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Freestyle crew
members EzBoy, Say Vegin, Howie & Outspan
offer you the coolest tracks we discovered in October
2000
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EZ Boy real name: Bruno Fierens a.k.a.: B.F. icq n°: 2665138 e-mail: ezboy@hotmail.com |
| chart of the month | |
| 1. Unforscene : The Sulston Connection : Kudos Records 2000 Ultra strong mini-album of what might be the next Fila Brazillia 2. V.A. : Cottage Industries : Neo Ouija records 2000 Another very strong pure chillout experience on Neo Ouija (see review) 3. Xaver Fischer Trio : II : Unique records 2000 Superb refreshing & diverse acid jazz album. (see review) 4. V.A. : Dub plates from the lamp : Pork 2000 Creating atmospheres is what it is all about on this new strong Pork compilation 5. Susumu Yokota : Sakura : Leaf 2000 (see review) 6. Neurokinetic : Toytronic compilation : Toytronic records 2000 Ambient-electronic experiments for loungy atmospheres 7. 45 Dip : The acid lounge : Hed Kandi Records 2000 Hosts the killer track "Searching for Marden Hill" (see review) 8. V.A. : Carte blanche : Naked Music 2000 Yes, they know how to select the finer and jazzier bedroom housy tracks 9. V.A. : Street Suite : Connoisseur Collection Ltd 2000 Follow up to the legendary Bitter Suite jazzfunk series. Excellent! |
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| oldskool goodies | |
| 1. Sadoa Watanabe : Ride On : Westai 1981 Japans number one jazzfunk artist with another killer jazzfunk jam. 2. Charles Earland : Coming to you live : Fairyland 1980 Discofunk dancefloor energy with a Bernard Edwards bassline sound 3. The Brothers Johnson : Ain't we funkin' now : AM Records 1978 For sure funkin' as hell. From the Blam album and produced by Quincy Jones. 4. Ozone : Aerobic Jamercise : Motown 1982 Funky jam with a kind of Fatback & Brass Construction touch. |
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| events of the month | |
| 1. Sadao Watanabe live at De Werf Brugge Unforgetable great live jazzfunk experience. Proves once more what real music artists are about. 2. Kyoto Jazz Massive at Bxl Finally a deejay duo that doesn't collapse for cheap techhouse kickdrum dancefloor pressure but carefully blends deep funky, jazzy and garage house tracks. 3. St. Germain live at Lille Ludovic and his band proved they for sure have something more to offer than studio productions during this live concert. |
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Howard real name: Howard Djalti a.k.a.: Howie icq n°: 34040960 e-mail: bizare@uptomail.com |
| Maxi Singles of the month | |
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Flanger : EP2 / n tone 1998 (see review) 2. Vapour Space : Sweep / Knob 1998 3. Willie : Seek Mas / Musik aus strom 2000 4. Electric Sheep : locust lunch EP / Musik aus strom 2000 5. AEMIC : Aleph / Musik aus strom 2000 6. Freeform : Glob / Musik aus strom 2000 7. Château Flight : Frontal Funk - Prism /Versatile 2000 8. Kid Spatula : Jega / Planet Mu rec. 1999 |
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| Albums of the month | |
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DJ Food : Kaleidoscope /Ninja Tune 2000 2. CIM : Reference /Focus 2000 3. Mira Calix : Pin Skeeling /Warp 1998 4. Seefeel : CH-Vox /Rephlex 1996 5. Beige (Promo) : I Don't Either /The Leaf Label (SDR) 2000 6. Kinesthesia : Emphathy Box / Rephlex 1994 7. Louise Vertigo : Femme Fin De Siécle / Yellow 1998 8. Omni Trio : Byte Size Life / EFA 1999 9. Funki Porcini : Hed Phone Sex / Ninja Tune 1995 10. Lackluster Container Focus 2000 |
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| Classics of the month | |
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The Neon Judgement: 1981-1984 (TV Treated) / Anything But Records 1984 2. Black Mojo : Mojo's Workin' / Warp 1993 3. The Crusaders : Free As the Wind / MCA rec. 1977 4. MFSB : Universal Love / CBS 1975 5. The Crusaders The Best Of The Blue Thumb 1975 |
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Say Vegin real name: Bart Holvoet a.k.a.: El Barto icq n°: 11995924 e-mail: sayvegin@xyberweb.com |
| 12" maxis of the month | |
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1. Unforscene : Remote Viewing : Kudos This was their first 12" on Kudos, great jazzy stuff on the funky tip 2. Quango : Sky's The Limit : PAN Another high-quality IG Culture (People Recs) production, Groovy 90s Funk all the way. 3. Dieter Reith : Love & Fantasy EP : rare.Sons Composed and recorded in 1978 but released only a few weeks ago! Nice mixture of experimental jazz-funk and electronics. 4. Solid State : 74th Avenue / Bay Area Hustle : Renegade These guys know how to take the drum 'n bass sound to the next level! Polyrhythmic jazzfunk for the 21st century. |
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| Albums of the month | |
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1. Lackluster : Container : Focus 2. Multiplex : Area to Area : Toytronic 3. Susumo Yokota : Sakura : Leaf / Skintone (see review) 4. Marumari : The Wolves Hollow : Carpark |
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| Compilations of the month | |
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1. Various : Cottage Industries : Neo Ouija (see review) 2. Various : Neurokinetic : Toytronic 3. Various : Invisible Soundtracks Volume One : Leaf The first in the series, featuring experimental ambient tracks by a.o. Gescom and Disjecta 4. Various : SignalFlow : Toytronic |
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| Old-Skool tunes of the month | |
| SOS Band : Just The Way You Like It : CBS | |
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Outspan |
| contemporary grooves | |
| full titles this month since all records were enjoyed in one big listening experience with speakers standing on my nighttable... 1. Scotch & Sofa : Various Artists : blue note Okay, old-skool tracks. But the compilation is new, okay... I thought : let's listen to this track to track and get a good view of decent jazz lounging à la blue note. Well, I remember the first track is from 3 sounds live at the cafe bohemia or something and further on...nothing but eternal (+/- 74 minutes) bliss. Mega mega atmosphere. (see review) 2. Leggo Beast : from here to g : Pork From electro to jazz : a small step for mankind but a tricky one. This pork-artist (half of the bullitnuts) takes this step the way it should be : crossing all styles and waggling on like a duck on dope, it sounds original, once again. (see review) 3. Xavier Fischer Trio : II : unique More jazz, more jazz... sometimes the tracks are more hectic and jazz-funkier so that it's not one straight line to fantasy like the blue note ensemble, but it's to keep things interesting, right ! Classy. (see review) 4. Nu Spirit Helsinki : montana roha jazz ep : JCR Having released on guidance this finnish jazz collective brings three extremely lazy tracks, having little to do with the recent hyped sound of jazzanova. Effective chillin'. |
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| raregroove | |
| Fatback :
UFO (Unidentified funking object) : Spring 1983 The tweakin' soundz and deep astronauts voice immediately remind me of the funky obscurity and cross-over character of 'Is this the future'. Somehow, between all the filosofical statements of magnificent space-view the man starts talking about his love for girls and I mean all kinds of girls...it's a Fatback all'right |
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| Special Guest Chart From Our Freelance Freestyle Reviewer Tommy ! | Tommy real name: Tom S. e-mail: tommy.s@wol.be |
| Vinyl fresh from the shops | |
| 1) Classen Collective : Close to greatness / JCR Indeed very close to greatness! ,there's 3 mixes : the deep joy mix ,which has a lot of percussion sounds in it ,who took away the funk mix ,quite boring imho and the original mix which is my personal favourite ,great buildup and deep funky grooves ,yummy! 2) Erot : Two songs for Annie / Disfunction Tore Kroknes aka Erot is definitely crazy about his Annie ,his music has very complex rhythms.. deep beautiful sounds...one of the most original 12"s i have heard lately!,from Norway of all places ! 3) Flying Disc Federation : Make your shadow smile / Wha? (promo) 4th release on the wha? label ,on the A side there's a killer funky deephouse track with a beautiful soulfull melodical breakdown ...on the B side there's a vocal mix with deep soulfull vocals by ?? (waiting for the official release to find out) and a dub mix that's pretty standard stuff. 4) Projekt:pm : Da ssm files EP / Crucial Spacy deep stuff ,the best track is "all nite jazz". 5) Daniel Ibbotson : Things Change,Sometime soon / Glasgow Underground Bought this one while visiting the enchanted place that is K-town ,some really friendly creatures live there though they have this really funny language ...just kiddin' ,back to bizniz ...there's some relaxed funky melodic deephouse with a happy vibe on this 12". 6) Vick Lavender : p.m. blues EP/ NLC Very hard to go wrong with the NLC label ,and this one was even recommended to me by the freestyle crew ,offcourse i couldn't resist to buy this pearl ...great funky melodical deephouse, Chicago stylee. 7) Trio Delicado : Roomservice / Wha? 3d release on the WGW sublabel ,a very diverse EP...check out the REVIEW! 8) Oshun Flow : Ebony Chick / Absolute Pressure A trip into deepness with beautiful piano riffs & sexy vocals ,4 mixes. 9) Love Rec : First steps (vol.2) / Lupeca Deep loungy stuff from Portugal ,highly recommended ! 10) "Little Louie" Vega feat. Arnold Jarvis : Life Goes On / MAW Soulfull vocal garage,very nice ...the dub mix sucks tho. |
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| Albums of the month | |
| Idjut Boys : Saturday Nite Live / Nuphonic MixCD from the Idjut Boys ,a superb selection of obscure funk and nuskool deep tracks mixed in a magical way (probably thanks to a whole lot of studio work ! =) ) ,featuring tracks of :femi kuti,syrup,isolée,erot ... A very nice diverse mixalbum, one of my personal favourites. |
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| Funky Flashback | |
| Tee Scott : Brooklyn express disco mix 69 / BMC (1982) 2 tracks : 69 and change position ,this 12" was produced by Began Cekik and steals the keys and sounds of Jimmy Bo Horne's Spank (not sampled but replayed !!) and takes them way further to create music tailored to suit a dancefloor's needs ...i coincidentally experienced myself last weekend what power this track has on a dancefloor ,went to a discoparty where this track was played ,the crowd went nuts! ...once more the proof that Disco never dies !! ,amen and out ;) |
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