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Groovy Beat
Groovy Beat - (3:40) 112 BPM
Groovy Rock - (3:45) 112 BPM
Groovy Beat (Jura Soundsystem edit) - (6:22) 113 BPM Hot
Review: Earlier in the year, Isle of Jura boss Kev Griffiths offered up the first fruits of his extensive digging into the Caribbean disco-reggae scene: a new EP containing a couple of dub-infused disco-rap cuts from Norman Watson and Stanley Shaw AKA The Pearls. Here he reissues another of the pair's obscure and in-demand singles, 1980 number 'Groovy Beat'. It's another killer concoction, with Shaw rapping attractively over a hybrid disco-boogie backing track piled high with cowbells, electric piano chords and rubbery bass guitar licks. The latter elements come to the fore on the accompanying 'Dub' mix, while Griffiths stitches together the best of both versions on his attractive and dancefloor-ready Jura Sound System edit.
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ISLE 009
15 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
She Wants
She Wants - (6:22) 92 BPM
She Wants (More) - (6:14) 92 BPM Hot
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ISLE 023
27 Oct 23
Funk
Every Brother Ain't A Brother
Every Brother Ain't A Brother - (7:23) 52 BPM
Every Brother Ain't A Brother (instrumental) - (7:01) 52 BPM
Every Brother Ain't A Brother (Jura Soundsystem Special version) - (12:09) 52 BPM Hot
Review: Back in the early 80s, the zeitgeist was all about reinventing old funk licks as hip-hop, but Panache, a Brooklyn-based outfit headed up by producer and multi-instrumentalist Freddie Thompson, headed in the opposite direction, taking the bassline from Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's 'The Message' and re-employing it in a slice of raw, black consciousness-raising funk with lyrics from vocalist Denise Williams. This re-release from Kevin Griffiths' Adelaide-based Isle Of Jura packs Original and Instrumental passes, plus a Special Version from Jura Soundsystem that has a slightly dubbier feel (in the Larry Levan rather than the King Tubby sense).
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ISLE 012
21 May 21
Funk
You've Gone
You've Gone - (5:31) 90 BPM Hot
You've Gone (alternate mix) - (5:31) 90 BPM
Back To Bass-Ics - (4:45) 90 BPM
Played by: James Bright
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ISLE 011
25 Mar 21
Hip Hop/R&B
Sweet Sensation
Sweet Sensation - (6:38) 76 BPM Hot
Sweet Dub - (4:19) 76 BPM
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ISLE 022
24 Nov 23
Roots/Lovers Rock
Monster Skies
Carafe Denim - (4:59) 55 BPM
Mamma Capes - (5:23) 101 BPM Hot
Monster Skies - (3:15) 91 BPM
Boogie Tune - (4:19) 108 BPM
Parrot Rhythmic Space Jam - (5:08) 106 BPM
The Lantern Story - (3:31) 104 BPM
Review: Last year Tsuba Records and Isle of Jura founder Kevin Griffiths returned to the studio, eschewing his house and techno past to create deliciously warm, Balearic-minded grooves under the Jura Soundsystem alias. It was, it seems, a smart move, because the music contained on "Monster Skies", his first ever full-length, is undoubtedly the best he's made to date. Warm, humid and wonderfully horizontal, the album sees him fuse a variety of influences - most notably dub, turn-of-the-'90s ambient house, Italian dream house, new age, synth-boogie and those hard-to-define mid 1980s cuts that turn up on Music From Memory compilations - in a myriad of colourful, saucer-eyed ways. The results are uniformly superb, making "Monster Skies" a superb, must-check set.
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TEMPLE 002
22 Mar 19
Deep House
With You
Tiger Leone - (5:01) 68 BPM
Karahi King (dub) - (5:10) 102 BPM Hot
With You - (5:28) 95 BPM
Movement - (5:42) 110 BPM
Wonder Drops - (4:51) 68 BPM
Blue Blue - (5:07) 108 BPM
Review: Hot on the heels of recent Isle Of Jura label compilation 'Tales Of Jura' comes a new six-track EP from label boss Jura Soundsystem AKA Kevin Griffiths himself. Griffiths cites "dub, ambient house, leftfield disco and Balearica" as influences - a contention that's readily borne out by the grooves contained herein, with the first two tracks getting things going in a dubby kinda vein before more electronic influences start to hold sway. 'Wonder Drops' is a particular stand-out, coming on like slowed-down Chi-town house heard through a sunshine haze, while 'With You' will please the leftfield/downtempo spinners and 'Movement' could find its way into progressive or minimal sets.
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TEMPLE 003
26 Jun 20
Balearic/Downtempo
Mister Wong
Mister Wong - (4:38) 95 BPM
Mister Wong (Disco dub) - (4:45) 96 BPM
Mister Wong (Jura Soundsystem extended edit) - (7:12) 100 BPM Hot
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ISLE 006
19 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Ain't Nobody
Ain't Nobody (12" mix) - (7:18) 96 BPM Hot
Checking Out The Way I Feel - (6:47) 72 BPM
Ain't Nobody (Jura Soundsystem edit) - (7:36) 97 BPM
Ain't Nobody (Jura Soundsystem dub) - (7:07) 97 BPM
Review: When he's not releasing clubbier house wares from the likes of Detroit Swindle, Waze & Odyssey or The Carter Brothers, the Australian-based Kevin Griffiths can be seen releasing what he calls Eclectic Musical Magic via his Isle Of Jura label. Following a stream of releases since 2016, first up for 2020 is a reggae disco cover of "Ain't Nobody" by Jamaican artist Yvonne Archer. Originally released in 1980 (40 years ago!) this release comes packed with a Lovers Rock leaning "Checking Out The Way I Feel" with a Jura Soundsystem edit and dub of the original - stripping back guitars for newer delay techniques, washier vocals and extra groove effects for the first of two licensed releases from John Rubie that will appear on Isle Of Jura this year.
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ISLE 007
24 Jan 20
Roots/Lovers Rock
Strange Ways/Inside Jungle
Tatopani - (3:06) 75 BPM
Caravan - (4:22) 70 BPM
Song For Lu Wang - (4:39) 120 BPM Hot
Tibetan Bread - (5:20) 100 BPM
Kin Hin - (4:20) 120 BPM
Gaya's Gone - (6:35) 120 BPM
Sevda Yolu - (5:22) 80 BPM
Aum - (7:19) 120 BPM
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ISLELP 005
18 Oct 19
Balearic/Downtempo
Champagne In Mozambique (Explicit)
It's Just A Hobby - (4:18) 120 BPM
Possessed - (6:39) 82 BPM
She Felt Love - (8:35) 58 BPM
High - (9:23) 72 BPM
Mind Yer Head - (11:25) 88 BPM Hot
Review: Isle of Jura's latest deep dive into electronic music's margins focuses on an obscure, previously cassette-only release from 1993. Champagne in Mozambique was the debut release from Ingleton Falls - AKA lesser-known producers Andy Eardley and Andy Seymour - and remains a laidback, saucer-eyed delight. Typical of the chill-out movement of the period, the mini album's five tracks effortlessly join the dots between ambient dub, psychedelic late night techno, drowsy downtempo grooves and horizontal instrumental synth-pop, with the duo peppering each production with trippy or amusing spoken word samples, intricate melodies and copies amounts of dub delay. It's a fine example of a necessary reissue: without Isle of Jura's intervention, few would be able to revel in its hazy, early morning charms.
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ISLELP 002
23 Feb 18
Balearic/Downtempo
Pretty Face
Pretty Face (45 version) - (4:26) 116 BPM
Pretty Face (12" version) - (6:41) 116 BPM Hot
Pretty Face (instrumental) - (4:20) 116 BPM
Wonder Land (Long vocal version) - (4:58) 116 BPM
Wonder Land (Groove version) - (4:21) 116 BPM
Wonder Land (45 version) - (4:45) 116 BPM
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ISLE 010
09 Oct 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Dub Journey's
The Ambient Warrior - (4:08) 65 BPM Hot
Northern Dub - (4:04) 106 BPM
Night Flight Over Trieste - (4:35) 120 BPM
Eastern Dub - (3:57) 114 BPM
The Dub Father - (4:15) 78 BPM
Cajun Dub - (3:56) 73 BPM
Oceanic Dub - (4:19) 82 BPM
Bayan - (4:39) 66 BPM
Southern Dub - (4:03) 71 BPM
The Good, The Bad & The Dub - (4:57) 119 BPM
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ISLELP 007
10 Dec 21
Dub
Anambra
Anambra (12" extended mix) - (6:00) 101 BPM Hot
Anambra (Edited version) - (4:43) 101 BPM
Anambra River - (7:23) 107 BPM
Played by: In Flagranti
Review: Isle Of Jura is an Adelaide based record label from Kevin Griffiths (Tsuba) focusing on reissues of forgotten musical gems with occasional releases from today's artists. For the next official reissue, the label goes back to 1976 to resurrect "Anambra", the jewel in the crown of dub, soul and funk outfit Ozo. The track is is something of a classic: a unique song that's slow, ritualistic and spiritual, mixing African & Nyabinghi drumming with a Buddhist Sanskrit mantra. There are three versions featured here, including an alternate version named "Anambra River" which appears for the first time. Completely re-mastered for 2017. Other reissues in 2017 have come courtesy of British trance innovators Holy Ghost Inc, the Belgian new beat of Chayell and Brian Bennett: best known as the drummer of the UK band The Shadows.
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ISLE 004
05 Jan 18
Balearic/Downtempo
In The Senses
Memory Trees - (2:28) 93 BPM
Quest - (2:51) 74 BPM
Thinking About You Again - (3:12) 87 BPM
Carpark Scene - (2:13) 73 BPM
No Sense Of Distance - (3:17) 88 BPM
Intervalo - (1:27) 71 BPM
Les Visitants - (2:40) 80 BPM
Fading Saturday - (3:02) 65 BPM
Open Channels - (1:54) 69 BPM
Fall - (0:55) 71 BPM
Jazz Club - (3:14) 95 BPM Hot
Time Lapse - (3:33) 59 BPM
Condor - (2:08) 76 BPM
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TEMPLELP 001
07 Dec 18
Balearic/Downtempo
Jura Soundsystem Presents Transmission One
Various
Smackos - "We Can Watch Alf In The Hotel Room" - (2:40) 121 BPM
Astral Engineering - "Seashore Dub" - (5:36) 79 BPM
Minus Group - "Black Shadow" - (3:24) 70 BPM
Ken Dang - "Born In Borneo" (Jura Soundsystem edit) - (6:05) 73 BPM
Trevor Bastow - "Integration" - (3:22) 55 BPM
Kash - "Percussion Sundance" - (5:58) 61 BPM
Tabou Combo Superstars - "Ooh La La" (Jura Soundsystem edit) - (6:11) 56 BPM Hot
Blindboy - "Traumeri" - (4:40) 78 BPM
Mix-O-Rap - "All Party People" (Special mix - Go-Go Style) - (5:23) 111 BPM
Jura Soundsystem - "Jungle" (ambient Tool) - (1:50) 74 BPM
Jura Soundsystem - "Ocean" (ambient Tool) - (1:31) 77 BPM
Jura Soundsystem - "Time" (ambient Tool) - (1:53) 135 BPM
Jura Soundsystem - "Pyramids" (ambient Tool) - (2:14) 80 BPM
Review: The first in a series of compilations by Jura Soundsystem which blends dub, ambient, downtempo, boogie and proto house with a focus on previously unreleased music, out of print titles and some special versions edited specifically for the album. According to label boss Kevin Griffiths, the intention of this project was to delve deeper into the reissue pond and unearth some lesser known tracks and artists. Light one up and swagger to the sunkissed groove of Astral Engineering's "Seashore Dub", submit to the sweet steel drums and cosmo-dub vibes of Ken Dang's "Born In Borneo" (Jura Soundsystem Edit) or get down to the boogie-down vibe of Tabou Combo Superstars' "Ooh La La" (Jura Soundsystem Edit). The end of the album includes some soothing ambient tools.
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ISLELP 003
17 Aug 18
Balearic/Downtempo
Walk On Air
Walk On Air (Sun & Moon mix) - (8:57) 107 BPM Hot
Walk On Air (Amphibious Carbine mix) - (4:26) 116 BPM
Walk On Air (Unreleased dub One) - (4:39) 120 BPM
Walk On Air (Unreleased dub Two) - (4:20) 120 BPM
Played by: Kiwi, Wayward
Review: Originally released back in 1990, on their own, self-titled label, Holy Ghost Inc's second record has long been a collector's item. Faced with spiraling prices on the second hand market, Australian label Isle of Jura has done the sensible thing and reissued it. They deserve props for including the Sun & Moon Mix: with its ponderous bass and dubbed out effects, it has long been a crossover for house, ambient and even trance fans. At the other end of the spectrum, the Amphibious Carbine version is a classic 90s trance-y house groove. The label also deserves extra praise for including two previously unreleased dub mixes that alternate between ebbing and flowing effortlessly or tripping the light fantastic - on both occasions against a backdrop of subtle break beats.
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ISLE 003
15 Sep 17
Minimal/Tech House
No Follow Bad Company/Duke Street
No Follow Bad Company - (3:05) 84 BPM
Return Of The Pearls (dub version) - (3:00) 84 BPM Hot
Duke Street - (3:31) 86 BPM
So Sweet (dub version) - (3:37) 86 BPM
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ISLE 013
09 Jul 21
Roots/Lovers Rock
Return To The Island
An Interlude In Paradise - (3:06) 70 BPM
Linn Fun - (4:04) 108 BPM
Crystal Voyager - (6:39) 112 BPM
King Of Aldinga - (4:11) 108 BPM
Whatever Happens, Happens - (4:53) 108 BPM Hot
Freediving In The Tropical Zone - (4:15) 94 BPM
Love Always Wins - (4:31) 104 BPM
Inhale Exhale - (4:47) 100 BPM
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TEMPLELP 003
16 Sep 22
Balearic/Downtempo
Careless Whisper
Careless Whisper - (4:02) 79 BPM Hot
Careless Whisper (dub version) - (4:01) 79 BPM
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ISLESEVEN 002
21 Oct 22
Reggae Classics/Ska
Lost Horizons
Lost Horizons (The Mind Travel Saturday Night Sunday Morning mix) - (17:19) 120 BPM
Lost Horizons (Lost Horizons version) - (6:47) 120 BPM
Percussion Bonus - (5:07) 120 BPM Hot
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ISLE 016
18 Nov 22
Deep House
What Does It Take/Never Gonna Give You Up
What Does It Take - (3:50) 61 BPM Hot
What Does It Take (dub) - (8:29) 61 BPM
Never Gonna Give You Up - (3:39) 97 BPM
Never Gonna Give You Up (dub) - (5:26) 97 BPM
Review: Shiva were a studio outfit headed up by Hollywood soundtrack legend Ira Newborn, whose entire output consisted of a 1983 aerobics album called '20 Minute Workout' for Ronco. But two of the album's tracks featured well-known singers - soul veteran Leon Ware, and former Dylan backing vocalist Jo Ann Harris - and they're now getting a much deserved single release courtesy of Isle Of Jura. 'What Does It Take' is a fine slice of 80s soul/boogie with Ware on vocals, but the killer here is Harris's sultry performance on 'Never Gonna Give You Up'. If you dig the 'Too Slow To Disco' series, you'll fiend for this!
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ISLE 019
23 Jun 23
Funk
Careless Whisper (Extended Versions)
Careless Whisper (club mix) - (8:03) 79 BPM Hot
Careless Whisper (Jura Soundsystem Lovers version) - (8:16) 80 BPM
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ISLE 018
24 Feb 23
Roots/Lovers Rock
Movie Star
Movie Star - (4:06) 80 BPM
Movie Star (dub version) - (3:17) 80 BPM
Movie Star (extended 12" mix) - (6:30) 80 BPM Hot
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ISLE 017
10 Mar 23
Roots/Lovers Rock
Jura Soundsystem: Transmission Two
Various
Carl Craig, Francesco Tristano, Les Siecles Orchestra & Francois Xavier Roth - "C Beams Glitter" - (1:59) 62 BPM
Bochum Welt - "Greenwich" (mix 2) - (2:58) 61 BPM
Daniele Patucchi - "People Come In" - (4:13) 59 BPM
Hit Man - "Future Times" - (7:06) 92 BPM Hot
Sapho - "Le Train De Paris" (Jura Soundsystem edit) - (5:47) 58 BPM
David Arch - "Afro Culture" - (2:48) 58 BPM
Zann - "After Work" - (3:15) 107 BPM
Hirini Melbourne - "Waiata Ki Te Ra" - (2:12) 83 BPM
Jeff Bridges - "Feeling Good" - (3:27) 66 BPM
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ISLELP 006B
13 Mar 20
Experimental/Electronic
Transmission Three
Various
The Irresistible Force - "Lotus Position" - (7:27) 132 BPM
Full Moon Scientist - "Lunar Base Dub" - (6:35) 84 BPM
The Rude Band - "Doug's Dub" - (3:16) 63 BPM
Robert Minott - "Give Me Dub" - (4:39) 85 BPM
Mary House - "Ambient" (Krishna instrumental) - (4:49) 63 BPM
Mamukata - "Kalimba Del Sol" (Groove version) - (5:20) 102 BPM
Inspiration - "Do It" (12" mix) - (7:03) 105 BPM
Optimus - "Four Point One" - (4:58) 120 BPM Hot
Jura Soundsystem - "Bonus Tools & FX" - (3:05) 122 BPM
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ISLELP 010
14 Apr 23
Balearic/Downtempo
Spanish Town
Hombre Peligroso - (4:29) 71 BPM
Central Village - (3:18) 72 BPM
The Negotiator - (3:47) 76 BPM
Naranja Colina - (3:14) 85 BPM
Grants Pen Steppers - (4:58) 123 BPM
Peace Chalice - (3:46) 70 BPM
The Reunion - (3:17) 76 BPM
Cascada - (5:07) 70 BPM
Alligator Pond - (4:13) 124 BPM
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ISLELP 013
01 Mar 24
Roots/Lovers Rock
Save Our Love
Save Our Love - (5:03) 111 BPM
Slow Beat (Dance mix) - (4:47) 102 BPM Hot
Save Our Love (instrumental) - (3:54) 111 BPM
Review: Isle of Jura reissue a track that first saw the light of day a full 40 years ago. Escape From New York began life as Airstrip One, a Polydor-signed post-punk foursome inspired by the likes of Gang Of Four and The Pop Group, but changed their name when they opted for a more commercial synth-pop direction. 'Save Our Love' was the 1983 debut release under the new moniker and has a European, coldwave-y kinda feel, but is underpinned by a proper funk bassline; the lower tempo and robotic vox of 'Slow Beat' make it this reviewer's pick, though, while an instrumental of 'Save Our Love' is also included.
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ISLE 021
11 Aug 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
It's Never Too Hot
Beach - (6:30) 99 BPM Hot
Tropic - (5:35) 98 BPM
Review: Emanating from late 80s Belgium, and originally released by seminal New Beat label Antler Records, here we have a welcome re-release of Chayell's 1987 classic "Beach", courtesy of Isle Of Jura. The tune has aged like a fine wine - a brooding slo-mo dark groove gives way to melancholic tropical synths and raunchy dialogue. For those that like the Miami-Vice-drug-bust-music element more, there's a dubby spaced out version on the digital flipside in shape of "Tropic". From the legendary Boccaccio nightclub to the Balearic Isles, this tune was a classic then and still is now.
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ISLE 002
23 Jun 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Fire In My Heart
Fire In My Heart - (5:13) 102 BPM Hot
Won't Be Your Fool - (5:21) 100 BPM
Fire In My Heart (instrumental dub) - (5:14) 101 BPM
Review: Escape From New York's 1984 cut "Fire In My Heart" has long been considered something of a Balearic classic. Original copies of the Rollerball Records release 12" are hard to come by, though, so this digital version is more than welcome. The original version - all slo-mo electro drums, rubbery dub bass, exotic melodies and intoxicating vocals - is joined by the now infamous Instrumental Dub version, which has been a staple in Balearic DJs' sets for more than 30 years. If that wasn't enough, there's also a chance to savour to woozy, dub-influenced synth-pop of original bonus cut "Won't Be Your Fool".
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ISLE 001
12 May 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Never Gonna Give You Up (Jura Soundsystem Special Version)
Never Gonna Give You Up (Jura Soundsystem Special version) - (11:25) 97 BPM Hot
Never Gonna Give You Up (Instructor version) - (4:00) 95 BPM
What Does It Take (Instructor version) - (4:16) 60 BPM
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ISLE 020
14 Jul 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
The Flower, The Bird & The Mountain
Memories From Japan - (3:23) 93 BPM
The Flower, The Bird & The Mountain (part 1) - (5:54) 90 BPM Hot
Forest Of Correction - (3:33) 95 BPM
Mindscape I - (3:25) 155 BPM
Dojo - (4:10) 141 BPM
Setsuko's Smile - (3:31) 105 BPM
Ujigami Shrine - (4:20) 121 BPM
Mindscape II - (4:06) 148 BPM
A Night At Kumano Kodo - (3:40) 154 BPM
Computer Dreams - (2:45) 90 BPM
Mindscape III - (2:42) 136 BPM
The Flower, The Bird & The Mountain (part 2) - (4:05) 90 BPM
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TEMPLELP 002
03 Jun 22
Ambient/Drone
On & On
On & On - (3:57) 111 BPM
We'll Do It (dub version) - (3:55) 111 BPM
On & On (Waxist edit) - (6:36) 111 BPM Hot
Review: Through digging into the turn-of-the-'80s Caribbean disco-reggae scene, Isle of Jura boss Kev Griffiths has uncovered a stash of obscure gems to reissue. To kick off the series, he's decided to offer up "On & On", quite possibly the finest hour of little-known Jamaican disco-rap and disco-reggae duo The Pearls (AKA Norman Watson and Stanley Shaw. First issued in small numbers in 1980, the track is a sparse, squelchy mixture of rubbery synth-bass, light disco instrumentation and party-starting raps. Isle of Jura's essential reissue backs the pair's main mix with the original flipside "all-star" dub mix, and a brilliant new extended edit from Waxist that successfully stitches together elements from both versions.
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ISLE 008
21 Aug 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
The Voice Of Q (Radio Mixes)
The Voice Of Q (vocal radio edit) - (3:50) 116 BPM Hot
The Voice Of Q (dub radio edit) - (3:48) 116 BPM
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ISLE 005LTD
17 Jul 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Instrumental Dubs #1
Various
Glen Adams & Finesse - "Sexual Instrumental" - (5:18) 95 BPM
Tippa Irie - "Panic Panic" (Express mix) - (4:31) 106 BPM
Special Occasion - "Yes I Do" (12" instrumental mix) - (6:31) 114 BPM
La Palace De Beaute & Jura Soundsystem - "Sin" (Jura Soundsystem dub) - (7:02) 100 BPM Hot
Review: Definitely one of the week's more interesting releases, this, as Australian reissues label Isle Of Jura serve up three obscure 80s dubs. First up is 'Sexual Instrumental' by Glen Adams & Finesse, a take on Marvin's 'Sexual Healing' that first appeared as the AA-side to T-Ski Valley's 'Sexual Rapping' way back in 1982. Next comes the 12" Instrumental Mix of Special Occasion's 'Yes I Do', first out on Belgian label Jump & Shout in 1985 and sporting some of the finest 80s sax work you're ever likely to hear, while completing the EP is a (presumably fresh) Jura Soundsystem Dub of 1988's 'Sin' by La Palace De Beaut?, better known as Larry Tee.
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ISLELP 009
11 Feb 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Dear Adrian/Udaberri Blues
Len Leise - "Dear Adrian" - (5:53) 110 BPM
Jura Soundsystem - "Udaberri Blues" - (3:16) 100 BPM Hot
Jura Soundsystem - "Udaberri Blues" (dub version) - (3:40) 100 BPM
Jura Soundsystem - "Udaberri Blues" (Space mix) - (2:43) 100 BPM
Review: Having excelled via a series of mind-blowing reissues, the Isle of Jura label has given birth to a new offshoot focusing on fresh material, Temple of Jura. The sub-label's debut EP is a notably dub-wise affair, featuring killer cuts from Melbourne man Len Leise and Adelaide-based overlords Jura Soundsystem. Liese's picturesque and breezy "Dear Adrian" is a perfectly pitched tribute to Adrian Sherwood's 1980s peak with a glistening Balearic sheen. It's very good, of course, but it's the three versions of Jura Soundsystem's "Udaberri Blues" that have really set our pulses racing. The rootsy, floor-friendly original version comes accompanied by a heavyweight, breakbeat-driven Dub straight from the top drawer, and a blissfully brilliant Space Mix that sounds like a long lost, undiscovered relic from the ambient house era.
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TEMPLE 001
03 Aug 18
Balearic/Downtempo
Exit
Heartbreak City - (4:32) 116 BPM
Best Shot - (3:30) 71 BPM
Hard Life - (4:52) 76 BPM
Wantin' U - (4:31) 121 BPM Hot
Brown Sugar - (4:16) 118 BPM
White Horse - (6:07) 72 BPM
I'm In Love - (3:42) 136 BPM
Mornin' Lovin - (6:27) 96 BPM
Review: "This is all very 80s," was this reviewer's first thought - hardly surprising, given that a little digging reveals 'Exit' to have been first released way back in 1985! The 15-piece Fire Flight were, we're told, leading lights of the music scene in Trinidad & Tobago, and a big draw on the Latin carnival scene internationally at the time... which led to their recording this long-player, which blends Latin, pop and soul/R&B influences with the odd excursion into lilting reggae territory (see 'Hard Life' and 'Mornin' Lovin''). It's all very "shiny suits, shoulderpads and hi-top fades", but if you're a fan of 80s analogue drum sounds you're gonna be in heaven...
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ISLELP 008
04 Mar 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Hot Rock
Hot Rock - (6:09) 90 BPM
Rockapella - (3:36) 91 BPM
Hot Rock (dub version) - (6:40) 90 BPM Hot
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ISLE 015
06 May 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
The Voice Of Q
The Voice Of Q (12" mix) - (5:16) 115 BPM Hot
The Voice Of Q (instrumental 12" mix) - (7:16) 115 BPM
Keep It Strong (Unreleased dub edit) - (5:40) 115 BPM
Review: A sweet reissue of an underground classic from 1982 here, bootlegged badly in recent years, but Isle of Jura does it right with this remaster by Matt Colton. Q were a one hit wonder (if you could even call them that!), responsible for "The Voice Of Q". Comprised of American producers Bruce Weeden & Michael Forte with their revolving cast of musicians - this electro funk/disco project is finally getting paid its dues. Deep, funked-up and spacey disco, complete with vocoder - it almost seems familiar! A true spirit of the times. Then features a previously unreleased track, "Keep It Strong" (unreleased dub edit) which is a balearic tinged number that's equally as good.
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ISLE 005
06 Apr 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Instrumental Dubs #2
Tracy Kerr - "If You Want My Lovin" (instrumental dub) - (5:30) 92 BPM
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - "Today's Your Lucky Day" (dub mix) - (7:07) 115 BPM Hot
Mad Professor - "H2S04" - (6:12) 116 BPM
Rockers Hifi - "Push Push" (The Underwater World Of Jah Cousteau mix) - (5:11) 124 BPM
Played by: Citizens Of Vice
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ISLELP012B
26 Jan 24
Balearic/Downtempo
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