ON WAX // New 45 from Lack Of Afro imminent, ft Juliette Ashby and Elliot Cole
1. I Got The Rhythm (ft Elliot Cole) 2. All My Love (ft Juliette Ashby) Lack Of Afro is set
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On wax // Aloha Got Soul! Hawai’ian funk, soul and disco 1979-85
I’ve played this compilation over and over since I got it, it’s that good. Funk and soul with a Hawai’ian
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Preview: Fumaca Preta – Impuros Fanaticos
If you’re at all familiar with Fumaca Preta you’ll know they’re unhinged in the best way possible. You can pre-order
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Two new ridiculous mixes from Mr Thing
Mr Thing is my favourite DJ in the whole wide world. This week he’s dropped two brand new mixes, originally
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New, blue Mocambo 45: Pigalle Connection
Mocambo’s most recent 45 has been pressed as a very limited blue variant – grab it quickly from their Bandcamp.
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Preview // Funk, jazz and psych from Pressure75: Meltdown
Some of the UK’s finest funk and soul musicians have united under the Pressure75 banner to begin ‘an outrageous journey
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Video & Vinyl // Charles Bradley: Change For The World (Dunham Records)
#CHARLESFORCHANGE From his brand new album Changes, a psych-VHS video for the lead single – in fine form as always.
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Vinyl // Marta Ren and the Groovelvets: Stop Look Listen
19 Feb sees Marta Ren and the Groovelvet’s debut album drop on Milan’s Record Kicks label, three years after their
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Vinyl // Tall Black Guy: JB Suite I and II
Here’s a preview of Tall Black Guy’s next 45, this time on Plane Jane Records (recently home to Mocambo’s Bacao
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New music // Charles Bradley’s Changes on Daptone/Dunham
A new Charles Bradley album is always good news, and Daptone Records’ subsidiary Dunham are ready to deliver. Pre-order from
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Out now // Freddie Gibbs & Madlib: Piñata (Alex Goose Remix LP)
Another Rappcats bomb. Mining the Now Again catalogue for samples, Alex Goose was asked to remix the Piñata album,
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Out now // Madlib’s Brick
Thirteen pieces of vinyl over seven albums, Madlib’s Medicine Show nearly in full… this is volumes 1, 3, 5, 7,
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Hot 8 Brass Band: Sexual Healing remixes inc J Felix, Werkha, Ibibio Sound Machine and Maddslinky
Hot 8’s cover of Sexual Healing was a landmark release, initially only 500 copies of the 12″ which was quickly
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Preview: Adrian Younge/Venice Dawn’s Something About April II coming in January
Four years after the original soundtrack to a fictional film, Adrian Younge releases the sequel sounds marrying his late 60s
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Nubiyan Twist remixed by Paper Tiger, Werkha and more
Nubiyan Twist: The Remixes by Nubiyan Twist An eclectic collection of remixes of Nubiyan Twist’s excellent debut album, with artwork
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New music and UK tour: DJ FORMAT & ABDOMINAL
It’s been ten years since these two last shipped out together (I was there!), and the reunion tour kicks off
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Marcos Valle: Estatica repress and Euro tour
Modern Rio at its best… This was originally released in 2010 as Marcos Valle’s fourth original recording for the Far
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Breakdown Brass: Mary Jane b/w The Horseman 7″ + digi
The second wax release from Breakdown Brass is imminent, following on from their wicked debut, Monmouth, b/w a version of
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Lee Fields hooks up with the Mighty Mocambos for Where Do We Go From Here single
The Mighty Mocambos toured with Lee Fields a while back, and fruits were borne. First, under one of their aliases,
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Groovement Podcast: SNO – The Beats That Made Me {Oct 2015}
SNO: The Beats That Made Me {Oct 2015} by Jamie Groovement Aka Agent J on Mixcloud Since her recent
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