After hours grooving at the best early morning parties in the world
Bembeya Jazz – Spécial Recueil-Souvenir
They never truly recovered from Aboubacar Demba Camara’s death. He left a big shadow in their hearts.
Bo Hansson – Sagan Om Ringen
A man who always thought the city — and people — were strange, transposed Tolkien’s work into a sublime aural orgasm.
Donny Hathaway – Extensions Of A Man
40 yrs ago, Donny said that “everything being done right now is just different styles, grouped, changed around, adding rhythm.” A timeless mindset which led to this masterwork.
Underworld – Oblivion With Bells
A strange assortment of styles where the artist seems to only have taken their own vision into respect. Has remained cool in a strange way.
Euroboys – Long Ways Flight Til Tomorrow
Also known as Kåre and the Cavemen. But Euroboys is a better name, obviously. Dont miss: “Gallery Oslo”.
St Germain – Boulevard
Simply because it has a way of always adapting to the situation. And rarely outstays its welcome.
Todd Rundgren – A Wizard/A True Star
A flurry of musical virtue, this should engage any listener that has enough energy to keep pace.
Stavros Farhakos – Kokkina Fanaria & Lola (OST)
During peaks, it demands a strong sexual or mystical tension thru lingering mediterranean plucks, weaving in and out of soft, lush brass.
Roland Bocquet – Paradia
The man who looks like Todd Terje’s lost father but less trustworthy (or perhaps not), evokes some perfect moods for idle weekdays.
The Latin Kings – Omertá
Lastly, a swedish throwback. My dad bought this and the whole family would listen to it together, laughing to the skits and enjoying the rest.
Ishivu – Gryning (Trunkfunk Records)
Sweden’s Trunkfunk Records returns with a brand new single from hotly tipped producer Ishivu. The Trunkfunk label has been pushing out quality electronic music from it’s Gothernburg base for fifteen years now. Owned by local promoter Nibc it has had an open hearted approach to its releases which have featured house, electronica and bumpy urban beats since 2000. For this latest offering the imprint turns once again to local talent ‘Ishivu’ for two cuts of deep and cultured house music backed with remixes from Matt Karmil and Shakarchi & Straneus. The release will appear as a limited vinyl 12” with it’s own unique, hand drawn artwork by reknowned artist Ingo Giezendanner (http://www.grrrr.net/). The record opens up with the excellent ‘Gryning’, meaning ‘dawn’ in swedish. It’s a stripped backed affair with a bobbling bassline and sparse percussion leading the way before a multitude of off-kilter FX hit the sound pallette to great effect. The addition of warm, swelling pads, subtle melodic parts and muted vocal snippets all add to the depth of the production and give a sense of early morning. In compliment to dawn, Ishivu follows up with ‘dusk’, or ‘Skymning’ as it’s titled in his native tongue.
Filtered toms and skittering hats blend with understated birdsong to lead the listener into a hypnotic and immersive track dominated by edgy bass and wonky pads. The EP is completed with two remixes of ‘Gryning’. The first comes from UK DJ/producer Matt Karmil who has had a busy year, releasing on Tim Sweeney’s Beats in Space label and remixing for the likes of John Talabot and Axel Boman’s Talaboman. Here he reworks the original into a more direct dancefloor cut whilst retaining the charm of Ishivu composition. The second mix comes from Studio Barnhus regulars Shakarchi & Straneus who reassemble ’Gryning’ in their own image, dropping in delayed vocal edits and scattered percussion to delvier a near perfect groove. This is a sublime package from a producer that deserves out attention.
Ishivu – Gryning (Trunkfunk Records) Release: Out Now. Cat. No. TF032
