perth-based artistic community 823, led by producer / creator-extraordinaire ta-ku, joins forces once again with producers idealism & lucid green for “unsaid,” a genre-melting lp that bridges sonic comfort, textured tones and lush timbres into one serene.
driven by a heavy bassline & delightful melodies, dangerous situation by upcoming singer zuri nativa & producer fontoyard needs to be heard - whether it’s on a soundsystem or at home.
tchenbe! the new therapeutic album. dowdelin explores themes of depression, lifes ups and downs and resilience, served up by caribbean sounds and lyrics in creole, french and english, at the confluence of jazz, electronic music and even the most percussive soul.
walter murphy and the brothers eddie and frank dillard founded uncle louie. this is a powerful funk album including masterpieces like -full-tilt boogie-, -i like funky music-, and -sky high-.
repress - the hardest working reggae band in southern england, dubheart is on a mission to spread messages of peace, love, unity and resistance through a heady stew of contemporary roots reggae, delivered on live instruments with a hefty dose of dub in the mix. cool under pressure, their latest offering, is the band’s most compelling set to date, a ‘showcase’-style album where every vocal track is followed by its dub counterpart, and the vital contribution of the brassica horns—from rising london ska band chainska brassica—is another intriguing element that makes this album tougher than the rest.
efficient space honours the memory of producer and mc ali omar with hashish hits, a posthumous selection from the dub rebels self-released discography.
compiled by legendary producer arthur baker, “breakers revenge” is a near-definitive collection of original funk, soul, latin, disco and electro classic tracks from 1970-1984.
dj support: dr packer, aston shuffle, fdel, all good funk alliance, fingerman, jordan lee, jsquared - 2 more slices of hip hop & r&b mash-up gold on 45 via cc.