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Timewarp Music
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TMDG 253
08 Mar 24
Funk
08 Mar 24
Funk
Review: Mixes to suit a wide range of tastes on this latest offering from Greece's Timewarp Music. 'Good Love' is a summery slice of Afro-flavoured pop in its Original form, before Omegaman gives it a reggae-fied makeover. Tom Drummond's remix then adds a funkier edge, while Jayl Funk's heavier pass is more one for the funk-breaks crowd, though the dubwise bassline means this mix, too, could find its way into reggae-driven sets. The most dramatic rework, though, comes from Australia's Mind Electric, who ups the tempo by several notches, adds pianos and transforms it into a Saturday night house stomper.
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TMDG 251
12 Jan 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Jan 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Timewarp / Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Downtempo
Review: As previously mentioned on these pages, Timewarp Music's latest compilation comes in four volumes. This week, following #funk, #disco and #tropicaldub installments, we're in a #downtempo mood as label boss Timewarp Inc gathers together 16 very fine jams from the lower-paced side of the street. Highlights for yours truly include the hazy, driftaway neo-psych of Niles Philips' 'Hidden In A Starfield', the simple reggae groove of Groove Monkz's 'Promised Land' and Zamali's Massive Attack-like 'Zamali' but with influences spanning Balearica, trip-hop, jazz fusion and more, there's plenty to enjoy here for those that are watching their BPMs...
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TMDG 249D
24 Nov 23
Balearic/Downtempo
24 Nov 23
Balearic/Downtempo
Timewarp / Various
Review: Timewarp Music's 'Freestyle 4 Funk' series reaches its ninth installment, which (somewhat confusingly) comes in four volumes, subtitled #funk, #disco, #tropicaldub and #downtempo. This is the #tropicaldub selection, for which you can essentially read 'reggae and dub' as label regulars like Prosper & Stabfinger, DJ Laurel, Vito Lalinga, Funky Destination and of course head honcho Timewarp Inc step up to pay tribute to the sound of JA - while still allowing, as with the #funk volume, plenty of scope for fusions with other styles, be they Latin (see DJ Laurel's 'Sambafunk'), Afro (see Lalinga's 'Vrye Denke') or hip-hop and breaks (see P&S's 'Popping The Clutch'), not to mention one fine slab of straight-up funk (Zamali's 'Kings & Queens') and, in the form of 'Simoon', the obligatory weirded-out closer...
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TMDG 249C
17 Nov 23
Funk
17 Nov 23
Funk
Timewarp / Various
Review: Volume 9 in the series, so regular buyers should have a pretty good idea what to expect by now! For the uninitiated, it's perhaps worth stressing the 'freestyle' part of the title: no mere slavish pastiches of 70s-style funk, the 16 tracks here expand that original blueprint to encompass influences from hip-hop, house, breaks, Afrobeat, reggae and jazz. Highlights for this reviewer include the stuttered jazz-hop of Djazz.OrgOnite's 'Yo Sco', Umbo's fast and furious 'Foolin' Around' and label boss Timewarp Inc's own 'Not Bad Disco' - ironically one the album's most trad-style offerings - but you'll find your own for sure.
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TMDG 249A
03 Nov 23
Funk
03 Nov 23
Funk
Review: German funk-breaks don Jayl Funk serves up two contrasting but complementary cuts on this latest outing for Greece's Timewarp Music. 'Take It Easy' itself is a classic-style funk jam with a distinctly jazzy twist to its lounge-y male scatted vox and bright piano chords - the kind of cut that summer poolside sessions were made for. 'The Other DJ', meanwhile, comes much more obviously from the funk-breaks school of thought, opening with a spoken vocal sample and heading down the cut 'n' paste route throughout, with some scratch sounds thrown in for good measure. Party-startin' stuff for sure.
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TMDG 248
06 Oct 23
Funk
06 Oct 23
Funk
Review: The title here, which sounds like a reference to belly-dancing, is presumably meant to imply something Middle Eastern-sounding, but to these ears 'My Belly Dream' actually feels more Latin-influenced if anything - though, to be fair, the intricate hand percussion that forms its backbone does come topped with a warbling flute line so you can kinda see where they're coming from! Jazz-funkish guitars and trumpets also have their part to play, the end result being a lilting, percussive swayer whose natural home will be outdoor sets in the sunshine, with the accompanying Beats Mix doing exactly what it says on the tin.
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TMDG 247
22 Sep 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Sep 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: DJ LAUREL, ROMANTO (YSR / DISCO MACHINE), Jayl Funk, Umbo, Juno Recommends Funk, BRENDON P
Review: Jayl Funk has been turning out the party-starting funk grooves for well over a decade now and this latest pair, brought to you by Timewarp Music, won't disappoint fans of his previous work one iota. 'You Gotta Feel It' opens with a rave-y warping synth riff, then brings in pianos and female vocal wails before finally bursting out in all its funk-fuelled nu-disco glory. The pop-style vox might be a bit much for some but there's no doubting the bassline or the horns work... so it's just as well there's also an instrumental included, isn't it? 'Step Into It' features the same vocalist but is a little more laidback in feel.
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TMDG 246
08 Sep 23
Funk
08 Sep 23
Funk
Played by: Juno Recommends Reggae
Review: It's always a pleasure to see a new excursion from Timewarp Music, a longstanding signature of dubwise legacy, with this latest album offering from Vito Lalinga being another jewel in their many-studded crown. From start to finish, the album offers a beautiful combination of reggae, funk and soul elements, focussing on blissful percussion, groovy bass melodies and awesome vocal ad libs to give us a non-stop dreamy landscape. This is without a doubt a project that needs to be taken in across a long play setting, but picking out highlights would mean having to lift up the catchy horn riffs of 'Watch', a super-groovy percussive inflections of 'Iris' and of course 'Vrye Denke', a gorgeous title track dipped in smooth jazzy fusion. Awesome work!
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TMDG 245
18 Aug 23
Roots/Lovers Rock
18 Aug 23
Roots/Lovers Rock
Played by: Craig Charles Funk And Soul, Robert Luis (Tru Thoughts), DJ LAUREL, Jayl Funk, Juno Recommends Funk, Empresarios
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.
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TMDG 242
02 Jun 23
Funk
02 Jun 23
Funk
Review: Ever-prolific Croatian producer Vladimir Sivc AKA Funky Destination, a regular on the likes of Timewarp Music, Kraak Records and Cold Busted, returns with what (if we're counting correctly) is at least his eighth album in 10 years. His music's spanned a range of styles including funk, breaks and Balearica over the years, but 'Bless Da Planet' finds him firmly in reggae and dub mode - and pulling it all off with surprising aplomb. Sivc may be no Bob Marley, Lee Scratch or Toots Hibbert, but this album's every bit as convincing as those "regional heroes"-type reggae bands you tend to stumble across by accident on Sunday afternoons at festivals, and that's no mean feat. Worth investigating for sure.
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TMDG 238
05 May 23
Roots/Lovers Rock
05 May 23
Roots/Lovers Rock
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: A satisfyingly varied four-tracker here from 20-year scene veteran and Timewarp regular Quincy Jointz. 'Breath In' pairs a looping, reggae-tinged backbeat with dreamy fem vox that wouldn't sound out of place on a fluffy Ibiza prog cut - no, it shouldn't really work, but it does. The meandering, percussive 'Desert' follows and is the standout to these ears thanks to its use of a hypnotic, Indian-sounding male vocal loop. Next up, 'Be With You' is a slower, mellower jam with a seriously heavy bottom end and some lightly applied funk squelch, before dubwise headnodder 'Echo Chamber' plays us out. Good stuff.
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TMDG 237
21 Apr 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
21 Apr 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
