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The Stanton Warriors
In this post-modern age of mix'n'match beats, the boundaries of style and genre have undergone dramatic evolution. The Stanton Sessions is the latest attempt to push the dancefloor envelope just that little bit further, bringing with them a hybrid stew of beefed-up electro, pounding breakbeats and anything else sufficiently deep and streetwise. As producers in their own right, home-grown cuts and remixes feature highly on this rough and ready session, yet when they're as good as the Harold Faltymer-aping "Da Antidote" or their subtle reworking of "Dooms Night", few would care to complain. Add to this a string of relentless break-driven monsters such as Layo & Bushw...
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Aim
British hip-hop has never had much of a musical pedigree, held back by an inability to compete with the brutal ghetto tales of from across the Atlantic. Cold Water Music, though, is the work of Aim, aka Mancunian DJ Andy Turner, and he's sidestepped the equation with an effortlessly eclectic album of slick, inventive instrumental hip-hop that guides the genre into uncharted territories. Aim succeeds where other Brit acts like the Herbaliser fail because he's conscious to avoid any hint of cliché. Cold Water Music boasts an eclecticism that's so disorientating that genre flows into genre with barely a hint of abrasion--the edgy inner-city pallor of "True To ...
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Mr Scruff
A product of post-Acid-House Manchester, Mr Scruff is a complete one-off; a cheeky innovator. His debut album is a bold statement, distinctive and confident. Keep It Unreal oscillates wildly between opposing styles--one moment Scruff's in deep, down-tempo dinner jazz territory, the next he's in Coldcut mode, chopping out superb big beat breaks with naughty hooklines to get you pogoing. At one extreme is the wacko humour of Spandex Man, bolshi Fatboy Slim breakbeat and a silly 1920s swing loop that'll make you grin. And then there's the even more ridiculous "Shanty Town", with samples of a Jacknory story about a whale. At the other end of the scale, is Scruff...
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Mr Scruff
On the back of a 23-date UK tour and being namechecked by Madonna, Andy Carthy's (aka Mr Scruff) sophomore album Trouser Jazz has certainly been worth the wait. Having built a formidable reputation on the DJ circuit, not least for his genre-defying and strenuously long sets, but also for his ability to hold down residences throughout the UK, he has missed two label deadlines for this album release. Brimming with humour and littered with his characteristically playful sampling shenanigans, Trouser Jazz is a joyous romp through funk, jazz, soul and hip-hop complete with commentary from children's TV presenters and fish references aplenty. "Here We Go" sets the...
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Hybrid,
Hybrid (mixed by)
Need a remix that clunks and bangs in all the right places? Where sub-aquatic bass-lines rattle the kidneys and angular breakbeats hold neat, military precision? Then you need Remix and Additional Production by Hybrid. Hybrid are, of course, masters of pop-tinged, shimmering nu-skool breaks. 1999s Wide Angle album turned many on to their widescreen antics: a cinematic extravaganza of blissed-out strings and celestial beats. Here, that same sonic wizardry is applied to all manner of willing participants. Witness St Etienne sounding better than ever on the punch drunk "Boy Is Crying", emotional pop gems from Andreas Johnson and Alanis Morrisette flying high on...
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Various Artists
Ninja Tune is one of the few labels that still appreciate the meaning of the scratch and the funk: mixing things up with vehemence and style. That's not to say that the label's music hasn't grown increasingly loungy, as evidenced on this uniformly fine, if slightly anonymous, 30-track, two-CD compilation. Or it could merely mean that the language of hip-hop no longer causes psychic confusion so much as nostalgic memories. Certainly the sound of a typewriter in Kid Koala & Money Mark's "Carpal Tunnel" is as antiquated as a Run-DMC album. Tracks from Dynamique and Roots Manuva, among others, are brand new and, for the moment, exclusive, while many (including "Body Lockers",...
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Coldcut
Comprised of ex-art teacher Jonathan More and computer programmer Matt Black, Coldcut have been active in the UK electronica scene since the heyday of Acid House in the mid-1980s: releasing the first UK "sampling" disc ("Hey Kids"), launching the careers of Yazz and Lisa Stansfield, and establishing a formidable reputation as producers and remixers. Their fourth album--and the first on their own Ninja Tune label--Let Us Play is at once as dizzyingly eclectic yet as consistent in tone as one would expect from these innovators. Who else would (or, for that matter, could) bring together guests as diverse as ex-Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra, legendary funk drumm...
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HYBRID
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Artist:
Fiery Furnaces
The Avalanches are a much-feted six-man crew of sample-addicts from down-under, whose debut album Since I Left You is a bargain-bin vinyl throwback to the Daisy Age. Their everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach is exemplified by their debut single, "Since I Left You", which opens the record with its wistful disco-samba shuffle and a scintillating sliced-and-diced soul vocal. The album is constructed like a mix tape and calculated to tweak the dance floor. Snatches of familiar rhythms bubble up throughout, giving the record a comfortable lived-in feel, but also betraying the fact that the group haven't dug very far through the crates to source their raw material. ...
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Various Artists
Released as a tribute to the fact that Coldcut's legendary Ninja Tune imprint had been releasing records for a decade, this collection from the label's South London HQ showcases the rich array of talent they've amassed over the years. Though assembled in the same spirit as the seminal Ninja Cuts series, comprising of a mixture of back catalogue and material exclusive to the compilation, a crafty alteration of the title acts as a nod to the ten years since Bogus Order's "Zen Brakes" first fought its way onto a turntable. From the Steinski intro the tracklisting of the first of two compact discs has a distinct hip-hop leaning, slinking through lyrical activity from the lik...
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