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In The Trees (remixes)
In The Trees (remixes) (6 track CD single)
Cat: JUNO 1CD. Rel: 20 Mar 07
 
Funky/Club House
In The Trees (Carl Craig C2 mix #1)
In The Trees (Jerome Sydenham & Tiger Stripes rendition)
In The Trees (Jerome Sydenham & Tiger Stripes Dark rub)
In The Trees (Jerome Sydenham & Tiger Stripes club mix)
In The Trees (original 1996 version)
In The Trees (Carl Craig C2 mix #2)
Review: In 2007 Juno Records is ten years old, and we've decided to celebrate by releasing 10 singles throughout the year. Each one is a classic dance track featuring new remixes from the some of the most exciting and established names in the business, including Julien Jabre, Spirit Catcher, Dimitri from Paris, Lindstrom, Troy Pierce, Cobblestone Jazz and many more. These releases will initially only be available from www.juno.co.uk and www.junodownload.com. To launch the series we have pulled out all the stops with the re-release of the timeless "In The Trees" by Faze Action, featuring remixes from the legendary Carl Craig and Jerome Sydenham & Tiger Stripes, as well as the brilliant 1996 original mix. A genuinely huge release, this could be the first of 10 future classics! ***Stop press 19/12/07: the Carl Craig mix has been voted #3 in residentadvisor.net's "Top 5 Remixes Of 2007".
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In Rainbows
Cat: XLCD 324. Rel: 02 Jan 08
 
Indie/Alternative
15 Step
Bodysnatchers
Nude
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
All I Need
Faust Arp
Reckoner
House Of Cards
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Videotape
Review: "In Rainbows", Radiohead's seventh album, finally gets a physical release! It's one thing downloading this landmark album, but to actually hold this is something special. Not only do you get increased sound quality, but you also get the amazing artwork from Stanley Donwood. This album includes "Nude", a live favourite for many years that was originally written during the "OK Computer" sessions. More minimal that their "Kid A" period, "In Rainbows" does something that very few albums have done - its sound is distinct from previous Radiohead albums, but is still clearly Radiohead. Hail to the kings, they are back on top form.
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Mod Classics: 1964-1966
Cat: CDBGPD 206. Rel: 25 Jan 10
 
50s/60s
It's Got The Whole World Shakin'
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
El Bandido
Dawn Yawn
Get On The Right Track Baby
Lovey Dovey
See Saw
Soul Stomp
The World Is Round
Monkeying Around
Sweet Thing
Something
Point Of No Return
Li'l Darlin'
Funny How Time Slips Away
Preach & Teach
Parchman Farm
Move It On Over
Last Night
Music Talk
Sick & Tired
Outrage
The Monkey Time
Work Song
Review: 'Mod Classics 1964-1966' from BGP is the first compilation of Georgie Fame's Columbia recordings since 1979's 'Beat Classics' and is designed to complement that seminal work. While that went for the hits and the singles, 'Mod Classics' goes for the dancefloor appeal of 24 tracks that mix jazz, rhythm and blues and soul. Many of the tracks on this CD have only been available in Japan since their original releases were deleted in the late 60s.
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Black Sands
Cat: ZENCD 140. Rel: 25 Mar 10
 
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Prelude
Kiara
Kong
Eyesdown (feat Andreya Triana)
El Toro
We Could Forever
1009
All In Forms
The Keeper (feat Andreya Triana)
Stay The Same (feat Andreya Triana)
Animals
Black Sands
Review: Black Sands, the eagerly anticipated fourth album from Simon Green AKA Bonobo, is no revolutionary change from his signature sound but does come with perhaps even more subtlety and complexity than his previous offerings. Having constantly instilled a degree of integrity and value back into chill out music following the influx of Cafe Del Mar and Coffeeshop compilations, Green once again displays a musicianship that sets him apart as a true artist and producer amongst a sea of downtempo and chillout DJs.
His undeniably clear understanding of composition and arrangement of live instruments has enabled Green to make an album that reaches out through diverse styles, taking influence and inspiration from wherever possible. On Black Sands, Green delves into electronic music and bass more than he did across Animal Magic, Dial "M" For Monkey or Days To Come but does so with enough subtlety and finesse to refrain from causing a radical shift in his product. Tracks like "Kiara," "We Could Forever" and "All In Forms" all utilise beats and bass in a more contemporary outlook than we are used to with Bonobo. Of course the instrumental feel is still there for all to see. Title track "Black Sands" takes this position for almost seven minutes of a horn infused waltz whereas "Kong" assumes the traditional soul-jazz Bonobo take and "Animals" lets delicate drum patterns guide us through pleasing tempo shifts.
The instrumental vibe is highlighted further in the album's approach to vocals. Unlike his last album, Days To Come which was littered with vocals, Black Sands houses only three tracks that contain vocals. The breathy vocals of Andreya Triana complete tracks like "Stay the Same" and "The Keeper" turning them in more traditional songs. Black Sands is another loving crafted offering that uses orchestral arrangements but this time merged with more of a dance aesthetic. As he continues to make chillout more credible in his experimental way, it's no wonder that Bonobo is one of the biggest artists to come from the excellent Ninja Tune.
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North
North (CD)
Cat: HDBCD 006. Rel: 14 Oct 10
 
Dirty Dubstep/Trap/Grime
In The Wings
Gold
Deadness
Aidy's Grl Is A Computer
Under One Roof
Two Chords
North
Ostruez
Dear Heartbeat
When It's Gone
Review: There was much talk ahead of the release of Darkstar's debut album as to whether the London based outfit could live up to the promise of their stunning breakthrough single "Aidy's Girl Is A Computer" on Hyperdub in 2009. The answer, in short, is yes. In the course of the past 12 months Aiden Whalley and James Young have morphed from a production team into a band, adding vocalist James Buttery along the way, and North, the fruits of their labour, is a fragile, delicate and beautiful record. Tracks like "Gold" and ""Dear Heartbeat"" showcase an 80s synth pop sensibility, forming the backbone of an album that is steeped in worry and melancholia. Buttery's vocal talents add an extra layer of depth to the music, particularly on the poignant, piano driven opening and closing track "In The Wings" and "When It's Gone". There is much to explore on North, which will go down as one of 2010's most affecting electronic albums.
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Played by: Ennio Styles
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It's All For You (Sect Records CD Only Compilation)
VARIOUS
Cat: SECTCD 1. Rel: 28 Feb 12
 
Techno
Sect Intro 1
Ben Gibson - "Clamour"
Jeroen Search - "Section A"
D Knox - "D Knox @ DJ Bomi"
Voidloss - "In The Void Is Virtue & No Evil"
Jolka - "Two (Going Up)"
D Knox - "On My Way" (J&T re-edit)
Jolka - "Life Is Changing"
D Knox - "I'm Sorry" (remix)
Sect Intro 2
AnD - "Granular"
OCH - "Tears"
Casual Violence - "Acceptance Of The Fact At Hand"
Victor Martinez - "Dav To Dub"
Fanon Flowers - "Invisible Life"
Grovskopa - "Haas"
Casual Violence - "Word & Form" (version II)
Grovskopa - "Atopic" (Lag remix)
Grovskopa - "Stinson"
Sect Outro 1
Review: "It's All For You" is a complement to the Sect vinyl catalogue, and a mark of respect to the CD in techno history. Artists known and new swell the ranks, representing the techno forms in the honorable Sect style. Beyond the usual, exceptionally high standard of quality from the Sect roster of artists so far, new artist productions on the first CD include Ben Gibson's "Clamour", a modern take on a Tokyo-style future cityscape, Jeroen Search's "Section A", a physical, forward thinking deep techno triumph and Voidloss' "In The Void" - techno the way it should be made for the 21st century. On CD 2, AnD's "Granular" offers traditional dub aesthetics and modern techno techniques taken to a wholly satisfying next level, while OCH's "Tears" manifest as a dark techno experience of rhythm-led lines of perfection. CV's "Acceptance Of The Fact At Hand" hones hues of colour in aural form, as a subtle vista is painted with strings of haunted beauty.
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Played by: OCH
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LP1
LP1 (CD)
Cat: YTCD 118. Rel: 07 Aug 14
 
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Preface
Lights On
Two Weeks
Hours
Pendulum
Video Girl
Numbers
Closer
Give Up
Kicks
Review: Young Turks clearly believe that Tahlilah Barnett, formerly known as Twigs (hence the FKA Twigs pseudonym) is a star in the making. They plucked her from obscurity last year and have since released a number of highly regarded singles. This debut album expands on her EPs to date, showcasing her woozy, intricate take on post-R&B. Naturally, her vocals - fragile and evocative, sounding not unlike Kate Bush on occasions - take centre stage, riding a bed of layered-up head-nodding rhythms, post dubstep grooves, trip-hop soundscapes, fizzing electronics and bubbling synthesizers. It's an intoxicating brew, all told, and one that delivers further proof of Barnett's immense potential.
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Eleccio Especial
Jamie PATON / VARIOUS
Eleccio Especial (mixed CD)
Cat: EES 010CD. Rel: 08 Sep 14
 
Deep House
Goat - "Run To Your Mama" (Cage & Aviary remix)
Baris K - "200"
Baris K - "200" (Ashodells dub)
Jamie Paton - "Ju Know"
Andy Blake & Timothy J Fairplay - "B-Ultras" (Jamie Paton remix)
Khidja - "Mustafa" (Timothy J Fairplay remix)
Blancemange - "The Western" (Cage & Aviary Fear Is Nothing dub)
Scott Fraser - "Ask Your Control" (Richard Sen remix)
Jamie Paton - "Bizarre Dub Feeling"
Richard Sen - "Ghost Train"
Maurice & Charles - "Sofa Love" (Jamie Paton remix)
Inhalt - "Occupations" (Black Merlin "Member" remix)
Khidja - "Abdul" (Juju & Jordash remix)
Review: [Emotional] Especial looks back at the first 9 releases since its inception to provide a
selection or "Eleccio" via a special dubbed out DJ meets studio mix from label stalwart
Jamie Paton. Ever since the first white labels appeared at the end of Summer 2013, [Emotional] Especial
has been busy putting out music that are their own warped take on club music. Mixing the
influences of dub, electro, disco, proto-house, house and techno, a sound appeared without any preordained plan. To celebrate the end of the first series of releases come EES10CD - a DJ meets studio
compilation mix created by label artist, remixer and even in-house designer, Jamie Paton. Freaturing tracks from every EP, including two unreleased remixes are the tight productions
of Richard Sen; the wiggle of Scott Fraser; deep, chugging Cage & Aviary dubs; the Eastern
influences of Baris K and newcomers Khidja; the quirky discoid wonk of Maurice & Charles and finally not forgetting of course, the stand out Timothy J Fairplay touches. Whether
alongside Mr Weatherall, Andy Blake or in solo remix mode, young "Junior"s skills (and name)
grows and grows.
All this is perfectly put together by Jamie Paton, the man who launched the label with his
Bizarre Feeling EP. As well as the inclusion of several unreleased cuts, Jamie has edited the
"selection", adding live studio dubbing, FX and the odd mega-mix to make it truly (E)special.
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Paranoid London
Cat: PDONLPCD 001. Rel: 04 Dec 15
 
Techno
Light Tunnel (feat Mutado Pintado)
Transmission 5 (feat Mutado Pintado)
Headtrack
Paris Dub 3 (feat Paris Brightledge)
Machines Our Coming
Lovin U (feat DJ Genesis)
We Ain't
Eating Glue (feat Mutado Pintado)
300 Hangovers A Year (feat Mutado Pintado)
Paris Dub 1 (feat Paris Brightledge)
Line Up Meltdown (feat Mutado Pintado) (1:30)
Review: Given their famously militant approach to music formats, it's a surprise to see Paranoid London's previously vinyl-only 2014 debut album finally being issued on CD. For those who missed out first time around, it's well worth checking. As you might expect, it makes great use of both vintage analogue equipment and similarly old skool influences, in turn doffing a cap to Phuture-style Chicago acid, Inner City, hip-house, Green Velvet, Dance Mania style ghetto-house, and stripped-back, dancefloor-friendly machine soul. Despite the ragged nature of some of the material, it's both hugely listenable and hangs together impressively - no mean feat given the DJ-friendly nature of the tracks. It all adds up to a retro-futurist treat.
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Tags: Acid House
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Access
Access (CD)
Cat: LHR 14CD. Rel: 01 Feb 16
 
Deep House
NWS - "Time's Irrelevant"
Lazare Hoche - "Access"
Luke Solomon presents Jean Caffeine - "Jean Aftertought"
Point G - "La Lampe du Vizir Adjané"
Modal - "Lovers" (Roy Davis & Dj Skull remix)
Skymaster - "Final Link"
Lazare Hoche & Malin Génie - "Formes"
Nimbus Quartet - "Your House Is Yours"
Lazare Hoche & Malin Génie - "Session 2"
Unit T - "Mystery Tones"
Mandar - "Fouad"
Review: Lazare Hoche doesn't release that much music, but what he does put out is invariably excellent. Following a smattering of singles and an acclaimed collaborative album alongside Malin Genie - 2013's I Don't Sync So Volume II - he's decided to put together a compilation featuring his own productions and those by music industry mates. Access, then, is a lesson in warm and luscious deep house, with significant contributions coming from Luke Solomon (donning the Jean Caffeine guise on the dreamy and rolling "Jean Afterthought"), DJ Gregory's Point G project (the ultra-deep pulse of "La Lampe Du Vizir Adjane"), and pals Skymaster and Mandal. Hoche's own contributions rank amongst the compilation's highlights, with the title track delivering a pitch-perfect lesson in the seductive powers of dreamy, dust-encrusted deep house.
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A Moon Shaped Pool
A Moon Shaped Pool (CD + booklet)
Cat: XLCD 790. Rel: 17 Jun 16
 
Indie/Alternative
Burn The Witch (3:41)
Daydreaming (6:26)
Decks Dark (4:41)
Desert Island Disk (3:44)
Ful Stop (6:07)
Glass Eyes (2:53)
Identikit (4:26)
The Numbers (5:44)
Present Tense (5:03)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief (4:38)
True Love Waits (5:08)
Review: There was naturally much excitement when A Moon Shaped Pool, Radiohead's surprise ninth studio set, popped up on streaming and download services back in May. Here it gets a CD release, offering those who prefer physical products a chance to bathe in its' woozy eccentricities. Seen by some as a return to their arty rock roots following an extended period spend exploring electronics, the album's 11 tracks draw on a variety of influences (krautrock, ambient, Pavement, James Blake, Stockhausen, intense melancholia etc.), with predictably impressive results. Occasionally elegant, string-laden and grandiose, always beautiful, and sometimes intensely moving, A Moon Shaped Pool is undeniably up there with the band's best work.
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Stranger Things: Volume 1 (Soundtrack)
Cat: INV 176CD. Rel: 14 Oct 16
 
Soundtracks
Stranger Things
Kids
Nancy & Barb
This Isn't You
Lay-Z-Boy
Friendship
Eleven
A Kiss
Castle Byers
Hawkins
The Upside Down
After Sarah
One Blink For Yes
Photos In The Woods
Fresh Blood
Lamps
Hallucinations
Hanging The Lights
Biking To School
Are You Sure?
Agents
Papa
Cops Are Good At Finding
No Weapons
Walking Through The Upside Down
She'll Kill You
Run Away
No Autopsy
Dispatch
Joyce & Lonnie Fighting
Lights Out
Hazmat Suits
Theoretically
You Can Talk To Me
What Else Is There To Do?
Hawkins Lab
Review: There's no doubt that the brilliant, synthesizer-heavy soundtrack played a key part in the success of Netflix's deliciously odd thriller, Stranger Things. Written and performed by Survive members Kyle Dixon and Michael Steen, it got the right balance between John Carpenter style creepiness, Vangelis-like melodiousness, and the cinematic feel of classic movie soundtrack material. Happily, the streaming behemoth has decided to release two volumes of musical highlights from the series, beginning with this first volume. It's testament to the quality of the Texas-based duo's work that those who've not seen the series should still enjoy it. This is atmospheric, clandestine electronic music of the highest order.
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Black Focus
Cat: BWOOD 0157CD. Rel: 04 Nov 16
 
Jazz
Black Focus
Strings Of Light
Rememberance
Yo Chavez
Ayla
OG
Lowrider
Mansur's Message
Wingtai Drums
Joint 17
Review: There have been plenty of column inches devoted to this collaborative debut album from hyped producer Kamaal Williams (AKA Rhythm Section International sort Henry Wu), and fast-rising Afrobeat drummer Yussef Dayes. With such raw talent to choose from, it's little surprise to find that Black Focus is as good as the critics claim. Their sound is distinctive: a London-centric take on jazz-funk that's loose, rich, organic and shot through with soul. Their major influences seem to be the work of West London broken beat pioneer Kaidi Tatham, and his inspiration, jazz-funk legend Herbie Hancock. These touchstones, combined with Dayes' brilliant drumming and Williams' superb synth solos and jammed-out Rhodes lines, makes Black Focus a hugely alluring set.
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Slowdive
Cat: DOC 132CD. Rel: 05 May 17
 
Indie/Alternative
Slomo (2:00)
Star Roving (2:00)
Don't Know Why (2:00)
Sugar For The Pill (2:00)
Everyone Knows (2:00)
No Longer Making Time (2:00)
Go Get It (2:00)
Falling Ashes (2:00)
Review: The return of Slowdive has been one of the minor miracles of the 21st century thus far - having originally split up in a mist of disinterest and press opprobrium in the Britpop-damaged mid-'90s, the band have watched their profile and reputation slowly rise to the extent of them now being regarded as scene pioneers and innovators. True to its eponymous name, this album is the sound of these Thames Valley charmers re-asserting everything that made them magical in the first place a full quarter century on, not to mention a dizzying collision of ethereal harmonies, heavenly guitar cascades and opiated dreamstates possessed of a timeless allure.
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Cigarettes After Sex
Cat: PTKF 21462. Rel: 09 Jun 17
 
Indie/Alternative
K
Each Time You Fall In Love
Sunsetz
Apocalypse
Flash
Sweet
Opera House
Truly
John Wayne
Young & Dumb
Review: The last ten years have seen no shortage of bands with their delay pedals set to stun intent on capturing an aura of dreamlike radiance. Yet Texas 'pop-noir' troupe Cigarettes After Sex are no ordinary shoegazers, for a variety of reasons - frontman Greg Gonzalez' androgynous and dulcet tones may be part of the appeal, yet moreover it's the quality of the songwriting here, which never falls prey to the style-over-substance traps of their peers. Indeed, this debut is more than enough to justify the considerable hype around this outfit, being a collection of ditties as sultry as they are atmopsheric.
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Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa
VARIOUS
Cat: OSTCD 003. Rel: 25 Aug 17
 
International
Nimco Jamaac - "Buuraha U Dheer (The Highest Mountains)"
Aamina Camaari - "Rag Waa Nacab Iyo Nasteexo (Men Are Cruel & Kind)"
Ali Nuur - "Unknown"
Hibo Nuura - "Haddii Hoobalkii Gabay (If The Artist Let's You Down)"
Gacaltooyo Band - "Ninkaan Ogayn (He Who Does Not Know)" (feat Faduumina Hilowle)
Iftiin Band - "Xuduud Ma Leh Xubigaan (This Love Has No Boundaries)" (feat Mahmud Abdalla "Jerry" Hussen & Maryan Naasir)
Xasan Diiriye - "Qaraami (Love)"
Dur Dur Band - "Gorof (Elixir)" (feat Sahra Dawo)
Sharaf Band - "Kadeed Badanaa Naftaydani (My Life Is Full Of Tribulations)" (feat Xaawo Hiiraan)
4 Mars - "Na Daadihi (Guide Us)"
Danan Hargeysa - "Uur Hooyo (Mother's Womb)" (feat Mohamed "Huro" Abdihashi)
Sharero Band - "Qays Iyo Layla (Romeo & Juliet)" (feat Faadumo Qaasim)
Waaberi - "Oktoobar Waatee? Waa Taayadii (What's October? It's Ours)"
Dur Dur Band - "Duruuf Maa Laygu Diidee (Rejected Due To My Circumstance)" (feat Muqtar Idi Ramadan)
Iftiin Band - "Anaa Qaylodhaanta" (feat Mahmud Abdalla "Jerry" Hussen)
Review: In 1988, on the eve of the civil war that began to tear apart Somalia in the early 1990s, an intrepid band of broadcasters and journalists secretly salvaged some 10,000 cassettes of homegrown music from the archives of Radio Hargeissa in Somaliland. Almost 30 years on, those tapes have finally been mined for Sweet As Broken Dates, a brilliant compilation that finally showcases some of the multitude of gems that were recorded and released in the country between the late '60s and early '90s. It's a brilliant collection, all told, full of exotic music that combines Western styles - soul, funk, disco, pop, reggae, boogie, psychedelic rock and even early hip-hop- with musical influences from the wider region (most notably Arabic and tropical music from islands in the Indian Ocean). In other words, it should be an essential purchase.
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Tags: African
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Every Country's Sun
Cat: ROCKACT 108CD. Rel: 01 Sep 17
 
Post Rock/Experimental
Coolverine
Party In The Dark
Brain Sweeties
Crossing The Road Material
Aka 47
20 Size
1000 Foot Face
Don't Believe The Fife
Battered At A Scramble
Old Poisons
Every Country's Sun
Review: Breaking from their exceptional soundtrack work of late, the infallible Scottish post-rock behemoth Mogwai have returned to the studio for their ninth full-length. 'Every Country's Sun' is a whirlwind album whose sheer impact hinges on its powerful use of contrast, most likely evident of their recent film and television score work. Passages of atmospheric calm give way to loud cascading floods of aggression without sounding trite, forced or clumsy, and a more polished use of electronics further accentuates the band's tonal variety. From the spatial futuristic opener 'Coolverine' to the album's grinding and mechanical climax, 'Every Country's Sun' feels like a score for a film not yet made, following all the highs, lows, twists and turns of narrative told by a band continuing to showcase their deft and controlled writing.
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Your Queen Is A Reptile
Cat: 673643 5. Rel: 30 Mar 18
 
Jazz
My Queen Is Ada Eastman
My Queen Is Mamie Phipps Clark
My Queen Is Harriet Tubman
My Queen Is Anna Julia Cooper
My Queen Is Angela Davis
My Queen Is Nanny Of The Maroons
My Queen Is Yaa Asantewaa
My Queen Is Albertina Sisulu
My Queen Is Doreen Lawrence
Review: There are many things that make Sons of Kemet a unique proposition, not least the London jazz combo's unique musical make-up (saxophonist and main man Shabaka Hutchings is joined by a tuba player and two drummers). There's also the small matter of their music, which goes above and beyond the traditional confines of jazz. On 'Your Queen Is A Reptile', Hutchings and company go even further, delivering what one critic described as "party music with a purpose". In reality, that means a selection of scorching tracks rich in dueling drum-work, booming tuba basslines and fizzing sax refrains, many of which touch on a combination of heavy Afro-jazz, spiritual jazz, New Orleans brass bands and even the guttural pulse of British bass music. Impressive stuff, all told.
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Be The Cowboy
Cat: DOC 150CD. Rel: 17 Aug 18
 
Indie/Alternative
Geyser
Why Didn't You Stop Me
Old Friend
Pearl
Lonesome Love
Remember My Name
Me & My Husband
Come Into The Water
Nobody
Pink In The Night
A Horse Called Cold Air
Washing Machine Heart
Blue Light
Two Slow Dancers
Review: Japanese-American indie-rocker Mitski was once a cult favourite, but in recent times her audience has grown exponentially, helped by the critical praise heaped on her fourth album, 2016's Puberty 2. Two years on, Be The Cowboy arrives amongst a blizzard of publicity and many more positive reviews. It's certainly a hugely impressive set, with each of the 14 songs dealing with romantic and interpersonal relationships in some way. There's much heartache, of course, expressed both lyrically and in Mitski's distinctive, emotion-rich vocal delivery. Musically, the album never sits still, either, darting between grandiose slabs of poignant moodiness and the kind of jaunty, disco-tinged goodtime grooves that belie their melancholic inspirations.
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Displaced Diaspora
Cat: XOCD 002. Rel: 11 Oct 18
 
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Rush Hour/Elegua (feat Kevin Haynes Grupo Elegua)
Frontline (feat Kevin Haynes Grupo Elegua)
Rye Lane Shuffle
Drum Dance
Axis Blue
City Nocturne (feat Zara McFarlane)
Waiting On The Night Bus (feat Terri Walker & Louis Vi)
Marooned In SE6 (feat Kevin Haynes Grupo Elegua)
Ancestors (feat Kevin Haynes Grupo Elegua)
Review: Drummer, composer and producer Moses Boyd has been labelled as "one to watch" since winning the "Best Jazz Act" gong at the 2015 MOBO Awards. Three years on, and with a handful of lauded EPs behind him, Boyd is finally ready to deliver his debut solo album. We say, "solo album", but "Displaced Diaspora" is undoubtedly a collaborative affair, with various invited guests joining in with Boyd's distinctively eclectic, anything-goes fusion fun. Afro-brass outfit Kevin Haynes Grupo Eleggua make a huge impression on a number of tracks, Zara McFarlane provides a sensual, sumptuous vocal on the classic late night jazz smokiness of "City Nocturne" and Terri Walker and Louis V rise above the organic, jazz-fuelled hip-hop soul brilliance of "Waiting On The Night Bus".
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Steal The Show
Cat: JAL 280CD. Rel: 18 Oct 18
 
Funk
Fade Away (feat Andy Cooper)
Can't Keep Working This Hard
When The Heat Comes Down (feat ASM)
Dance Now
Big Bad Woman
Steal The Show (feat Andy Cooper)
Let's Drive (feat Izo FitzRoy)
Keep It Moving (feat Skunkadelic)
No Look Pass Bop (feat Uncle Frank)
I Don't Know (feat Andy Cooper)
Countdown (feat Dr Syntax)
Run It Back (feat Andy Cooper)
Samba Fox
Review: Boom: three years, three albums. No biggie for Bristol duo The Allergies, Jalapeno's biggest success story since Kraak & Smaak. Each album shows them getting deeper into the groove, creeping away from the cheeky samples and sculpting their own pedigree funk originals. With Ugly Ducking Andy Cooper onside through the mix from the wild ride vibing "Fade Away" to the white knuckle lyrical fire of "Run It Back", there's a real band feeling to the whole album as familiar voices thread throughout the jams... including that of UK hip hop legend Dr Syntax.
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Played by: The Allergies
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Aviary
Aviary (2xCD)
Cat: WIGCD 417. Rel: 26 Oct 18
 
Indie/Alternative
Turn The Light On
Whether
Chaitius
Voce Simul
Everyday Is An Emergency
Another Dream
I Shall Love 2
Underneath The Moon
Colligere
In Gardens' Muteness
I Would Rather See
Les Jeux To You
Words I Heard
I Shall Love 1
Why Sad Song
Review: Julia Holter herself describes this new album as "the cacophony of the mind in a melting world," and it provides the American singer, songwriter with her first studio album since 2015's Have You In My Wilderness. Aviary is an intrigue to say the least and it's hard not to feel as if a horror-thematic runs throughout its 11 tracks, with moments of temporary insanity and distress intertwining with hair-raising spots a ghostly allure, and it's as if any lightness in the album has had to pass its way through a thicket of darkness first. There's much dissonance to be heard here too but in a pleasantly unsettling way akin to listening to an orchestra tune itself, and with all the deep and meaningful aspects behind Holter's inspirations, it's a hell of a ride.
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Las Pale
Cat: STRUT 195CD. Rel: 30 Nov 18
 
International
Las Pale
Kwen Pe Ke Pe
La Guadeloupe
Mwen Ke Rive
Gade
Pou Lanmou
Review: Thanks to an upsurge in interest in zouk, the synthesizer-heavy tropical style that emerged from the French Antilles in the early 1980s, reissues of superb but hard to find gems from the style's original heyday are becoming increasingly popular. This one from Strut Records is a peach. Originally released in 1988, "Las Pale" is the sole album from Feeling Kreyol, a female trio from Guadeloupe assembled and produced by local studio buffs Darius Denon and Frankie Brumier. It remains a brilliantly effervescent and colourful set, with the trio adding strong and attractive to distinctively tropical drum machine rhythms, shimmering synths, kaleidoscopic melodies and jangling guitars. In other words, it's a giddy blast of electronic tropical brilliance. Don't sleep.
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Tags: African | French | Zouk
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Rare Groove Spectrum
Cat: FSRCD 125. Rel: 24 Jan 19
 
Funk
Joyous
That's Nice
Egg Roll
Smokey Joe's La La
Oblighetto
Goodbye, So Long
Sweet Power Your Embrace
Noches De Viaje
A Love I Believe In
The Panther
Brazilian Rhyme
Am I Wrong
Review: New Zealand-born Lance Ferguson has been the beating heart of Melbourne's modern funk and soul scene for the best part of two decades. It's this that allowed him to gather many of the city's best musicians together to record "Rare Groove Spectrum", an album of fresh covers of rare and classic funk, soul and Latin jams. There are some killer versions to be found amongst the 11 tracks on offer. We're particularly enjoying the collective's riotous instrumental revision of Pleasure classic "Joyous", the strutting deep funk heaviness of "Egg Roll" (a similarly restless cover of a mysterious but much-played cut that should be familiar to dusty-fingered diggers and knowledgeable dancers) and the sumptuous summer breeze that is the combo's meandering take on Earth, Wind and Fire staple "Brazilian Rhyme". It is, though, all superb.
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American Love Call
Cat: DOC 177CD. Rel: 01 Mar 19
 
Soul
Morning In America
Don't You Know
Circles
Court Of Love
Long Way Home
Too Many Tears
Walk Away
What I Know About You
Listen To Your Heart
Sea Gets Hotter
How Can I Be Sure
True Love
Review: Durand Jones & The Indications earned lavish praise for their eponymous 2016 debut album, with critics comparing it favourably to conscious soul sets of the 1970s from the likes of Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye. This belated follow up is, if anything, even better, with the group's core offering - tight instrumentation and super-smooth vocals from the hugely talented Jones and drummer Aaron Frazer - being complemented by silky string arrangements, warm brass and lyrics that flit between social commentary and glassy-eyed, loved-up bliss. Highlights include "Morning In America" - a kind of 2019 update to Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" - the super-sweet vocal harmonies of "Don't You Know" and "Long Way Home", a lilting look at homesickness blessed with the twin attractions of swooping strings and a killer bassline.
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Played by: Rebel Soul
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Titanic Rising
Cat: SPCD 1232. Rel: 05 Apr 19
 
Indie/Alternative
A Lot's Gonna Change
Andromeda
Everyday
Something To Believe
Titanic Rising
Movies
Mirror Forever
Wild Time
Picture Me Better
Nearer To Thee
Review: Like a slightly in-tune Nico from her collab with The Velvet Underground, Natalie Mering's vocals have a unique quality to them that shouldn't go unheard. There's an undeniable country music beauty to the notes and instrumentation in both tracks "A Lot's Gonna Change" and "Andromeda", with Mering hitting those high notes more like Father John Misty and Roy Orbison than Dolly Parton. It's here that it becomes obvious why she is such a trusted collaborator with Ariel Pink. Her album as Weyes Blood, "Titanic Rising", dips and dives through a sequence of emotions that from the halfway point soars like a bird in "Everyday" and the Enya-like "Movies" before making its own crescendo down again on "Picture Me Better" and "Nearer to Thee", closing the album with nostalgia-inducing tales.
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Living Theatre
Cat: TIM 147CD. Rel: 17 May 19
 
Indie/Alternative
240 D
Blue Paradigm
Cotton & Cane
Meadowlands
Castor & Pollux
Violent Days
Every Ark
Grand Palais
Distant Episode
Angelino High
Review: Olden Yolk are fresh psychedelic pop-rock-folk and downbeat-pop duo Shane Butler and Caity Shaffer outta New York. Bringing together stomp boxing guitar rhythms with synthesized sounds, space echoes and other trippy textures, the band's work finds itself in a middle ground that's somewhere in the midst of The Go-Betweens or Yo La Tengo. "Living Theatre" presents the pair with their second album and it follows last year's self-titled LP, this time delivering hypnagogic folk and kosmische rhythms, expanding and refining Butler's work with former band Quilt. Our picks being the dreamy episode in "Meadowlands" and the shoegazing surf folk of "Grand Palais".
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Depayse
Depayse (CD)
Cat: SLANG 50212. Rel: 31 May 19
 
Indie/Alternative
Everybody
Everyone
On Being
Depayse
Ya Sudan
Stranger
Be Here Now
The Searching
Mango
Review: London's krautrock, prog, electronica, free jazz and funk rock fusion specialist returns with his fourth full length for the mighty City Slang! "Depayse" remains fully laced with Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab's subtle Sudanese flair, singing praises and the word of love in "Everyone". The title track sees ambient jazz percussion give a giant runway for a massive guitar solo to take flight while album closer "Mango" delivers something of a West London-Caribbean vibe. In between is an album full of dips and climbs through the hill tops of a sunny afternoon somewhere in the feel-good malaise of Sinkane's multi-instrumental talents.
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Cumulo Nimbus
Cat: JMANCD 112. Rel: 20 Jun 19
 
Jazz
Weedhopper
March Of The Goober Woobers
47 Tears
Jig
Halyards
Cumulo Nimbus
Review: Jazzman's dusty-fingered diggers recently did a deal to reissue some of the "holy grail" albums released by Austin-based Fable Records in small numbers back in the early 1970s. Forty Seven Times Its Own Weight's "Cumulo Nimbus" is the first of these. It's a pleasingly warm and evocative set of tracks from the one-album combo that offers an enjoyable and cutting edge fusion of hard-wired jazz-funk, post-modal fusion, horizontal slow jams and low-slung goodness that pairs free-jazz style solos and spiritual grooves with just the right amount of funk-fuelled instrumentation (see "Jig"). The set includes both dancefloor-friendly and laid-back fare, with the jaunty title somehow managing to tick both boxes at once.
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Austin Funk (reissue)
Cat: JMANCD 113. Rel: 27 Jun 19
 
Jazz
Keep Your Eyes On Your Merchandise
Love Is Not Such An Easy Game To Play
Radiator
Body Talk
Funk 'N' Roll
Since I Met You
Ghetto Tool
Groove Awhile
Frozen Tundra Lady
Review: Over the last few weeks, Jazzman's ongoing "Holy Grail" reissue series has focused on obscure but in-demand albums from the Fable Records catalogue. The latest to get the deluxe reissue treatment is Steamheat's "Austin Funk", a 1975 set that's notably harder and funkier than the Texan label's usual jazz-funk fare. Of course, there are still plenty of jazz-funk flourishes to be found amongst the soulful vocals, crunchy clavinet lines, fast-tempo grooves and heady horn lines. Our picks include the low-down deep funk headiness of "Radiator", the fizzing brilliance of "Body Talk", the harmonic jazz guitar, horn and electronic piano solos of "Ghetto Tool" and the eyes-closed, in-the-zone madness of closing cut "Frozen Tundra Lady".
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Mezzanine (20th Anniversary Edition) (remastered)
Cat: 674275 5. Rel: 23 Aug 19
 
Balearic/Downtempo
Angel (CD1: Mezzanine XX - 2018 Remaster)
Risingson
Teardrop
Inertia Creeps
Exchange
Dissolved Girl
Man Next Door
Black Milk
Mezzanine
Group Four
(Exchange)
Metal Banshee ( Mad Professor Mix One) (CD2: Mezzanine Mad Professor)
Angel (Angel Dust)
Teardrop (Mazaruni dub One)
Inertia Creeps (Floating On dubwise)
Risingson (Setting Sun dub Two)
Exchange (Mountain Steppers dub)
Wire (Leaping dub)
Group Four (Security Forces dub)
Review: Two decades have passed since Massive Attack signaled a new stage in their career with the dark, paranoid and claustrophobic brilliance of "Mezzanine", their third studio album. Given the current global political climate, it arguably sounds even more relevant 20 years after it first hit stores. This time round, the re-mastered original set comes accompanied by something none of us have heard before: Mad Professor's complete dub translation, which was slated for release around the turn of the Millennium but for one reason or another never came out. Like his take on "No Protection", it's an inspired set of revisions that takes 3D and Daddy G's dense and red-eyed originals into wild new bass-heavy places. Even if you own the original version already, it's well worth picking up this special edition just for that alone.
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Music From Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service
Jarvis COCKER / VARIOUS
Cat: CDCHD 1543. Rel: 26 Sep 19
 
Soundtracks
John Baker - "Invasion Muzak"
Tim Rose - "Snowed In"
Antony & The Johnsons - "Crazy In Love"
Jarvis Cocker/David Cunningham - "The Interrogative Mood"
The Katzenjammers - "Cars"
Joseph & Louise Spence - "Won't That Be A Happy Time"
Andrew Wartts & The Gospel Storytellers - "Peter & John"
Bob Welch - "Don't Wait Too Long"
Alternative TV - "Cold Rain"
Serafina Steer - "Day Glo"
The Kings Singers - "After The Gold Rush"
Miranda July - "Rock Intro"
Morgana King - "It's A Quiet Thing"
Nina Simone - "Baltimore"
Art Garfunkel - "Waters Of March"
The Legendary Tigerman - "The Whole World's Got Eyes On You"
Cabaret Voltaire - "The Single"
Derek Cain/Derek Bowskill - "December"
Deanna Storey/John Brion - "Little Person"
Jake Thakray - "Old Molly Metcalf"
The Camarata Contemporary Chamber Group - "Gymnopedie No 3"
The Phoenix Foundation/Christopher Hitchens - "Corale/Thoughts On Religion"
Headless Heroes - "True Love Will Find You In The End"
Review: He will forever be known as the frontman of Pulp, but for many music lovers Jarvis Cocker has also won our affections with his erudite selections for his BBC 6 Music show. Entitled Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service, it ran every week from 2010 to 2017 and now a selection of his personal favourites get the compilation treatment. Reflecting the mood of most Sundays, the music is soothing, soft and mellow, but always high quality. There are stunning covers or Beyonce by Anthony & the Jonsons and Gary Numan's "Cars" on steel drums, plaintive piano pieces from John Baker and a classic from Nina Simone amongst a whole treasure trove of gems.
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Parts Of The Puzzle
Cat: 005464 5250320. Rel: 11 Oct 19
 
Reggae Classics/Ska
Stay So
One Way
Real Born Gallis
Got To Tell You
Balloon
Everywhere We Go
Search No More
Therapy
Girl Like You
Bring Back The Vibes (feat Josey Wales)
Fat Under
Dolla Van
100% (feat Afro B)
Nuh Weh Nuh Safe (feat Bounty Killer)
Starr Buxx
Jah Know Sawg
Smiling Face
Review: Busy Signal has been blowing up the dancehall scene for a hot minute. He has the ability to cook up real crossover hits as heard on opener "Stay So" (which clocked up an incredible 32 million hits online) and "One Way" (with 17 million). With "Parts Of The Puzzle", the long time star wanted to show off his range, which he duly does across 10 crisp and contemporary cuts. The production is reflective and shiny, with a range of rhythms that take in classic reggae ""Girl Like You"", funk ("Balloon") and deep dancehall ("Bring Back The Vibes (feat. Josey Wales)". It all adds up to a comprehensive, forward looking record from one of the game's best.
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Cry
Cry (CD)
Cat: PTKF 21732. Rel: 25 Oct 19
 
Indie/Alternative
Don't Let Me Go
Kiss It Off Me
Heavenly
You're The Only Good Thing In My Life
Touch
Hentai
Cry
Falling In Love
Pure
Review: With the combination of band name and album title this one's always going to be a bit of a tearjerker, packed with self-reflection and self-loathing. No regrets, though, as Greg Gonzalez muses on sensuality, the loss of those we care about, the loss of self to another and the endless yearning of the human heart. Shades of Lord Huron and a wealth of gloomy shoegazers can be felt, but even though "Cry" represents a next step for Cigarettes After Sex - edging into more minimalistic territories - it's still immediately identifiable as this band, and so won't fail to instantly resonate with avid fans. Packed with an exquisite, opiate balladry at once heartfelt and heartbroken, it's hard to tell whether this is exactly what you need to hear when living through your blue period or precisely what you shouldn't listen to. Either way, it's quiet impact is immense.
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Magdalene
Cat: YT191 CD. Rel: 08 Nov 19
 
Experimental/Electronic
Thousand Eyes
Home With You
Sad Day
Holy Terrain
Mary Magdalene
Fallen Alien
Mirrored Heart
Daybed
Cellophane
Review: It has taken five years for FKA Twigs to follow up her astonishing first album, "LP1". With that kind of timeframe, you can't help but have high expectations for the finished product, expectations "Magdalene" more than meets from the off. An artist in the truest sense - with every step and stage in the recording process controlled by her - it's an accomplished comeback for a woman who in the last half decade has experienced both personal loss and major physical challenges. Don't expect more of the same, then, but instead a talent finding new purpose and new confidence following difficult times. With the ever-impressive Nicolas Jaar giving a helping hand, the result is a raw, honest record that's deeply personal, full of self-reflection and, ultimately, accepting and positive. Not to mention destined to be on repeat. Her position as one of the UK's most vital and compelling acts re-confirmed.
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Carousel
Cat: LIN 004CD. Rel: 07 Feb 20
 
Indie/Alternative
Be Somebody Else
Carousel
Run
Imaginary Nation
Howling At The Moon
I Surrender
Algorhythm
Snake Oil
Super Blue Blood Moon
Last Things First
Review: Change lies at the very heart of "Carousel", the third and perhaps most-eagerly anticipated Clock Opera album to date. After all, it has been a long time coming. Spurred on by the personal experiences of Guy Connelly, if you're looking for something to buy loved ones as they enter parenthood for the first time, this may be it.

That's not a reference to dad rock or housewife pop. In the grand scheme of electronic music this is certainly at the safer end, informed by Brian Eno's ambience or "Homogenic"-era Bjork as much as sprawling, classically-informed science fiction. But it's anything but throwaway. Instead, it's the overarching themes that mark this one out as the ideal gift for those in periods of great transition. It looks at the challenges of newfound fatherhood, considers sacrifices necessary to alter behavioural patterns and asks what identity really means. Profound stuff.
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Texas Sun
Texas Sun (CD single)
Cat: DOC 214CD. Rel: 07 Feb 20
 
Psych/Garage Rock
Texas Sun
Midnight
C-Side
Conversion
Review: If you've caught either Khruangbin or Leon Bridges live before, or indeed listened to anything by either band or producer-singer-songwriter, you'll know where this 20-minute EP is heading. The sleeve art, which gives more than a nod to the 1960s hippy movement, also offers a major clue.

Tripped out, smoked out, lackadaisical, bliss-infused overtures, honied and syrupy, easing you in so far that you don't quite realise how hard it is to crawl back out of the sugar-coated opiate haze. A collection of heady, hallucinogenic work for 21st Century high plains drifters, it's jazzy, psychy, lush soulful fare you'll be wanting to hear again and again, capturing the heat and slow pace of America's southern states with heartfelt songwriting from genuine masters. The result is something very special indeed.
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Tim Burgess & Bob Stanley Present Tim Peaks: Songs For A Late Night Diner
VARIOUS
Cat: CDCHD 1555. Rel: 29 Nov 19
 
Indie/Alternative
Young Marble Giants - "Choci Loni"
The Chills - "House With A Hundred Rooms"
Durutti Column - "Lips That Would Kiss (Form Prayers To Broken Stone)"
The Gist - "Yanks"
Gwenno - "Hunros (A Dream)"
The Clientele - "I Had To Say This"
The Royal Family & The Poor - "I Love You (Restrained In A Moment)"
Isan - "Betty's Lament"
Jane Weaver - "Slow Motion"
Echo & The Bunnymen - "Fuel"
Galaxie 500 - "Flowers"
Gnac - "The Broken Fall"
Birdie - "Blue Dress"
El Perro Del Mar - "Dog"
Stockholm Monsters - "Fairy Tales" (demo version)
Chastity Belt - "Different Now"
Blue Orchids - "A Year With No Head"
Bracken - "Ten Years"
The Fates - "Sheila - She Beats In My Heart"
Dean McPhee - "Sky Burial"
Review: And the award for most apt compilation title of the year goes to... While on face value it may seem like the USA's Pacific North West and UK's English North West have very little in common, this collection of tracks confirm there are similarities. And they go further than the damp conditions both regions often have to endure. Cheshire-born Burgess and West Coast native Stanley have been friends for 30 years, and their respective homelands collide here. Tim Peaks Diner, established by the former as a festival pop up, apparently owes much of its stylings to "Twin Peaks", and that series-cum-movie-cum-legend has inspired much of the soundtrack to said eatery. New Wave (The Chills), opiate folk (Gwenno), psychedelic country (Blue Orchids) and plenty more help capture the mood of a fantastical waypoint on some fictional road trip.
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Jesus Is King
Cat: 84645 2. Rel: 03 Apr 20
 
Hip Hop/R&B
Every Hour
Selah
Follow God
Closed On Sunday
On God
Everthing We Need
Water
God Is
Hands On
Use The Gospel
Jesus Is Lord
Review: It may have been released digitally six months ago, but Kanye West's "Jesus Is King" album - his 12th solo set in total - has finally made it on to vinyl. By now, most will have already heard it, but for the uninitiated "Jesus Is King" sees West meditating on Christianity, offering up a tight 27-minute set of tracks that draw influence from (or explicitly sample) gospel music in all its forms. It's still a hip-hop album of course, it's just that the beats, musical choices (gospel choirs, loops from killer records by gospel soul act The Whole Truth etc) and lyrics are closer to the black American gospel tradition than anything West has released before.
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If You're Dreaming
Cat: HVNLP 177CD. Rel: 03 Apr 20
 
Folk/Americana
Can't Sleep
Party's Over
Jacket
So I Can See
Ask Me To
Keep It Warm
Go It Alone
Tell Me What's True
Not So Bad
Picture Show
Every Feeling
Here With You
Review: It's not often you can legitimately call a record brave. Most of the time, when we use that word it's to describe wildly experimental sonics, cutting edge arrangements and never-heard-before noises. Anna Burch doesn't quite fit those descriptions, not that her unarguably 90s-influenced, Gen X survivalist rock tones don't impress. Nevertheless, she's taking the biggest risk of all on 'If You're Dreaming'; turning to face herself head on, and analyse what she sees. There's catchiness, and a stoner-ish, downtrodden or at least lackadaisical air to the way in which she approaches guitar scuzz and this immediately jumps out and grabs the ears. However, that slightly retro leaning approach to arrangements is contrasted by a very 21st Century take on life's great lessons, losses and triumphs - guiding themes behind much of the songwriting.
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Juice
Juice (CD)
Cat: CDYEP 2705. Rel: 02 Apr 20
 
Indie/Alternative
I Fall In Love Every Night
Breathe
Dedication
The Poet (Can't Jam)
I'm Fine
Hey You
Squeaky
Hazy Wave
Wavy Haze
Review: Album number six from the Ruffians certainly means business. Honest and painfully on-point in terms of overarching themes, its sonically highly polished and - while not a concept record - incredibly well conceived as a coherent whole. A rock 'n' roll offering that grabs your body to make it move while boring into your mind and soul to make you think and feel. Word on the street is this was some three years in the making, and it certainly feels like an un-rushed process will have led to this package. Tracks kick and punch in all the right places, but they never forget the need for balance, peaks and troughs. It's more than likely that you'll walk away from this with the scale of the anthems cemented to the mind, though, rather than the more tender moments. After all, it's a masterclass in major key melodies, and a striking example of the powerful effect those have on listeners.
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Dub Addict Vol 2 (B-STOCK)
VARIOUS
Cat: SV 43 (B-STOCK). Rel: 17 Jun 20
 
Techno
Ocralab - "Alcor"
Flying Cobra - "In Harmony With The Whole"
Otzim Lee - "Mira"
DT 90 - "Northen Light"
Heavenchord - "Echo 2"
Natur - "Space Dub II"
Aura Minimum - "Formation & Spheres"
Gradient - "Isolated Space"
Tuman Sound - "Dub Raw Sky"
Review: ***B-STOCK: Slight surface marks ***


If you're a fan of dub techno and densely layered, spaced-out ambient soundscapes, you should already be familiar with Mr Cloudy (real name Sergey Barkalov) and his Space of Variants label. Whether you are or not, we'd recommend checking out this fine label sampler, which was compiled by Barkalov and offers a neat introduction to the imprint's distinctively hazy and hypnotic sound. Highlights include the decidedly intergalactic dub techno shuffle of Flying Cobra's "In Harmony With The Whole", the early morning club hypnotism of "Mira" by Ozim Lee, the fluid ambient dub/dub techno fusion of Heavenchord's "Echo 2", the tough but intoxicating antics of Mr Gradient (the pumping but dubbed-out "Isolated Space") and the bass guitar sporting ambient dub niceness of 'Dub raw Sky" by Tuman Sound.
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Madrugada
Cat: 852056. Rel: 19 Jun 20
 
UK Garage
A Visit To Lolita
Far Closer
Cathedral
Knocking
Sonoran
90 Miles
Solo Waltzer
Strings For Jodie
Reimagination
Psalm 892
Dizzy New Heights
Resolution
Review: Hands up all of those who expected UK garage legend MJ Cole's first album in 17 years to be an ambient set with neo-classical intentions. While on the surface it may seem like an odd move, he says that it has been "gestating" his "whole life", though in the end he apparently recorded it fairly quickly. Musically, it's well worth a listen, with Cole cannily combining sweeping strings, jazz style double bass, fluid piano solos, opaque ambient chords and very occasional rhythms to create compositions closer in tone to film soundtracks and conceptual neo-classical pieces than the sweaty, soul-fired club bangers he's long been renowned for. Judged purely on musical terms rather than his previous career, it's a hugely impressive achievement and well worth a listen.
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Mordechai
Cat: DOC 193CD. Rel: 26 Jun 20
 
Indie/Alternative
First Class
Time (You & I)
Connaissais De Face
Father Bird, Mother Bird
If There Is No Question
Pelota
One To Remember
Dearest Alfred
So We Won't Forget
Shida
Review: 'Mordechai is another blissed-out record from Texan party-chill-psyche trio Khruangbin. It's also among the outfit's most defined and driven, a smooth, sticky hot funk odyssey made for hazy afternoon soirees. Leader Laura Lee is, as ever, unfathomably siren-like on vocals, her bass grooves aiding the process of seduction no end. Even at the most upbeat and anthemic, 'Time (You and I)', it's hard not to feel woozy and intoxicated by the pared-back breaks and guitar lick combination. Dance floor ammo for sure, as is Pelota. Overall, though, it's an album best savoured slowly, allowing you to fully appreciate every lackadaisical moment of opiate goodness, with tracks such as 'Father Bird, Mother Bird', 'One To Remember' and 'Shida' summoning stunning sticky, heavy, deep atmospheres.
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Dreamland
Cat: 877398. Rel: 07 Aug 20
 
Indie/Alternative
Dreamland
Tangerine
((Home Movie: 1994))
Hot Sugar
((Home Movie: BTX))
Space Ghost Coast To Coast
Tokyo Drifting
Melon & The Coconut
Your Love (Deja Vu)
Waterfalls Coming Out Your Mouth
It's All So Incredibly Loud
((Home Movie: Rockets))
Domestic Bliss
Heat Waves
((Home Movie: Shoes On))
Helium
Review: Now happily back in business following drummer Joe Seward's long recovery from a near-fatal accident in 2018, Oxford four-piece Glass Animals return with what could be their most colourful, vibrant and ear-catching album to date. Musically, it's all effervescent, synthesizer-driven production, dreamy vocal arrangements, neon-lit R&B sounds and hip-hop inspired beats, yet the songs are deeply personal, with front man Dave Bayley (assisted on standout "Tokyo Drifting" by rapper Denzel Curry) offering autobiographical lyrics for the very first time. It's a great combination, all told, and one that makes "Dreamland" really sparkle.
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Renegade Breakdown
Cat: ZENCD 267. Rel: 25 Sep 20
 
Coldwave/Synth
Renegade Breakdown
Back To Rock
Worst Comes To Worst
Center Of The World (Kotti Blues)
La Ronde
C'est Parce Que J'm'en Fous
Just In My Head
Lead Sister
My Love
Sentiment
Review: When Marie Davidson announced last year that she would be, "retiring from club music", many wondered what she'd do next. Renegade Breakdown, her first album recorded with a full band (L'Oeuil Nu), answers that question. It sees the Canadian artist and her new collaborators deliver suitably arresting, personal and ear-catching songs built on mixing and matching a surprisingly wide variety of musical inspirations, from Blondie, classic disco and mutilated heavy metal guitars, to Kraftwerk, Billie Holliday, Fleetwood Mac and Daft Punk. It's a big shift for the previously highly experimental artist, but thanks to her skill as both a a producer and performer, one that works magnificently well.
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Intelligent Design
Intelligent Design (CD limited to 200 copies)
Cat: HHE 042CD. Rel: 04 Jan 21
 
Hip Hop/R&B
Mad Rhymes
Catch The Rain
One
Zombie Apocalypse
Behold
Galilee
Drops Gems (feat Chuck Chan & A7mc)
Bas Rutten
Secret Technique (feat Zagnif Nori & A7mc)
Biggity Back
Love Life
Review: Back in 2019, beat-maker and MC R-Juna made his solo debut with a seven-track set that blurred the boundaries between dub, reggae and hip-hop. On Intelligent Design, his second set, the Indiana-based artist has gone back to his roots, returning to the mic to rap over his own boom-bap and golden era hip-hop beats. It was a wise choice. His chunky, head-nodding beats and layered jazz, soul and funk samples provide a perfect backdrop for his own largely conscious raps, which on some tracks come accompanied by guest verses from A7mc, Zagnif Nori and Chuck Chan.
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Dekadrone
Cat: CABS 31CD. Rel: 26 Mar 21
 
Coldwave/Synth
Dekadrone
Review: Richard H Kirk was rightly praised for 2020's Shadow of Fear, his first album since turning Cabaret Voltaire into a solo project back in 2014, and his recently follow-up EP, Shadow of Funk. Both distilled the essence of the Cabs' club-friendly industrial funk sound, re-formatting it for the 21st century. Dekadrone, though, is a different proposition altogether. Focused not on clubs but on immersive home listening, the four-phase, single track set removes Kirk's clanking, often paranoid beats in favour of dystopian aural textures (think dark, droning tones, abstract electronics, apocalyptic ambience and dirt-encrusted samples). Those who prefer the Cabs' more experimental, ambient-leaning works will love it.
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Hotel Surrender
Cat: 4050538 661590. Rel: 10 Sep 21
 
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Oh Me Oh My
Low
Get High
Whatever Tomorrow
It's Not You
Peace Of Mind
Feel Good
I Must Be Stupid
So Long So Lonely
In Too Far
Review: Having previously decided to ditch the Chet Faker moniker for a couple of subsequently low-key albums, including last year's digital-only ambient excursion, Musical Silence, Nick Murphy has finally decided to resurrect it. In the process, the Australian artist has gone back to basics, with Hotel Surrender sounding far more like his much-loved 2014 debut, Built on Glass - a massive hit in his home country - then anything else he's recorded since. It was a smart move, because Murphy does synth-heavy, electronica-tinged pop far better than most. As a result, the album is full of confirmed earworms, from the blue-eyed soul of 'Oh Me, Oh My' and the string-drenched swell of 'Whatever Tomorrow', to the flash-friend funk-pop of 'Feel Good' and the Rhodes-clad R&B-soul of 'In Too Deep'.
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The Globeflower Masters Vol 1
Cat: MRBCD 233. Rel: 06 Sep 21
 
Funk
Faith In Time
Scene In Roma
Who Knows When
Hidden In The Pampas
Fear Me Now
How It Shimmers
El Ejido
Arise
Review: The Globeflower Masters Vol 1 is a new Mr Bongo release that has been put together with classic soundtracks, 70s library music and cinematic compositions in mind. It was assembled in summer 2020 by Brightonian musicians Glenn Fallows and Mark Treffel who drew on their arsenal of vintage synths, pianos, 'other fun toys' and all manner of drums, guitars and bass. The result is a soothing album that will work in the dead of winter as well as the light of the summer thanks to its warm sounds, lush productions and luxuriant arrangements. A fine piece of wax, for sure.
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