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Katakana Edits
Katakana Edits Vol 11EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Timewarp, Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz, DJ Oli Garch, Killer Funk Records USA, CAYETANO
Review: The Katakana edit express thunders on with their 11th installment of party breaks. This time the overwhelming vibe is of retro soul, jazz and swing. The latter is handled with a Latin influence on "I'll Be A God Man" and "Lovely TV" by DJ Clairvo, while the amazingly-named DJ Oli Garch provides a breaky, swingy version of jazz standard "Summertime. Lastly Timewrap opts for some Cuban-tinged grooves on "Miami", as well as a cheeky retweak of The Velvelettes' Motown classic "He Was Really Saying Something".
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KE 9011
27 May 13
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
27 May 13
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 5EXCLUSIVE
Review: A worldly trawl through some excellent global retro gems marks out this latest set of "Katanka Edits" by Jorge Bits. From the wild and crazy Latin funk of "La Bomba" to an excellent edit job on The Spinners' classic soul jam "It's A Shame", Volume 5 comes loaded with five perfect and surprising floor-filling funk workouts.
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KE 9005
10 Jul 12
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
10 Jul 12
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 6EXCLUSIVE
Review: In keeping with the previous five releases in this series, Vol 6 of Katakana Edits once again takes vintage tunes and chops 'em up, adding extra modern percussion and the like, to deliver contemporary dancefloor fillers with an old skool twist. This release uses very old songs as the basis for each tune: vintage blues for the Moby-esque "Run Blind", Latino mambo on "Pussycat" and Mexicana on "Yiri Cumbia". Conversely, and perhaps to keep the audience on their toes, "Bitch Boot" features samples of foul-mouthed rap including "My Neck, My Back" by Khia!
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KE 9006
03 Sep 12
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
03 Sep 12
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 7EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Clairvo (MustBeat), Timewarp, Straightoffthefloors.com, Andrew Allsgood (Free Association), Voodoocuts, Jayl Funk, Sard Boogie, Danny Massure, Hidden Riddim, Sol Power All-Stars, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz, Juno Recommends Funk, Killer Funk Records USA, Alessandro Otiz, The Funk Hunters, Kiosko 33hz, Ez Icarus, Nick Bike, Dirty McKenzie, Get Down Edits, Mr Doris, Nu Disco Fever, ManJah, ManJah
Review: For the uninitiated, The Gaff is a Canada-based DJ, producer and prodigious maker of "party breaks" - shorthand for re-edits and reworks that should appeal for those DJs for whom loose rhythms are of more interest than a straight 4/4 pulse. This first contribution to the digital-only Katakana Edits series is full of funk and soul-laden jams with heavy but snappy drums. There's a global feel, too, with excellent forays into afro-funk ("High Life") and Latin beats ("Mambo Number 5"). While all four tracks are carefully tuned to the needs of dancefloors, the afro-flecked disco-funk grooves of "Funny Saga" stands out.
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KE 9007
15 Oct 12
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
15 Oct 12
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 8EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Clairvo (MustBeat), Timewarp, Trotter, Jayl Funk, Sol Power All-Stars, Killer Funk Records USA, The Funk Hunters, Ez Icarus, ManJah, ManJah
Review: Fresh-faced funkateer Manjah steps up to the party-hardy Katakana series, and does so with distinction. It's a game of two halves as the first two cuts are dedicated to chanteuses Smokey Robinson and Donna Hightower. Both powered by swashbuckling 60s funk riffs, these are authentic edits done with true creativity. Later on in the EP we head West to the Caribbean as Manjah gets his skank on with Dancehall Queen. Those with a penchant for Greek taverna flavours should hold tight for the rustic groove on "Orienta Patria". Nice work.
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KE 9008
30 Nov 12
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
30 Nov 12
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 9EXCLUSIVE
Review: The Katwana Edits crew can usually be relied upon to deliver reliable, floor-friendly edits that get just the right balance between contemporary dancefloor chops and original swing. This four-tracker from Timewrap and Lee Mazah is, unsurprisingly, pitched perfectly. The epic "We're Gonna Rule The World" cleverly blends a number of shuffling disco-soul classics, without ever sounding lie a needless mash-up. "Listen To This" ups the tempo, brilliantly chopping up a soaring, basement-friendly disco-funk jam. Lee Mazah's cheeky "Funky Cameron" goes straight for the P-funk jugluar (via an electrofunk take on the US national anthem and some ace party atmosphere samples), while "Revans" is an outlandishly groovy disco-funk stomper.
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KE 9009
11 Feb 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
11 Feb 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 10EXCLUSIVE
Review: How many edit series can boast reaching a tenth volume? Ok, well how many can boast of attaining ten successful ones? Here French funk party commander Morlack provides five new top-notch retweaks that take no prisoners. "Loose It" is a tight James Brown-style jam that occasionally veers into French electro territory, "Let's Boogie" is all funk grooves and tough hip-hop breaks, "Big Pill" is total rubberband disco-funk,"Capital S" is more electro-boogie and finally "Tough" wraps things up with a big ole slap bass and flute singalong!
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KE 9010
26 Mar 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Mar 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 78EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Funk
Review: We can usually identify the source material of Padcore's re-edits, but he's got us well and truly stumped with the four cuts featured here, though the overall cinematic vibe leads us to suspect he may have been rummaging in bins full of soundtrack albums! In any case, 'Kayne' is a slow, looping affair with a vaguely western-ish feel, both of which are qualities it shares with 'Play With Fire', while 'Track 02' is a livelier number with what sounds like a mariachi brass section. 'Track 04' completes the EP on a more straight-up funk/soul tip. File under 'obscure esoteric pleasures'.
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KE 9078
01 Mar 19
Funk
01 Mar 19
Funk
Katakana Edits Vol 13EXCLUSIVE
Review: Last spotted on volume 10, Katakana mainstay Morlack returns with six more distinctive edits and rubdowns. In keeping the series' Latin, jazz, soul and boogie motifs, each of these cuts oozes smooth funk sophistication. With a sound that ranges from Papa Levi's rapid chatter on the skank-packed "Trouble In Africa" to the slapbass and horn-heaved sensation on "We've Got", Morlack tickles every corner of the dancefloor with gusto. Essential.
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KE 9013
23 Sep 13
Breakbeat
23 Sep 13
Breakbeat
Katakana Edits Vol 137EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Irregular Disco Workers, Fort Knox Five, DJ LAUREL, FINGERMAN, Jayl Funk, Juno Recommends Disco, Umbo, Kongisto
Review: Hard on the heels of volumes 133 and 128, MBO returns with his third contribution to the long-running 'Katakana Edits' series, and two tasty little nuggets he's served up too! In the blue corner we have 'I Can't Stop', a funk-fuelled disco chugger (origins unknown) with a female vocal intoning the title, a slinky-assed bassline, brass fanfares and some seriously soaraway sax work. In the red corner, meanwhile, there's the slower-moving 'Once You Get It', which reworks the BT Express cut of the same name (from their classic 1974 long-player 'Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)').
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KE 9137
06 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
06 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 106EXCLUSIVE
Review: The latest in the 'Katakana Edits' series sees GreySkoolEdits reaching back to two different eras in the long and storied evolution of Da Funk. In the red corner there's 'Trouble In My Mind', a reworking of Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul's '(I've Got) So Much Trouble In My Mind' from way back in 1973, while there's more "trouble" to be found in the blue corner, where we find the Greys revisiting Troublefunk's 1982 go-go fave 'Pump Me Up' - this time, somewhat unusually, augmenting the source material with some brand-new scratch shenanigans courtesy of UK turntablist The Incredible DeeJay Random.
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KE 9106
05 Feb 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
05 Feb 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 1EXCLUSIVE
Review: TMW warms up his edit mangler and sharpens his scalpels to go to work on a fabulously exotic set of rarities that swing through Balkan beat, Latin and indeed Swing on this invaluable five track Katakana Edits EP. The Eastern '60s pop of "Koulouri", the Northern Soul stomp of "Dr. Ray" and the electro-swing of "Ain't Swing It" especially all make for very canny DJ food for spinners of a far-out persuasion.
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KE 9001
10 May 12
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
10 May 12
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 136EXCLUSIVE
Review: For his outings on Breakbeat Paradise Recordings, Pecoe has served up party-starting, sample-heavy cuts that join the dots between funk, soul, disco and breaks, often mixing in raw and weighty basslines. For this Katakana Edits EP, he's switched to re-edits and hush-hush remixes, with predictably fun and funky results. He begins with 'Handle It', a smooth and gently loopy house style tweak of a killer disco gem with added hip-hop vocals, before expertly blending disco and R&B flavours on the loved-up lusciousness of 'Little Love Case'. 'I'll Be There' sees him tweak what sounds like a house-tempo, street soul-era cover of The Spinners' 'I'll Be Around', while 'Funky Situation' is a gritty and heavy pumper marked out by funk-rock guitar riffs and vintage rap vocals.
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KE 9136
08 Sep 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
08 Sep 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 2EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Timewarp
Review: If you're looking for some cheeky, party-starting music with a difference, this selection of electro-swing re-edits could be perfect. Featuring reworks that range from straight-up swing ("Swing In Rome"), and sweaty mambo-house ("Vira IV"), to heavyweight Arabian jams given a contemporary twist ("Caravan Boot"), there are plenty of horn-toting global rhythms to enjoy. By far and away the best track, though, is closer "Drum & Salsa", which dispenses with additional kits and house production trickery in favour of intricate percussion, Latino swagger and choice vocal samples. Does what it says on the tin. Well, kind of.
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KE 9002
10 Jun 12
Funky/Club House
10 Jun 12
Funky/Club House
Katakana Edits Vol 20EXCLUSIVE
Review: Doctor Music recently released his Party Has Just Begun album on Timewarp, but this restless disco soul has already returned to his Katakana Edits series, releasing this, the 20th installment! "The Real Thing" is a slice of feelgood quality disco with an amazing, totally liquid bassline and golden honeyed (largely) female vocals. Looks like we'll be playing this one for months!
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KE 9020
21 Nov 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
21 Nov 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Inventive re-edit maestro Vida G has invented edgy scalpel jobs for a plethora of recognised nu-disco labels, and now he commandeers the latest installment of Katakana's long running Edits series. We get two tracks - "Nu Soul", which sees stoner G-funk vibes fused with hazy filtered disco samples (it also gets a speedy adrenaline boost via Maikon's mix), and the choppy cut-hop of "Supa Soul", which is also remixed - this time in a swooshy trip-hop style by Timewrap.
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KE 9021
08 Dec 14
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
08 Dec 14
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Various
Katakana Edits Vol 29EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Timewarp
Review: Interesting move here for established re-edit crew Katakana's ongoing eponymous edits series; rather than choose one compiler, they've chosen several. It's not a bad idea, either, with three different sets of producers providing a selection of their own unique takes on disco obscurities. Highlights include Timewrap's Average White Band rejig "Pick It Up", Dim Zack & Deem's subtly muscular disco version of In Deep on "Check It", and their delicate take on Herb Alpert's classic "Rise".
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KE 9029
29 May 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
29 May 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 30EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Timewarp
Review: We've never thought of Men at Work's "Down Under" as a would-be Balearic classic, but then we're not tropically minded mash-up man Cayetano. Here, under his Yuriyuri alias, he re-casts the infamous '80s pop song as a gorgeous, sun-kissed chunk of cumbia-meets-reggae gorgeousness. It shouldn't work, of course, but it really does (thanks, largely, to the bagginess of the live instrumentation and Cayetano's smart production). The virtual flip features another unlikely mash-up/rework, as Aha's "Take On Me" becomes an accordion-heavy tropical groover. Again, it shouldn't work, but weirdly, it does. Ideal festival fodder, all told.
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KE 9030
28 Sep 15
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
28 Sep 15
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 22EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Clairvo (MustBeat), Timewarp, Trotter, Luis Machuca, Juno Recommends Funk, Weedyman, Funky Boogie Brothers, AFRO DUB
Review: Lee Zamah has appeared on stargazing re-edit label Katakana before, but only on various artist EPs. Here on Volume 22, he gets to blossom with two of his reworks featured. "The Cator Groove" is fiery, tight and urgent '70s funk-rock, whilst "Ginga" is more emotional, with soulful loops and plenty of brass action. Overall a well-rounded EP.
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KE 9022
13 Feb 15
Funk
13 Feb 15
Funk
Katakana Edits Vol 23EXCLUSIVE
Review: Normally one for the grand gesture (his last album boasted 27 tracks!), master of the gently nefarious art of the mash-up, Morlack, comes back down to earth to deliver a mere four edited disco gems for Katakana. As usual, the production quality of his sample-fuelled jiggery is second to none, with the slow and elastic funk of smoocher "The Dude", the slap bass twitcher "Morning", the stormin' electro-funk of "Dusic" and the raw, cowbell bustin' hoe-down of "Spinnin'" proving to be dancefloor devourers one and all.
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KE 9023
27 Feb 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Feb 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 24EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Timewarp, Juno Recommends Breakbeat, Juno Recommends Funk, Dusty Tonez, Funky Boogie Brothers
Review: The honour of fronting the latest installment of Katakana's Edits series has been bestowed on the Bergerac of funk himself, Jersey's Zemerald (aka Joseph Kavanagh). Without missing a beat he rises to the challenge and delivers five expertly sliced reworks, with some of our faves including "Soul Girl" a sassy, stompin' retort to the more famous Soul Man, the raw R&B of "Candy" and the guilty pleasures of "Wicked Drummer", a cheeky update of the classic Funky Drummer break.
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KE 9024
13 Mar 15
Funk
13 Mar 15
Funk
Various
Katakana Edits Vol 18EXCLUSIVE
Review: Just four tracks to be found on the Katakana Edits crew's latest instalment their ongoing disco comp series. Still, it's all about the quality, not the quantity and there's plenty of that still to be found. Bonnie & Klein deliver the warped hypnotic funk of "Kung Fu Love", LCA & Voodoo Cuts serve up a vintage-jazz-meets-daisy-age-rap joint, old skool ragga-roots is the order of the day on Timewrap's good time anthem, "Dubshine". Oligarch arrives with the raucous "Swingin'" to wrap things nicely, and nicely he does.
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KE 9018
18 Jul 14
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
18 Jul 14
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 19EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Timewarp, Trotter, Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz, DJ Oli Garch, Relative Dimensions, Funk Fusion
Review: Such is the ambition of disco edit label Katakana that their mission statement proclaims them to release 'music made on earth', like they're aiming for success beyond the stars. It's a pretty stellar line-up they've got too with French edit wonder Morlack getting two appearances both on the Miami Sound Machine-esque Latin electro-funk of "Feel Alright" and on a muscled up version of James Brown's "Living In America". Elsewhere we get early '90s hip-house vibes from Trotter on "Loco Trill" and slinky '80s slow boogie on "Bottoms Up". If that don't get the aliens dancing, nothing will.
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KE 9019
28 Jul 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 Jul 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 27EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Review: Greek re-edit king MaJah has found that his cheeky productions work in his favour; the producer is being re-enlisted to take charge of another volume in Katakana's edit series (he only just recently helmed vol 25!). This time he presents six new tracks, again laying off the disco/Afro in favour of different sounds. Highlights include the lazy funk rock of "Sleaze", the big-beat-goes-big-band-isms of "Give Me What You Got" and the vintage reggae rhyme hip-house crackler "Volume".
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KE 9027
24 Apr 15
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
24 Apr 15
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 84EXCLUSIVE
Review: You could never accuse the Katakana Edits stable of sitting on their laurels - they deliver a seemingly endless supply of re-edit action on an almost weekly basis. This time out, the man at the controls is FL, who takes us into beats/leftfield territory with four edits that draw on film soundtracks by way of inspiration. 'Bloody Dance' is scratch-tastic, 'Last Monk' majestic and sweeping, 'Broken Days' jaunty yet delicate and 'Forgotten Tearz' ponderous and melancholic, with all four tracks featuring western movie strings/brass (think our gunslinger anti-hero riding slowly into a deserted Mexican village) and/or martial arts vocal samples prominently.
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KE 9084
24 May 19
Hip Hop/R&B
24 May 19
Hip Hop/R&B
Katakana Edits Vol 83EXCLUSIVE
Review: The chopper king himself Morlack returns here to the legendary Katanaka Edits imprint here with four stunning recreations, showcasing just why he is held in such high esteem by all of us here at Juno. The first track 'Here Comes The Hook' combines soulful, uplifting horn melodies with punchy drum moves for with fantastic results, whilst 'Here I'm' applies a similar format to some classic disco vocals. Next, 'Sossego' leaps to the forefront with some smooth, bluesy guitar riff, which is followed by the psychedelic grooves and twists of 'Lucy On Skate' to see out the EP in style.
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KE 9083
10 May 19
Breakbeat
10 May 19
Breakbeat
Katakana Edits Vol 82EXCLUSIVE
Review: Five more vintage cuts get a 21st Century refix from the ever-prolific Katakana camp, this time with DJ Laurel at the helm. The Chi-Lites' 'You Don't Have To Go' from 1976 is first to get the treatment, followed by Razzy Bailey's 'I Hate Hate', a 1974 country-soul gem that was something of a northern soul anthem and here gets served up in Disco Rework and Funk Rework flavours. Those first three rubs are all quite faithful to their respective originals; more liberties are taken with Benny Golson's 1978 rare groover 'I'm Always Dancing To The Music', which gets a boogiefied makeover and an added rap vocal, before finally Sam Cooke gets funked up and just slightly retitled on 'Stay By Me'.
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KE 9082
26 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 25EXCLUSIVE
Review: To celebrate a quarter century of releases, Katakana Edits has decided to do things differently, eschewing disco and afrobeat jams in favour of a six-track set of reggae, dancehall, ska and ragga reworks from Athens-based ManJah. His formula is simple: take a variety of cuts, and give them a massive boot up the backside to make them more appropriate for contemporary dancefloor plays. In some instances, this means adding toughened-up hip-hop style rhythms ("Kingston Knowing", "Smoking My Ganja"); at other times, he's more interested in the 4/4 shuffle of pitched-down house (the excellent "Raggamuffin"). The results are never less than solid, with the rich, head-nodding sweetness of "Roam" and "Rudies" standing out.
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KE 9025
27 Mar 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Mar 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Katakana Edits Vol 16EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Shantisan, Clairvo (MustBeat), Timewarp, Chudy, Minimatic, Voodoocuts, Jayl Funk, Actual Sounds, Juno Recommends Breakbeat, Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz, Juno Recommends Funk, DJ Oli Garch, Quincy Jointz, The Funk Hunters, TURNTILL, D-Funk, Basement Freaks, CAYETANO, Funky Boogie Brothers, Relative Dimensions, Funk Fusion
Review: This latest offering from the shady Katakana Edits crew makes their previous offerings seem positively anemic by comparison. Boasting a whopping 22 tracks, it's almost certainly guaranteed to provide decent ammo for every house party imaginable. Highlights include the chugging electro dub sing-along "Shakka Boom" by DJ Clairvo, the p-funk meets disco of vibes of "Miami Freaks" by Lee Zamah and Timewrap's pumped up version of The Velvettes's perennial Motown classic, "He Was Really Sayin' Something".
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KE 9016
03 Mar 14
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
03 Mar 14
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 26EXCLUSIVE
Review: Is it that time already? Yep, yet another installment in Katakana's ever progressing re-edit series is here and this time the spotlight shines on regular label contributor Timewrap who delivers four of his finest. Having last occupied this role covering Duran Duran back on number 14, Timewrap looks more to other eras this time round. We get loose and funky 90s hip-hop vibes on the Beasties-sampling "Dopesmokah" and "Old Bisties". Meanwhile headnodding retro 70s funk meets party rap on "Bambooka" and the breezy, jazz guitar-laced Balearic house of "Jazzme" wraps things up nicely.
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KE 9026
10 Apr 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Apr 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 14EXCLUSIVE
Review: Katakana Edits regulars Timewrap return to the ever-reliable label with another trio of dancefloor-focused reworks. Perhaps the headline attractions are the two alternate takes on Duran Duran's '80s classic "Girls On Film" (here re-titled "Girls on Drugs"). Both versions (vocal and Dub, the latter of which is our pick) make much of the original's restless punk-funk bassline, tough (but tasteful) new drums and plenty of delay. Arguably even stronger, though, is "Yakayaka", a stretched out, tweaked and teased version of Monyaka's odd (but essential) 1983 reggae-boogie cut "Go Deh Yaka (To The Top)". Stitching together the best bits of the original and dub with new electronics and even more dubwise effects, it offers an excellent, dancefloor-ready alternative to the '83 12".
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KE 9014
29 Nov 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
29 Nov 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 15EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Clairvo (MustBeat), Timewarp, Roast Beatz, Minimatic, Voodoocuts, Juno Recommends Funk, DJ P-SOL, Funky Boogie Brothers
Review: The ever-reliable Katakana Edits crew returns, this time with a quartet of goodtime funk reworks from Berlin-based edit fiend Voodoocuts. James Brown gets a going over on "Voodoosexmachine", a flute-laden re-cut of the Godfather of Funk's best-known tune. Another familiar favourite - check the snaking sax line, as sampled by The 45 King on B-Boy classic "The 900 Number" - is given a dancefloor touch-up on "Blow Ya Woopie", while "Get Up Brother" turns a cover version of Bob Marley's "Get Up, Stand Up" into a deep, bassy, fluid house jam. Finally, there's more bumpin' rare funk business on the ludicrously bottom-heavy "Stay Excited".
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KE 9015
03 Feb 14
Funk
03 Feb 14
Funk
Katakana Edits Vol 79EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Review: Since making his bow on Katakana Edits last April, Amsterdam-based Brit Gary Shepherd AKA Streamer has become a reliable source of cheeky re-edits and reworks. Unsurprisingly, the producer's latest outing - his first of any kind since July 2018 - contains four more high quality revisions. He begins by joining the dots between stab-happy funk, hip-hop heroes House of Pain and acid funk on "Pain Around", before turning a Cajun style hoedown into a skittish, rap-sporting drum and bass roller ("The Fastest Gumbo"). Arguably even better is his punchy, horn-heavy bossa-boogie take on Beats International classic "Just Be Good To Me", while "Feel Good (Funksploitation Version)" is a dub-wise workout rich in James Brown samples and fuzzy horns.
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KE 9079
22 Mar 19
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
22 Mar 19
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 12EXCLUSIVE
Review: The latest addition to the Katakana Edits party is the mysterious FH. Equally mysterious are the source tracks for the edits featured here. However there's no ambiguity about the standard of tunes though. There's five of them and unlike the more swingy vibes of the label's recent releases, "Vol 12" is going for a tougher funk vibe, almost rare groove in places. Highlights include the gritty "Down In The Basement", the percussive Latin jam "Diablos" and the loose and groovy "Yo-Yo Beat".
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KE 9012
29 Jul 13
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
29 Jul 13
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 105EXCLUSIVE
Review: The mysterious Crateditors is the man (it IS one man, we know that much!) at the controls for this latest in the long-running 'Katakana Edits' series. 'Jump Up Shake Down' (source unknown) finds us in party-hearty reggae territory with its lyrical homage to "a Kingston party in New York City," while 'Spaceship Love Affair' reworks 'Spaceship Lover', a space disco cut that was recorded in 1977 by Canada-based British singer Laurice (AKA Laurie Marshall) but not actually released until 2015. 'Memories' closes out the EP - again, the source has us beat but think torchy, hi-camp disco from the Grace Jones/Eartha Kitt school of thought.
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KE 9105
18 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
18 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 104EXCLUSIVE
Review: The long-running 'Katakana Edits' series rumbles on, with regular contributor DJ Laurel back in the driving seat for #104. He's got us beat when it comes to source material for a couple of the tracks, but 'Ha Chica' is a tropical-style funk/disco cut sporting lively brass flourishes and an infectious sing-song vocal, while 'Strugglin' Together' has a mid-70s funk-soul vibe (think Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers or even Gil Scott-Heron). Elsewhere on the EP, Laurel revisits William Wilson's raw, Ohio Players-esque 1978 funker 'Up The Downstairs' and Leon Ware's superb 1979 Minnie Riperton cover 'Inside Your Love'.
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KE 9104
27 Nov 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Nov 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 134EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Irregular Disco Workers, DJ LAUREL, Roast Beatz, ROMANTO (YSR / DISCO MACHINE), Juno Recommends Disco, Umbo, Morlack, Discoholic Ken, FRAN DEEPER, Ben Jamin
Review: Vol 134 finds DJ Laurel back at the controls as he serves up three more reversionings of classic tracks. First to get the treatment is Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers' 'Berro E Sombaro', an irresistibly danceable, Latin-flavoured cut from 1979's 'Bustin' Loose' album that recently saw a Record Store Day reissue and that was also revamped by Chewy Rubs a year or two back. Then it's the turn of Tomorrow's Edition's 'U Turn Me On' from 1981, before Laurel turns his attention to Chanson's 'Don't Hold Back' from 1978. All three will get 'em moving for sure but 'Funky Sambaro' stands out.
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KE 9134
02 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
02 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 97EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Dj XS (FVUK), Craig Charles Funk And Soul, FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, BRENDON P, 80's Child, Kongisto, Ruff Diamond
Review: The latest in the 'Katakana Edits' series comes once more from label regular DJ Laurel, who delivers six soul/funk/disco cuts that, as a rule, seek simply to update the source material for contemporary floors rather than rework anything too radically. That source material this time out includes Herbie Mann's 'Hijack' from 1974, Millie Jackson's 'Never Change Lovers In The Middle Of The Night' from 1979 and Arthur Prysock's 'When Love Is New' from 1976 on a straight disco tip, as well as the lounge-y, Latin vibes of Carmen Costa's 'Bateu, Doeu' from 1973 - the other two have us beat, but all six cuts are very playable.
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KE 9097
20 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 107EXCLUSIVE
Review: The latest in the long-running 'Katakana Edits' series features five funk reworks, three of which we can identify the source for: Timmy Thomas's 1972 classic 'Why Can't We Live Together', Billy Paul's 'People Power' (1975) and The Four Tops' 'Are You Man Enough?' (1973). 'Stomp The Floor' has us beat, though, and as for 'Don't Stop The Music' - well, it isn't the Yarbrough & Peoples one, and nor is it any of the tracks of the same name by K.I.D, Cascade, Bugz In The Attic, Supermax, Bits & Pieces or Brecker Brothers! But it's a decent lil' funk/boogie groove all the same...
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KE 9107
09 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 108EXCLUSIVE
Review: Usually, Katakana Edits releases have us furiously Googling lyrics to try and identify the source material, but for this latest volume Fray Bentos saves us a job, opting to work his magic on two very well-known tracks, Linda Clifford's 'Runaway Love' (1978) and Rick James' 'Give It To Me Baby' (1981). 'Linda's Marathon' is aptly named, as Bentos stretches out the original to a full 12:39, making for a sultry groove that'll go down a treat at Horse Meat Disco, while on 'Give It To Me (Unity Edit)' he goes for a struttier approach with a tech-house style "some Rick James, some Rick James" vocal loop for an intro.
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KE 9108
30 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
30 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 80EXCLUSIVE
Review: Five more assorted re-edits from the ever-prolific Katakana stable here, this time coming from Gary Shepherd, the Brit-in-Amsterdam better known as Streamer. Opener 'ID' rather cheekily bites the ghetto-fabulous, attitude-y female vocal from Riton & Kah-Lo's 'Fake ID' - we say "cheekily" because the original only came out last year. 'Sex Machine' takes the James Brown classic into Latin-tinged territory, while 'On & On' drags Erykah Badu onto the deep/soulful house danceloor, before the EP's completed by two different (5:30 and 8:06) reworks of 'Legba Nan Baye', a track culled from Jacques Schwarz-Bart's 2014 voodoo jazz album 'Jazz Racine Haiti'.
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KE 9080
12 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 81EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Roast Beatz, Trotter, Juno Recommends Disco, LEGO EDIT, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Andy Buchan
Review: Just under six months on from his last outing for the prolific rework label, tinned pie enthusiast turned hotshot re-editor Fray Bentos returns to Katakana Edits. He starts in typically strutting fashion, offering a slightly heavier and beefier version of Wild Cherry's funk-rock classic "Play That Funky Music" that subtly shifts from dubbed-out dancefloor stomp to full-throttle party madness over the course of six sizzling minutes. "House of Bricks" does a similar job on a hazy, horn-heavy chunk of flash-fried disco-funk goodness. This is perhaps a little more reverential than the producer's Wild Cherry revision, though it still boasts house-friendly beats to appease those who can't be bothered mixing records with live drums.
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KE 9081
19 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 17EXCLUSIVE
Review: Oli Garch was last heard of covering Bryan Ferry; here he returns with five swingy cuts with a slight hip-hop bent. Things kick off with the Latin lounge-via-the-durrty-south vibes of "Rollin Stone", the instrumental "Oh My Man" goes way back for a Louis Prima-style sound married to trippy hoppy beats, "Get Your Enjoys" loops some vocals from a similar retro tune, whilst the two versions of "Hollywood Swings" explore the housier end of the electro-swing spectrum.
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KE 9017
14 Apr 14
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
14 Apr 14
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 28EXCLUSIVE
Review: Nothing cheap about the complier of the latest installment of Katakana Edits series. Cheapedits has lined up a sizzling selection of party-orientated scalpel jobs, and gives The Supremes a thorough early 90s hip-house makeover on "Stopin". Inxs get a sleazy big beat facelift on "Tonight", and it's all about the vintage 60s shuffle on "Blacktel". "Buyer" provides some poppy ska and "Qui Qui" wraps things up with closing-time-at-a-tequila-bar vibe.
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KE 9028
15 May 15
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
15 May 15
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 31EXCLUSIVE
Review: The latest curator of the esteemed series of groovy re-edits is none other than rising star, Ree Keen. There's four reworks featured here, all of which perfectly capture the noted diversity of his influences. Opener "Blue Devils" is all bluesy looped nonchalance, "Smooth Changes" is a party ragtime jaunt through Annie-style musical swing. "Horny Me Swing" is a mash-up of Mousse T and big band jive that's as improbable as it sounds and "Paper Bossa Loser" fuses vintage Beck with chiming, sunkissed bossa nova. It shouldn't work, but it does!
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KE 9031
24 Aug 15
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
24 Aug 15
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 32EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Breakbeat
Review: Forever to be considered a spelling mistake, re-edit hero Timewrap handles creative duties on the latest installment of the Katakana Edits series. With just two tracks on this 32nd volume, it's a short and sweet affair, but hey, it's the holiday season. Timewrap certainly has holidays on his mind here with both tracks having a dubbed-out and rum-soaked sunny atmosphere, based around the riddim from the Willie Williams classic" Armagideon Time." The chunkier version wins it here.
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KE 9032
01 Sep 15
Breakbeat
01 Sep 15
Breakbeat
Katakana Edits Vol 45EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Morlack
Review: Go-Go lovin' disco re-tweaker Morlack recently helmed the 41st instalment in Katakana's Edits series. It clearly was a huge success because they've already invited him back to curate a second one! There are four tunes on this one, starting with a toughened up version of T-Connection's already tough 70s funk jam "Totally Connected", "FWM" is a spacier and breakier affair, "High Time" is accelerated lady funk of the electro kind and "Do It Fluid" wraps things up with a beautiful melange of boogie, breaks and soulful bellowing.
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KE 9045
03 Oct 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Oct 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 46EXCLUSIVE
Review: It's number 46 in the Katakana Edits series, and we got The Worldstylers alongside DJ Claire to lay down some hybrid breakbeats for ya! "Rub A Duby Stylee" is just pure fun, a tune that manages to blend dancehall together with disco and nu-skool breaks, but "Be Bam Pop" isn't exactly far behind on the freak-o-meter thanks to its jazzy nuances and merry-go-round melodies. "Space Frequency" is the final slice of oddball beats, a beat-heavy, mid-tempo breakbeat scorcher that would certainly get some attention from the likes of peeps like The Scratch Perverts.
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KE 9046
25 Nov 16
Breakbeat
25 Nov 16
Breakbeat
