuit & LEILAH - "Soapbox Soliloquy" - (3:38) 91 BPM
Speakers Corner Quartet, Kwake Bass, Raven Bush, Peter Bennie, Biscuit & James Massiah - "Hither Green" - (2:42) 123 BPM
Speakers Corner Quartet, Kwake Bass, Raven Bush, Peter Bennie, Biscuit & Tawiah - "Round Again" - (4:45) 146 BPM
Speakers Corner Quartet, Kwake Bass, Raven Bush, Peter Bennie, Biscuit, Lafawndah & Trustfall - "Behind The Sun" - (6:40) 72 BPM
Speakers Corner Quartet, Kwake Bass, Raven Bush, Peter Bennie, Biscuit & Shabaka Hutchings - "Shabz Needs Sun" - (1:45) 55 BPM
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