SOULBRIGADA: Help / Love U Baby (RESENSE 048) (Vinyl 7″)

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MAKO & MR BRISTOW: ‘Stank Soul Edits Vol. 3’ 7″ (2017)

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MAKO & MR BRISTOW: ‘Stank Soul Edits. Vol. 1 & Vol. 2′ seven inches (2015)

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MATAHARI SONS: Resense 039 (2015)

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RENEGADES OF JAZZ: Green Leaf Woman/ Verano Del Corazon (Resense 036)(2013)

It’s always a mark of quality when you see the names Renegades Of Jazz or Resense adorning a release and here they both are on Resense 036 which slipstreamed Ree Keen’s Resense 035 into my inbox. Yes, the Austrian label has teamed up with German artist ROJ in a summery union of party grooves. Green Leaf Woman is a organic breaksy rework of what sounds like energetic west coast sixties psychedelia while Verano Del Corazon…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

RESENSE 021: Djtzinas ‘Cienaguera Bass’/ Panama Cardoon ‘Carmen’ (2011)

RESENSE 021: Djtzinas ‘Cienaguera Bass’/ Panama Cardoon ‘Carmen’(2011)
RATING: 5/5
Just too late for this month’s monkeyboxing chart comes the latest cheeky 45 from Austrian label Resense and it’s cumbia agogo. On the one side is Djtzinas’ 185 bpm, Cienaguera Bass which is all very well if you like to indulge in a little drum n bass but it’s the wider appeal of the feel-good hip-hop speed Carmen from Panama Cardoon that rules. It all starts off innocently enough with a deceptively basic break for eight bars but then ‘el carnival’ breaks loose and the wisdom of the simplicity of those kick drums becomes clear. Drop this at the right moment and you’ll…READ FULL POST @ 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