Sunday Hungover

I've got one of those drawn out hangovers where you feel all grey and kinda hollow... So I am uplifting my emotional state with DJ Peaceful's Robot Waltz mix. A free download of funky breakbeat, chilled, electronic goodness.

Robot Waltz

Work that body

Krafty Kuts gets the Renegades of Jazz treatment in some funky breakbeat style action. Is all good.

Krafty Kuts & Tim Deluxe "Work That Body feat. Mike G (Renegades Of Jazz 'BTTB' Remix)

OK some catching up to do...

I've gotta say sorry for being slack again.. sorry. Life has been a little insane with troubles and goodness in equal measure. All gone a bit mad. So here's a little barrage of new music for you....

All funky, all well worth checking out.


HornDogz feat Ty, Breis & Peeda - Movin' on



Next up The Impellers. They're touring the UK at the moment. Well worth going to see.

The Impellers - Politiks Kills People (Clear's Beastly Beats remix)



Basement Freaks latest album Funk From The Trunk is all good and does exactly what you'd expect from such a title. Here's a preview..

 Funk From The Trunk by Basement Freaks

Imperial March

You've probably heard this by now, if not and actually, even if you have... LOL This can't get played enough :D

John Williams Vs John Bonham - Imperial March - Skeewiff's Joined the Dark Side Remix


PS I know a few folks have emailed me music to listen to over the last few weeks and I've not replied or posted about any of that yet. I'm not ignoring you, it's just been mental what with the PC dying and then a whole shit ton of other issues. I'll get caught up soon.

An Underworld classic reimagined

Leygo is always good value for a remix. Here we have a beast of a reworking with the joys of Underworld's utter classic, Born Slippy...

Born Slippy - Leygo re-rub



Free download too.

A collection of Basterds

If you don't have Grindhouse Basterds by Wick-it the Instigator, well... you should change that now. Firstly it's free, secondly it's quality, funky and will deliver a laugh or two and thirdly it's a Quentin Tarantino inspired collection of remixes and seriously good shit.

Street Life (feat. Future)


You can download it from here.

JK

Quick post... A Jamiroquai remix from D.END. Enough plays likes whatever and its a free download.

Cosmic Girl (D.END remix)

Grinny

Some Grinny Grandad today, with a selection of tunes all taken from their The Car-Bootleg EP. You can download these from their soundcloud too.

Swim Fish


Q The Pimp


And this cracks me up, mental idea, mad as a sack of bats and all that.

Monty

IT'S ALIVE!

PC back up and running. Well, actually I had to get a whole sodding new one :/ Upgrade a blessing in disguise I guess...

So kicking back off with some Pretty Lights. This is Still Night from the Glowing in the Darkest Night album. As the the question goes, what makes the mutha fucker so damn fresh?

Still Night


And you can get the album free here, just head to the bottom of the page and enter the main site.

Pressing pause

Unfortunately my home PC has died a foul death. New one is on order and should be here in a week. Tune posting will resume as soon as I am not having to use my sodding phone to write this :P

We can't be divided

Seemed an appropriate title with so much of what's going on in the world lately. Anyways, music...

Now this man has some funky soul goodness going on, Willie Wright. He released a couple (that I know about anyway) of albums in the '70s and is probably best known for his cover of Curtis Mayfield's Right On For the Darkness.

Right On For the Darkness

I'm So Happy Now


Turns out though that Willie has recorded another album, his first for 34 years, just recently. For more info and to have a listen, check out his website on myspace.

Tune of the week

Tune I've been listening to the most this week is this Jimi Needle's edit of Tightrope by Janelle Monae. I like both, but actually I much prefer this to the original.

Tightrope (Jimi Needles Grand Popo Edit)


In case you somehow missed the original...

Tightrope

A selection

A mixture of audio pleasure for you good people today.

First off we have OOAH & Kitty-D with a mix of their musical adventures in 2007. Scientific sound surgery they've described it as... A fitting term. They've made it available as a free download too.

The Seedling Escape Mix (2007)



Next up we have Daisuke Tanabe and a tune I've posted before. It was in my head and not enough people have heard this before, so I'm posting again. I'm not entirely sure what genre he fits in, alternative-techno-breakbeat-thing, but I know it works.

Artificial Sweetener



Finally a funk classic by legendary British funk band, Cymande. If you've not heard Cymande before you will almost certainly have heard them sampled. If you don't own any... well, you should consider changing that. ;) From 1972 this is Brothers On The Slide.

Brothers On The Slide

Higher Ground

Just a quick fly by post today, more fleshed out stuff in the pipeline though ;) However, that doesn't mean today's tune can't be a good one...

Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground (scratchandsniff' re-rub)

En Route

You may recall I've posted about Caroline Lacaze before. This was back when I first heard L'etrange and it proceeded to melt my brain with dirty funk beats and Caroline's sublime vocals.

L'etrange



The album "En Route" has been out for a few months now and I've gotta say, daaaaaaaaaamn. This is some seriously fine funky and soulful work. Whilst all within the funk/soul remit, the tracks are quite varied yet maintaining what for me is quite a summery sound. Perfect for sitting outside in the sunshine at some city cafe watching the world go by. That said, with tunes like En Route Madam and Harley Davidson this is also very much tail-feather shaking dancing music ;) I know a few of my mates who will be working tunes from this album into their sets.

It's out on vinyl from Mocambo Records or Legere Recordings for CD & downloads. I'm not on a commission btw :P It's just good and highly recommended.

Oh and Roadstop makes me laugh every time :D

Album teaser

RIP Ray Manzarek

Ray Manzarek keyboard player for the Doors has died :( Like so many people The Doors were a huge influence on me when I was young and finding my way with music, women, the world and everything.

Whilst it's Jim Morrison's image that defines our mental picture of The Doors, it's Ray Manzarek's music providing the soundtrack.

Peace Frog
Riders in the Storm

Jazz legend

Joe Williams first blessed the world with his jazzy vocal delights in about 1939 singing in Chicago. From there his it was all up, with a steady climb to the very top of the jazz scene and a career that lasted all the way to his death in 1999. Recognised as one of the all time great jazz singers, Joe Williams achieved it all, from a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, to pretty much owning the Monterey Jazz Festival for like foreeeeeeeeever, singing with every jazz icon worth mentioning, performing in Carnegie Hall, to appearing as Grandpa Al in the Cosby Show.

This here is Joe Williams and the Jazz Orchestra in 1968 doing a cover of my all time favourite tunes, Get Out Of My Life woman by Lee Dorsey.

Get Out Of My Life Woman

Was slack this week...

...so to make up for it here's an hour of awesome from Daytoner... free download and of oh so much goodness.

Remixes, Releases & Re-edits from Wass Records & Friends

Stormy Weather

Renegades Of Jazz (featuring the vocal delights of Jane Kennaway) with the funky goodness here... Part of an upcoming compilation of equally funky goodness available to preorder here:
Hiperbole Jamboree 2012: Go Jazz Not Ape!

Stormy Weather


PS: to Mr Nick Pride on guitar, thank you sir, thank you. :)

A selection of the finest Hip Hop...

...from my younger days... Maybe it's rose tinted glasses, but I'd say this lot comes from the golden years for the whole scene. I could post so many tunes here, Public Enemy, KRS One and so on immediately spring to mind, but this post was looking huge as I started thinking of tracks, so you're getting a slightly random selection.

Big Daddy Kane, you just can't go wrong. This track is from It's a Big Daddy Thing, an album you should purchase immediately. I remember skating with this in my Walkman for like forever, ahh memories ;)

Calling Mr. Welfare



Gang Starr... How to state just how important these guys were? Lyrically stunning and intelligent, delivered by the Guru's voice with it's rich tone and Premier's selection of jazzy beats remains, for me, the ultimate... One of the most poignant tracks from Step In The Arena, another essential album to own, this is Just To Get A Rep.

Just To Get A Rep



Young MC, regularly appearing in mixes all over the world right now... Timeless and funky as fuck. From the Stone Cold Rhymin' album this is....

Bust A Move




British hiphop doesn't tend to have the recognition of the horde of music the US produces, but there was (and still is) quality to be found. Caveman were probably the most acclaimed back in the day and had success both sides of the pond. This is taken from Positive Reaction.

I'm Ready



And finally another track from the UK, the title track from Overlord X's debut album.

Weapon Is My Lyric