The priorities of University required a little break from the Girl Trouble blog. Now that the exams are finished it must be time for another best of the week, or more like the best music of the last month. For that very reason there is loads to enjoy, with Polish funky, house music from L.A., disco oddities and much more...
Coming with limited details and an unknown artist on edit/production duties, this deceptively simple slice of cosmic disco is finding its way into the right DJ’s record boxes. Fans of Todd Terje or Lindstrom will love this record. Available now on the International Feel label/Download: Unknown-Turmerica
From the recent Mickey Moonlight EP of the same name on French label Ed Banger, this cut is far more subtle and groove orientated than the likes of Justice and Sebastian, but just as appealing. The live sounding bass and subdued vocals give this tune a certain touch of class/Download: Mickey Moonlight-Love Pattern
With a weird science fiction intro and stuttering electro beat, I was surprised to find Morgan Geist on the remix credit, the Environ Records boss taking the original on a journey into almost Kraftwerk-like territory. Another essential release from I’m A Cliché/Download: Bot’Ox-Overdrive (Morgan Geist remix)
House music from Los Angeles, SECT is a collaborative affair between four up and coming producers who have featured on hip tech-house labels Dirtybird and Airdrop previously, and deliver trippy beats and samples that remind me of labels like Tirk and Permanent Vacation/Download: SECT-Thieve $krilla
Far removed from the R&B influenced garage you’d expect from MJ Cole, the Riddim EP features tough beats full of bleeps and pulsing basslines, this cut is my favorite across the four tracks but they are all outstanding. A great record for the open minded DJ/Download: MJ Cole-Flux Riddim
Another essential piece of music from Dublin based All City Records, former Detroit duo Houseshoes now call Los Angeles home, but still deliver the sort of beats you’d associate with Motor City legends Slum Village. Taken from All City’s L.A. series Vol.4, and released on 10” vinyl/Download: Houseshoes-Newports
After releases for Mule Musiq and Compost, Portuguese duo Johnwaynes deliver their best record yet for Endless Flight, supplying tech-house filled with disco touches and Moodymann-like slow and funky beats, this is also available on their Soundcloud page/Download-Johnwaynes-Get Up (Just John mix)
Available on the digital version of the ‘Phaze: One’ EP, out now on Tempa Records, this cut identifies with all the things that make Benga such a fascinating producer; intricate dubstep beats, melancholic Aphex-style textures, and mutant basslines/Download: Benga-Transform
Bristol label Black Acre continue to solidify their reputation with another killer release, this time Dark Sky stars with a cut that sounds a lot like the recent output of contemporaries Scuba and Pinch, with funky rhythms creeping in on the Detroit-like atmospherics and subsonic bass/Download: Dark Sky-Something to Lose
The jury is out on Kelis’ recent output, but this remix Paris-based duo Acid Washed seems to suit her vocal perfectly, somehow reminding me of Giorgio Moroder’s production for Donna Summer. Not many details available on this one so perhaps it is a bootleg/Download: Kelis-Acapella (Acid Washed remix)
Fresh from the Trouble and Bass label, this cut showcases an outstanding remix from the ever improving L-Vis 1990, and features a trademark half-time intro and banging broken rhythm. The EP also comes with a Brackles rework of this Krakow-based producer/Download: Supra 1-Still Believe feat. Amy Douglas (L-Vis 1990 remix)
South East London’s Hardhouse Banton has been a favourite with me since hearing his awesome funky anthem ‘Sirenz’, so this remix from the man of the moment Roska seems destined for goodness, and damn does it deliver with a combination of tough beats and smooth textures working a treat. Released as an internet freebie only, get yours now/Download: Hardhouse Banton-Reign (Roska’s ‘ard Food remix)
Another Polish outfit, the city Krakow is turning into a new hotbed of talented producers; Teezy & Zeppy deliver a wobbly slice of quirky funky tinged house music. This is a free download sourced from XLR8R magazine, but be on the lookout for an upcoming release on Top Billin’/Download: Teezy & Zeppy-MTP Riddim
Recent collaborations with Ginz and Cosmin TRG show that Baobinga is a producer is much demand right now, and with twisted post-garage beats like this it is not hard to see why. Releasing tracks since 2002, this is out on his own Build Recordings/Download: Baobinga-Ride It
Clever name, and equally clever music, the mysterious Tiger & Woods deliver a slice of disco-house that doesn’t try and get to musical, preferring to tighten up the groove and lay down the fatback funk. Available as a limited white label release on Editainment/Download: Tiger & Woods-Deflowered
Swiss producer Secondo follows releases on Soul Jazz and Dreck Records with this catchy remix of UK trio Kinema. Blessed with perfectly placed percussion and warm rising pads, this cut reminds me of recent outings from The Revenge and Henrik Schwarz/Download: Kinema-Circles (Secondo remix)
Portuguese producer Roulet gets remixed by Londoner Girl Unit, both producers recently featuring with DJ mixes for FACT magazine. This is sub exploding foot stomping goodness, kind of like hearing ‘92 era hardcore reborn all over again, but with better production and ideas/Download: Roulet-Kitamanda (Girl Unit remix)
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