_________________________________________________________________ FEATURE ALBUMS // FEATURE ALBUMS // FEATURE ALBUMS ___________________________________________________________________ INDIE / HIP HOP / ELECTRONIC A GUN CALLED TENSION 'A GUN CALLED TENSION' ROGUE RECORDS AGCT is a spectacular new duo of underground stars SEAN REVERON (THE BETA BAND, FREE ASSOCIATION) and DANN GALLUCCI (MODEST MOUSE, MURDER CITY DEVILS). Together they enlist an eye-popping cast of special guests and friends from the independent rock and hip-hop scene that includes members of PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES, BLOOD BROTHERS, MURDER CITY DEVILS, BUILT TO SPILL, AIRBORN AUDIO (ex-ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM), and ROOTS MANUVA. 'A Gun Called Tension' is a multi-dimensional piece where voice and beat placement interconnect like a bullet and its target. The pair cross post-punk, hip hop, pop and dub by way of large lyrics, tweaked bleeps, live drums and electric guitar. The album is a vibrant, invigorating blast of musical enthusiasm, free of restrictive genre definitions. 'A Gun Called Tension' was produced by PHIL EK (MODEST MOUSE, THE SHINS, etc.) PITCHFORKMEDIA 8.4/10 "a highly organic blend of underground hip-hop and indie-rock"... SPLENDID "This is the kind of balls-out disregard for genre rules that's required to shake things up every once in a while"... STYLUS B+ "AGCT seethes with everything post-aught genre-fucking needs"... TREBELZINE "it's a dizzying experience that will leave you exhilarated" SUSPEND YOUR DISBELIEF - THIS IS A GUN CALLED TENSION! ROGUE RECORDS R6312CD CD CC008LP LP ___________________________________________________________________ HIP HOP VARIOUS 'THE KINGS OF HIP HOP (DJ PREMIER & MR THING)' RAPSTER 'The Kings of...' series pays homage not to 'lost' musical genres but to music that 'fits' within a specific genre which may have either been forgotten, or that may only now be remembered for the first time. Compiled by two artists mad on music who choose their top tracks of the moment. If one youth movement has been pre-eminent in the shaping of popular culture in the last twenty-five years, it is Hip Hop. 'Kings Of Hip Hop Is mixed by two of the Kings... DJ PREMIER and MR THING. DJ Premier mixes what shaped Hip Hop (CD1)... The 100th issue of THE SOURCE ranked him in the top 5 producers of all time. He has worked with numerous MC's including BIGGIE SMALLS, NAS, JERU and JAY Z, and is the production force behind GANGSTARR. Mr Thing mixes Hip Hop classics (CD2) ...He was the World DMC team champion 1999, individual UK champion 2000. He also used to be a member of the SCRATCH PERVERTS and touring cohort of DJ VADIM. TWO KINGS OF THE SCENE DELIVER A STUNNING HIP HOP MIX RAPSTER RR0043CD 2CD RR0043LP 2LP RR0044LP 2LP ___________________________________________________________________ NEW RELEASES // NEW RELEASES // NEW RELEASES ___________________________________________________________________ ELECTRONIC KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN 'MULTIPLES' KRANKY 'Multiples' was recorded at the Harvard University studios, where a stash of vintage synthesizers and electronics was made available to KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN during his time as a lecturer there. The eight tracks on 'Multiples' flow through hit hat shimmer to skull-scraping electronic tones to interlocking clusters of repetition. This is Whitman's most inclusive and developed album yet. Keith Fullerton Whitman has described himself as being enamored of "hyper-programmed rhythms & concrète sounds, bleeding freakout guitar, beach-boys style sweet harmony, eastern euro-prog, vintage synth burbles, classic-era minimalism, early mainframe computer music, fluxus-lineage borderline nonsense, complete and utter chaos, doomy chamber pop, and quiet melancholy." MILKFACTORY: "Keith Fullerton Whitman has... established himself as a truly eclectic musician with an impressive ability to switch from full-on hardcore drum n' bass to the most introverted and organic music. Nothing seems too complex for him to handle..." MR WHITMAN SPREADS HIS WINGS ON HIS NEW DISC FROM KRANKY KRANKY KRANK081CD CD ___________________________________________________________________ SOUL / FUNK VARIOUS 'GALACTIC SOUL' BBE 'Galactic Soul' weaves classic 60's & 70's R'n'b with hip hop along with generous helpings of 'space rock' and what GEORGE CLINTON called interplanetary funkmanship. Modern recording techniques have given us a greater ability to produce music that defies previous attempts at genre-risation. Combining organic sounds with electronic advances has broadened our aural pleasure, & music journalists the world over have often used comparisons with outer space in their attempts to summarise the new sound, witness David Frick (BILLBOARD) coining the phrase 'Space Rock' in 1968 to describe PINK FLOYD's music. Galactic Soul is about magical rhythms you have never heard before, it is about spirit, desires, self esteem, it is about the contemporary black experience reclaiming the gifts left from a spiritual heritage... every human being participates in the cosmos and is unalterably bound to it.... Enjoy this album. Featuring tracks from artists like PLANT LIFE, DJ SPINNA, DJ JAZZY JEFF, ROY AYERS, THE REBIRTH, FOUR TET, LIZZ FIELDS and DAWN PENN. THIS IS SPACE FUNK AND SOUL.... OUT OF THIS WORLD! BBE BBECD053 CD BBELP053 2LP ___________________________________________________________________ WORLD NATACHA ATLAS 'THE BEST OF' MANTRA FOR ALL PROMO ENQUIRIES FOR THIS RELEASE PLEASE CONTACT MEL LAKE (NSW / QLD ) Mel Lake quietlysuburban@bigpond.com OR ANGELA CHIEW angela@remotecontrolrecords.com.au ALL OTHER STATES 'The Best of Natacha Atlas' is a retrospective on the five solo albums so far recorded by one of the very few singers to effectively unite the powers and languages of the popular music's of the Middle East and Europe. The sweeping energy, wild rhythms and seductively slithering maqams of Middle Eastern music are at last beginning to excite the opinion-formers, moving in on the fashionable end of Western club culture. NATACHA ATLAS has not just been a pioneer in that; right from her first solo album, 1995's 'Diaspora' - and even before that as a member of the band that were there pretty much before anyone, TRANSGLOBAL UNDERGROUND - her music has been fully-formed evidence that here is a collision of cultures of great potency. The title 'Best Of...' perhaps implies that if you listen to this compilation you can skip the rest, but that's very much not the case. This one isn't a digest; seven of the sixteen tracks are as they are on her albums, but the other nine consist of new mixes or edits, some with new vocals, some excellent re-workings and one song not on any of her existing CDs. Keep the CD running after the last track, and by way of a coda you'll hear an example of just what an impressive live performer Natacha Atlas is: a version recorded live in France of "Moustahil" a song that originally appeared on 'Halim'. Also available on DVD all of Natacha Atlas' solo videos and those shot with her band, Transglobal Underground, as well as interviews and live footage. DVD 9 - ALL REGION compatible - PAL. MIDDLE EAST MEETS EUROPE ON THIS BEAUTIFUL RETROSPECTIVE MANTRA MNTCD1036 CD MNTDVD1037 DVD ___________________________________________________________________ HIP HOP HAIKU D'ETAT 'COUP DE THEATRE' DECON HAIKU D'ETAT is the reunion of three of the West Coast most influential MC's: ACEYALONE and MIKAH 9 (FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP) and ABSTRACT RUDE of (ABSTRACT TRIBE UNIQUE). With production from FAT JACK, CHIEF XCEL (BLACKALICIOUS), PMG and SPACEK, and lyrical contributions from BUSDRIVER, BLACKALICIOUS, LATEEF and LYRICS BORN, this album highlights the best that West Coast hip hop has to offer. DJ MAG Record of the Month "These poets are rewriting the rule book and prove that sometimes the mic is mightier than the sword."... URB "Technically mesmerizing... a lyricist wet dream." ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "Virtuosic microphone fiends Aceyalone, Mikah 9 and Abstract Rude set loose over a dozen sparse beats that give them space to take risk... Top 10 Underground Record of the Year". DVD contains exclusive concert extracts, videoclips and various never seen before Haiku D'Etat footage. THE BEST OF WEST COAST HIP HOP - WITH THREE OF THE BEST DECON DCN13CD CD+DVD DCN15LP 2LP ___________________________________________________________________ BEATS MR SCRUFF 'MRS CRUFF (REISSUE)' NINJA TUNE The very famous MR. SCRUFF makes a welcome return to our stereos via this wonderful re-issue of his debut album from 1997, the long out of print 'Mrs. Cruff'. The album brings together the best of the first Mr Scruff 12"s previously released on PLEASURE RECORDS. The CD has the original track listing, with the addition of "Bonce" and "After Time". The triple vinyl has nine tracks. All tracks have been remastered. Mr. Scruff is a big name around the world and one of NINJA TUNE's biggest artists, his DJ sets are renowned for becoming epic events of fun music and free love. He is now a much-loved performer on these shores too after a successful recent tour of Australia. Features the legendary track "Chicken in a Box" - now available on CD for the first time! Rather than a loose collection of unrelated tunes, this is another strong addition to the Scruff canon, and will tide over the demand till his next studio album...checkit! MR SCRUFF'S INFECTIOUS DEBUT REISSUED NINJA TUNE ZENCD112 CD ZEN112 3x12 ___________________________________________________________________ BEATS / DVD AUDIO AMON TOBIN 'SPLINTER CELL 3 - DVD AUDIO EDITION' NINJA TUNE NB: THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL DVD AUDIO VERSION OF AMON TOBIN'S LATEST ALBUM, IT IS MIXED IN 5.1 SURROUND SOUND AND CONTAINS AUDIO ONLY (NO VISUALS)... For the third instalment of the "Splinter Cell" series of games, makers UBISOFT decided to employ NINJA TUNES' very own AMON TOBIN to create a revolutionary soundtrack. Possibly the first "proper" videogame soundtrack to be released as an album in its own right, this is also a blinding record, another worthy addition to Tobin's ever-developing catalogue... featuring his trademark dark, moody bass runs and soundscaped beats. 'Splinter Cell' is an electronic record made almost entirely from acoustic instruments, every sound has been lovingly warped and re-warped, handcrafted and caressed before having thousands of volts shot through it for that trademark Amon adrenalin rush. This is classic Amon Tobin, with yet another extra dimension. A superb follow-up to albums like 'Supermodified', 'Bricolage' and 'Out From Out Where'. Also available: standard CD version in deluxe packaging (ZENCD100) and LP (ZEN100). THE SILENT BRAZILIAN... IN 5.1 SURROUND SOUND... EGADS! NINJA TUNE ZENDVA100 DVA ___________________________________________________________________ DVD // DVD // DVD // DVD // DVD // DVD // DVD // DVD // DVD // DVD // DVD ___________________________________________________________________ INDIE / ALT VARIOUS 'UMBRELLAS IN THE SUN' LTM 'Umbrellas in the Sun' is the first DVD to feature some of the most highly regarded artist from cult labels FACTORY RECORDS, FACTORY BENELUX and LES DISQUES DU CREPUSCULE. Over 2 hours of rare footage, all material was filmed between 1980 and 1985. Some of the major artists and tracks that feature are, NEW ORDER ("Everythings Gone Green"), JOSEF K ("Sorry For Laughing") A CERTAIN RATIO ("Back To The Start") CABARET VOLTAIRE ("Slugging For Jesus") TUXEDOMOON ("Litebulb Overkill") and DURUTTI COLUMN's ("Marie Louise Gardens") + many more. The recording of "Everything's Gone Green" is one of New Order's earliest live recordings and this is one of the first performances of the song. Containing both studio and live footage 'Umbrellas In The Sun' provides the prefect snapshot of a definitive genre. The DVD is multi region and features detailed sleeve notes and artwork by Benoit Hennebert. êêêêê UNCUT DVD Feature review in current issue. HISTORY OF LEGENDARY FACTORY RECORDS - FIRST TIME ON DVD LTM LTMDVD2400 DVD ___________________________________________________________________ ROCK GHOST 'METAMORPHOSIS' DRAG CITY GHOST are a collective of psychedelic-minded Japanese musicians headed by guitarist MASAKI BATOH, Ghost records commune-minded free-range psychedelia with equal debts to the CAN/AMON DÜÜL axis of Krautrock, as well as West Coast psych units like BLUE CHEER and JEFFERSON AIRPLANE. From twenty years of performances, many of them hidden from the public eye, GHOST give you 'Metamorphosis: Ghost Chronicles 1984-2004' DVD + CD. What you will find in the nearly three hours of footage on the DVD: improvisations, one-time-only band lineups, unknown band lineups, unknown places, performances in temples, psychedelic costumes, bonfires, freak-outs and trances, the visual analog of a song from 'Temple Stone', footage from Terrastock, a variety of light shows and a demonstration for the oppressed people of Tibet. Over the course of the twelve performances, a total of thirty different songs are played - with a couple of extras thrown in for good measure. The 'Metamorphosis' package includes a CD of unreleased tracks from the previously undocumented 80s era of Ghost. Several in-studio improvisations are included, along with several live freak-outs and a pair of outtakes from the first Ghost album. 'Metamorphosis' will excite the visual passions of the Ghost fanbase - part of their psychedelic appeal that can't be underestimated! This DVD is ALL REGION compatible - NTSC. CD & DVD COLLECTION PROVIDING A RARE INSIGHT INTO 20 YEARS OF GHOST DRAG CITY DC279DVD DVD+CD ___________________________________________________________________ CD EP // CD SINGLE // CD EP // CD SINGLE // CD EP // CD SINGLE ___________________________________________________________________ INDIE / ALT SPOON 'I TURN MY CAMERA ON' MATADOR FOR ALL PROMO ENQUIRIES FOR THIS RELEASE PLEASE CONTACT MEL LAKE (NSW / QLD ) Mel Lake quietlysuburban@bigpond.com OR ANGELA CHIEW angela@remotecontrolrecords.com.au ALL OTHER STATES Staggeringly, Spoon are now on their sixth album, the recent TRIPLE J FEATURE ALBUM, 'Gimme Fiction' OLE6602. 'I Turn My Camera On' is a sinister-sounding single with a nagging bass hook and sleazy vocals, courtesy of Britt Daniels. It is primarily concerned with failed relationships but a line such as "I turn my camera on / I turn my feelings on / it made me untouchable for life" provides few clues. Lyrical ambiguity aside, 'I Turn My Camera On' is possibly the most sordid sounding thing one could hear this year, and for that alone Spoon should be applauded. The CD single features two non-album tracks "Carry Out Kids" and "You Was It". The 7" single features the demo version of "I Turn My Camera On". MATADOR OLE6622 CDS OLE6627 7 ___________________________________________________________________ ELECTRONIC HANNE HUKKELBURG 'CAST ANCHOR EP' LEAF Stunning new signing to THE LEAF LABEL, potentially their biggest signing to date. A graduate of Oslo's National Academy of Music, HANNE HUKKELBERG has incorporated piano, banjo, fiddle, accordion, violin, glockenspiel, glass bottles, and bicycle spokes to create a warm set of campfire songs made intimate by her mellifluous voice. This release needs to walk onto the must have lists of all discerning CD buyers, and especially those who have bought albums by JOANNA NEWSOM, COCOROSIE and EMILIANA TORRINI recently as well as fans of NINA SIMONE, CAT POWER and STINA NORDENSTAM. Strictly limited...get in quick to hear the gorgeous voice of Hanne Hukkelburg. êêêê TOUCH "Jazz tinged Billie Holiday styled vocals, perfect hangover music ... TIME OUT Nick Hornby's (author) "Pick of The Month" ... êêêê* WIRE "When I saw her live I knew there was something magical about it" NORWEIGEN CHANTEUSE FROM THE SAME LABEL AS SUSUMU YOKOTA LEAF DOCK42CD CDEP ___________________________________________________________________ BEATS DWIGHT TRIBLE & THE LIFE FORCE TRIO 'EQUIPOISE EP' NINJA TUNE Attention all music lovers - NINJA TUNE have something very special to present, read on... DWIGHT TRIBLE is a Los Angeles legend, having worked with everyone from HARRY BELAFONTE to the PHARAOH SANDERS QUARTET. The LFT is a special group of cutting-edge contemporary musicians. CARLOS NIÑO (LA-based and one half of AMMONCONTACT) invited Trible onto his radio show and soon afterwards, a breathtaking new collaboration was born, straddling old soul with contemporary electronic production - the wonderful new album they created combines sixties-inspired avant garde/spiritual jazz with the hottest beats the city had to offer. "Equipoise" is the first single from the forthcoming LP and was produced by SA-RA CREATIVE PARTNERS (Gilles Peterson Worldwide Act of Year, and apparently both KANYE WEST and JAY-Z, are after them for future projects). A squelching slab of eighties-styled funk re-tooled for the future and combined with a treated, dubbed out vocal which makes Trible sound like God on a telephone. Also on the 12" are new productions by MADLIB and SA RA collaborator GEORGIA-ANNE MULDROW. NINJA TUNE ZENCDS167 CDEP ZEN12167 12 ___________________________________________________________________ BEATS THE HERBALISER 'GENERALS' NINJA TUNE Brand new single from the forthcoming Herbaliser album - and what a track! The mastermind behind this explosion of dysfunctional rhyme armament is long-time HERBALISER collaborator JEAN GRAE who decided to bust out a group of frontline MC soldiers from right across the USA and bring them together to cause mayhem, they are TRAP CLAPPA, CHEECH MARINA, DADDY MILLS, A.K., MACGUYVER, and of course Jean Grae. The Herbaliser, revelling in their production role, captured the essence of this madness and set it to music. Horn fanfares, machine gun drum fills, strings played on razor wire. The Herbaliser served "The Generals" up as the first course from an album that promises to bite back...'Take London!' An album that shows that the Herbaliser have lost none of their appetite for the fray, or for the constant self-improvement which has made them one of the UK's most consistent hip hop production teams of the last decade. NINJA TUNE ZENCDS166 CDEP ZEN12166 12 ___________________________________________________________________ VINYL ALBUM // VINYL ALBUM // VINYL ALBUM // VINYL ALBUM ___________________________________________________________________ BEATS KATALYST 'MANIPULATING AGENT' INVADA NO PROMO AVAILABLE!!!!!! - Please do not request. For those who like their beats strong and addictive, you can't go past the skills of ASHLEY ANDERSON a.k.a KATALYST. Having made his mark on the beats scene with his Aria-nominated debut album - 'Manipulating Agent' (INVCD010) and later the remix masterpiece 'Agent Manipulated' (INVCD011) where the likes of RHIBOSOME, CRACKPOT, KOOLISM's DANIELSAN and DYNAMO PRODUCTIONS added their own unique touch to the tunes. 'Manipulating Agent' broke new ground in 2002 - winning Best Album and Best Producer in the 2002 Dance Music Awards. Featuring GIFT OF GAB (BLACKALICIOUS) and cuts by LEEROY BROWN. Katalyst's diversity as a producer is evident by his recent collaborations - from "Get Busy" with VASSY to "Let The Music Talk" with RuCL. Katalyst has remixed and produced projects for numerous artists, including Dynamo Productions, MCKAY, ERAN JAMES, Gift of Gab (Blackalicious) and MACHINE GUN FELLATIO with PORTISHEAD's GEOFF BARROW. Katalyst has recently toured with JACK JOHNSON, DONOVAN FRANKENREITER, G-LOVE and XAVIER RUDD. This limited-edition double vinyl contains all 16 tracks that featured on the original CD release! MANIPULATING AGENT NOW AVAILABLE ON DOUBLE LP INVADA INVLP016 2LP ___________________________________________________________________ VINYL SINGLE // VINYL SINGLE // VINYL SINGLE // VINYL SINGLE NO PROMO AVAILABLE!!!!!! - Please do not request. ___________________________________________________________________ ELECTRONIC AFX aka APHEX TWIN 'ANALORD08' REPHLEX Number 8 in the ANALORD series, you should know by now how amazing this series is! Don't miss the eighth installment in the series. Side A = "PWSteal.Ldpinch.D" + "Backdoor.Berbew.Q" / Side B = "W32.Deadcode.A" + "Backdoor.Spyboter.A" REPHLEX ANALORD08 12 ___________________________________________________________________ ELECTRONIC / SOUL JAMIE LIDELL 'WHEN I COME BACK AROUND' WARP JAMIE LIDELL, soul vocalist extraordinaire, releases his first solo recording in five years. A boundary breaking British soul vocalist beyond your wildest imagination, this is the first taste of Jamie Lidell's extraordinary forthcoming 'Multiply', a twisted R&B album with all the hallmarks of a vintage classic. Some may also know Lidell from his previous work in SUPER_COLLIDER or recall his smokey crooner vocals on MATTHEW HERBERT'S BIG BAND project. Lidell's music evokes the power, pop and emotion of MARVIN GAYE, CURTIS MAYFIELD and even peak-period MICHAEL JACKSON, immersed in the energy and virtuosity of production masterminds like QUINCY JONES or HERBIE HANCOCK while all done in the inimitable Lidell style. THE WIRE "A soul voice fried in honey like Sly Stone or Prince." Side A = "When I Come Back Around" / Side B = "Little Bit More" + "The City" WARP WAP191 12 ___________________________________________________________________ HIP HOP HAIKU D'ETAT 'MIKE, AARON & EDDIE' DECON Haiku D'Etat is back with the follow-up to their 2000 debut and the lead single off the record is crazy! The track is called "Mike, Aaron & Eddie" and features 3 of the West Coast's most talented lyricists killing it over a Fat Jack production. The B-side "All Good Things" is an ode to all the beautiful ladies in the world and is a great complement to the up-tempo vibes of the A side. "Side A = "Mike, Aaron & Eddie" (Radio) + (Instrumental) + (Acapella) / Side B = "All Good Things" (Radio) + (Instrumental) + (Acapella) DECON DCN14 12 ___________________________________________________________________ BREAKS / HIP HOP BAOBINGA 'THE GOOD THE BAD THE UGLY PART 3' CYBERFUNK The third and final part of this essential series is brought to you by 2005 Breakspoll "Best Breakthrough Artist" nominee BAOBINGA. "Jack Ya Body" features 30 HZ, and has already achieved anthem status with it's squelchy rolling bass and infectious bleeps and squeaks, whilst "J's War" is a little more progressive with Detroit style riffs and an uplifting groove "Positive Vibes" is collaboration with ORIS JAY, and features feel good vocals and chunky drums and "Play God" explores a harder and darker edge to Baobinga's production. DJ support from AQUASKY, BREAKFASTAZ, QUEST, AUTOBOTS, ED209 and more. Side A = "Jack Ya Body" / Side B = "J's War" / Side C = "Positive Vibes" / Side D = "Play God" CYBERFUNK CFUNK020 2x12 ___________________________________________________________________ BREAKS ELITE FORCE 'SHADOWBOX' KINGSIZE The first ELITE FORCE release on KINGSIZE featuring two breakbeat tracks, "Shadowbox" and "Ghetto Fabulous", the former being a huge, percussive, distorted, peak time breaks track with the balls-out attitude of punk and impeccable dancefloor sensibilities while it's counterpart features trademark pitch-shifted vocals and electronic funk. Both tracks recently took the roof of at FABRIC for BREAKSPOLL, with DJ support coming from all the major heads! Side A = "Shadowbox" / Side B = "Ghetto Fabulous" KINGSIZE KS94 12 ___________________________________________________________________ BREAKS SPLITLOOP 'HEY BABY' SOUND OF HABIB Irish boys SPLITLOOP continue their stream of stunning breakbeat cuts with "Hey Baby", which combines big system bass and diva style vocals. On the flip, "Still In Love" adds a touch of funk to its devastating bass for maximum dancefloor effect. Side A = "Hey Baby" / Side B = "Still In Love" SOUND OF HABIB SOHR016 12 ___________________________________________________________________ HARD DANCE ALPHAZONE 'FLASHBACK' NUKLEUZ GREEN ALPHAZONE return to their UK home on NUKLEUZ after the dancefloor smashing "Revelation" "Flashback" is already gaining underground notoriety as the must have hard trance tune! Gaining support from all the major trance DJs worldwide! Will be appearing on upcoming 'Hard House Anthem 6: Live At The Academy' Mixed by LISA PIN-UP and CALLY & JUICE Side A = Original Club Mix / Side B = Dave Joy Remix NUKLEUZ GREEN 0681PNUK 12 ___________________________________________________________________ HARD DANCE VARIOUS 'UMM HOUSE PLAYLIST VOL 1 SAMPLER' NUKLEUZ Killer house tunes taken from or inspired by UMM's debut album 'House Playlist Vol 1' Featuring funky-tech fuelled crowd hyper "Louder" by gurus DEEPGROOVE, a funky workout from MOS resident and legend TOM NEVILLE and an electro funk remix of QUALIA's "The Watcher" by rising sensation YER MAN! Side A = DEEPGROOVE "Louder" / Side B = TOM NEVILLE "Married Men" + QUALIA "The Watcher" (Yer Man's Donnington Club Mix) NUKLEUZ 0682PUMM 12 ___________________________________________________________________ HOUSE PHILLIPE & FITCH 'PASS THE FUNK' ILLEGAL BEATS A slice of summertime funk from US / UK production team Phillips & Fitch. Remix comes courtesy of Spanish hotshots Balearic Soul who are gaining recognition for their remixes and production for DJ Chus's Stereo label The Balearic Soul Remix has become a DTPM anthem over the last four months since resident Guy Williams first got his hands on a demo CD Side A = "Pass The Funk" / Side B = "Pass The Funk" Balearic Soul Remix ILLEGAL BEATS JALILL17 12 ___________________________________________________________________ TECH HOUSE HUNTEMANN presents 'SWEET SENSATION' GIGOLO Sweet Sensation is a massive record. It has all the necessary components for a great dancing Gigolo hit. The sounds consist of a piercing synth melody, a hard flat kick drum, funky hi-hat and a menacing metallic bass groove Computer electronics tinkle over the intro of B-side Femme Fatale. But when the grinding bass line kicks in it proves to be just as strong a track as Sweet Sensation Side A = "Sweet Sensation" / Side B = "Femme Fatale" GIGOLO GIGOLO153 12 ___________________________________________________________________ DRUM & BASS MOOD II SWING 'I GOT LOVE' BINGO BEATS This release should definitely hit it big in the liquid side of the scene, as well as crossing over in the larger events due to the patronage of label boss ZINC. Originally a house track, these remixes come courtesy of LOGISTICS, who give it a makeover in their trademarked warm bassy style, and CHASE and STATUS, who further their reputation with a deeper, steppy remix, and a different twist on the synths. Side A = Logistics Remix / Side B = Chase & Status Remix BINGO BEATS BINGO027 12 ___________________________________________________________________ DRUM & BASS RAY KEITH 'STILL STANDING PART 4' DREAD Final part of the 'Still Standing' EP series and it's stuffed full of remixes of some 24 carat classics! Features two mixes from a new addition to the DREAD roster, BLADERUNNER, one from the don himself, RAY KEITH, and one from PENNY BLACK artist SERUM, with a jungle ragga mix of the Philly Blunt classic "Girls Dem Want it". Side A = "Terrordome 2005" (Bladerunner remix) / Side B = "Come On Girl VIP" (Ray Keith Remix) / Side C = "Girls Dem Want It 2005" (Serum remix) / Side D = "Chopper 2005" (Bladerunner remix) DREAD DREAD53 2x12 ___________________________________________________________________ DRUM & BASS OUTRAGE 'PATIENTS / REBEL' METALHEADZ Debut 12" on METALHEADZ for OUTRAGE who has been building a reputation with releases on SPIRIT's INNERACTIVE LABEL, forthcoming bits on the Metalheadz album, and BAILEY's 'Intasound'. Both "Patients" and "Rebel" have been getting hammered for the last few months by all the Metalheadz DJs. Side A = "Patients" / Side B = "The Rebel" METALHEADZ METH061 12 ___________________________________________________________________ DRUM & BASS FUTURE PROPHESIS 'CONCRETE COMBAT EP' MOVING SHADOW Here the Norwegian duo conjures up four edgy tracks. From the grimey bass, echoing war cries and solid beats of the title track, to the buzzing, stuttering chainsaw basslines of equally dancefloor friendly "417", and the rising strings and flutes of the operatic workout that is "The Dawn" to the euphoric harmonies and driving stabs of "Final Fantasy. Side A = "Concrete Combat" / Side B = "Final Fantasy" / Side C = "The Dawn" / Side D = "417" MOVING SHADOW MSXEP037 2 x 12 ___________________________________________________________________ DRUM & BASS NU:TONE 'SEVEN YEARS (MATRIX REMIX) / STAY STRONG' HOSPITAL Second single from the debut NU:TONE album is this heavyweight MATRIX dancefloor remix of "7 Years" featuring the vocals of NATALIE WILLIAMS. This is the first time Matrix has done something for the label and he hasn't failed to deliver, turning it into a big room monster with dubplate support from DJ MARKY, HIGH CONTRAST, and TOTAL SCIENCE. "Stay Strong" on the other hand is a deeper sub driven affair and with its infectiously dirty guitar licks, it's become a favourite of MARCUS INTALEX and LTJ BUKEM. Side A = "Seven Years" Matrix Remix / Side B = "Stay Strong" HOSPITAL NHS87 12 ___________________________________________________________________ DRUM & BASS RAW BUD VS RONI SIZE 'RISE UP' FULL CYCLE With the blessings of RONI SIZE (and original vocalist SWEETIE IRIE) DUB WAR mash-up Roni's "Rise Up", resulting in a punk rock anthem described as being like "Motorhead meets Ragga" There is also another remix courtesy of RAM Recordings' Nightbreed. This release is a very limited edition of 300 green & red splatter grand slam coloured vinyl copies! Side A = "Rise Up" (Roni Size Original) + "Rise Up" (OrigRaw Bud Bootleg Version) / Side B = "Rise Up" (Nightbreed 'Book Of Shadows' mix) FULL CYCLE RUN002TVS 12 ___________________________________________________________________ DRUM & BASS DJ TRACE & TACTILE 'BODY MOVE' COMMERCIAL SUICIDE It's been a while, but DJ TRACE returns to vinyl in condition with Hungarian super producer TACTILE for some D&B with a techno soul, "Body Move" is absolutely quality rollage. Rising distant vocal chants and lush chords float against acidic bleeps before sliding effortlessly into pulsating sub bass and driving percussion. "In My Brain" gets nasty whilst still retaining an intense minimal techno edge. Side A = "Body Move" / Side B = "My Brain" COMMERCIAL SUICIDE SUICIDE026 12 ___________________________________________________________________ DRUM & BASS DJ FRICTION & NU BALANCE 'SOUL SURFER / AGAIN AND AGAIN' VALVE FRICTION makes his debut on VALVE, along with partner in crime NU BALANCE. "Soulsurfer" is a liquid tune featuring the vocals of SHANIE (of ALEX PARTY and "Cybaspace" fame). "Again & Again" is a touch angrier, jazzy chords and melodies gradually give way to amen and pounding bass. Both tracks featured in the mix on the Valve 'Spectrum' album. Side A = "Soul Surfer" / Side B = "Again & Again" VALVE VLV016 12