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Various - Exit Music: Songs With Radio Heads

Exit Music: Songs With Radio Heads BBE Music

Originally released in 2006 as a Radiohead tribute album - Exit Music: Songs with Radio Heads returns to its original home at BBE Music. Highlighted artists across this compilation to cover Thom Yorke songs include Mark Ronson, Pete Kuzma, Alex Greenwald (of Phantom Planet) to Sia, Matthew Herbert and Sa-Ra - not to forget The Cinematic Orchestra, Osunlade and RJD2! And not to overlook curios from before, check out the cosmic fusion of The Randy Watson Experience's take of "Morning Bell", Shawn Lee's beaty remake of "No Surprises" to Wajeed's broken beat rendition of "Knives Out". Classic covers.

Hemai

Strange Beauty Tru Thoughts

For a new spin on broken beat Morcheeba vibes crossed with something like Air - look to this debut album Strange Beauty album by emerging young artist, Hemai. Taking in collaborations from vocalists Wallace (NZ) and Maralisa (aka Space Captain), to some Japanese Bossa Nova inspired action in "Noa Noa feat. Emilia Anastazja" - Erica Tucceri's flutes take us straight to the pleasure zone all the more in "We Could Be Jaded". Across the LP expect a warm and welcoming concoction of neo-soul, with breezy downbeat sessions in "Gone Surfing" to subtle cosmic disco in "When Day Breaks". Singer-songwriter Fifi Robo appears in the R&B-pop swoon "Lover Dancer" and a very woozy "Bandit's Pockets" - mirrored similarly by "Awake Indigo (feat Ruby Wood)" - with plenty of jazz, electronica and percussion to be explored between.

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Jazznut

Under The Sun Timewarp Music

Timewarp Music welcomes aboard a new artist to their roster in Jazznut aka Dmitry Khlyninwas. Based out of Russia, the name suits him, as if he's some kind of mad professor stewing over a mixed pot of jazz and funk, some rock and trip hop alongside some big beats business, breaks and a healthy dose modern electronics. Across 11 peak time tracks there's stoner grooves and psychedelica in "Keep Moving", a New Yorkan diva session in "Sun Goes Down (feat Kali Malia)" to space cowboy cosmic disco in "Sinful Gold". A cinematic soundtrack for a pulp fiction fanatic.

X-ray Ted / Various

Funk N' Beats, Vol 8 (Curated By X-Ray Ted) Bomb Strikes

Following fine outings from Fort Knox Five, the Allergies, Smoove and Marc Hype, amongst others, Bomb Strikes' reliable Funk N' Beats compilation series returns with rising star X-Ray Ted at the controls. In keeping with the series' heavyweight, funk-fuelled style, the Bristol-based DJ and beat-maker has gathered together a killer collection of soul, hip-hop and funk club cuts, with a smattering of more laidback numbers to keep things fresh. Highlights are plentiful throughout, with our picks including the boom-bap brilliance is Aldo Vanucci's tidy remix of 'All Down' by Mr Doris and D-Funk, the dancefloor jazz heaviness of Nostalgia 77's 'Changes', the cut-and-paste craziness of Double Dee & Steinski's 'Jazz' and the disco-funk masterclass that is X-Ray Ted's own 'Party Time'.

Jungle Fire

Firewalker EP Razor-N-Tape

irst released on vinyl three years ago and now finally available on digital download, this must-check EP showcases a quartet of killer re-rubs of back catalogue tracks by L.A-based Afro-Latin funk fusionists Jungle Fair. The headline attraction is undoubtedly a pair of reworks by Ashley Beedle and Rob Mello's reborn Black Science Orchestra project - their first revisions for over 15 years. They first serve up a wonderfully percussive, analogue bass-propelled deep Afro-house remix of 2014 cut 'Culebro', before reaching for the delays and delivering an arguably even better dancefloor 'Dub'. You'll also find JKriv re-imagining 2013 single 'Firewalker' as a bumpin' chunk of horn-heavy dub disco, and a cracking Latin disco take on 'Village Hustle' courtesy of Bosq.

The Allergies

Lean On You Jalapeno

Bristol duo The Allergies continue to hint at a future album release with this two-track digital 7", Lean On You. Featuring bespoke lyrics from Dynamite MC in its lead cut, it's a track that subtly touches on Southern rap as it does rock and Gorillaz-styled funk or Cypress Hill-styled hip hop. Venturing further down a looped-up blues and rootsy funk tip in "Working On Me", lyrics are swapped for classic vocal samples, brass horns, big beat loops and clever funky drummer motifs. Spicy hot.