“What better way to open your New Year than with aa heart swelling soulful house tune that cannot fail to swell you with emotion. Los Hermanos – Another Day (Mother Tongue) On top of that, this outstanding single bodes rather well for the forthcoming long player.” There can’t be too many of us that aren’t in need of a good old, happy-making knees-up over the coming weeks, and ‘Nyame Ye’ has all of the ingredients to create an explosion of pent-up release. “Few labels have their collective fingers so firmly on the pulse than the Rush Hour team – who routinely operate on or around the very pinnacle of the subterranean zeitgeist – and their journeying into loose-limbed international rhythm always results in compelling, floor-focused tracks with ample thrust to invigorate and inspire discerning dancers. His gut-punching remix of ‘Extacy’ barely touches on any sound from the original, save for its gurgling vocals, of which Eye chooses only the most guttural moments to weave between the beats of this machine stew.” Whereas ‘狂 Klue’ contained dark, impish psych and ritual dub – best emphasised by the tracks ‘赤曜日’ (‘Red Day’), ‘Extacy’ and the ear-crushing climax ‘東京’ (‘Tokyo’) – Eye’s reworkings are complete overhauls, operating in an attention-addling IDM and nerdcore palette. Eye is the vocalist and visual artist from the band Boredoms, and here, he repurposes tracks from Gezan’s last album, ‘狂 Klue’. This 12” EP of exclusive remixes by alt-rock veteran Yamantaka Eye sees him remix four flown-under cuts by underground staples Gezan: one of the more transgressive acts active on the Osaka and Tokyo underground music scenes today. We tend to clamour after these kinds of releases, bedazzled by the more relentless electronic styles endemic to Japanese music culture. “Japanese imports are a hot topic at Juno. Lifting Alice Russell’s sublime lead performance from Quantic Soul Orchestra’s 2005 masterpiece ‘Pushin’ On’, Holland reframes her iconic vocal from an entirely new perspective.” Celebrated composer, producer, bandleader and beat lord Will ‘Quantic’ Holland samples one of his own oft-borrowed tracks, flipping the script to serve up a jaunty slice of propulsive UK garage. “Now this is an interesting concept if ever there was one. Magnificently illustrating the depth of his talent, the latter is no stranger to traversing stylistic boundaries – routinely striking audio gold in the process.” Captivating examples of four-to-the-floor departures have arrived in recent years from the like of Moodymann – whose achingly sleazy ‘Sinnerman’ bests the output of some of the r&b world’s most illustrious producers – Jay Daniel, John FM, and, of course, Alex ‘Omar S’ Smith. “Something magic happens when Detroit’s premiere house and techno producers veer into the territory of neo-soul, future jazz and funk. Omar S ‘What’s Good For The Goose’ (FXHE) these exude a building quality, a sophistication, which ups the level of any set they grace.” The man known as SP:MC marked out his journey as a producer with a stellar run of 12”s on Tempa from ’08 to ’13, culminating in the Declassified double pack which now gives him the name for his self-steered label of solo productions. It must been even harder to pull off such a move when MC is literally in your artist name, but here’s Stewart Procter, decades deep and something of a polymath within a variety of fields from MCing and production to visual design. #SINGLES SOUNDTRACK REPRESS FREE#“Not many MCs make the leap from the mic to the mixing desk and shake free of their prescribed role in the scene. SP:MC – Love Hz / Glidepath (Declassified) Rumbling bass and broken drums are way down below to power it along, and then on the flip he offers a beatless version that has you suspended next to the slightest wisps of flute and dark drones.” First comes his JGD rework which is all about the mystic flute leads that drift in and out of ear shot. “This is a white hot new white label from Jay Glass Dubs who serves up two textbook re-workings of the ‘Jungle Shuffle’ tune that prepared on Italian saxophonist Laura Agnusdei’s debut album Laurisilva. Jay Glass Dubs – Jungle Shuffle (The Wormhole) Plenty of loft party soul to luxuriate in here.” It seemed in particularly rude health in 2021 too, with new acts like Mad Honey bringing their spin on the age old sound and keeping it relevant for 21st century dancefloors. “Despite everything from ridicule to public demolition, disco simply refuses to die. The penultimate run down of the singles of the year
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