Musical selections and ramblings
The second of our shows for the excellent Noods Radio airs Monday lunchtime 12-1pm. Plenty of lovely stuff to play. We got new jazz from the 22a stable, smoky electronica from Rvng Intl, a great fusion reissue from High Jazz and a few current dancefloor burners. Tune in if you can via the website or search for Noods on the TuneIn smartphone app.
If you’re not familiar with the awesome Banoffee Pie label, they periodically release these great digital compilations which are wicked entry points for the new comers. Volume 6 just came out and it’s the perfect selection, overflowing with deep, dark and dirty dancefloor bombs. My pick of the comp is Mark Nicholas’s hi-tech roller ‘This Jazz’, but the whole thing is fire, go cop…
The first show for Noods is now up on mixcloud to listen at your leisure. Featuring these lovely tunes…
O$VMV$M – Dill Big Choo
Mark de Clive-Lowe – Memories of Nanzenji
Edmony Krater – Gwadloup
Garrett – Apocalyptic Sunrise
Budgie – Sometimes
The Reboot Joy Confession – Enjoy Solitude
Sun Runners – Can’t Wait
Kuniyuki Takahashi – Echoes Of The Past
Zazou Bikaye – Mamo Lenvo
Andy Mac – Dancehall Style
Dominique Guiot – La Danse Des Méduses
RAMZi – Fuma
Mr G – Strollin’
Eddie C – Auf Der Ufer
Pedro & Jenna Camille – Keep It H 2000
Afrikan Sciences – Tick Ballad Variant
Don’t forget we will be hitting Noods Radio for the first time Monday afternoon from 12pm to 1pm. Be sure to spend your lunch hour with us
I’m pleased to announce that we’ll be bringing “Tell Me I’m Dreaming” to the NOODS airways the first Monday afternoon of each month. The first show will be on 4th February, be sure to tune in 12-1pm here
We placed Karmasound’s last EP for Phuture Shock Musik at number one in our top 10 EPs of 2018 (check the full list here), so it’s great to see a follow up hit the shelves. The title track is a sweet and soulful broken beat affair featuring Jedreck on vocals. There are also a couple of tasty remixes on offer from Sean McCabe. One of them a broken take and the other a soulful house flip. Finally Karmasound ups the tempo a notch a two for the great closing track ‘Another Way’. Another stormer from Phuture Shock Musik, order your copy here
Italy’s Sofatalk come through with a brand new EP for French label Escapade Recordings. The collection is overflowing with the kind of lovely, jazz inflected, broken beats that get us a little hot under the collar here at TMID. In places reminiscent of the golden era of 70’s jazz funk, Herbie Hancock springs to mind. Though not to say retro, there is enough modern touches to sound heavy on the modern dancefloor. There’s four original tracks to lose yourself in here, each one a beauty. As well as that, keyboard king Kaidi Tatham contributes a remix of closing track ‘Like a Magpie’ that is predictably fantastic. The EP is released on February 1st and can be pre-ordered here
Following on from The Maghreban’s super eclectic album which came out last year on R&S comes a new EP Islands. This one is described by the artist as slightly trackier, more boring efforts! Judging by the clips and advanced track, there’s nothing remotely boring on offer here. What we get instead is four dirty, dancefloor rollers that are right up our strasse. Pre-order at the bandcamp link, EP comes out in full on the 18th Jan.
Episode 3, heads down, dancefloor business for most of this one. Mellowing out slightly to finish up on the sofa 🙂
Linkwood – Solar Panel
DJ Spider – Antikythera Mechanism Part 2
Greater Manchester Housing Authority – Astronaut
Neue Grafik – Bed Stuy’s Mood
Overmono – Yell0w_Tail
Steve Spacek – Gimme Da Love (The Maghreban Remix)
Hidden Spheres – McKenna’s Mind
Marc and OVEOUS – On Again (Dubstramental)
Afrikan Sciences – Acoustic Nightmares
G.U. featuring Swaylo – Love Sought After
Trinidadian Deep – I Want
Patrice Scott – Movin It
DJ Normal 4 – Aeo ft. Aenx (Rythm Mix)
Ultramarine – Breathing (Early Mix)
These are the EPs that did it for us in 2018, it was hard to get it down to ten, what do you think is missing?
10. Kyoto Jazz Sextet – Rising (Ron Trent remix)
Taken from a 2017 Blue Note album, picked up by Local Talk for a little remix action. Ron keeps most of the original elements in check, adding a little of his trademark house thump and keys. One for the end of the night.
9. Ultramarine – Breathing
A lovely little hypnotic taster of a forthcoming album from Ultramarine, who’ve been in the game since the early 90s. These are apparently early versions so a turn differently when the album arrives. The title track with it’s haunting sax is an absolute beauty.
8. Linkwood – Fresh Gildans
Kicking off with a super-charged electrofunk belter of a tune in ‘Fresh Gildans’, this is another great release from the Firecracker label. The varied b-side jams are not to be ignored either. Linkwood’s other release, ‘Night Theatre Volume One’ EP is also worthy of your attention.
7. 30/70 – Elevations
Rhythm Section put together a great remix package for Australian soul band 30/70. As well as the remixes there is a little stripped back live track. All the remixes on offer here are ace, but it’s the Setwun one that stands out for me.
6. Drummotive – Coral EP
Next Phase Records have been putting out marvelous atmospheric music for a good while now. Rooted in but not limited to drum & bass, this EP was a particular highlight for me. Coming off like classic Mo Wax at times, this is music to lose yourself to.
5. Selectors Assemble Volume 2
Broken Beat’s second coming is in full swing right now, not that it’s really ever been away for some of us. Curated by Co-Op originals IG Culture and Alex Phountzi, but with plenty of young blood along for the ride. All 6 tracks are fire, I can’t pick a favourite.
4. Sonar’s Ghost X GMHA – 3 X 2
OK we’re biased here, but this is so good. Big up Mr Stanton and GMHA, smashing it with a late entry to the list.
3. Kamaal Williams – New Heights / Snitches Brew
I think this is the best Kamaal Williams record yet. New Heights is great, but ‘Snitches Brew’ is like nothing you’ve ever heard before. Listen at least once a day and become as obsessed by it as I am.
2. Afrikan Sciences – Reciprocity
In my opinion Afrikan Sciences is one of the best out there (and he is out there in every way). He had quite a few releases this year, including a couple of excellent self-released albums. This EP came out on his original home Deep Blak Recordings, back in February. I have to say the whole thing just blew me away. Put ‘Hullman Z’ on, crank up the volume and see where it takes you!
1. Karmasound – Probabilidades
Karmasound’s 2018 EP for the Phuture Shock Musik label is absolutely rammed with broken infused gems. The tracks where he pushes the tempo up to the max work the best for me, but the whole thing is pure heat. For me, this has been the EP of the year. Looking forward to his new single, ‘Can See Thru You’ which is coming early Jan.
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