Chromatics – Running Up That Hill
The Italians Do It Better label has seen a resurgence of interest thanks to last year’s icy-cool Drive soundtrack. And what better IDIB classic than the Chromatics’ 2007 cover of Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’? The Oregan-based band’s Johnny …
Sleazy McQueen – Last Bell Ringing (SMQ edit)
The sleazy beatmaker behind our latest podcast goes to work on ‘Ring My Bell’, the 1979 hit by Anita Ward, bringing a rat-a-tat of percussion to the original’s high-pitched toms and catchy vocal. As Sleazy McQueen himself points out, a …
Nick Monaco – Set The Table ft. Travie Bobby
The insatiable snap and crash of metallic drum machines pervade this ghetto-infused freebie from the Soul Clap Records family. The pitched up vocal is intentionally and genuinely amusing – if a tad irksome:
Soulphiction – Lone Sun
Philpot head-honcho Soulphiction (aka Jackmate) hands out a tasty freebie on LWE from the forthcoming Connecting The Compass compilation on Roundabout Sound. Coming on like a forgotten Moodymann gem, its hazy disco intro starts slowly enough, with a fog of …
Avalon Emerson – Caroline
A marvelous freebie here from San Francisco’s Avalon Emerson; high-octane stuff – a gleeful thwack and clatter of percussion clamour over pummelling beats and a wiggling bassline – that wouldn’t sound out of place at a gritty early-90’s warehouse party. …
Skream – Kreepin’
We recently reported on the shock news that dubstep pioneer Skream has a disco album in the works. Well he is now handing out a decidely housey edit of Aaliyah – and is possibly a taster of what to expect …
Szjerdene – Arrow
Szjerdene, pronounced JhurDEEN as her website helpfully points out, has drenched Jacques Greene and Koreless’ ‘Arrow’ with her own sultry vocals, a glaze of pure R’n’B honey. The original track is an atmospheric soundscape of beautiful electronica. Szjerdene’s feathery voice …
Hackman – No More
Hackman dusts off a track from the archives, a bold brazen house monster, fitted with a gospel vocal, warping bass and a skippy UK garage edge. Subtlety isn’t the name of the game here, but it’ll sure pack a punch …
∆ ∆ – Skinny Dipping
Why name yourself with a symbol that is nigh on impossible to type let alone Google search? Well, it’s a sign of things to come on their frankly weird and wonderful Skyway EP, an impressive lo-fi take on house music. …
Angela Bofill – People Make The World Go Round (Greymatter Rework)
Greymatter first popped up on our radar back in 2010 with the fantastic Fleetwood Mac-sampling ‘Only To Fall’ on Wolf Recordings. This freebie in fact predates that release, produced in 2009 but only now seeing the light of day, and …
