DOPEGEMS: ‘Journey To The Shore’ 7 inch (2012)

James Brown might have invented funk but some, like George Clinton, took the idea and ran with it to the very edge of pop music as we know it. Others ran wayyy beyond. That’s right folks – I’m on about the crazy spaced-out world of funky seventies jazz fusion. Or as I like to think about it, the ‘Marmite’ corner of the funk universe. Full of epic instrumental odysseys, tempo changes, and an inexplicably frequent use of both the sound of blowing wind and the vibraphone, it is an area of funk both largely ignored nowadays (some might...READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

HIDDEN JAZZ QUARTET feat. OMAR: High Heels (+ Lack Of Afro remix) (2012)

HIDDEN JAZZ QUARTET feat. OMAR: High Heels(2012) This one’s called High Heels by Hidden Jazz Quartet and features Omar – (here sounding a little bit like Alison Moyet) fretting about where his chick is at 3 in the morning. But enough about that – let’s talk about the important bit which is the B-side rerub where Lack Of Afro produces dancefloor gold through remix alchemy – check it below. …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

THE BAKER BROTHERS: Snap Back Loopmasters EP (2012)

THE BAKER BROTHERS: Snap Back Loopmasters EP (2012)
The Snap Back Loopmasters EP presents the top results from the Record Kicks label’s recent competition to remix recent single Snap Back by funky jazzbos The Baker Brothers. Winning entries come from Funky Bijou, Maleka and Tomasz Betka but hands down winner is German ghetto funkers CMC & Silenta with their chunky re-visit. It all starts out…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM