Review: "Mundafunka", by O Cravo and Fabiola, has support from Spiritual South, Toshio Matsuura, Eddy Ramich (Croatia), John Armstrong, Dom Servini, Michael Rutten, Patrick Forge, Mike Chadwick, Askew, Kev Beedle and Bruce Q.
Review: Ivan Makvel and Olli join forces for the first time, laying down two suitably sizzling slammers on a dinky seven-inch single. A-side "Blow Your Mind", a talkbox-sporting P-funk jam that reminded us of early '80s era Roger Troutman releases - all stabbing, kaleidoscopic synth motifs, colourful solos, punchy machine drums and lyrics celebrating "funk" - is particularly special, sounding as it does like a genuine relic of a bygone era. Almost as good is flipside P-funk instrumental "Virgin Lion", which sounds a little like an instrumental revision of the A-side with added flash-funk guitars and D-Train style synth doodles.
Review: Want a fight with your dad? Sure you do. Even we do. So play this awesome funk double-A to him and he'll swear he's back in the 60s. He'll swear so hard that he'll think you're a figment of his imagination. Worse still; he'll think you're an alien who's teleported him to a dark and sinister future where bands pretend they're from the 60s with such crackly, wigged out authenticity it hurts. Yup, this follow up to their "Soul Banshee" EP is that funky; "Suction" is the more upbeat member of the pack. A hammond-led jive with cool guitar stabs, underplayed Clapton style noodles and a cool key change, this rocks in every way. "Acclaimed Shitt" is more your early doors number. With a smoky tinge, head-swinging riff and endlessly swaying groove, it's so good we'll even let them off for swearing. Badly.
Review: The wait for some straight up new Orgone heaviness has ended with this 12". Adding to the occasion is a bonafide legend. Danny Krivit checked Orgone's "Nassau" and heard a groove he simply had to take on in his immitable style. His beast of a re-edit takes on a whole side of this new12" and, perhaps predictably, warrants just that. The other side is pure elbows-up feet moving territory. "Hambone" doesn't stop surprising - an uptempo masterpiece that builds and builds, and drops...and builds again. The band live as you get, with their heads down for nearly 8 minutes, giving us something for the floor - funk, disco, live house!? - call it what you will. Then there is "Sophisticated Honky" - classic Orgone - roughed up funk guitar leading this stomper whilst huge horns battle for their place amidst the boom bap. Be sure to behold the percussive breaks on both these original Orgone killers.
Review: Slipped Disc returns with "Mura Stomp", the fourth instalment of the mash-up/dub "7 series. Up steps Orlando Joe, bringing some signature skanking afro-funk into the mix, with a real Cali vocal style. Here are more driving breaks and beats for all you head nodders.
Review: Contemporary covers of Puerto Rican classics? Vampi Soul have curated something very special right here. "Perico" (which translates to parakeet) has been a standard for all Latin bands since its release in the late 1950s. Here we find Orquesta El Macabeo paying respect with bold horn refrains and emphatic harmonies on the chorus. The 1979 released "Carnaval", meanwhile, gets a thundering cumbia style cover from Bio Ritmo. Two wonderfully contrasting snapshots of Puerto Rican culture, one ace release.
Review: Two killer garage/psych funk nuggets on the Stoned Circus label, firstly
the massive DJ Shadow/Cut Chemist spin 'Loving You Sometimes' by
The Outcast and 'Why Not Tonight' by The Treetops; another psych
monster with massive drums and hard heavy fuzz guitars.
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