Catch of the Day

Red Snapper have produced some pretty tasty and, at times, quite mental lo-fi/jazz/funk/hip hop/electronica nuggets over the years, here's a few morsels - do watch out for the bones....

Strike One and Last One (Coldcutted and Gutted by DJ Food), both taken from the 1996 Loopascoopa EP.

Mooking (Depth Charge remix), from the Mooking 12", again 1996).

Move the Beagles

Moving along in a kind of related fashion from the start of the week, today we have two tracks with roots in Bristol.

Firstly, more Wild Bunch, this time with their remix of Eric B & Rakim's "Move The Crowd" from 1987.

Secondly, Tricky with "Smoking Beagles", a B-side from the Tricky Kid EP, released in 1996.

Enjoy!

P.S, More UK hip hop to come shortly....

Watch the scratch

Revisiting my first post here a few weeks ago, we have another track from Spacer - 1995's "Watch The Skies", an atmospheric mid-tempo, sci-fi infused head nodder.

Also today is something I meant to post a while ago... From 1996 we have Kitachi with "Scratch" , here for you remixed in a stomping dub hip-hop manner.

As a reminder, feel free to post a comment, all feedback is welcomed and is the best way of getting to hear more of what you want and less of what you don't.

Check the technique, see if you can follow it...

Rae and Christian lovingly re-roll Nightmares On Wax's "What I'm Feelin'" from 1996, served on a bed of funk and garnished with a hint of turntable.

Then, it's back to 1990 and one time fastest rapper in the world MC JC-001 does his thing all over Al Green, leaving us with the lesser heard curiosity "Alone" by PartE Unknown (which I'm assuming was just JC001 and D-Zire being bored with their names).

Splendid.

Chemicals

I don't recall seeing this on any other Chemical Bros. albums or compilations, so this may be of interest to some... "Buzz Tracks" was the B-side to the Setting Sun 12" in 1996.

All good clean fun, especially the comically nauseating tape loop effect at 3 mins-ish...

Bring back summer...

So, the weather has been surprisingly pleasant of late, until today when it actually feels like April... The sun has got his hat on, but also appears to have buggered off to the pub...

A couple of happy bits and bobs now to keep the mood up...

The first of todays tracks is kind of sunshine related, being the B side of Alex Reece's "Feel the Sunshine" from 1996.
Austrian knob-twiddlers, Kruder and Dorfmeister, work their magic over "Jazz Master" and justify adding an umbrella to your pint.

The second is one of my favourite breaks of all time and just an outstanding song in it's own right, from 1972 it's Al Green with "I'm Glad You're Mine".