Future Classic: Yussef Kamaal “Black Focus”
via Brownswood: The borders between London’s musical tribes have always been porous. For Yussef Kamaal, the sound of the capital – with its hum of jungle, grime and broken beat – has shaped a self-taught, UK-tipped approach to playing jazz. In the states, the genre’s long-running to-and-fro with hip hop …
Forgotten Treasure: Karriem “I Love You” (1979)
via Favorite Recordings : “New official single reissue of I Love You by Karriem: A very rare soulful mid-tempo disco killer, originally released in 1979 on Pashlo Records. Pashlo Records was based in Oakland and owned by producer and musician Leroy Smith, who is also known for his Ocampo Records’ imprint, …
Forgotten Treasure: Gigolo Supreme “After The Storm” (1996, Nervous Chill)
This Frankie Feliciano production is one of my absolute favourite jazzy House records. The spirit of the Jazz movement is totally intact here, which is a rare case in the dance music world where a sax loop is considered a jazzy thing. What we have here is a stunning fusion …
Forgotten Treasure: Flowers “For Real” (1976)
“Stay for the summer!”, they said. “It’s a completely different city when it’s hot!”, they said. I’m only just starting to understand what they were talking about. I arrived in Montreal last October and so far most of my experience of this great city has been steeped in icy slush …
Kenlo Craqnuques’ “Wheeels” EP takes Funk into Deep Space
via Hot Shot Sounds: Future dancefloor space funk taken from the upcoming WHEEELS EP from Kenlo Craqnuques Potentially the love child of Old Dirty Bastard and Madlib. Kenlo is an enigma not known to many, but soon to be a household alongside legends. Already at the forefront of the long …
Forgotten Treasure NYC Peech Boys “Come On, Come On” (1984)
I was introduced to this song a few months ago on a trip to my favorite records store. When the co-owner saw me grabbing that 12″, he looked at me dead in the eye and said “This is the best Larry Levan production ever made”. I wasn’t familiar with it …
Future Classic: Daedelus “Labyrinths”
Daedelus’ “Labyrinths” is his first release on his own record label Magical Properties. “Labyrinths” is a very appropriate title for this album. The sounds twist and turn, pulling ideas from a ton of different styles and worlds. Some tracks are chilled out and whimsical like Aries and Special Re: Quest, …
Forgotten Treasure: Hi Times “Journey Into Jazz” (1996)
“Journey Into Jazz” one my absolute all-time favorite UK Garage tracks was released in 1996 on the aptly-titled Underground Classics label. A track i’ve played so much over the years that my copy is beaten to death from all of dance floor ass kicking it’s served. Despite crafting one of …
Future Classic: Standing On The Corner (Self-Titled)
Driving through Williamsburg one afternoon on my way to Crown Heights to catch up with the one called Standing On The Corner I couldn’t help but notice the mismatched and rapidly changing realities I was driving through. From block to block you experience a collage of living conditions and realities …