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REVIEWS Soulful/prog
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Discipline Mistaken EP Exaltation
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Bang on the money garage Phil Asher never really fails to hit the
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Brenden grabs the core with awesome male vocals mark and ‘Runnin’ is no exception. A
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elements of The Nails’ and a kickin’ modern soul fusion of mellow house and ‘80s
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‘Discipline’ (spooky piano, mix to boot. bassline, a la Unlimited Touch and
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is on hand to keep the soulful flow on
sounding rework. System of the go. Vocalist Shea Soul is charged
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Survival with serving up the lyrics in a credible
Lovebirds Naturelle EP fashion and she does Asher proud. If
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Go straight to the shuffling then this is a must, the two flavours
khill, Leg A three-track scorcher but jazzy beats of ‘15PDS’. are here and more than satisfy even a
it’s the original version of Could have been on hard-nosed ol’ bastard like me.
‘The Rat’ that will tear the another level with a full ‘Exaltation’ is a mellow garage number
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frikin’ roof off any club that vocal. Still, a vibrant, with a jazzy violin lead that would
ood, Ear cares to drop this deep, energetic tool for ya box. make even Stephane Grappelli sit up
tracky funky ride. and take notice.
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Various the air, as the band and Yoshizawa
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serious jazz collector. Dreamstate
Luke Cowdrey and Justin Crawford, aka
The Unabombers, turn back the hands of
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Northern Exposure 
Northern Exposure is dedicated to
T dance music time to pay respects to Tim Scott bringing back (and reworking) tracks
their seminal Electric Chair sessions. Season of Change Part 2 EP that defined that classic NE and GU era.
Here, three cuts have been cherry-
Universal Vibes 
The Oliver Lieb & Dakota remixes are in
picked from the forthcoming Jazz/funk and fusion maestro Tim Scott place, sitting pretty alongside the
same-name comp and despite being old gets real eclectic, exploring fractured originals. Grafiti (aka Leama) cools
fruits, they are still very fresh and tasty. beats, vocals, dark house and ‘Dreamstate’’s now-very-speedy-
The silly rare gospel cut ‘Stand On The boogie-fuelled funk. The chirpy ‘BST’ cut sounding heels with an ace low-slung
Dancefloor destroyer! Word’ by the Joubert Singers is here, as is where plucked guitars and thick bass mix. Be warned though, he throws in
StrakeS
is the early garage groove of Daniel drive things along. The original version some loud speaker-shockers just to
Wang’s ‘Like Some Dream (I Can’t Stop of the title track sounds a lil’ flat make sure you’ve not lost concentation.
Lost My Dog
Dreaming)’, musically a close relation to production-wise but the fuzzy funk of
Dinosaur L’s classic ‘Go Bang’. Talk about the broken beats-led ‘Chris Baker Mix’
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diversity! Finally, we finish with the puts things back on track quickly. Matt Rowan
DJ Mes & Special Interest super heavyweight hip-hop hitter ‘Black
The Strolling EP Men United’.
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I Play This (album sampler#1)
Baroque 
Phobic Recordings 
Ben Preston ‘Mister 80’ uses some great progressive
“‘The Strolling EP’ is deep Midlands house at its finest. Title
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Don’t Worry/Open It melodies then summons excellent,
track ‘Strolling’ (with Guesthouse Music’s DJ Mes) and ‘Just Hajime Yoshizawa
Devilock 
scuzzy electronica from inside the
Want It’ are both solid cuts, but the real winners are two solo Japan (album sampler) ‘Don’t Worry’ is a driving, minimal boxes. ‘Bits & Pieces’ is great curving
efforts from Damian and Tom of Special Interest. ‘Knuckle
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number with a repetitive lead line that is melodica matched with a stuttery male
Fight’ (Damian’s) has a simple bumping groove An incredible display of Yoshizawa’s worked hard through the studio boxes vocal and some late-’90s flavour
complimented by intricate keys, the occasional sax stab and obvious and gifted talent for playing the to keep it fresh and interesting. ‘Open It’ prog-house riffs. ‘Scam’ is deeper fare
Inland Knights-esque chopped-up vocals, while ‘Let It Go’ piano and all manner of keyboards. Four is more expansive with some cool, with a warping ‘Chime’-like riff. Great
(Tom’s) is full of Chi-town jack, with a gritty bassline delightfully crafted and charismatic stabbed melodies and a great rolling precursor to the album.
underpinning a vocal that urges you to ‘Let yourself go’. It’s dancefloor jazz cuts to make the more groove supporting it. Nice release.
hard not to!” flamboyant dancers amongst us leap in
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