MR FANTASTIC: Harvey’s Bristol Cream – Album - 2011

MR FANTASTIC: Harvey’s Bristol Cream – Album - 2011
Ahhh Bristol! Famous for riots, slavery and talking like a pirate. Not to mention scrumpy, the mere vapour of which can remove paint and for sherry that according to local legend tastes smoother than the local milk – hence the name ‘cream.’ Oh yeah, and quite well known for beats too, usually heard emanating from clouds of herbal smoke. Enter Bristol-based producer Mr Fantastic, a.k.a Justin Harvey, with the cream (that LP name making sense now?) of the boom-bap beats at which he’s been slaving away.…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

KONFECTIONISTS: No Artificial Flavours – 2009 – Album review

KONFECTIONISTS: No Artificial Flavours – 2009 – Album review
HIGHLIGHTS: Jazz Hands/ Intergalactic/ How You Gonna Grow?
SOUNDBITE: “You can shout but you’ll never break my soul/ If you ain’t got the knowledge then how you gonna grow?”
RATING: 3/5
The latest drop from the mild, mild west’s Ruztik label is the very tastefully packaged No Artificial Flavours from Bristol’s Konfectionists crew comprising Rola of the legendary Numskullz plus rappers Gee Swift and Project Cee. Running with an extended sweeties-based metaphor for both band name and LP title enabled the boys to throw all kinds of gags into the press release but it’s a double-edged sword akin to journo-catnip and, as such, I can only apologise in advance for the cheap wordplay and lazy imagery while I give you the 411 on …READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM