Vinyl DJ Culture
It s been an uneven musical career for Yasiin Bey a.k.a. the artist formerly known as Mos Def. There was the early promise of Black Star with Talib Kweli and the massive crossover success of debut solo LP Black On Both Sides then there were the (compared to what came before) wilderness years of acting and [ ] The post YASIIN BEY: The Ecstatic LP (Reissue) appeared first on Monkeyboxing .
When Dawn Penn recorded rocksteady track You Don t Love Me for Studio One in 1967, she would probably have been surprised to hear that she would re-record it in 1994 in a dancehall stylee which would become a massive worldwide hit. What many people don t know is that Penn s 67 recording was actually a cover [ ] The post DONNOYA DRAKE: You Don t Love Me (No No No)(Vinyl 7 ) appeared first on…
Echo Chamber Recordings subsidiary for original output Echo Labs drops another biggie shortly with the arrival of Oddball Creatives (a.k.a, Daniel Walls and Jospeh Malik) single Wondering Wishing Like Me. The track comes in vocal and insturmental versions and features Philly rapper Kameela Waheed as well as Scots jazz veteran Colin Steele [ ] The post ODDBALL CREATIVES feat. KAMEELA WAHEED COLIN…
Time was when cinematic soul of the variety that graced late sixties and early seventies film and TV soundtracks was thin on the ground whereas these days it s hard to avoid. The weird thing is, none of the new stuff is at all bad and some of it, is really good. Islands On Tape s new [ ] The post ISLANDS ON TAPE: Dust Conspiracy (Ltd. Vinyl 7 ) appeared first on Monkeyboxing .
Do you like to party? Us3 like to party especially when MC Akil Dasan is in the house. But then you knew that from last single Cool Cat if you didn t already know Us3 s impeccable party-starting credentials from back in the day. Where the latter was a straight throwback to 90s jazz-rap banger Cantaloop, [ ] The post US3 feat. MC Akil Dasan: I Like To Party appeared first on Monkeyboxing .
This week finds German outfit The Winston Brothers back after a two year break with new single Rolling on Colemine Records. It s another funkstrumental that pitches neck-snap drum breaks against cinematic horns and guitars for maximum head-nod potential (not to mention very early or very late funk set action) while harking back at the same [ ] The post THE WINSTON BROTHERS: Rolling appeared first…
Back with the second single for the fourth instalment of his and producer Rico James Righteous Gemstones series, it s MRKBH. Entitled ARKITEKT, it finds our man holding forth over a dreamy slice of boom-bap (courtesy of James) about the sort of topics frequently the province of Del The Funky Homosapien to wit all-powerful AI, [ ] The post MRKBH X RICO JAMES: ARKITEKT appeared first on Monkeyboxing…
If you ve had the misfortune to catch the original Maniac 2000 by Mark McCabe the party classic that spent more than two months of the first year of the new millenium at number one on the Irish singles chart you ll know it was the absolute acme of pop techno and every bit as [ ] The post JOHNNYPLUSE: Maniac 2000 appeared first on Monkeyboxing .
Ok, so the monkey s slightly late on this one because it s been out for the best part of a month but, yes, Freedust are back with their third LP, Voyager. The two-track taster for the Voyager LP dropped at the start of June promising a Wax Tailor-meets-Black Pumas vibe with elements of Mr. Scruff, Belleruche, [ ] The post FREEDUST: Voyager LP appeared first on Monkeyboxing .
Man who doesn t love Pingu? The animated penguin has been causing global hilarity since 1990 and if you don t know what I mean try watching the episode where a seal sabotages Pingu s every attempt at fishing and try keeping a straight face. But what if you could realise the sounds made by our little [ ] The post LET YOUR HAIR DOWN: Pingu s Anthem (Vinyl 7 ) appeared first on Monkeyboxing .