DJ Lewi – After Hours

absolutely brilliant EP of course, but can't fucking BELIEVE someone paid over £500 for it tho
my rent in London in 1995 was £44 a week [paid by Hackney council]

[p.s. no rent now, got me own place, sorry!]

I had some contact with DJ Lewi recently asking if he had any copies still hanging around (Yes, I know, clutching at straws!!) BUT he replied and he's hoping to track down the DATs for a possible repress - Now that would be the repress of the decade - well, for me anyway

"You Better Run" features an amazing Rare Groove sample from Evelyn King - "I Think My Heart Is Telling". It's an absolutely murderous tune and worth the entry price alone. Massive release and seriously tough to come by, good luck hunting this one down!

The tune i was looking for was cowboy style which was a king addis dubplate by josey wales and bounty killer

You Better Run track with Cutty Ranks on vocal.

The version of You better run hype plays at roast land of giants in 1995 is probably an earlier version lewi had done and cut

Definitely one of the top Jet Star releases, and from the number of mails I've got about it, one of the rarest. Lots of layered amens, warping bass and reggae samples, all three tracks interspersed with plenty of vocals.

It hard to tell who the vocalists are on this. All three tracks sound like they have different artists. As commented in the notes above the only one we can be sure of is A1, as Daddy Freddy name checks himself. The B side sounds a bit like Cutty Ranks, but its hard to tell.

Though its not credited anywhere, the tracks all sound very much like Remarc.