JIMI NEEDLES: Dean Town Come Down (Vulf.Paak Boot) Free download

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JIMI NEEDLES feat. GREAT SCOTT & SKILF: Gimme The Call (2016)

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JIMI NEEDLES: Float On (2015) Free download

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JIMI NEEDLES: Jazz Trippin (2015)

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JIMI NEEDLES: Reggae Rewinds (2014) Free download

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JIMI NEEDLES: Jumpin’ Jive (2014) Free download

It’s been something of a red letter day for freebie submissions at MB Towers today. No need to scour, stuff’s been pouring in through the e-letterbox. Here’s the third such effort from DJ/ Producer/ sticksman extraordinaire, Jimi Needles. Jumpin’ Jive is an impeccable slice of low-slung swing-hop instrumentalism that probably should’ve come up on the monkey’s radar earlier (it’s been available a …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

DJ KID STRETCH: Get It On The Floor (2014)

Get It On The Floor? Whatever could DJ Kid Stretch be referring to on his new EP? Drugs? Sex? The experience of having your fresh fat laces trodden on by some blundering elephant with two left feet? Then again, perhaps it’s not the answer to a question. Maybe ‘it’ is your ass and he’s issuing a firm command. Cheeky. One thing is certain, either the disco breaks original or one of the disco breaks remixes (courtesy of Badboe, Robinson Grooves and Jimi Needles) on this will prompt the ladies to …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

EPHEMERALS: Call It What You Want (2014)

“Here’s the new Ephemerals single – Call It What You Want.” “Ok. How about ‘Bob’?” “What?” “You said ‘call it what you want’ so…” “No! not ‘call it what you want’! Call It What You Want! “I just did! You said….” “No! Arrrgghhh!” Ahhhh. Hours of fun. It’s like the Two Ronnies fork handles/ four candles sketch except with something …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

JIMI NEEDLES: Throw Ya Hands Up (2013)

It’s Throw Ya Hands Up time people as Mr Jimi Needles opens the year in a blaze of party bootleg glory that blurs the lines between hip-hop and house. No don’t say it! Gahhh – ‘hip-house’ – you said it. Now everyone’s thinking of some fallen-off rapper phoning in a couple of bars for a David Guetta beat whereas this sits somewhere between the breakbeat hip-house of the nineties (Def Jef anyone?) and those AV8 hip-hop party bootlegs. So …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

EPHEMERALS: Nothin Is Easy (2013) Free download

Nothing is easy these days it seems – including releasing a record and making money out of it. In fact the very notion of making money out of popular recorded music appears to have become what you might call – ephemeral. Which goes some way to explaining why lushly orchestrated retro soul of this quality, rich in analogue warmth and boasting a singer with genuine – er – soul, should have to be put out for free. Ephemerals is the latest project of producer, songwriter and guitarist Hillman Mondegreen – the …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

JIMI NEEDLES & DMITRI FROM LONDON: Soul To Infinity (Jimi Needles dnb edit)

It’s the latest number from Needles – the secret Jimi Needles dnb edit of his collab with Dmitri From London – Soul To Infinity. Or ’93 To DnB‘ as I like to think of it – an alternative title which neatly captures the way this bootleg deploys the title track of the mighty Souls Of Mischief’s debut LP ’93 ‘Til Infinity over 176 bpm drums and completely ignores the fact that a substantial part of the vocal…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

C2C: Happy (Jimi Needles Blowup mix) (2013) + video

Here we find noted scratch dj and producer Jimi Needles administering a healthy dose of remix to recent single Happy by noted French scratch dj outfit and producers C2C. The Blowup mix finds our man engaged in a digital ‘laying on of hands’ to the happy-clapping electronic soul of the original and, without putting too fine a point on it, injecting a stadium-sized amount of wobbly bass. Most people…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

JIMI NEEDLES: Check Out My Style (2013) Free download

It’s that man Jimi Needles again and he’s kindly offering his latest big-ass party mash in the form of Check Out My Style absolutely gratis. On it you’ll appreciate his subtle blending of the Dust Brothers beat for the Beastie’s Shake Your Rump with chops of vocals from Biggie’s Hypnotize and a dollop of Fatman Scoop for extra jollies on top along with a …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM