SoundCloud Track of the Week 19.11.11
Every week we bring you our favourite tracks that we’ve discovered on Soundcloud. This week our contribution comes from Leonidas Deejay who has re-edited the disco classic ‘Ring My Bell’ from Anita Ward. The song was orginally released in 1979 and became Anita’s only big hit, reaching number 1 in the UK singles chart. You [...]
Miguel Migs – Everybody ft Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King
We love this disco re-interpretation from Miguel Migs, which is taken is from his third studio album, ‘Outside The Skyline’. The track features non other than disco legend Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King, with the video drenched in disco references. The album, which is out now on Om Records, features guest appearances from people like Bebel Gilberto, [...]
SoundCloud Track of the Week 12.11.11
Every week we bring you our favourite tracks that we’ve discovered on Soundcloud. This week was such an easy choice. Although we’ve bought you Bee Gees edits as our TOTW before, this version of ‘You Should Be Dancin’ by DJ José Ferrando is a real stormer. Anyone that DJs will undoubtedly be using this as [...]
Nneka – Stay (Video)
The next video from our favourite new soul singer right now is called ‘Stay’, and is another track off her forthcoming LP, ‘Soul Is Heavy’. You can watch other Nneka videos here.
Luis Radio & Raffa Scoccia – Organismo
This track arrived in our inbox just after we had published our Hammond Organ mix, but, with its jazzy organ lead and dancefloor beats, it would have been a perfect track to include. Combining the talents of DJ and producer Luis Radio and Hammond organ aficianado Raff Scoccia, this is a quirky but highly enjoyable [...]
SoundCloud Track of the Week 05.11.11
Every week we bring you our favourite tracks that we’ve discovered on Soundcloud. This week is an extended edit of the classic In Deep tune ‘Last Night A DJ Saved My Life’ by Jackmaster Hawk. The original was released in 1982 and this version is, apparently, still a work in progress, so keep an eye [...]
MemeMix014 – I Heart Hammond
There is one musical instrument that has created a genre all of its own. The electro-mechanical Hammond Organ was invented in 1934 by Laurens Hammond and has been satisfying the needs of funk addicts ever since. We really love the Hammond and have put together this 45 minute mix as a tribute to the venerable [...]
Hidden Orchestra – Antiphon (Video and Free Download)
With a new EP, ‘Flight‘, out soon on Tru Thoughts Records, here is a chance to watch a new video of one of the tracks, ‘Antiphon’, from their masterful debut LP, ‘Night Walks‘. And, thanks to their unbounded generosity, you can download your very own free copy of the song from the Tru Thoughts website [...]
Samoyed – Spit EP (Astro:Dynamics)
It’s difficult to do this sort of music (broken-beat / electronica / bleeps ‘n’ clicks) really well - often it ends up sounding like the cat walked across the keyboard. This young chap from Scotland, Samoyed, seems to have found the secret though: the four tracks (three original and one remix) on this debut EP [...]
Aischa Traidia – City Life (MPM)
There was a great response when we posted Aischa’s first single, ‘What’s Going On‘, back in May, so, with her debut album set for release early next year, we’re pleased to bring you the second single from that album, both entitled ‘City Life’. The soulster from Amsterdam turns it up a notch with this track, [...]
The Strides – Reclamation (Record Kicks) – Free Download
The Strides are a reggae / afrobeat / hip-hop band from Sydney (probably slightly more appropriate than Scotland). The 10-piece will soon be releasing their second album on Record Kicks, which is a refreshing mix of genres, all focused around the reggae riddims. We particularly enjoy the more dubby tunes, and ‘Fresh Lady’, which you [...]
Mungo’s Hi-Fi – Forward Forever (Scotch Bonnet)
Mungo’s Hi-Fi is that strange rarity of reggae group from Scotland. In ‘Forward Forever’ they have managed to capture the evolution of reggae, dub and dancehall to marvelous effect. There are plenty of contributors on the album, including Kenny Knots and Gentleman’s Dub Club, but of particular note is the dubplate intro from Sugar Minott [...]
M83 – Midnight City (Video)
To support our review of M83′s new LP (which we like a lot), here’s the video to the single ‘Midnight City’, a kind of haunting story of gifted children using their powers to escape their captors – very ‘Village of the Damned’. The album, ‘Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming’ is out now on Naive and Mute [...]
SoundCloud Track of the Week 29.10.11
Every week we bring you our favourite tracks that we’ve discovered on Soundcloud. This week is a soulful remix of Jazzanova’s ‘I Can See’ by Filipo Moscatello, which features the vocal talents of Ben Westbeech. The track will be released on limited vinyl only soon on Wurst Records and digitally on Jazzanova‘s label, Sonar Kollektiv. [...]
Rough Fields – The Harbour Wall (Bomb Shop)
Another lush EP from Rough Fields (who is known to his Mum as James Birchall) following on from ‘You As You’. Lots of gentle layered sounds, fragile vocals and ‘found sounds’, these tracks demand your attention and patience – there are some slow but effective intros used, and some of the tracks, such as ‘Waller’ [...]
Smoove & Turrell – Hard Work / Money (Jalapeno)
Taken straight from their recent album ‘Eccentric Audio‘, this aptly paired couple of tracks make up the new double-A side single from the duo known to us as Smoove & Turrell. Soulful and funky, John Turrell’s voice and Smoove’s production is one of the great Geordie pairings in history. You can read our interview with them [...]
SoundCloud Track of the Week 22.10.11
Every week we bring you our favourite tracks that we’ve discovered on Soundcloud. This week is a track that Leftside Wobble has made available for download to mark the release of his Bill Withers edit on vinyl – this is ‘Friendly Pressure’ by Jhelisa which was originally released in 1994 on the ‘Galactica Rush’ LP. [...]
Jean Wells – What Have I Got To Lose (BBE)
BBE, like Ubiquity, have a knack of finding the lost gems of soul music and bringing them to us repackaged and reborn. It’s now the turn of Jean Wells, whose peak came in 1967, to receive the re-release magic. This is the first single off the album, a double A-side conatining ‘What Have I Got [...]
Anchorsong – Ghost Touch / Plum Rain (Tru Thoughts)
We first heard Anchorsong on the recent Shapes 11:01 compilation from Tru Thoughts with ‘Plum Rain’, one of the tracks from his debut single for the label (with Soundcloud stream below). The other track on the double-A side release from the Japanese multi-instrumentalist is Ghost Touch, of which you can watch a live performance video [...]
SoundCloud Track of the Week 15.10.11
Every week we bring you our favourite tracks that we’ve discovered on Soundcloud. We were a little slow with this one but it made us so happy we had to make it our TOTW – this is Boney M singing one of their most famous tracks, ‘Sunny’, that was originally from their 1976 debut album [...]
Scrimshire – Home (Captain Planet Remix)
So, label boss of Wah Wah 45s, Adam Scrimshire, has taken a big leap by leaving his proper job, putting a band together and making an album. ‘The Hollow’ will actually be his second album, and ‘Home’ is the first single off of it. Reflective, soulful electronica is probably the long and short of it, [...]
Fac.Dance – Factory Records 12″ Mixes & Rarities 1980-1987
This selection of mixes from the seminal Manchester label will either serve as a delicious reminder to people of a certain age (especially those of us that can remember the Hacienda Club) of some of the most original pop music that came out of the Eighties, or will provide an insight to the ‘yoof of [...]
Mix by DJ Memetic
Continuing the Meme theme, (we recently interviewed DJ Meme), we now have a mix by DJ Memetic, who hails from Ottowa in Canada. We love the silky vibe of this selection of soul and hip hop tunes, which (real name) Kwende Kefentse put together for his forthcoming trip to Australia. You can download the whole [...]
SoundCloud Track of the Week 08.10.11
Every week we bring you our favourite tracks that we’ve discovered on Soundcloud. This week is a bit of a mash up from Greg Wilson which brings together Fujiya & Miyagi’s ‘Ankle Injuries’ and Madonna’s acappella from ‘Ray Of Light’. There is a comprehensive explanation from Greg on the Soundcloud page, so we’ll just say that [...]
