Record of the Week archive

August 16, 2011

Nate57 – Auf Der Jagd (Rattos Locos Records)

The Hamburg Sankt Pauli based rap label Rattos Locos Records present the long awaited new mixtape album by Nate57, hip-hop newcomer of the year 2010. Featuring guest appearances by Telly Tellz, Babacan, and BOZ. Mixed by Rattos Locos Records label head

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August 4, 2011

Sizzla – Welcome To The Good Life (VP/Kalonji Records)

When a reggae superstar like Sizzla Kalonji drops a new album it is always a landmark event in the reggae calendar, the release of "Welcome To The Good Life" will be no exception. Teaming up with producer Dre Knight from The Narcotics, Sizzla unveils a

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July 25, 2011

Pete Rock & Smif N Wessun – Monumental (Duck Down)

Pete Rock is arguably one of the greatest rap producers of all time. Editors from About.com rank him as the #2 producer under their top 50 hip hop producers list. He recently collaborated on tracks for Jay-Z & Kanye West. He also worked with A-List artist

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July 18, 2011

Various – Soca Gold 2011 (CD+DVD Package) (VP)

Soca Gold has the hottest Soca Hits on the market! Get ready as "Soca Gold 2011" brings you face to face with the winning songs from Caribbean carnival 2011. Included here is Soca Monarch Machel Montano with "Coming Again", Chutney Soca Monarch winner Rik

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July 11, 2011

Hospital Presents – Hospitality Festival Drum & Bass (Hospital)

Hospital kicks off the summer festival season in style with an enormous 28-track mixed compilation featuring all your favourite artists and top tracks fresh for summer 2011. Featuring brand new tracks from Netsky, S.P.Y, Logistics and much more, "Hospital

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July 4, 2011

Imperial Tiger Orchestra – Mercato (Mental Groove / Absinthe Music)

Follow-up to 2010's acclaimed EP Addis-Abeba, Mercato is the debut album by Swiss band Imperial Tiger Orchestra, the finest connoisseurs and grooviest performers of Ethiopian music from the Golden Age. Raphael Anker, trumpet player from Geneva, one day

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June 24, 2011

Various – Reggae Gold 2011 (VP)

"Reggae Gold" is simply the best reggae compilation series that exsists on this planet earth. With top-notch artwork image and filled with 16 of the hottest sounds from Jamaica this is the ultimate collection of reggae hits for the summer! "Reggae Gold

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June 17, 2011

Brookes Brothers – Brookes Brothers (Breakbeat Kaos)

Since they first burst onto the scene with their own unique brand of highly charged, uplifting dance floor drum & bass there are few who can deny the impact the Brookes Brothers have had in creating the current wave of feel-good music that perpetuates thr

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June 10, 2011

Laura Vane & The Vipertones – Sugar Fix (Unique Records/Social Beats)

This is the sugar fix you can't afford to miss! Drawn together from both sides of the North Sea, Laura Vane & The Vipertones are an eight-piece band assembled from various Dutch & UK projects, pooling their respective skills together for a remarkable funk

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June 6, 2011

Karlmarx – The Karl Max Project (Melting Pot Music)

Karlmarx are brothers Isaac Aesili (Opensouls, Recloose Live Band, Eru Dangerspiel) and Mark McNeill from New Zealand. Karlmarx make music from the dark side of the moon, fusing electronica, techno, synthpop, industrial, future soul and instrumental hip h

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May 30, 2011

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo – Orchestre Poly-Rythmo (Analog Africa)

Nestled in between Nigeria and Ghana, the traditional heavyweights of the golden West African musical axis, Benin, formerly known as Dahomey, has birthed some of the most raw and psychedelic Afro sounds to emerge from a continent blessed with artistic tal

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May 23, 2011

The Greg Foat Group – Dark Is The Sun (Jazzman)

To catch the attention of our discerning, critical and cynical ears, any demos that people send to us here at Jazzman have to be pretty damn good. Yes they all get listened to, but very few make it this far as an official Jazzman CD and vinyl release. In

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May 16, 2011

Pollyester – Earthly Powers (Permanent Vacation)

Two indefatigable genre crossers indulge in pop: on the debut album "Earthly Powers", the smashing duo Pollyester from Southern-Germany experiments with far out hooklines in a kraut-disco. With their worldwide acclaimed EPs on their own Imprint Love in C

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May 9, 2011

Box Codax – Hellabuster (Gomma)

"Last time round we didn't even mix our recordings", says Nick McCarthy, recalling the making of Box Codax' decidedly unpolished 2006 debut "Only An Orchard Away". "I had absolutely nothing but my computer and a little synth I borrowed from Alex" (Kaprano

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May 2, 2011

James Pants – James Pants (Stones Throw)

The story of James Pants is an unlikely one. The son of two Presbyterian ministers from an American backwater called Spokane, he went from being the goofy white teenage DJ for a black nationalist rap group to a much-loved multi-instrumentalist who can cou

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April 26, 2011

Frootful – Colours (Freestyle Records)

Freestyle Records springs into 2011 with the release of the debut album "Colours" by Frootful, which is the name guitarist Nick Radford records under. The project bridges the gap between past and present, acknowledging influences, while reflecting the cre

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April 18, 2011

Friedman & Liebezeit – Secret Rhythms 4 (Nonplace)

The fourth album release in the "Secret Rhythms" series by Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit results from a ten-year collaborative project encompassing live performances and studio sessions. What began as a rehearsal for a concert delivered at Cologne Trien

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April 11, 2011

Fler – Airmax Muzik 2 (Premium Edition) (Maskulin)

Fler aka Frank White presents his brand new full length album "Airmax Muzik 2" on his newly found label Maskulin. Produced by Gee Futuristic, X-Plosive, Beatzarre and Djorkaeff. Featuring guest appearances by Silla (Südberlin Maskulin) and MoTrip (Koo

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April 4, 2011

J.Rocc – Some Cold Rock Stuf (Stones Throw)

"Some Cold Rock Stuf" is the debut album of original music from one of the original turntablists, the longtime DJ for Madlib and the late J Dilla, and our pick for world's greatest hip-hop DJ. But this is not a "DJ album". Not a "beat album". Not a mix ta

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March 29, 2011

Joash – Don’t Fear It, Fight It (Compost)

Here comes the surprisingly silver shimmering nu-electronica. Well, the music style here is difficult to compare, we call it: outstanding gorgeous listening music. If someone may know the Penguin Café Orchestra from their most successful period of the ea

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March 21, 2011

Richie Spice – The Book Of Job (VP)

Richie Spice is an enduring force among reggae's young roots generation. At the launch of his fourth VP Records album, the youngest of the Bonner brothers (including singers Pliers & Spanner Banner) is in great musical form. "Book Of Job" presents new and

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March 14, 2011

Various – Cult Cargo: Salsa Boricua De Chicago (Numero Group)

Far from the twin epicenters of New York and Miami, Carlos Ruiz and his Ebirac label were both feeling and generating the aftershocks of the mid-'70s salsa boom. Holed up in their own bustling Puerto Rican community center on Chicago's west side, these th

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March 7, 2011

DC The Midi Alien – Avengers Airwaves (Brick)

The group East Coast Avengers was created in 2008 by MCs Esoteric, Trademarc and DJ/producer DC The MIDI Alien. Having dealt with almost eight politically corrupt years of the Bush regime, the three banded together and the result was the controversial yet

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February 28, 2011

Kakkmaddafakka – Hest (Bubbles)

The first signing after The Whitest Boy Alive on Bubbles is the international debut of the hot Norwegian band Kakkmaddafakka (means Party Animals), produced by Erlend Oye (The Whitest Boy Alive, Kings Of Convenience)! A guide to understanding the Kakk:

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February 21, 2011

Elephant Man – Dance & Sweep! Adventures Of The Energy God (VP)

Dancehall's top entertainer Elephant Man is back in action, delivering a slew of new hits on his latest studio effort, "Dance & Sweep! Adventures Of The Energy God". The Grammy-nominated "Energy God" brings the fun back to music in classic Elephant Man st

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February 14, 2011

The Sidewinders – Flatfoot Hustlin’ (Jazzman / Holy Grail Series)

Our never-ending quest for the ultimate Holy Grail LP has encountered many precious rarities and sought-after gems on the way, and The Sidewinders "Flatfoot Hustlin'" is no exception. Incredibly rare, so much so that it's only become known to collectors i

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February 7, 2011

Hospital Presents – Hospitality Drum & Bass 2011 (Hospital)

With over 50 separate club night dates across the globe in 2010, Hospitality is, as Mixmag puts it quite simply "the biggest thing in drum & bass". After the unprecedented success of the download only 2010 compilation, "Hospitality Drum & Bass 2011" bring

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January 31, 2011

Prinz Pi – Rebell ohne Grund (Keine Liebe Records)

Prinz Pi presents his brand new full-length album "Rebell ohne Grund" on Keine Liebe Records. The album features guest appearances by E-Rich, Chefkoch, Kamp, Timi Hendrix, Frauenarzt, Biztram, Mudi, and Raf Camora. More Information: Bei genauerem Hi

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January 24, 2011

Afrodesia – The Afro Soul-Tet (Luv N’ Haight)

Jack Millman, aka Johnny Kitchen, had a hand in many interesting, obscure and highly collectible records from the 1960s and 1970s. Producing, composing, recording, editing, releasing, licensing - you name it, Millman did it. The records he touched had an

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January 17, 2011

Various – Psych-Funk Sa-Re-Ga (1970-83 from India) (World Psychedelic Funk Classics)

Indian music has become a global musical language but its south Asian roots remain strong, diverse and local. As with our introductory anthology of this kind (Psych Funk 101 - WPFC 101) this anthology covers the "golden years" of the movement, from approx

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January 10, 2011

Culture – Culture At Joe Gibbs (Box-Set) (17 North Parade)

A deluxe four CD set assembling the complete works recorded by Culture for legendary producer Joe Gibbs. The three classic albums "Two Sevens Clash" (1977), "Baldhead Bridge" (1978) and "More Culture" (1981) are complemented by a fourth disc of non-album

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January 3, 2011

Dennis Brown – Dennis Brown At Joe Gibbs (Box-Set) (17 North Parade)

A deluxe four CD set assembling the complete works recorded by Dennis Brown for legendary producer Joe Gibbs. The two classic albums "Visions" (1978) and "Words Of Wisdom" (1979) are complemented by two discs of 26 classic singles for the Joe Gibbs empire

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December 27, 2010

Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra – Hooked Up Classics (Ubiquity)

Shawn Lee dons his Ping Pong Orchestra hat for an album inspired by the Hooked On Classics series of the early 1980s. This popular series of albums (arranged by Louis Clark of Electric Light Orchestra fame) took well-known classical pieces and gave them a

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December 21, 2010

Various – Strictly The Best 42 (VP)

"Strictly The Best Vol. 42" features new and current 'singer's hits' focusing on the smoother side of the reggae scene. The STB series is known for featuring the newest hits first, and this year is no exception. Top talent, big hits, distinctive packag

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December 13, 2010

The Brief Encounter – Special Release (Jazzman / Holy Grail Series)

The elusive and mysterious "Special Release" album by the Brief Encounter has eluded many an intrepid record collector over the years. Despite being a relatively well-known and highly-respected soul/funk band, their highly sought-after album on Seventy Se

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December 6, 2010

Intalek & Ritchcraft – Lives And Vibes (Jakarta Records)

Intalek, a rapper from Virginia, collaborated with Ritchcraft, a producer from Halifax, N.S. Canada and together they created their own vision of atmospherical independent hip hop, what is now known as "Lives And Vibes". An intimate interpretation of floa

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November 29, 2010

Israel Vibration – Reggae Knights (Mediacom)

With over 30 years in the business here's the welcome return of the legendary harmony vocal group in rasta reggae roots music! The new longplayer was recorded at Jimmy Cliff's Studio (Sun Power), and the musicians backing the 14 tracks of "Reggae Knights"

November 22, 2010

Various – Angola Soundtrack (Analog Africa)

The nascent Angolan music scene was set on fire by a small group of intrepid singers, backed by an array of super tight bands and led by extraordinary guitarists who revolutionized the musical and the political panorama of the 60s and 70s. A powerful conf

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November 15, 2010

Hezekiah – Conscious Porn (Soulspazm)

Hezekiah is roaring back to the mic this autumn with his third release, the forthcoming "Conscious Porn" (from a renewed SoulSpazm Records). Determined that the third time is the charm, Hezekiah is leaving little to chance by again working his newly refin

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November 8, 2010

Two Chix & A Beer – Friends Of Dolores (Butterama)

Now it's finally time for Two Chix & A Beer to crawl out of the cellar they've been hibernating in since 2003. Having allready recorded five entire albums that have been hand-manufactured and sold only in small amounts, this one, Friends Of Dolores, is

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