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Jalapeno Records is at the epicentre of the UK’s funkiest labels. Formed in the late 90’s, Jalapeno is a label that has encompassed many genres from soul to funk, hip hop to blues, jazz to breakbeat, disco to house with one proviso – it’s got to be funky. Jalapeno is home to artists such as: The Allergies, Smoove & Turrell, Izo FitzRoy, Flevans, Sam Redmore, Dr Rubberfunk, Soopasoul, Skeewiff, Gizelle Smith, ephemerals, Kraak & Smaak and many more.
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Flawed By Design
Sun Don't Shine - (3:36) 122 BPM
Cyclone - (3:11) 58 BPM
Love Yourself - (3:39) 85 BPM
Keep Your Head Up - (3:34) 80 BPM
Some Day - (3:52) 58 BPM
Where Is The Peace - (3:36) 152 BPM
Almighty $$ - (3:15) 117 BPM
Shadows - (2:55) 92 BPM
Baptist - (5:02) 88 BPM
Flawed By Design - (5:03) 97 BPM
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JAL 443
31 May 24
Soul
Where Is The Peace
Where Is The Peace - (3:36) 152 BPM
Almighty $$ - (3:15) 117 BPM
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JAL 441
22 Mar 24
Soul
IGOTCHA (Slynk Remix)
IGOTCHA (Slynk remix) - (3:23) 117 BPM
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JAL 456
15 Mar 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Something Like That?
Misirlou - (3:28) 85 BPM
Exclusive Blend - (3:23) 116 BPM
These Boots Are Made For Walking - (3:16) 83 BPM Hot
Soul Bossanova - (5:55) 80 BPM
Spanish Flea - (3:57) 83 BPM
Mah Na Mah Na - (2:30) 100 BPM
Sway - (2:52) 110 BPM
Wack Wack - (3:00) 98 BPM
Amen Brother - (2:32) 132 BPM
The Cat - (3:10) 90 BPM
Coming Home Baby - (7:45) 80 BPM
Yakety Sax - (1:56) 147 BPM
Review: It's been slowly drip-fed to us over a 10-month period but now here at last is the full album. On 'Something Like That', Jalapeno bosses Skeewiff celebrate 25 years in the game by paying tribute to some of the music that's inspired them, delivering generally very faithful but also very accomplished reworks of classic tracks by artists ranging from The Winstons and Jimmy Smith to Dick Dale and Herb Alpert. New additions to the roster on this final version include Nancy Sinatra's 'These Boots Are Made For Walking', Muppets 'Mah Na Mah Na', Mel Tormé's Mod club standard 'Coming Home Baby' and, just to prove they're not taking themselves TOO seriously, Boots Randolph's 'Yakety Sax' - better known to most as the 'Benny Hill' theme.
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JAL 418
08 Mar 24
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Carry Them
Carry Them - (3:50) 60 BPM
Where I Hide - (4:31) 60 BPM
Played by: Jayl Funk
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JAL 447
01 Mar 24
Experimental/Electronic
Glow
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JAL 433
23 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Almighty $$
Almighty $$ - (3:15) 117 BPM
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JAL 440
16 Feb 24
Soul
Sway
Sway - (2:52) 110 BPM Hot
Wack Wack - (3:00) 98 BPM
The Cat - (3:10) 90 BPM
Misirlou - (3:28) 85 BPM
Amen Brother - (2:32) 132 BPM
Exclusive Blend - (3:23) 116 BPM
Spanish Flea - (3:57) 83 BPM
Review: Back once again with the rework masters, as Jalapeno bosses Skeewiff drop the latest instalment in a series of covers/re-edits/homages that's been released in dribs and drabs over the past nine months. The new addition this time out is their take on 1954 Dean Martin classic 'Sway', though if our ears don't deceive us - bearing in mind that there are at least 67 different recordings of the song! - it's actually the 1959 Rosemary Clooney version that's referenced here. Elsewhere on the EP, their takes on lounge classics from The Winstons, Herb Alpert, Dick Dale, Jimmy Smith, Keith Mansfield and The Young Holt Trio return.
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JAL 457
02 Feb 24
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Violet Hour (Max Sedgley Remix)
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JAL 448
26 Jan 24
Breakbeat
Where I Hide
Where I Hide - (4:31) 120 BPM
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JAL 446
12 Jan 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Jalapeno Funk, Vol 14
Various
The Allergies - "Reconcile" (feat Charles Morgan) - (3:39) 61 BPM
Mike Keat & The CB's - "I'll Keep My Light In My Window" - (3:08) 83 BPM
Izo FitzRoy - "Chasing Days" - (3:51) 97 BPM
Wolfgang Valbrun - "Love Yourself" - (3:39) 85 BPM
Skeewiff - "Wack Wack" - (3:00) 98 BPM
Mr Doris & D-Funk - "Feel Good" (Krafty Kuts remix feat Cantaloop) - (3:05) 108 BPM
Izo FitzRoy - "Small Mercies" (Art Of Tones extended remix) - (6:25) 52 BPM
Smoove & Turrell - "The Light" (feat Ronnie Foster) - (4:26) 120 BPM
Wolfgang Valbrun - "Cyclone" - (3:11) 58 BPM
The Allergies - "Stanky Funk" (feat Bootie Brown) - (4:05) 105 BPM
Sam Redmore - "Jazzdance" - (3:57) 126 BPM
Flevans - "I Got Soul" - (4:00) 58 BPM
Mr Doris & D-Funk - "Back In The Day" (Smoove Old School remix feat MysDiggi) - (4:00) 105 BPM Hot
The Third Degree - "Mercy" (Smoove remix) - (4:10) 130 BPM
Skeewiff - "Spanish Flea" - (3:57) 83 BPM
Smoove - "I'm A Man" - (4:08) 131 BPM
Sam Redmore - "Reach Out" (feat Lumi HD) - (4:46) 118 BPM
Smoove & Turrell - "Geno's Discotheque" - (5:43) 60 BPM
Flevans - "Wild Shadows" - (3:00) 90 BPM
Izo FitzRoy - "God Gets A Little Busy Sometimes" - (4:27) 154 BPM
Review: Jalapeno bring us their latest V/A collection rounding up the cream of the label's recent releases. The line-up features all the usual suspects (The Allergies, Ivo FitzRoy, Flevans, Smoove & Turrell and label bosses Skeewiff) as well as a handful of newer names, and if you're a fan of the label's trademark blend of funk, soul, breaks and hip-hop - with the emphasis this time out firmly on the soul side - then it's hard to see how you'd end up dissatisfied here. Standouts for yours truly include Wolfgang Valbrun's 'Cyclone', with its big, cavernous production redolent of 60s/northern soul, and Mr Doris & D-Funk's rapped homage to UK childhood 'Back In The Day', but you'll doubtless find your own favourites...
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JAL 436
15 Dec 23
Funk
Wild Shadows
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JAL 445
08 Dec 23
Balearic/Downtempo
I'll Keep My Light In My Window
I'll Keep My Light In My Window - (3:09) 83 BPM
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JAL 444
01 Dec 23
Soul
Wack Wack
Wack Wack - (3:00) 98 BPM Hot
The Cat - (3:10) 90 BPM
Misirlou - (3:28) 85 BPM
Amen Brother - (2:32) 132 BPM
Exclusive Blend - (3:23) 116 BPM
Spanish Flea - (3:57) 83 BPM
Review: Not quite sure what's going on but Jalapeno are now seemingly halfway to releasing a new LP from label bosses Skeewiff incrementally, with one extra new track appearing on each consecutive release! There's not much we can tell you about their takes on 'Misirlou','Amen Brother', 'Little Spanish Flea', 'Exclusive Blend' or 'The Cat' that we haven't told you before, then, so let's focus this time around on new arrival 'Wack Wack', which was originally a crazy jazz workout recorded by The Young Holt Trio (AKA Young-Holt Unlimited) in 1966 - and which will inspire the cutting of numerous rugs for sure.
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JAL 437
10 Nov 23
Funk
Red Ellen
The Light (feat Ronnie Foster) - (4:26) 120 BPM Hot
IGOTCHA - (4:39) 117 BPM
Mary's Song - (5:09) 80 BPM
Echoes - (3:52) 104 BPM
Empty Bottle Serenade - (4:13) 140 BPM
Joy! - (4:50) 60 BPM
Violet Hour - (3:15) 58 BPM
Waiting For Your Call - (4:19) 58 BPM
Geno's Discotheque - (5:43) 60 BPM
Red Ellen - (3:47) 86 BPM
Review: The UK soul faves serve up what is, if we're counting correctly, their seventh studio album. That being the case, and especially as several of the featured cuts have recently had trailer single releases, you should have a pretty good idea what to expect already, and it's fair to say you're unlikely to be disappointed: the boys from the UK's northeast worked out their distinctive soul-funk-jazz-pop groove years ago and they're sticking to it here, thank you very much! 'Joy!' provides the album's most uptempo moment while 'Empty Bottle Serendade' finds it at its most downtempo and contemplative.
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JAL 431
27 Oct 23
Funk
Love Yourself
Love Yourself - (3:39) 85 BPM Hot
Keep Your Head Up - (3:34) 80 BPM
Cyclone - (3:11) 58 BPM
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JAL 425
20 Oct 23
Soul
The Cat
The Cat - (3:10) 90 BPM Hot
Misirlou - (3:28) 85 BPM
Amen Brother - (2:32) 132 BPM
Exclusive Blend - (3:23) 116 BPM
Spanish Flea - (3:57) 83 BPM
Review: Definitely one from the cheeky side, this, as Skeewiff serves up five fresh takes on some very well-known tunes from days gone by. Whether you actually require new versions of Dick Dale's 'Misirlou' (as made famous by 'Pulp Fiction'), Herb Alpert's 'Little Spanish Flea' or The Winstons' 'Amen Brother' is something only you can decide, but there are Friday night floors out there that'll lap 'em up for sure. It's the brace of slightly less obvious choices that stand out, though - Keith Mansfield's kitsch classic 'Exclusive Blend' and Jimmy Smith's 'The Cat', the latter a good place to send anyone who asks "What does 'wigged-out Hammonds' mean?"!
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JAL 426
13 Oct 23
Funk
Black Insides
Black Insides - (5:48) 89 BPM
Chasing Days - (3:51) 97 BPM
Give Me The High - (3:57) 72 BPM
Keep Your Light On Me - (4:07) 138 BPM
Body Of Mine - (3:31) 130 BPM Hot
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JAL 414
29 Sep 23
Jazz
Keep Your Head Up
Keep Your Head Up - (3:34) 80 BPM
Cyclone - (3:11) 58 BPM Hot
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JAL 424
22 Sep 23
Soul
Echoes
Echoes - (3:52) 104 BPM
The Light (feat Ronnie Foster) - (4:26) 120 BPM
IGOTCHA - (4:39) 117 BPM
Joy! - (4:50) 120 BPM Hot
Review: Good news for all UK soul fans: there's a new Smoove & Turrell album called 'Red Ellen' coming soon. But it's not actually out until the end of October, so in the meantime you'll have to make do with this four-track taster EP. A couple of the cuts here - 'The Light' feat Ronnie Foster and 'IGOTCHA' - featured on a two-track release back in July, so of more interest today are the mid-paced, contemplative 'Echoes' and the considerably more upbeat 'Joy!'. The latter is as synth-y as this writer can remember any S&T track ever getting, and it all bodes well for the forthcoming long-player for sure.
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JAL 430
15 Sep 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
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