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Spirit Helsinki : Honest -Jazzanova remix / Seis por ocho -Azymuth
Live Rejam! (Sonar Kollektiv)
We've
been waiting for this Jazzanova remix for a while and boy does it
hit the spot! NuSpirit's nice little nujazz semi-ballad broken up
and funked like only Jazzanova can do. And check the vibrant Azymuth
live rework on the flip -rarely have the veteran Brazil combo sounded
so full and alive -and what a delicious middle drum break. Great
stuff!
Linn
& Freddie : The wonderlust EP (Swedish Brandy)
Sweden keeps the Scandinavian momentum alive as the
man like Red Astaire drops a downbeat hop with sensuous vocals somewhere
in the Jill Scott / Lizz Fields ballpark -and even a very nice touch
of Swedish female rap. One for sidewalks...
RSL
: The mast -Love will be strong (Players)
Yes, yes, yes! Finally a follow up to Wesley music and this takes
RSL to even greater heights. Fantastic hip-shaking jazzy samba with
a slight house twist, a recurring brass crescendo and soulful vocals.
If they keep putting out two tunes a year it will take about five
years to get an album done. But it will truly be an instant classic.
Paul Murphy
& Marc Woolford Project : Jazz room -Spiritual South mix (Afro
Art)
Aaah Afro Art, we're still waiting for you to let us down. Spiritual
South turn sJazz room into an exstatic rumble of a choo-choo
samba with a hands-in-the-air tension build/release break. Play
it loud and play it proud! And could that intro be any longer?
Ezekiel Honig
: Cape Cod getaway -John Tejada remix (Anticipate Recordings)
The perfect antidote when electronica gets a little too
floaty and monotonous : bring in John Tejada to crank a beat and
add his trademark tight-cut slight clickhouse bumps and sinking
bass to the clicky soundscapes. Honigs own floating sounds are actually
nice too -looking forward to the album.
Kirk DeGiorgio : New Religion presents... EP3 (New Religion)
Kirk DeGiorgio dons his techno hood for the New Religion
EP series that have seen instalments by Juan Atkins and Sonic Insomniac.
Check out the magnificent Detroit-style Climbing the waterfall
-deep deep bass. Mechanical punch beats and intricate synth instrumentation
is good food. Hard to believe that New Religion is an EMI subsidiary.
Jamie Cullum
: Frontin' / Zero 7 vs. Mos Def : Umi says (Promo)
At first we feared Jamie Cullum -polished piano for the
masses and a Jamie Oliver of the jazz world -yuck! But Frontin'
commands respect, as a laidback feelgood vibe with a great little
verse break makes this perfect for mornings. And with the classic
Mos Def v. Zero 7 tune on the flip, who are you to resist it, eh?
DJ Spinna
: Compositions 2 (Female Fun)
Just in time for that backyard barbeque we keep ranting
on about. DJ Spinna keeps getting better (yeah, we haven't forgotten
the Blue Note remixed track) and this collection of short instrumentals
keeps us reclining and headnodding. Eaasyy now...
Grey
& Chakaharta : A warm focus EP (Fair Park)
Another quality slice from the Fair Park label. Lush round keys
sprinkled with occasional weightless guitars and underpinned by
a slighty click deephouse vibe. And vocals : 'Watch reality slipping,
just loving the feeling' -is this about drugs? A nice drug in itself.
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