Quick one this week, as I have a grumpy daughter who won’t sleep, and a festival to pack for.
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Three on a Thursday #72
Booty Fruit / Proper Produce Volume 2
Everyone loves a good mashup don’t they? Taking a well known track, spinning it on it’s head and watching the dancefloors reaction of “ooh, I know thi … wait a minute” before going mental is a great laugh.
It’s also somewhat of a speciality of the Booty Fruit boys and girls and they’ve done the business again on Proper Produce Volume 2.
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Leading from the front , the EP opens with label boss Hidden Riddim and his compadre El Bomba’s track, Dr Fluteski. Taking a chopped and screwed flute loop from the Beastie Boys laid over a snapping snare, this will surely set your head nodding.
Next up Bristol boys, The Allergies, take it to a mellow place, reflipping Blueboys Remember Me, adding some Grace Jones and a soupcon of Dennis Edwards to give you Remember. I love the cheeky little Eric B & Rakim sample from Paid in Full on the outro.
On Where’s Me Washboard, Hong Kong Ping Pong show their love of both kinds of music, Country *and* Western when they go digging for samples. Featuring a full-bore gap-toothed yokel style ‘harmonicky solo’ over one of Kernows biggest recent exports – Bass.
The prolific DJ Maars sees us out with Givin Up, a cheeky little lift of Mos Def’s massive hit Mathematics over the top of a personal favourite of mine, New Orleans Funk legend Lee Dorsey’s Give it Up, then add some extra bongos. Nice
Available now from junodownload.
And as an extra-bonus-doubleplusgood feature, here’s the video for the Allergies tune below!
Three on a Thursday #71
Apologies about the lack of a ToT last week – sadly had to spend 8-9hrs driving to and from visiting a very ill relative and really *really* wasn’t in the right headspace to write anything.
That’s not happened this week though, so we’re back with the beat (and rhymes – yes – it’s a bit hip-hop heavy this week …)
Onwards!
Frameworks / Ain’t No Use b/w Classic (feat. QnC)
A bit stiff?
Try this…
Anything?
No?
What about this?
Still not feeling limber?
Right, it’s time to roll out the big guns. Frameworks new joint should do it …