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ABSTRACT ORCHESTRA

Cat: ATALP 013. Rel: 23 May 19

Mash Up 1 (0:36)
Meat Grinder (3:21)
Figaro (3:11)
Eye (3:24)
Can't Reform 'Em (1:28)
Madmix 3 (6:48)
Mash Up 2 (0:39)
Rhinestone Cowboy (1:41)
Fire In The Hole (3:35)
Rainbows (3:52)
Borrowed Time (2:26)
Operation Lifesaver (4:20)
Air (feat MF Doom - AO remix) (3:32)

Review: Helmed by The Haggis Horns saxophonist Rob Mitchell, the Abstract Orchestra is a "hip-hop big band" from Leeds that specializes in jazz-fired cover versions of classic head-nodding beats. Having first impressed with a set of J Dilla interpretations in 2017, last year they turned their attention to Madlib and MF Doom's collaborative Madvillain project. As the title suggests "Madvillain 2" picks up where its predecessor left off, offering up sumptuously orchestrated, funk-fuelled and jazz-wise takes on such familiar cuts as "Meat Grinder", "Rainbows", 'Fire In The Hole" and "Operation Lifesaver". There's a tasty bonus cut, too, in the shape of the Abstract Orchestra's remix of their collab with Dabrye and MF Doom (yes, that MF Doom), "Air".

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Mario ACQUAVIVA

Notturno Italiano Reworks (12" in die-cut sleeve)

Mother Tongue Italy

Cat: MT 19006. Rel: 23 Sep 20

Notturno Italiano (Daniel Maunick & Alex Malheiros vocal) (5:55)
Notturno Italiano (Daniel Maunick & Alex Malheiros instrumental) (5:55)
Notturno Italiano (Ron Trent dub remix) (7:28)

Review: Mario Acquaviva's 1983 jam 'Notturno Italiano' is a hugely sought after Italian boogie gem. Mother Tongue have dug it out the archives and enlisted some key names to offer up reworks and reconstructions, with Azymuth's Alex Malheiros and Daniel Maunick going first. They offer vocal and instrumental versions with life-affirming jazz Rhodes and cool, seductive rhythm sections that take you into the cosmos. Eternal deep house hero Ron Trent then does his escapist and spiritual thing on a lush and star-gazing dub that transcends genre. All three of these are irresistible.

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BLU COLLECTIVE

Rising Above (7")

Blu Collective

Cat: FBLUC 001. Rel: 18 Oct 21

Rising Above (4:05)
Beers At Samir's (3:28)

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The BRKN RECORD

The Architecture Of Oppression Part 1 (limited gatefold splattered vinyl LP + booklet)

Mr Bongo

Cat: MRBLP 240RSPL. Rel: 05 Nov 21

Assimilation (feat Dylema) (4:38)
His Mother's Eyes (feat Jermain Jackman) (3:19)
The Investigator (feat Brother Andrew Muhammad) (1:00)
Break The Chains (2:41)
A Police Service, Not A Police Force (feat Lee Jasper) (1:58)
Hackney Ain't Innocent (feat Yolanda Lear) (4:03)
On The Daily (feat Ugochi Nwaogwugwu) (3:28)
Say Black (feat Dylema) (4:09)
The Babylon Encounter (feat Janette Collins & Leroy Logan) (2:00)
Witness The Whiteness (feat Adam Elliot Cooper) (4:27)
Lifeline (feat Zara McFarlane) (4:20)

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The Architecture Of Oppression Part 1 (gatefold LP + booklet)

Mr Bongo

Cat: MRBLP 240. Rel: 05 Nov 21

Assimilation (feat Dylema) (4:40)
His Mother's Eyes (feat Jermain Jackman) (3:21)
The Investigator (feat Brother Andrew Muhammad) (1:01)
Break The Chains (2:42)
A Police Service, Not A Police Force (feat Lee Jasper) (1:58)
Hackney Ain't Innocent (feat Yolanda Lear) (4:06)
On The Daily (feat Ugochi Nwaogwugwu) (3:30)
Say Black (feat Dylema) (4:11)
The Babylon Encounter (feat Janette Collins & Leroy Logan) (2:01)
Witness The Whiteness (feat Adam Elliot Cooper) (4:29)
Lifeline (feat Zara McFarlane) (4:21)

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CRUISIC

Floating (7")

Flower Japan

Cat: FLRS 136. Rel: 30 Apr 21

Floating (4:37)
Lady Dahlia (4:39)

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High Protections & The Sportswear Mystics

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High Protections & The Sportswear Mystics (LP)

On The Corner

Cat: OTCRLP 011. Rel: 13 Nov 20

Bigger Than You (4:07)
Shopping Trolley Voodoo (4:04)
High Protection (feat Emma-Jean Thackray) (4:22)
Crack The Skies Of America (3:58)
Sliders (4:27)
Dancing Out My Modern Mind (3:49)
Fix My Battery (3:12)
Then We Were Money (2:57)
Rudeboys In Outa Space (3:59)
Strange World (3:42)
Chicken Run The High Street (3:44)

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FAT FREDDY'S DROP

Wairunga (gatefold heavyweight vinyl 2xLP)

The Drop

Cat: DROP. Rel: 19 Nov 21

Coffee Black (7:34)
Bones (7:57)
Shady (6:53)
Wairunga Blues (5:32)
Bush Telegraph (feat MC Slave) (6:51)
Leave Your Window Open (11:27)
Dig Deep (9:46)

Review: Wairunga is a Kiwi beauty spot that's long been one of the favoured locations for Fat Freddy's Drop to kick back between tours and recording sessions. It's fitting then that the long-serving New Zealand collective have named their new album in its honour. The set itself showcases the band at their very best, delivering their usual attractive fusions of dub, reggae and soul, in which Joe Dukie's effortlessly soulful vocals rise above warming bass, heady electronics, crisp guitars and hazy horns. It's diverse enough to fend off any accusations that they're resting on their laurels, but also familiar enough to please the band's vast army of fans. In other words, it's a Fat Freddy's Drop album, and a rather good one at that.

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FLOATING POINTS

Crush (CD)

Ninja Tune

Cat: ZENCD 259. Rel: 18 Oct 19

Falaise
Last Bloom
Anasickmodular
Requiem For CS70 & Strings
Karakul
LesAlpx
Bias
Environments
Birth
Sea-watch
Apoptose (part 1)
Apoptose (part 2)

Review: A new album from Sam Shepherd AKA Floating Points is always cause for celebration, but even by his standards "Crush" is rather special. Largely eschewing the ambient jazz soundscape shuffle of 2017's "Reflections - Mojave Desert", it sees the Shepherd showcase his musical dexterity in stunning fashion via cuts that wrap shimmering neo-classical strings around what sound like modular electronics and rhythms that variously touch on broken beat, off-kilter experimental D&B and Autechre-style IDM. Of course there are ambient and experimental soundscapes showcased, but it's the fact that the album contains a swathe of formidably dancefloor-focused cuts in the style that first made him standout that pleases us most. Highlights include recent single "LesAlpx", the dreamy "Anasickmodular" and the "People's Potential" style deep house intricacy of "Last Bloom".

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FOUR TET

Rounds: 10th Anniversary Edition (gatefold heavyweight vinyl 2xLP + CD + MP3 download code)

Domino

Cat: REWIG LP88. Rel: 10 May 13

Hands
She Moves She
First Thing
My Angel Rocks Back & Forth
Spirit Fingers
Unspoken
Chia
As Serious As Your Life
And They All Look Broken Hearted
Slow Jam
She Moves She (live in Copenhagen)
Everything Is Alright (live in Copenhagen)
Spirit Fingers (live in Copenhagen)
Glue Of The World (live in Copenhagen)
My Angel Rocks Back & Forth (live in Copenhagen)
As Serious As Your Life (live in Copenhagen)
Hands, No More Mosquitos, Calamine, Tangle (live in Copenhagen)

Review: Released back in 2003, Rounds was the third LP from Kieran Hebden as Four Tet and perhaps the first long player that widely established him as a pioneering voice within electronic music. Though it doesn't feel like a decade since it was released, Domino celebrate the album's tenth anniversary in requisite fashion here, reissuing it in double LP format and slipping in a CD of Four Tet performing live in Copenhagen in 2004. Listening back now, it's easy to understand why Rounds is viewed as an early classic in the Four Tet canon, transferring his love for free jazz records to a beat template that's more palatable on the ear (Fact pickers might want to know that Hebden recently revealed to Pitchfork the LP was made entirely from samples) "She Moves She" still sounds absolutely haunting too!

Played by: Juno Recommends Experimental, Hero Records

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GOTAN PROJECT

La Revancha Del Tango (CD)

XL

Cat: XLCD 148. Rel: 28 Oct 01

Queremos Paz
Epoca
Chunga's Revenge
Triptico
Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre)
Una Musica Brutal
El Capitalismo Foreano
Last Tango In Paris
La Del Ruso
Vuelvo Al Sur

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Yusuke HIRADO

Galaxy Highway (7")

At Home Sound Japan

Cat: AHS 44. Rel: 08 Feb 21

Galaxy Highway (Ryuhei The Man 45 re-edit) (4:21)
Rhymes (Ryuhei The Man 45 re-edit) (4:31)

Review: There is a whole bunch of lovely disco music from the Far Eastern label At Home Sound landing on wax this month. Chief amongst the goodies is this 7" featuring another excellent brace of remixes from Ryuhei The Man. He turns his hand to two tunes from Yusuke Hirado, a piano player since youth and someone with only a small discography. These tunes are taken from his Tower of Touch album and are perfect jazz-funk fusions for the smoothies out there. Noodling Rhodes keys, neat bass funk and conversational freestyles all take you to the stars on both cuts.

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IDRIS ACKAMOOR/THE PYRAMIDS

An Angel Fell (gatefold 2xLP)

Strut

Cat: STRUT 164LP. Rel: 11 May 18

Tinoge (6:55)
An Angel Fell (8:31)
Land Of Ra (9:19)
Papyrus (7:37)
Soliloquy For Michael Brown (9:21)
Message To My People (7:45)
Warrior Dance (11:03)
Sunset (6:28)

Played by: Mukatsuku Records Chart, Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz, Andrea passenger, Calamity Jade (Willwork4funk)

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JINWOOK

Dream Sunset (7" + insert)

Flower Japan

Cat: FLRS 140. Rel: 29 Jul 21

Dream Sunset (single edit) (4:35)
Dream Sunset (Little Big Bee remix) (4:37)

Played by: Manu Archeo, Max Essa, Phat Phil Cooper

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JUNGLE BY NIGHT

Algorhythm (CD)

V2 Benelux

Cat: VVNL 41502. Rel: 20 Oct 21

Scrolling In The Deep
Axolotl
Cookies
E17 Snack
Angelo Samsonite
Where Are We Going
Destination A2
Multi Beam
Force
Odyssey

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Vanrock (heavyweight vinyl LP)

Fortuna

Cat: FTNLP 006. Rel: 29 Aug 19

Safu (7:57)
Vanrock (5:45)
Satan Speaks! (6:35)
Luke The Ox (9:17)
Tamera (4:52)
Revelation Six (7:51)

Review: Is there a more genuinely eclectic producer than Kalbata operating right now? We certainly can't think of one. Over the last decade and a half he's turned his hand to everything from dub, techno, dubstep and electro to Balearic beats, downtempo grooves and inspired musical fusions that simply cannot be categorized. His latest excursion - made in cahoots with five-piece Israeli band Tigris -falls into the latter category, offering up a brilliant blend of African and Caribbean rhythms, Turkish psych-funk organ solos, off-kilter electronics, wavy ambient chords and glistening guitars. It's hard to accurately describe but brilliantly produced and hugely entertaining. Don't sleep on this one!

Played by: Kalbata, Kaoru Inoue, DJ Kobayashi, MUSAR Recordings

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LAROYE

Volume 3 (12")

If It Ain't Jazz

Cat: IIAJ 003. Rel: 29 Sep 21

Leaving This Planet (Laroye rework) (7:33)
Phantazia (Laroye rework) (7:59)

Review: French producer Laroye has s super slick production style that is showcased across this third volume of works on the If It Ain't Jazz label. Gilles Peterson has already approved the tunes here and for good reason: the a-side edit of 'Leaving This Planet' is an audacious one with powerful and modern drums layered in below the cosmic synth work and deeply buried vocal. Extra synths and new bass recorded by Aroop Roy finishes it in style. The b-side is 'Phantazia,' a more baseman styled disco jam with low sling bass and infectious loops that make you move, all finished off this time with a killer jazz-funk groove.

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New River (LP)

Star Creature US

Cat: SC 1236. Rel: 09 Nov 21

Downtown Visions (4:14)
Bright World (3:44)
Hand Style (3:08)
Violet (4:42)
New River (3:43)
All Day (5:05)
Thus (3:46)
Shadow Twin (5:13)
Vis A Vis (3:55)
Adrift (2:50)

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Ex Voto (CD)

Whirlwind

Cat: WR 4781. Rel: 12 Nov 21

End Signs
Przhevalsky
Sense
Gemstones
Tin Skulls
Heksen Romance
Siler Wood (part 1)
Cellarius Shores
Natural 93
Amongst The Machines
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MR SCRUFF

Keep It Unreal (reissue) (limited gatefold green vinyl 2xLP + poster + MP3 download code)

Ninja Tune

Cat: ZEN 42. Rel: 04 Oct 19

Is He Really (0:14)
Spandex Man (4:40)
Get A Move On (7:35)
Something Silly (2:04)
Jus Jus (feat Roots Manuva) (4:06)
Honeydew (feat Fi) (7:37)
So Long (4:16)
Travelogue (5:24)
Blackpool Roll (4:50)
Shanty Town (feat C Gull) (3:49)
Cheeky (7:28)
Midnight Feast (3:37)
Fish (4:20)

Review: Dance music's most famous tea lover and cartoonist Mr Scruff truly broke through with his 1999 album "Keep It Unreal". 20 years on, it is still a fine example of sample mastery and musical playfulness with tracks about marine life, electro swing cuts built on snippets of Moondog material and plenty of weird and wonderful downbeat, breakbeat and broken beat gems in between. Our picks: "Midnight Feast" which recalls the intimate late night sounds of Portishead, rich and sweet "Honeydew" as it should be given the title and "Cheeky" - a timeless bit of deep house from the Manchester man. If only we all aged as well as this album.

Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz

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Techno Primitive (12")

Clairaudience US

Cat: CA 137. Rel: 25 Jun 21

Spotless Hero (8:26)
One Eyed Monster (8:11)

Played by: Patrick Luca (Saft | Pulp | Born), Per Bojsen-Moller, ISOUL8 (Volcov)

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NIGHTMARES ON WAX

Smokers Delight (gatefold 2xLP)

Warp

Cat: WARPLP 36R. Rel: 16 Oct 14

Nights Introlude
Dreddoverboard
Pipes Honour
Me & You
Stars
Wait A Minute
Praying For A Jeepbeat
Groove St
Time (To Listen)
(Man) Tha Journey
Bless My Soul
Cruise (Don't Stop)
Mission Venice
What I'm Feelin (Good)
Rise
Rise (reprise)
Gambia Via Vagatorbeach

Played by: Riccio, Originals, Fools & Fables

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NOIRO

Shahrzad EP (12")

Deep In Dis Intl

Cat: DIDWAX 001. Rel: 12 Feb 21

Kata Pulse (3:08)
Rude (4:56)
Aube Session (5:18)
1F (6:20)
Show Me (7:06)

Review: Noiro is clearly an artist with a lot of ideas and a desire to avoid conformity. SHAHRZAD, the producer's third EP of 2021 following outings on Chat Noir Tools and MINDHELMET, is an excellent collection of cuts, none of which sit neatly in any one style or sub-genre. Opener 'Kata Pulse', for example, adds Wurlitzer style organ slabs, scratched-in rap vocal samples and intergalactic, techno style electronics to skittish D&B beats and jazz-funk bass, while 'Aube Session' sounds like Rephlex-esque "brain-dance" mixed with hip-house. There are similarly entertaining examples of this kind of melodious, retro-futurist fusion elsewhere across the EP, including the New Jersey deep house goes psychedelic techno eccentricity of 'Show Me'.

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NUBIYAN TWIST

Jungle Run (2xLP + booklet)

Strut

Cat: STRUT 198LP. Rel: 15 Feb 19

Tell It To Me Slowly (feat Nick Richards) (5:14)
Jungle Run (feat Nubiya Brandon) (5:14)
Basa Basa (feat KOG) (5:57)
Brother (feat Nubiya Brandon) (5:12)
Borders (feat Pilo Adami) (5:57)
Permission (feat Nubiya Brandon) (4:16)
Addis To London (feat Mulatu Astatke) (6:31)
Ghosts (feat Nick Richards) (7:21)
They Talk (feat KOG) (5:07)
Sugar Cane (feat Nubiya Brandon) (4:18)

Review: After debuting with their killer self-titled album back in 2015, Nubiyan Twist are back in full force with this incredible album on Strut. This is broken beat in full widescreen technicolour, with the hefty size of the band and their incredible chops whipping up all kinds of soul stirring patterns and shapes. There's a strong list of guests too, from Nick Richards to Pilo Adami, and not least the legendary ethio-jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke. From spiky futuristic workouts to delicate bossa inspired trips and drawing on a rich tapestry of cultural influences, this album bursts with life at every turn.

Played by: AfroBase (Radio Chart)

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PORTICO QUARTET

Monument (limited gatefold clear vinyl 2xLP)

Gondwana

Cat: GONDLP 043LE. Rel: 11 Nov 21

Opening (2:48)
Impressions (3:46)
Ultraviolet (5:01)
Ever Present (4:44)
Gateway (1:06)
Monument (4:38)
AOE (5:32)
Warm Data (8:17)
Portal (1:01)
On The Light (6:23)

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Mellow Fantasy (CD)

Bastard Jazz US

Cat: BJCD 25. Rel: 26 Nov 20

1st Light
In The Garden
What It Feels Like (feat T3 Illa J & Kapok)
Hidden Levels (feat Clear Mortifee)
Baby Got Work (feat De La Soul & Kapok)
Proof In The Pudding
Break Even (feat Kendra Dias)
Ungodly (feat Kapok & Moka Only)
Island Delivery
Bring The World A Little Closer (feat Reggie B)
Kettle Boiling (feat Bunnie)
Ode To Mr Jacobs
All The Way (bonus track)

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ROOT SOUL feat ERIK RICO

The Good Feeling (7")

At Home Sound Japan

Cat: AHS 10. Rel: 20 Dec 19

The Good Feeling (Ryuhei The Man 45 edit) (3:55)
Always (45 version) (4:29)

Review: Japan's At Home Sound have come correct again here with another golden nugget of modern soul. It comes from Root Soul with a guest spot from Erik Rico and immediately gets you on your toes. The noodling bass intertwines with big horn sections and tight as you like drums. The smooth flowing vocals will carry all your cares away in fine style. The flip side offers a 45 version of "Always" that is more slow going, horizontal and sensual thanks to the way the guitars slide and sax lines linger. Lovely stuff.

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Your Eyes (Kai Alce, Glenn Underground mixes)

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Your Eyes (Kai Alce, Glenn Underground mixes) (12")

Strictly Jazz Unit Muzic US

Cat: SJU 2102. Rel: 15 Oct 21

Your Eyes (3:44)
Your Eyes (Kai Alce NDATL mix) (6:00)
Your Eyes (GU I See U mix) (7:49)
Your Eyes (GU bonus instrumental) (7:48)

Review: The latest drop on Glenn Underground's Strictly Jazz Unit features Sandman & Riverside delivering a sumptuous strain of deep house. 'Your Eyes' is impossibly warm and soulful, basking in honey-coated Rhodes and softly processed vocals. As much as the pristine original, the emphasis is also on the remixes on this package. First up is Atlanta master Kai Alce, whose NDATL mix brings a sharper club focus to the track replete with dusky trumpet and choice chord hooks. Then Underground himself steps up on the flip with vocal and instrumental takes on the original that strike a fine balance between the mellow musicality and a sturdy dancefloor snap.

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The SELENITES BAND

Behind The Mask (LP)

Stereophonk France

Cat: TSB 021. Rel: 15 Oct 21

Helen's Dance In The Sky (4:07)
Addis Streets (3:37)
Tomorrow's Running (4:29)
Lion's Five Steps (4:52)
Spicked Zeguene (3:54)
Abyssinian Spirit (4:04)
Azmari Tedj (4:03)
Crush Rotten Fruit (5:20)
Mystical Scratches (6:46)

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O Sole Mio (7")

Cinedelic Italy

Cat: CC 774. Rel: 05 Mar 09

O Sole Mio
Mas Que Nada
Charrango

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Look Up At The Sky (LP + MP3 download code)

Miles Apart Japan

Cat: MAP 036LP. Rel: 07 Sep 21

No Clouds (2:19)
Awakening (2:24)
Lazy Sunday (2:19)
At Dusk (2:09)
Scenary From The Train Window (2:12)
Madoromi (2:05)
Track 7 (1:57)
Umikaza (2:42)
Old VHS Tape (2:11)
Indian Summer (2:18)
Rainy Garden (2:32)
1:28 (2:50)
First Snow (2:47)
Whistling (3:12)

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STRETCH/BOBBITO/THE M19S BAND

No Requests (coloured vinyl 5x7" box set)

Uprising Music US

Cat: FSAB 01. Rel: 26 May 20

Nas (Interlude)/Anna From Woohside (Beat Suite)/Nas (Interlude) (4:33)
Voices Inside My Head (4:16)
Could Heaven Ever Be Like This (4:44)
Festival Song (BAM BAM) (3:53)
Magnificent Dance (feat Rich Medina) (3:57)
Que Se Sepa (feat Jose Parla Y Mireya Ramos) (3:11)
The Mexican (feat Mireya Ramos) (4:32)
I Know You I Live You (feat Maimouna Youssef) (4:27)
Stevie Wonder Interview (Inserlude)/If You Really Love Me/Stevie Wonder Interview (Inserlude) (feat Maimouna Youssef) (5:00)
Baby I'm Scared Of You (4:19)

Review: Some 30 years after rising to prominence via a now legendary NYC radio show, veteran hip-hop DJs Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia have finally made a debut album. It sees them join forces with specially created nine-piece combo The M19s Band to serve up fresh covers of a range of well-known and obscure "dance floor bangers" (as the accompanying press release puts it). There are some superb interpretations, with the Police's dub disco jam "Voices Inside My Head" becoming a sweet soul-jazz treat, the Clash's "Magnificent Dance" reborn as a Latin jazz number (complete with Rich Medina spoken word vocal) and Womack & Womack's "Baby I'm Scared of You" a seductive, shuffling Afro-Cuban jazz standard. In a word: brilliant.

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SWEET WILLIAM

Beat Theme EP1 (12")

Arte Sonata/Toyo Kasei Japan

Cat: TYOLP 1039. Rel: 29 Jul 21

Beat Theme (3:35)
Eat Two (1:56)
Majestic Move (2:34)
Please Think Twice (3:42)
Millenium (2:52)
Fly Love (3:43)
Twilight Loud (3:25)

Played by: Marcelo Tavares(Deep Space Podcast)

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Emma Jean THACKRAY

Yellow (CD)

Movementt

Cat: MVMTT 04CD. Rel: 23 Jul 21

Mercury
Say Something
About That
Venus
Green Funk
Third Eye
May There Be Peace
Sun
Golden Green
Spectre
Rahu & Ketu
Yellow
Our People
Mercury (In Retrograde)

Review: Since first breaking through in 2018, Emma-Jean Thackray has proved to be one of the most versatile, adventurous and imaginative artists on the contemporary British jazz underground - a trumpeter, composer, vocalist and bandleader whose spiritually-minded music refuses to settle on one groove, style or sound. Yellow, her debut solo album, continues this trend, combining classic jazz and jazz-funk instrumentation with subtle electronics, glassy-eyed vocal and sweeping strings. Throw in numerous rhythmic and stylistic nods to broken beat, jazz-house, P-funk, psychedelia and jazz fusion, and you have one of the most singularly stunning musical statements of 2021 so far. In a word: incredible.

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THIRD EAR BAND

Third Ear Band (gatefold LP + insert)

Magic Box

Cat: MBLP 1031. Rel: 14 Oct 21

Air (9:54)
Earth (9:56)
Fire (9:19)
Water (6:55)

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TOSHIO MATSUURA GROUP

Pina (12")

HMV Japan

Cat: HR 12S026. Rel: 01 Oct 21

Pina (5:40)
Pina (Nikitch & Kuna Maze remix) (6:46)

Review: Toshio Matsuura's Toshio Matsuura Group finally unveils its much anticipated new tune 'Pina' which has never before been put out. It was recorded in London while the band worked on their 2018 album Loveplaydance so has a similar sound. It is a free form jazz style which is led by conversational trumpet and underpinned by restless broken beats. On the flip is a remix by Nikitch & Kuna Maze, a dup that originally hail from France but who are currently working in Belgium. It's a slick rework ready for dancing action.

Played by: RUSTAM OSPANOFF.

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