Hey AJlist posse,
Got some good new 12"s yesterday. Been rounding out my buying a bit
to fatten up my West London sets.
Future Homosapiens Vs. Fukutomi "Peg"
This is old, but sounds fresh to me. I head straight for the landmass
remix. Production quality is good, great ticky percussion - fits in
nicely with Jazznova remixes of Burnin and Get Into My Groove...
Flashy, tight guitar stabs, great bassline. Arrangement is very nice
and drawn out - worthy of a nice long play. Barbara Tucker does well
on vocals, not amazing, but quite nice. We like :) Flip has a shaky
house mix that I'm not really in to and a more abstracted Landmass
mix, but it's more of a "breaks dub", no vocals and less solid
arrangement.
Be Bop Dawg - Les Infant (Dynamite Joint)
The title cut is cooled out, city jazzyness with lazy splash
percussion and thick smoky ambience. Strong Joe Zawinul flavor on the
keys, and with mysterious French female vocal clips. This presents a
bit of an issue to me because I don't speak French :) The next track,
Flatbush Morning, ironically samples the break from Weather Report's
125th Street Congress. I dig, but I'm not really listening to it as
closely - it relies on the break so heavily that it's incredibly
overshadowed by the tune it samples. By the way, that Weather Report
track is BAAAAAAD, and sorely underplayed. The flip has a Catalyst
(alex attias, mustang, etc) remix on it, which is driven, uptempo
programmed bossa. I ordered the 12 because of Alex's involvement.
Uses similar string sounds from his release on Visions, but reminds
me most strongly of the Ariwa remix he did for Tony Allen (on Comet).
Hospital Records: Out Patients (v/a)
I bought this huge 4lp pack for one reason alone: "Action" by
Fukutomi. That boy can tear it up! Absolutely stuttered, clipped
beats and thick, dry synth solos. West London style from Japan. I
will be playing the crap out of this one :) I am sure that there's
some excellent music elsewhere on the comp but I have not stopped
playing Action yet! Lovely! It doesn't move a whole hell of a lot,
but the synth workout is cool and different. Very moogy with
virtually no effects. I'm sure it will tear up an open minded
dancefloor...
Phlash - Plash3000 pt1 (estereo)
Very nice Phil Asher house release. The A-side has very nice live
instrumentation, but has an overall lacking in funk for my tastes.
The drum programming is just hyper-quantized - the tune swings not at
all.. The B-side makes it worth it for me. "Participate" has Marcus
Begg on vocals (whom I have had a soft spot for ever since his
Ne-Grove release on Pure Filth) and Alex Attias and Daz I Que
handling some of the mixing / post production duties. Very nice
London soul house with, er, motivational vocals. Sparkly, groovy
tune. Not mind blowing but great transitional material.
I also picked up Mark De Clive-Lowe's LP but I need to digest that
one... It seems quite lovely.
cheers,
.aaron shinn
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