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Frank Booker / Eddie C / Black Truffle / LTJ Experience

Let's Dance Vol 2

Funkyjaws Music

Funkyjaws Music is back with more music to make your jaw go funky, this time in the form of a second volume of its Let's Dance series. It features a quartet of esteemed tune makers starting with Frank Booker's 'Yes No Maybe' which is a horn laced and loose-limbed delight, while go-slow master Eddie C brings his classy touch to the funky licks of 'Love Dancing Theme.' There are plenty of cosmic synth waves to Black Truffle's 'Dancing Through The Night' while the LTJ Xperience close down with a super laid back and summery vibe on 'Sunny Groove.'

TRACK LISTING

Frank Booker - Yes No Maybe
Eddie C - Love Dancing Theme
Black Truffle - Dancing Through The Night
LTJ Xperience - Sunny Groove

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Lay Far / Admin / Rahaan / Delfonic

Let's Dance Vol 1

Funkyjaws Music

Funkyjaws Music launches a new edits series here with four absolute dons of the form on one vital 12". It's Lay Far that kicks off with 'Never Ever Edit' which is all horn-led excitement and upbeat disco claps and kicks before Admin's 'Moon Trippin' takes a more slow and soulful approach. When it comes to edits few are more essential than Chicago's Rahaan who kicks off the B-side with 'Gonna Get Ya', a leggy funk number infused with cosmic synth rays and warm piano chords. Delfonic shuts down with the loose percussive jumbles and jazzy vibes of 'Let's Dance The Spank'. A fine start to the series with volume two already in the works.

STAFF COMMENTS

Mine says: High octane disco-house sunshine here from four major players. Let's Dance sets out their stall in fine style.

TRACK LISTING

Lay Far - Never Ever Edit
Admin - Moon Trippin
Rahaan - Gonna Get Ya
Delfonic - Let's Dance The Spank

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Scruscru / Dwaal

Destination? Funk! / Camelot Chill

Scruniversal

This is the third installment in the Local Sugar Diggers Series from Scruniversal in which old and rare records from the label head's friends' collections get reworked and edited. This one is a collab between ScruScru and an equally passionate digger from Cyprus known as Dwaal. Both tunes offer quite different looks but with great results. The first is the steamy and loose-limbed 'Destination? Funk!' with its squelchy bass and neat guitar riffs, while the flipside is a super deep and lush downtempo jam, 'Camelot Chill'. This one has romantic sax notes and gentle grooves with jazzy keys finishing it in style.

TRACK LISTING

Destination? Funk!
Camelot Chill

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Baz Bradley

Magic Wand Special Editions Vol. 9

Magic Wand

Magic Wand welcomes Baz Bradley for a series of Special Editions that keep blissed-out late summer dancing sessions alive and possible even as days shorten and the sun fades away. He opens up with 'Soul Boys' (Acetate edit) which is an 80s disco jaunt with superb vocals and noodling funk rifts. 'Super Maxi' is a more stripped-back and aloof groove with sung-spoke vocals and hook melodies making for a weird yet wonderful vibe. 'Flight 207' (Gate One) is another slow-motion and dubbed-out disco funker then 'Burn The Candle' has a raw percussive twist.

STAFF COMMENTS

Mine says: I'm more than partial to the odd edit and I have to say Baz Bradley has knocked it out of the park here. Weird but catchy is my jam!

TRACK LISTING

Soul Boys (Acetate Edit)
Super Maxi
Flight 207 (Gate One)
Burn The Candle

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North End

Can't Put No Price On Love EP

Z Records

Originally recorded in the late 1970s and using many of the musicians employed by Diana Ross on her track 'The Boss', 'Can't Put No Price On Love' has long been regarded as North End's 'long lost' single - an inspired disco workout employing that pre-dates the Arthur Baker/Tony Carbone-helmed project's most famous song, Tee Scott/Larry Levan favourite 'Happy Days'. The original multitrack was unfortunately lost, but the track finally appears, 40-odd years after it was recorded. Whether what we're hearing was finished and mixed at the time is uncertain, but the 'Club Mix' is certainly authentic sounding - a genuinely energetic, joyous and effervescent New York disco number with full orchestration, addictive vocals (Jocelyn Brown & Dennis Collins on backing Vox) and a killer groove. Elsewhere across the EP, we get two versions of 'We Can't Live Like This Anymore' - the synth-laden, solo-heavy disco-boogie style original mix (B2) and a superb 'drum break' percussion tool (A2) - and a brilliantly low-slung instrumental dub-disco cover of The Temptations' 'Cloud 9'.

TRACK LISTING

Can't Put No Price On Love (Club Mix)
We Can't Live Like This Anymore (Drum Break)
Cloud 9
We Can't Live Like This Anymore

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Nina Simone & Lauryn Hill

The Miseducation Of Eunice Waymon

Amerigo Gazaway

With his latest Soul Mates Project, Amerigo Gazaway imagines a studio session between The High Priestess of Soul, Nina Simone, and living legend, Lauryn Hill. Continuing the 'collaborations that never were' theme of his previous releases, the producer seamlessly connects the dots between hip-hop and the genre’s predecessor, soul.

As usual, expect the slickest blends and mash-ups, leaving you questioning which are indeed the original productions and how the heck Gazaway does it! Simple the best in the business at this shit. Recommended!

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A1. Feeling Good
A2. Ready Or Not (feat The Fugees)
A3. Doo Wop (That Thing)
A4. To Zion (feat Carlos Santana)
B1. Fu-Gee-La (feat The Fugees)
B2. The Sweetest Thing (feat John Forte)
B3. Take It Easy
B4. Peace Of Mind
C1. Lost Ones
C2. Killing Me Softly
C3. If I Ruled The World (feat Nas)
C4. How Many Mics (feat The Fugees)
D1. So High (feat John Legend)
D2. Care For What
D3. Angel Of The Morning
D4. The Miseducation Of Eunice Waymon
D5. Fu-Gee-La (Refugee Camp Remix - Bonus Track)

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A Vision Of Panorama

Fusion To Illusion

Star Creature

Gotta say, I wasn't expecting this. Multifaceted producer AVOP - who's previously released on a wide range of labels - including Aficionado, Faze Action, Hell Yeah and many more - returns to one of his home stables with an album of Mediterrainian pleasure, touching on house, broken beats and Balearic boogie. It's a surprisingly house-orientated theme which guides the LP however, drizzled in a summer sun and blue sky aesthetic.

For those seeking a musical experience reminiscent of the iconic Larry Heard, Ron Trent & Kerri Chandler, delving into the enchanting sounds of A Vision Of Panorama is a journey well worth taking.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: The seriously talented AVOP drops a house flavoured album for Star Creature oozing with organic instrumentation, natural rhythms and radiant hooks. There's a bit of broken beat / jazz-funk flavour injected into proceedings too. Be sure to check if ya dig Maurice Fulton, Instant House, International Feel and the original deep house innovators.

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1. Fusion To Illusion 05:04
2. Piano Sunset 04:31
3. Imagery 04:18
4. Blue Water 03:20
5. Lost In Palms 05:02
6. The Crossing 04:33
7. Sensitive 04:06
8. Outro 03:07

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Blundetto X Pupajim

Tancarville

Les Rythmes Ruban

Les Rythmes Ruban invites you to immerse yourself again in the unique sonic universe of Pupajim and Blundetto. They welcome saxophonist Laurent Bardainne on "Les Plages du 22" and deliver 8 tracks blending roots reggae, French lyricism, a highly modern production aesthetic and elements of exotica, for a truly enchanting, slightly cinematic trip which is really quite unique. Give it a listen!

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A1. Rivage
A2. Groenland
A3. Tancarville
A4. Lampadaires

B1.Les Plages Du 22
B2. Cartons
B3. Ordures
B4. Parenthèses

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Frank Booker / Eddie C / Black Truffle / LTJ ExperienceLet's Dance Vol 2

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