New vinyl from Jamie Paton, STL, Tony Allen, Razor-N-Tape, Music From Memory, Ornate Music, Mr Bongo & more...

Click [here]( to view in a browser [Juno Records]( This week's vinyl selections Friday 15 September 2017 New reviews this week [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £8.49 [Jamie PAUL](Paul/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Double G (140 gram vinyl 12")]( [Sugarhouse]( [Having helped launch the Sugarhouse label with his Paradise Forum brethren, Jamie Paul gets a chance to show off his talents on his debut 12", adding to the label's already impressive catalogue with another swathe of classy house jams with a modern twist. "Double G" definitely sports the chops for the peak of the night, but it's also shot through with a welcome weirdness and a fuzzy warmth that should find favour with a wide range of DJs. "Even So" is a more laid back, bumping affair that matches the smooth finish of the A-side, but says something different altogether. Label mate Maurice Jnr meanwhile serves up a remix of Even So that nudges the delicate tones in a techier direction.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £7.99 [KNU JE'](Je%27/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Vocoder So Sexy (140 gram vinyl 12")]( [Sound Reflection](Reflection/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Donnie Tempo has only appeared once previously as Knu Je', and that was way back in 2001. Now the alias is revived on Sound Reflection in a shimmering, twirling expression of broken beat and boogie sensibilities for those who like their beats soul n' sun drenched. It's actually his Quad IBB alias that serves up the "original mix" of "Vocoder So Sexy", and it's nothing short of stunning. The rich layers of vocals cavort with the expressive key changes and sharply angled beats, making for a truly striking cut that sounds equally fresh in its instrumental form on the B side.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £7.99 [SOTA]( [Inverse EP (140 gram vinyl 12")]( [Ornate Music](Music/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Dutch producer Sota is the latest to be snapped up by Ornate Music, presenting his second ever release having first come to light with his own Talaman label earlier in the year. "Subsonica" rides on a tough house groove, keeping the elements as spartan as possible while heading straight into the deep end of the night. "Inverse" is a skippier affair that deals with heavily processed synth flares and a deadly swinging groove, and then "Chatka" finishes the EP off with a dreamy cut peppered with delay processing for the quintessential dubby trip through refined 4/4 dance music.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £12.99 [FASTER]( / [NU ZAU](Zau/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) / [ALEX FONT](Font/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Mis Hermanos Rumanos Part 2 EP (180 gram vinyl 12")]( [Acme]( [Alex Font and his Acme label continue to champion the sound of Romanian electronic music with this second installment of Mis Hermanos Rumanos, following the excellent first turn with Sepp. Faster steps up first with the driving, chunky tech house sound of "Channel 1.0", threading subtle but snarling synth shapes through the straight-up drums with poise. Font gets deeper on "Cuentame Cosas Tuyas", using a whole lot of subby bass and pinging other crisp tones over the top of the mix. Nu Zau meanwhile keeps things decidedly hypnotic on the immersive "Return", and then Font finishes the EP off with the more fragmented sounds of "Frentes Abiertos".]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £9.99 [Jamie PATON](Paton/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Remixes (140 gram vinyl 12")]( [(Emotional) Especial](28Emotional%29+Especial/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Jamie Paton has been a regular fixture on [Emotional] Especial since the label first came to light, conjuring up a seductive blend of leftfield dance music with a broad range of influences. This time around he's turning out some of his remixes, leading in with the sweaty, dense throb of Sexy Merlin's "See You In The Dark". Guy Schlalom's "Habibi" by way of contrast becomes a lighter confection peppered with bubbly synth lines and an almost poppy persuasion. Blancmange's "Feel Me" has a more cosmic lilt in its voluminous tones, and "Overdrive" by Gatos Negros drifts out on an off-kilter kind of boogie for all manner of deviant dancers to get head-nodding to.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £8.99 [STL]( [Untitled (limited 180 gram vinyl 12" + insert)]( [Blundar]( [Blundar is a label shrouded in mystery, although it seems aligned with artists like Lowtec and those orbiting crews like Smallville. The latest transmission on the dusty house imprint comes from STL, whose disheveled sounds is a natural fit for what has come before on Blundar. "Track 1" peers through a thick haze of smoke, exhaling pads and drones and keeping the bass pulsing throughout. The rest of the EP is given over to experimental and ambient tones, with the second track on Side B being an especially arresting piece loaded with melancholic contemplation. It's another strong addition to the Blundar repertoire, and another example of STL's skills and adaptability in the studio.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £14.49 [Neddy SMITH](Smith/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Give It Up (limited 12")]( [Best Italy](Italy/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Neddy Smith seems to be just another one of those smooth operators consigned to early 80s history on the excellent Delirium label, but lucky for us Best Records are on hand to dig him out and bring "Give It Up" to a whole new crowd. This is crisp, laid back boogie of the highest caliber, with the title track in particular nailing everything we love about this inimitable era of funk. There's more than whiff of Luther Vandross about the opening strains of "Give It Up", but "Liberated Woman" strikes out on its own with a more ballad-like tone but no dip in the all-important get down.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £6.99 [B BOY FUNK BREAKS](Boy+Funk+Breaks/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [B Boy Funk Breaks Edits: Volume 1 (7" limited to 300 copies)]( [B Boy Funk Breaks US](Boy+Funk+Breaks+US/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [It's landed! Two highly iconic and tricky-to-trace funk breaks from the 70s get the treatment from the mysterious new US series B Boy Funk Breaks. Blackrock's psychedelically twinged "Yeah Yeah" gets a slight shuffle and refocus while retaining the all the instrumental drama and swashbuckling drop that's led with JB-level bandleadership while the edit of Richard's People take us straight to church, front row centre. Again laced with another clean and killer break, this is powermove gold. Limited to 300 copies.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £8.99 [Ivan EROFEEV](Erofeev/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Abdumanob (180 gram vinyl 12")]( [Resonance Moscow](Moscow/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [The second release on Resonance comes from emergent Russian producer Ivan Erofeev, who was previously moonlighting as Aleph before reverting to his birth name. There's a tantalizing drama embedded in "Abdumanob", all taut tribal percussion and an insistent kick. "Bed Of Honour" is a deeper cut fleshed out with atmospheric dubby ripples, and "Tribe" taps into a more classic kind of contemporary techno headspace. "Resin" flips the script with some crusty piano samples and a lopsided beat, "Caucasus" strips things down to a mean-tempered rhythmic core and "Aerograd" lets the cyclical bleeps do the talking.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £7.99 [Michael JAMES](James/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Angels (140 gram vinyl 12")]( [Constant Black](Black/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Michael James strolls up to Constant Black with yet more of that refined minimal house goodness, throwing down all kinds of late night freakery to get bodies moving in the club. "Angels" is utterly funky without having to spell it out, keeping the drums simmering at a micro level and using a haunting vocal thread to fill out the space. "Seven" meanwhile is a busier affair, bustling with rhythmic accents that bring a very different kind of funk to the party. "Flightmode" then sends the EP on its way with an uplifting cut that sounds as though it came from above the clouds.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £9.99 [Cody CURRIE](Currie/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Movin' Smoke EP (transparent blue vinyl 12")]( [Razor-N-Tape]( [On the two releases we've heard to date, Cody Currie has barely put a foot wrong, delivering a string of tracks that brilliantly join the dots between dusty, soul-flecked U.S deep house and hip-hop style sample-based beat jams. For this outing on Razor 'n' Tape Reserve, he applies the same approach to the world of disco and boogie. So, we get the rolling, sun-kissed warmth and gentle filter tweakery of wide-eyed disco house shuffler "Movin' Smoke", the slack-tuned jazz snares, swirling chords and bubbly synthesizer samples of "Infinity I & II" and the swirling, string-drenched orchestral disco-house bounce of "Magic City". Arguably best of all, though, is the more driving "Make Love", where Currie's ability to select and manipulate samples within a bumping deep house framework is best exemplified.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £10.99 [MADTEO]( [Scientrysts (12")]( [M.A.D.T.E.O]( [Madteo is not praised enough for his contribution to the modern dance sound. The Italian-born NYC 'insider', as he likes to call himself, has put out less music over the last 2-3 years, clearly preferring to keep himself out of the scene. But, this doesn't come as a surprise to us seeing as he's always resided on the outskirts of what looms in the dance circles. Scientrysts lands on his own imprint, M.A.D.T.E.O., and the release sees the producer head back to his shift club mode, a sound which was first championed by Rabih Beaini's Morphine Doser. "Scientrysts & Errorist" gets 2 mixes, the 'Stomp' version bangs out heavy drums over hazy, echoing sonics, while the 'Club' mix picks up the pace and lays down a handsome portion of dusty percussion. On the flip, "U$b Schtick & Turnt Burial" lands with the minimal hardware fuzz of the 'Psy' mix first, before delivering a sparse selection of bass waves on the original cut. The boss is back to his best...]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £11.25 [SUBLEE]( [Moodswing (180 gram vinyl 12")]( [Contemporan Romania](Romania/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Last time out, Stefan 'Sublee' Nicu was collaborating with fellow Romanian starlet Cristi Cons. This time round, he's on a solo mission, delivering two more fine chunks of late night tech-house for those who like to get lost in music. On the A-side, he doffs a cap to Thomas Melchior via the loose and funky percussion programming and deep space electronics of "Moodswing". Arguably even better is flipside "Distressed", a thrilling fusion of broken house beats, restless analogue riffs, intergalactic electronics and a foreboding hint of angular TB-303 abuse. It may well be one of his strongest tracks to date, and that's saying something.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £10.99 [Norman CONNORS](Connors/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Once I've Been There (12")]( [Expansion]( [Norman Connors was a 'go to' producer in the 1970s and '80s for soul and jazz, while holding it down on an impressive array of solo albums. Connors is a drummer first and foremost, and across his rhythm-focussed recordings were the introduction of singers who went on to have their own individual careers such as Jean Carn, Phyllis Hyman and the exceptional Phillip Mitchel - who features on A side 'Once I've Been There'. Flipside track 'Captain Connors' comes as a 12" mix made in 1977 but never released before on vinyl! Previously, the title track was only ever on a promotional release, often changing hands at over 100 quid a time - demand is high on this special release on the original imprint, cop it while you can!]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £13.75 [VINCENT]( [Fast Forward (12")]( [Music From Memory Holland](From+Memory+Holland/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Music From Memory return, this time with four tracks drawn from Virgil 'Vincent' Work Jnr's little-known cassette only debut from 1987. This album reflects a more stripped back and raw musical approach from the St. Louis musician. The 'Fast Forward' sessions grew out of a series of late night jams with Vincent's brother Scott who was then living in Kansas. With nothing planned in advance and no written music involved in the final recording sessions, the songs that would form 'Fast Forward' very much evolved out of improvisation. As Virgil himself explains, the title of the album in fact came about because it felt "as if I had fast forwarded to a different sound". Although the album received a good response from local radio DJs and music magazines, the album sadly never gained enough momentum or demand for a further run of copies. Fast forward to 2017, exactly thirty years are their production, and Music From Memory are delighted to be able to finally make Vincent's music commercially available again.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £7.50 [SIVUCA]( [Ain't No Sunshine (7")]( [Brazil 45s/Mr Bongo](45s%252FMr+Bongo/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Amongst fans of Brazilian music, Sivuca is arguably best known for his 1973 cover of "Ain't No Sunshine" - later a favourite on the rare groove scene - which re-casts the Bill Withers classic as a sumptuous chunk of shuffling samba sunshine. Here, the track gets reissued as part of Mr Bongo's brilliant Brazil 45s series, alongside his lesser-known - but no less impressive - cover of Edu Lobo's "Ponteio".]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £20.99 [Tony ALLEN](Allen/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [The Source (gatefold 2xLP)]( [Blue Note](Note/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Tony Allen is on record as saying that The Source, his first album on iconic jazz label Blue Note, is the best recording he's made. Given his length of service and vast discography, that's a bold claim. Certainly, it's a fine album, with the legendary drummer and his selected musicians - mostly jazz players from Paris, plus a Cameroonian guitarist and previous Allen collaborator Damon Albarn on one cut - effortlessly blur the boundaries between Afrobeat and the kind of jazz pioneered by Allen's percussion heroes Art Blakey and Max Roach. It's a brilliant hybrid that fits Allen's unique style of drumming like a glove, and there's no doubt that the former Fela Kuti sticks-man is the real star of the show.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £16.75 [The NECESSARIES](Necessaries/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Event Horizon (LP)]( [Be With](With/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Be With Records look to continue a consistent run of reissuing important rarities by unearthing this gem from Arthur Russell's discography. This debut from the short-lived New York outfit The Necessaries is a key moment in the city's early 1980's art-rock/new-wave movement. Led by artist and composer Ed Tomney and formed of members of East-Coast tastemakers such as The Modern Lovers & Red Crayola, 'Event Horizon' sounds both of its time and forward thinking - playing with angular garage abrasion, jangling oddball art-rock and pop warmth. Russell's involvement, a year after forming respected disco group Loose Joints and just prior to writing his experimental solo cello work, is testament to his broad versatility and voracious love of music. This is an essential album for both Arthur Russell enthusiasts and collectors and lovers of East Coast new wave.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £12.50 [SHCAA]( [Golconde (12")]( [Sharingtones]( [Sacha Khalife, or simply SHCAA, is a multi-talented electronic music producer from Paris. We know him well, however, namely due to an EP that cam out through NYC's Blank Slate back in 2015. Since then, he's put out one more EP through Archipel, but this is the first time we've welcomed him back onto our charts in 2017. Golconde comes through courtesy of the young Sharingtones imprint, and while this is billed as an EP, the release's 11 tracks give the impression of something much more accomplished. Fair enough, each tune is comparatively short to the usual album tracks, but the likes of "Kohinor", a bluesy, laid back slice of exotica, offer some truly deep vibes. Moreover, it's how each tune fits with the next that has got us hooked from the start, where SCHAA chucks in a subtle house blend like it's nothing, making tunes such as "Mimesis" feel like a natural course of events. On the B-side, this curious yet endlessly pleasing blend of acoustic guitars and tropical house waves continues, climaxing with a bottomless pit o minimalistic drones on "Maelstrom", followed by some glitchy IDM vibes on "Kert". Lush.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £10.50 [VIBRATION BLACK FINGER](Black+Finger/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Guadi (12")]( [Enid]( [Following the debut album Blackism earlier this year, Acid jazz / Wag club fusioneer Lascelle Lascelles continues to build on his latest explorative endeavour; Vibration Black Finger, a band driven by the ideals of post punk and spiritual jazz. Instantly plugging us in with the raffish loose-limbed electroid funk of "Get Up And Do It", Lascelles then blindsides us with a rainbow of elements ranging from the deep emotional soul of Maggie Nicols on "Got To Believe" and one of the most spiritual takes on "Amazing Grace" we've ever heard. Awash with the smoky sax, shimmering Rhodes and delicate horn work, the vibrations run deeper than ever.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £18.50 [DJ DI'JITAL](Di%27jital/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Traditions 02 (hand-stamped 12")]( [Libertine]( [Few represent the new garde of Berlin's scene better than the Libertine crew. Their long parties upon the city's River Spree are now legendary and their eponymous label reflects the sounds on their dancefloor: throwbacks to classic Detroit techno and electro. Quite fitting then that they tap the Motor City legend Di'jital: former live DJ for Aux 88 and responsible for some innovative sci-fi funk since the late '90s on Direct Beat, Twilight76 and of course his own Di'jital Access imprint. It's straight up 313 business from the beginning with the relentless boom, snap and bleep of "Altered Groove" while "Coleco Vision" is electro-bass just the way we like it: executed with pure precision. On the flip, "Cyborg Jumper" could well be one of his unreleased jams from wayback; saturated in a lo-fi sheen, gritty and raw. Finally "Whispers" goes for that retro first wave feel that'd make even Magic Juan proud!]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £19.99 [SECRET PYRAMID](Pyramid/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Two Shadows Collide (LP)]( [Ba Da Bing! US](Da+Bing%21+US/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Amir Abbey's Secret Pyramid project has been a ray of light all along; ever since the man's first release back in 2010, his material has given the drone and ambient spectrum a different shade of grey, managing to balance something altogether much more soulful and bittersweet amid its illustrious waves of empty sound. This is the producer's sixth studio LP, Two Shadows Collide, and it belongs to that rare category of beatless electronic music that nonetheless manages to lift and entertain with so little. Honestly, tracks like "Two Shadows", "Lost" and "A Dream On Third" make for some needlessly pleasing musical abstractions, taking them on a par with music that's composed of more instruments. Of course, there are moments of total surrealism, such as "Possession", but it's the ones like "Memory Within Memory" that make this album approachable to all sorts of listeners who reside beyond the niche electronic scene. Recommended.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £8.25 [MACABRE UNIT](Unit/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) vs [NURVE]( [Siletium EP (12")]( [Nomine Sound](Sound/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Flexing across his two more prominent aliases, Raff AKA Demon AKA Macabre Unit AKA Nurve b2b's himself hard in the kisser at the behest of professor Nomine. Three tunes a-side, his 140 dubstep-inspired Macabre Unit guise takes the lead with drama and dark humour; "Darth Vader" is a theatrical skanker, "Mash Up Da Place" is a woozy, toxic jam with a bassline that spirals into paranoia while "Man Up" gets all stiff upper-lip with its rising bass hook that flips between textures with a nervous twitch. Raff's slower, tech-inspired Nurve constructions complete the story with glacial glee... "Silentium" is a sparse, deep space twist on halftime and alien jungle, "Amazon" is a swampy triplet swinging riddim while "Best To Just Ride It" sends us packing off to space on a rocket of off-grid drums and raw man-eating bass. Immense.]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £9.25 [AUDIOBOYZ]( [The Rise Of Gqom (12")]( [Hypermedium]( [It's been a while since Durban heavyweights Audioboyz last laid down a Gqom sermon. And with four tracks they're making up for lost time. Clearly inspired by the more techno-fused side of their city's melting pot, each track teeters into so many styles while remaining on its own. There's a dubby almost progressive feel to "African Conga", "Spotlight" takes us deep into the townships with its aggy, steppy dynamic while "Monster" takes us even further down the Gqom rabbit hole with an array of twist bass textures and abyssal kick spaces. Finally "Drifting Away" hits with the type of bruk-busted rhythm you'd expect IG Culture or Dego to play. Rise up!]( [Listen]( [Wishlist]( [Buy]( £8.50 [PURE PLEASURE](Pleasure/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [By My Side (7")]( [Soul 7/Jazzman](7%252FJazzman/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_17-09-11&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_new+reviews+this+week&utm_campaign=feat_email_all_jr) [Pure Pleasure; never has a name been more apt. Two sides of glistening soul and funk Detroit 1980 style. With years on the live circuit throughout the 70s, this was the only 45" they ever cut by boy is it gem; "By My Side" is a powerful piece of soul enriched by warm production, big instrumentation and of course