29th Feb 2012 – Yeti Lane take the top spot.
1 (2) YETI LANE – THE ECHO SHOW – SONIC CATHEDRAL
A stunning LP of out there Parisian psychedelic pop, that’s pretty much guaranteed to blow your mind.
2 (5) JAGWA MA – COME SAVE ME – THE BLUE RIDER
Vintage samples, Spencer Davis Group rhythms and 60’s harmonies drive a modern psychedelic pop song that grooves. Comes backed with the tripped out What Love. Infectious.
3 (NEW) DE LA SOUL’S PLUG 1 & PLUG 2 PRESENT FIRST SERVE – MUST B THE MUSIC – PIAS
Upbeat hip hop that sounds fresh with an old skool feel and plenty of bounce to the ounce. Comes with 8 across the board remixes.
4 (7) SOAP & SKIN – WONDER – PIAS
A beautiful and haunting piano lament from Austria.
5 (1) SPEECH DEBELLE – I’M WITH IT – BIG DADA
Excellent wordy pop with substance and feeling, that’s up there with The Streets at his peak.
6 (6) TANLINES – MIXED EMOTIONS – TRUE PANTHER SOUNDS
New York duo’s debut LP of nice contemporary pop with 80’s licks.
7 (8) YPPAH – FILM BURN – NINJA TUNE
Featuring the smokey vocals of Anomie Belle and riding some nice musical 21st century trip hop.
8 (10) DETROIT SWINDLE – THE WRAP AROUND EP – SAINTS & SONNETS
Amsterdam duo’s debut release of soulful house /techno, the clue is in the name. The title cut works a great vocal snippet of Marvin Gaye’s Stubborn Kind Of Fellow, whilst the very deep Pain Tomorrow teases with What’s Going On.
9 (16) ESCORT – CAMELEON CHAMELEON & STARLIGHT (REMIXES) – NANG
Max Essa gives Starlight a back in the day house boost, adding a familiar bassline, and classic percussion.
10 (13) OLI FURNESS – DEATH OF A MUSICBOX – RECORE
Deep and lush house that has got certain jazzy techno influences and a Brave New World feel, which works brilliantly with the female almost automated spoken vocal.
11 (25) GRIMES – VISIONS – 4AD
Canadian Claire Boucher delivers an LP of misty towering soundscapes and ghostly vocals, floating over electronic pop rhythms, resulting in something quite cute but sinister going on.
12 (12) NEDRY – IN A DIM LIGHT – MONOTREME
An LP of ethereal but earthy vocals, working their way around programmed rhythms, bass heavy tones and atmospheric spheres. Moody and distant but very intimate.
13 (NEW) ALEX KADDOUR & FRIENDS – MY HISTORY EP – VICARIO MUSIQUE
The opening cut Luxemburgo Ft. Isaac Silva is a fat n funky slab of basement house with a soulful vocal that’s got a bit of a Gil Scott Heron feel. James Teej shoots it through with tweaked sonics.
14 (20) SHAKE ALETTI – LIGHTS & SPARKS – PROMO
Turned up sleeves on a pastel jacket Scritti Politti influenced electro pop. Mighty Mouse takes it to the Ibiza beach party.
15 (NEW) LIGHTSHIPS – SWEETNESS IN HER SPARK – GEOGRAPHIC
Debut release from Teenage Fanclub’s Gerard Love’s new outfit. A nostalgic spangling sunshine strummer on a warm breeze. The LP Electric Cables is due in April.
16 (18) SWEET LIGHTS – ENDLESS TOWN – HIGHLINE
Shai Halperin returns with a new project and a bittersweet feel good strummer about his home town Philadelphia.
17 (NEW) MEMORY 9 – BLACK DRAGON EP – MNEMONIC DOJO
The title track is a sumptuous warm bed of electronics with arpeggio twinkly bits floating around like some sort of magical snow storm. Wide eyed & blissed out.
18 (23) SUPER BEST FRIENDS CLUB – YES YOU ARE / EVOLUTION – HAKISAC
An intricate and carefully orchestrated ramshackle debut full of loveliness, from this ecstatic London sextet. Just go with it.
19 (NEW) CHAMBOCHE – METACOMA EP – BLACK KEY
Lead track Mello is a deep percussive builder with lush pads & hooky repetitive synth riffs. Show It shifts up a gear sporting B-Boy swagger and an infectious acid line, and Perpetual Motion is perfect for that still at it sunrise buzz. Intoxicating house at its best.
20 (21) JAVEON MCCARTHY – LOST TIME – PMR
Eats Everything get on a nice spaced out techno vibe.
21 (14) ABSTRAXION – MORIBAYASA – DIFFERENT
African flavoured machine rhythms and atmospheric chanting causes dance floor delirium. Argy whips up a storm with his Back To Techno Remix.
22 (24) SARE HAVLICEK – ESCAPE MACHINE – NANG
Debut double vinyl LP of Slovenian sweeping disco that has got a back in the day French feel.
23 (19) DJ FORMAT – SPACESHIP EARTH FT. EDAN – PROJECT BLUE BOOK
Car chase breaks race around the edgy downtown back streets. Flipped with Terror Ft. Mr Lif, a dark dose of raw hip hop.
24 (NEW) TOMAT – 01-06 JUNE – MONOTREME
Debut LP of out there sonic landscapes made up from 1 synth, 1 guitar and layers & layers of voices, creating an ethereal, almost biblical experience of miracle proportions. Amazing!
25 (NEW) THE HACKER – SHOCKWAVE – DIFFERENT
Late 80’s early 90’s European rave complete with those oh so familiar chants of Ecstasy Ecstasy. Gesaffelstein and Mark Archer turn up the pressure. It’ll make you sweat.
26 (15) BLACKULA – BACK FROM MYSTERY CITY – BEAR FUNK
An intoxicated LP of gothic electronics and sinister musicianship, creating a Hammer House Of Horror feel, complete with a bit of 70’s kitsch, and worked around out there funky rhythms.
27 (NEW) MADCOLOURS – VERDA HUGO – TOO PURE SINGLES CLUB
Art school trio debut with urgent ramshackle jitteriness and fucked up African licks.
28 (22) MIGUEL PUENTE – WHAT YOU DO – No. 19 MUSIC
Revitalising the sparse sound of early soulful female vocal house.
29 (NEW) KRIS MENACE – ELECRIC HORIZON – COMPUPHONIC
Eagerly awaited sophomore LP explores further into the spaced out melodic sounds of Nu Disco.
30 (NEW) RJ FLETCHER – DOUBLE DOWN EP – TACT
New label out of Manchester debuts with deep and familiar tried and tested house.
To get your track submitted for consideration please contact Dean Thatcher at deanthatcher25@hotmail.com Vinyl & CD’s much preferred.
