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Reviews & Discussion:
Ben Mono Feat. Jemeni - Jesus Was A B-Boy
Dec 19, 2008
If there’ s a motto to this single then it surely is this: variations for one topic. But, the topic is not musical, rather it’s the slightly provocative singing-speaking vocals that could be understood in many ways. The singing of Jemini can be heard in four different approach on this release. The original music to Jemini’s thoughts was composed by Ben Momo of course, but what we’ve got here are the remixes of Moulinex, Shir-Khan, Tj Kong & Nuno Dos Santos, and Marlow & Comixxx. The most radical re-work was made by Malow & Comixxx while the re-arrangement of Shir-Kahan seems to be a real ear-candy: old-school electro and hip-hop elements served with acid grooves that end with pleasant key solo at the end of 6 minutes of the song. The other two remixes are in the segment of soft, boingy minimal and deep house. It’s hard to find which way it intents to turn towards, however it’s quite easy to enjoy them - just listen’em. Fortunately, it seems TM Juke is never out of ideas. Besides his own colorful musical workmanship, he’s been recently presenting his thoughts through musical notes alongside Robert Luis composing proper eclectic electronica under then name Me & You. Just to dot the i’s and cross the t’s, he has made a new LP with Jake Baker trio in a period of two months leading us through by through to the fields of blood-pressure pumping rhythms from the American continent. The carnival alike mood is provided by the sampling free, solely live instrumentally recorded sound that is injected with the elements and influences of hip-hop, latin samba, funk and lots of other nasty rhythms. And to the top of this, guest vocalists of Belleruche and Gecko Turner, or like Alice Russel guarantees the total satisfaction. Not only does it seems like good stuff, it is good stuff.
Bamboos, The - King Of The Rodeo / Can't Help Myself
Nov 03, 2008
The new two tracks single of Australian Bamboos was coming out at the beginning of September, and is aimed to promote the third LP of the band. There’s King Of The Rodeo on side A, which is a cover of King Of Leon’s song. Obviously, the version of Bamboos with its funk’n’soul vibes is far away from the original. Tight drums, Hammond, flute and guest singer Megan Washington fit together quite well. You’ll have harder issue on the flip-side. This one’s called Can’t Help Myself and features Big Dada label’s TY whom the boys had met up with during his Australian tour. As always, TY is upfront and proper, hence the result of the collaboration is something wicked to kickstart the night with.
Jayl Funk / Infamous - Funk Breaks EP
Nov 02, 2008
German label with international roster. Four tracks: two producers, two remixes. Those ones who like mid-tempo paced yet vivid and energetic funk-break tracks, will also be keen on the collaborations of this release. For example, despite the floor killer bass-line of the original of the song of Infamous called Strike3, in my opinion the Jayl Funk remix of it is much more interesting: just like the 4/4 side of break-beat, so the 4/4 face of funk-break can also be happy and smiling. And this is the smile that Jayl Funk has made out of Strike3. And this is what he's done with his own song called Monkey Phonk, of which, however, the remix of Luc is even happier and funnier: slightly swinging crispy grooves are paired with phat bass-lines and jazzy piano. So, we’ve got four dance-floor hits over here; the rest is up to you.
Napz - Inner Vibes EP
Nov 02, 2008
Napz has been known for his rare and limited edition vinyl discs composed together with Malestrom and released on small and independent labels. Apart from a few, these superb cuts were dancefloor filler pieces of art. This EP now goes for the ones sitting at home. There are four beautiful crystal clear songs swimming in the ocean of ideas: just like that, while listening to the saxophone runs of One Way, we can feel like sitting in a smokey jazz-bar where from we get flown far away due to the keyboard FX’s and clarinet blends of All The Time. Meanwhile, the female vocal of Inner Vibes puts us out of reality - in case you like it in general. And if you’re not into that sort of things then hold on tight for the high-hat rhythm of Sur La Lune following its pace. Nevertheless, all that musicality mentioned above is packed into a groove based, phat bass sounding environment that everyone will nod head for. So do you! You won’t find anything considerably breaking-through on the latest single of the British posse Belleruche who had the turntablism married to blues quite successfully. Simply, what you’ll find is joy. As being a 7” single, it has two tracks all together, but then you’ll find yourself flipping the disc over and over again like one just can’t get enough. The title song is a mid-tempo dancefloor hit suspect. Perhaps, it’s too slow a little bit to reign Europe, but its happy melodies and vibes will do the job at many clubs. The other song is called Don’t Let Them Push You Around, released solely on this single and, if possible, is just even more interesting than the title. Kate’s voice is more undeniable than ever, especially in this musical environment: electro blues or folk hip-hop - everybody shall decide on one’s own.
Lizzy Parks - Raise The Roof
Oct 26, 2008
The ones who are after tough grooves won’t feel this single as theirs. So do the ones who miss the sound of phat drums in general. This disc belongs to those ones who love to listen to sophisticated, live jazz with enormous emphasis on the lyrical content. Just like in the two versions of the title song, the meaning of the vocals are also deeply integrated part of the only digital released 6 minutes long epic called Prayer. The way melodies of instruments follow the melodies of vocals goes to proove this integration. Just like the way - instead of listening to the beautiful violin play, or to the fascinating trumpet, or to the nice piano - you can catch yourself paying attention to the message of Lizzy Parks on the importance of smiling, fighting againt keeping distance and the necessity of being open-minded.
Ed Meme & Forms, The (2) - Break It Till It's Broken
Sep 15, 2008
I don’t have a clue whether this release could come out earlier on a physical format, but it really doesn’t matter at all. The point is: the Australian label’s sixth release is up on the pages of the better internet shops. The bidding is 3 remixes of the title song and a single song remixed by Quincy Jointz. The German producer also working in the duo named Geriba has presented a live sounding remix. The vocals is in its place, no sound causes harm to other sounds, you can almost see the band playing infront of you. This is absolutely perfect just the way it is, I’m sure this track’s gonna be on the hard-drive of many mp3 players and so are the 3 remixes of the title song, Break It Till It’s Broken. You can feel the emphasis of these remixes is on the dancefloor, even so listening to them after each other isn’t slightly boring. Serving one song in these diverse moods makes us forget all this sort of thoughts, you can also bear with them during homelistening . Great tracks, one should try it sooner or later for a dinner by all means. Will be much useful than the News.
Hint - Driven From Distraction
Aug 25, 2008
Ladies and gentlemen, Hint is Hint! I’ve been waiting for this disc for a long time, as his single songs released separately shown me that the wind of change had reached him. It’s not a huge storm what would turn everything upside down. Fortunately, it’s much like a fresh and light breeze that changes the pictures in the listener nicely and slowly. The sounds are still soft, unique and have some sort of positive unearthly mood. However, the structures of the songs have got nothing to do with the fairy-tale-reading-alike downtempo topics of the first album. The track called One Man Army is just like an interesting march song while Afro Love Forest is a creamy, tension-filled soul monster. The one called Scrawny’s Beat has got such rhythm you could hardly came across before on Hint’s previous album. Consequently, the way of the wind of change is obvious: Hint has started to compose music also for the dancefloor. For first, it was our heart, and now it’s our feet he captures. Quantic has always had a free way at his label. Wherever he moved towards to, whatever he produced he has always been supported. This came by no chance, as - and whatever he is criticized with - he has always been pouring music as naturally as fountains pour water. With this 7” now just as recently he’s turning towards the folk and contemporary music of lands owning warm weather. The songs he has brought to life hasn’t got any special feature. It just does its job: healthy measurements, being easy to sing along with; a morish piece of art. Just as the other side of the vinyl is. This side is much slower and is more about high dub elements. All together, this is an easy, comfortable release revealing of a nice summer day. | ||||