So my little winter break is over and we're into a new year and I'm sure, another heap of great music to make sense of. The only problem is sorting through the mountain of over hyped nonsense to get to the cream and sieving it through my own personal filters to pull the show together. Luckily I still get off on the thrill of the chase because it can sometime be an arduous task!
So I eased into this weeks show with the mellowest track from the new Virtual Boy EP out on LA's Alpha Pup records, the beat magic from the West Coast shows no sign of abating in 2011. Then came a track from the new Stateless album which is a thing of indescribable folk, prog, electronic, r&B, classical wonder and a start to finish listen, watch out for that dropping in February. Dimlite followed with a track from his wonderful music and beats ep out on Now Again - killer release.
I'd been sitting on the Blundetto remixes for a bit but had to air the feel good dancehall vibes of the Gogo version of 'My Own Girl' - sweet. Soom T then came in to ruff up the dance with a track from her new album of 8-bit digi reggae pure ganja songs, Ode To A Carrot. Now I thought a whole lp discussing the herb might be a bit dull but the varied production from Disrupt and lyrical games from Soom, keep the whole album sounding fresh. The show then got into some twisted beat territory first of from South East London's Crewdson and then courtesy of Morgan Zarate and his forthcoming release on the ever varied Hyperdub.
Long Arm is a cultured musical beat producer from up Russia way who's album is about to drop on Project Moon Circle and it's a really cohesive listen for a largely instrumental beats album and apologies for dropping the instrumental cut by mistake!! Erik Trufaz, one of my favourite modern trumpet players, has slipped out another album and it's sounding as solid and varied as ever as the jazz fusion of 'Mechanic Cosmetic' testified. This was followed by a little cut from the new release from hardcore Japanese diggers, Em Records who have released the 1969 Indo jazz album from T.K. Ramamoorthy.
AD Bourke then provided the laid back 80's boogie vibes, a track from the excellent The Boogie compilation of modern 80's boogie inspired vibes on the Tokyo Dawn Label. I then dropped a little hip hop section, something I don't do enough really, kicking off with a tasty new Art Bleek track, an always welcome new J-Live track and a re-issued modern classic courtesy of BBE - Jazzy Jeff's, 'For The Love Of The Game'. I had to finish off with a track from the great Truth and Soul Compilation, African Music Today which I shamefully slept on last year but which I urge you to go out an buy immediately!
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