MORLACK: Good To Go Go Vol. III (2015)

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LACK OF AFRO: ‘One Way – Remixes & Rarities’ sampler (2012)

LACK OF AFRO: ‘One Way – Remixes & Rarities’ sampler (2012)
One way – Remixes & Rarities – Sampler is the five track taster for the full One way – Remixes & Rarities LP out at the end of next month. With it Lack Of Afro flies in the face of music tradition whereby instead of releasing the shitsack of filler which constitutes most artists’ idea of ‘remixes and rarities’ as they ‘fulfil contractural obligations’, he drops some of the best stuff I’ve ever heard off him. Rapper Herbal T (twin bro to Def Jam signing Wax) is back on On My Way for…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

LACK OF AFRO: Holding my Breath (2011)

LACK OF AFRO: Holding my Breath (2011) Holding my Breath is the second single from Lack Of Afro’s latest LP This Time. Like its predecessor, it rocks the kind of smooth soul vibe to be found all over Smoove & Turrell’s second LP so if you’re down with that, you’ll be down with this as singer Jake Morley gets his mood on over clattery floor friendly percussion. LOA homies Unity Sextet rework this on the flip, uncomplicating the break and have fun with various bits and bobs out of their little bag of jazz. …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

THE FANTASTICS ft. SULENE FLEMING: Cold Case (2011)

THE FANTASTICS ft. SULENE FLEMING: Cold Case (2011)
Cold Case is the second single off the Fantastics most recent LP All The People and, like its predecessor, also features Sulene Fleming (no relation to Bob) on vocals. Undecided whether to get their blues or jazz on they go large and do both here with decidedly twangy roadhouse A side Cold Case and the very saxy speed jazz B side (and live favourite) Fat Hector…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

FROOTFUL feat. Angeline Morrison: Slowtime (2011)

FROOTFUL feat. Angeline Morrison: Slowtime (2011)
Ever wondered what Bebel Gilberto would sound like if she sang in English? Now’s your chance to found out as Nick Radford, a.k.a. Frootful, hooks up with Ambassadors Of Sorrow vocalist Angeline Morrison for a latin makeover of Colours album track Slowtime. …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

LACK OF AFRO FEAT. WAYNE GIDDENS: A Time For b/w Numero Seenko (2011)

LACK OF AFRO FEAT. WAYNE GIDDENS: A Time For b/w Numero Seenko (2011)
If 6 was 9…if the mountains fell into the sea…if A on this was B…None of those things are so but it is true that Adam ‘Lack Of Afro’ Gibbons’ has actually done something I really like. Unfortunately it’s the B-side though, so I will do my level best to see that Numero Seenko gets its dues right here. It’s not that the Wayne Gidden-featuring A-side, A Time For is bad. Gidden’s Jay Kay meets Marvin Gaye vibe teamed with Gibbons’ sax-and-seventies-piano-powered soul groove is a proper coffee-table/ dinner-party botherer.…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM