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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 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 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 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 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 38EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Smashed Atoms, Juno Recommends Funk, Shaka Loves You, Charlie brown superstar, TBC, Disko Killers
Review: The latest installment of Katakana's Edits series may be a short and sweet January stopgap, but that doesn't mean the quality is any less. First up Timewrap teams up with Mister Vagz to drop a perky big beat hoedown in the form of "Soul Fingaz", before the mighty Timewrap steps in and slows things down with the soulful Reggae grooves of "Jalec".
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KE 9038
22 Jan 16
Funk
22 Jan 16
Funk
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 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 72EXCLUSIVE
Review: Timewrap's last few releases on Katakana Edits have been epic affairs that gather together a sizeable collection of party-starting reworks. This one - the Rhode Island imprint's 72nd release in total - takes a different approach, offering up two acid-fired revisions of spiraling, tongue-in-cheek disco workout "Kabashaka". The Katakana regulars begin with an "Acid Vox" version that wraps psychedelic, mind-altering TB-303 disco lines around big house beats, swirling disco instrumentation and suitably camp, over-the-top vocals. Arguably even better is the "Acid Dub", which allows the distinctive acid motifs a little room to breathe while tooled-up drum hits and vocal snippets ricochet around the sound space. Both versions sound like serious dancefloor heat.
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KE 9072
09 Nov 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Nov 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
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
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
Played by: George Kelly, FINGERMAN, Jayl Funk, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Hip Hop/R&B, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights)
Review: After honing his skills with a series of well-regarded re-edit releases, DJ Butcher changes tack here, delivering a devilishly sweet fusion of deep electrofunk, B-boy breaks and old skool hip-hop vocals. Clearly designed as a tribute to late '70s/early '80s hip-hop (check out the Sugarhill Gang/Furious Five style vocals), "Sol Wrap" has enough about it to suggest that it will easily slip into contemporary party sets. There's an instrumental, too, for those who can't be doing with the vocal, while Leftside Wobble offers up a slick remix that replaces the bass with pulsing vintage synth hits. The Latin-flavoured Timewrap Remix is pretty tasty, too.
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CHOPDIGI 019
01 Feb 13
Hip Hop/R&B
01 Feb 13
Hip Hop/R&B
