The follow up to his genre-fusing debut, No Charisma, sees Martin Kemp with his boney little fingers firmly on the weird switch. Best described as sounding ‘like Carl Craig making UK Funky’, our Martin is way darker than that bloke off Eastenders.
release sheet w/c 09-11-09
sthreleases091109 New D ‘n’ B CD NONCD2 Big Skeleton – The Upbeats Non Vogue CD If you’re The Upbeats, you never know when inspiration is going to hit, or leave you curled up on the floor with laughter-induced abdominal muscles pains. In this particular scenario, their inspiration was a whispered Brazilian ghetto story related to [...]
label update: Hemlock Recordings
London based ‘soulful bass music’ label Hemlock Recordings have very quickly earned their reputation as one of the most exciting electronic labels to emerge in recent years, showcasing the sounds of some new and interesting artists such as James Blake, Untold and Fantastic Mr Fox. They pride themselves on releasing music in top quality packaging with lush design and are responsible for pushing very fresh and current sounds.
release sheet w/c 12-10-09
sthreleases121009 New D ‘n’ B Releases NZ009 Timeslip – Cern Samurai Music 12″ Vinyl Samurai Music returns with yet another heavyweight kiwi talent Cern, for his debut release on the label. Cern has spent the last few years blazing a trail of intricate tech flavoured funk on labels like Critical, Renegade Hardware, Symptom, Shady Brain, [...]
label update: 2nd Drop Records
Following in Ramadanman’s supreme tribal tracks, comes South London production outfit LV. Fresh from two releases on Hyperdub and remixes for Hemlock, the quartet deliver the rootical Don’t Judge featuring vocals from seasoned UK rootsman Errol Bellot, who has worked with King Tubby among others.
coming soon: “Critical Sound LP” – Critical Music
Critical music is a UK drum n bass label releasing some of the freshest breaks and beats around. Created and nurtured by Kasra, the imprint has gone from strength to strength over recent years. 2009 has seen this continuing with massive releases such as the Break remix of Spectrasouls “Alibi” and Sabres glorious “Original Sin”.
release sheet w/c 03-08-09
sthreleases030809 New D ‘n’ B Releases EXIT008 Black Pocket Vol. Three – Steve Spacek Presents Exit Records 12″ Vinyl The unsung king of UK soul returns with third installment in his popular Black Pocket series. This release is the sampler before the eagerly anticipated album. “Boungie” finds Steve showing his full vocal range with a [...]
