VARIOUS: Songs For Andy (A Collection Of Re-works, Re-Edits & Tributes To Andy Taylor)

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ANDY TAYLOR: Kitschy Jungle b/w Broken Flute (RESENSE 044)(2017)

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HANZEE: HaleLuisa EP (2015)

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ANDY TAYLOR: El Pantano Remixes (2014)

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VARIOUS: Hiperbole Records ‘Mondo Exotica’ EP1 (2013)

A bunch of Europeans taking on South America? If we were talking football this would be a really shit idea of course. The game here is one of music production however and team Hiperbole is fielding some top players on the Mondo Exotica EP – a latin breaks collection totalling three remixes, an original and an edit. Captaining the squad is Renegades Of Jazz with two quality remixes - one of Maguare’s Ritmo De Juventad and an even better re-version of…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

ANDY TAYLOR: Happy People/ Guajira Star (RESENSE 033) (2013)

I don’t know if you’ve got enough boom-bap samba or guajira grooves in your life but on the evidence of this forthcoming seven inch from Andy Taylor I suggest that you haven’t. Happy People gets all Brazil on your ass while Guajira Star gives some latin love to a Guru acapella. And they both have beats fatter than a sumo wrestler on a…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

RENEGADES OF JAZZ: Hip To Remix (2012)

On which Renegades Of Jazz continues his mission to reclaim use of the word ‘hip’ to mean ‘rather well-informed about and appreciative of’ from its association with a certain eighties yuppie pop anthem. But that’s enough about Huey Lewis – let’s skip to the news which is that Renegades Of Jazz’s superb Hip To The Jive album has been remixed as Hip To The Remix. Yep,…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

DAYTONER: On my Own (2012)

UK producer Daytoner gets his first drop on Smoove’s ‘northern jazz’ breaks label and he’s on his own. He’s not really of course – that’s all bollocks. For a start classy little latin breaks number On My Own features the breathy vocals of Jane Kennaway and secondly he’s got three remixers for company. And we’re not talking just any old dial-a-remixer because…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

RENEGADES OF JAZZ: Blow Your Horn (Andy Taylor remix)/ Seaside Suicide (Herma Puma Remix) (2011)

RENEGADES OF JAZZ: Blow Your Horn (Andy Taylor remix)/ Seaside Suicide (Herma Puma Remix) (2011)
If you’re on top of your funky ass shit this year you ought to have caught Renegades Of Jazz’s superb Hip To The Jive LP – an album which has virtually single-handedly rescued the jazzier side of funk-related music from the smug clutch of self-indulgent whiteboy jazz funkers. Who better to remix than ROJ then and who better…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

DJTZINAS feat. The Kidd & BNC: Get Up ( (2011)

DJTZINAS feat. The Kidd & BNC: Get Up ( (2011)
It’s ‘vintage sound of the west coast underground’ time at the Cast-A-Blast label as DJTzinas and emcee mates The Kidd and BNC get all year two thousand on your ass with rather solid hip-hop cut Get Up. They want you to get up of course (how else are you going to get down?) and do so with a booming piano-led beat…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

MONKEYBOXING PRESENTS: ‘Filthy Rhythm, Dirty Soul’ Mixtape – Free download

MONKEYBOXING PRESENTS: ‘Filthy Rhythm, Dirty Soul’ Mixtape – Free download
Massive free download mixtape album of funk, soul, hip-hop, nufunk/ ghettofunk, and reggae featuring Smoove, Aldo Vanucci, Featurecast, Tha Liks, J Star, The Hawk and more...
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MONKEYBOXING.COM top ten tracks 2010

MONKEYBOXING.COM top ten tracks 2010
A huge hip-hop tune from Aldo Vanucci, Featurecast and Tha ‘Liks, some big funk bangers from the likes of Funkshone and the Bamboos but it’s definitely been a reggae kind of year. Here’s some you should have got your hands on in 2010……READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

ANDY TAYLOR: Bank Of Panama – 2010 - 7” single review

ANDY TAYLOR: Bank Of Panama – 2010 - 7” single review
RATING: 5/5
Austria’s Resense label ought to be renamed ‘See sense’ for this one which, as far as the monkey is aware is a long overdue second vinyl release for the criminally under-exposed Andy Taylor - Smoove’s Wack label having been the first toREAD THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

Underexposed! Andy Taylor

Underexposed! Andy Taylor
If you haven’t heard Pray (Andy’s ridiculously euphoric funk anthem with vocals from Louisa Rox), do me a favour - click on this link and have a listen to it on Andy's Myspace player - you might have to scroll down a bit. When you get back to this feature - let me know if you can think of a reason why this man is still unsigned.

Now based in Glasgow, DJ and musician Andy Taylor’s soulful breakbeat collaborations with singer Louisa Rox (like the recent Pray and spanking new tracks Society and Purple) are pure fire. Some of his stuff has appeared on Refo Recordings releases and his track Jah Mambo was featured on BBC Radio 6’s Craig Charles Soul & Funk Show. Andy’s also been Djing for around 10 years and regularly plays sets that feature classic funk, hip-hop, breaks and …ahem…house. Monkeyboxing caught up with Andy to have a few words:...(READ MORE @ MONKEYBOXING.COM)