23.1.2009 von mk.

Tracklist:

1. Hot Chip
   My Piano (dub)
   “My Piano” appears on “Hot Chip DJ-Kicks”
2. Carl Craig
   Brainfreeze (edit)
   “Brainfreeze” taken from Carl Craig’s “Sessions”
3. Quiet Village
   Circus of Horror
   “Circus Of Horror” taken from the album “Silent Movie”
4. The Herbaliser
   You’re not all that
   “You’re Not All That” taken from the album “Same As It Never Was”
5. Milosh
   Awful Game
   “Awful Game” taken from the album “iii”
6. Bomb The Bass
   So Special
   “So Special” taken from the album “Future Chaos”
7. The Matthew Herbert Big Band
   The Story (edit)
   “The Story” appears on “There’s Me And There’s You”
8. Circlesquare
   Dancers (edit)
   “Dancers” appears on the upcoming album “Songs About Dancing And Drugs”
9. Boozoo Bajou
   Flickers (edit)
   “Flickers” appears on the upcoming album “Grains”

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16.1.2009 von mk.

The Shapes sampler boasts an exclusive collection of dance-floor orientated grooves, almost all of which have never been released on CD before or are entirely exclusive to this album.
The album opens with Fiesta Tropical, a one off signing to Tru Thoughts by French producer Azaxx. Azaxx makes catchy dancey instrumentals and sounds just like a Robert Luis DJ set. In a similar vein ‘Stabilo Bossa’ is a lively, fast-tempo dance track with bassy undertones, horns, and cymbals combined with dirty synth sounds. This track is by Barakas, the very same Simon Green you may have encountered as Bonobo.
Belleruche’s killer track ‘Northern Girls’ is remixed by DJ Vadim (Ninja Tune/BBE) whilst me&you’s massive drum and bass romp ‘Last Night’ is given the Benny Page (signed to Shy FX’s label Sound Boy) treatment and sees its first appearance on CD. (The Benny Page mix will be released on a limited stock of 12″ and only out a week before Shapes 07:02 on the 10th September.) Killer remixes abound on this instalment with super hot remix of ‘Compatible’ by PTH Projects (those cheeky Part Time Heroes), Drumagick’s bass masterclass mix of Tm Juke’s ‘Damn’ and Povo’s jazz-dance rework of ‘Wildflower’ originally from the recent Nostalgia 77 album ‘Everything Under the Sun’.
‘Panama City’ is a previously unreleased track from the forthcoming Latino funk album from The Quantic Soul Orchestra ‘Tropidelico’ out in October. It is also available on the b-side of the first single, ‘She Said What?’, and is available on 12″ from 24th September.
Other treats you will find on the album include an exclusive remix by Grant Phaboa of Alice Russell’s cover of the White Stripes classic track Seven Nation Army, instrumentals of Freddie Cruger’s ‘I Wanna Make You Move’ and The Bamboos ‘Get In The Scene’, the Quantic track Mi Swing Es Tropical which was recently featured on a recent Worldwide iTunes advert and is in such high demand that label owner Robert Luis decided to add it to this Shapes album despite its inclusion on a previous instalment.

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2.1.2009 von mk.

Wer hat mit so einem Jahresendspurt gerechnet? Fast alle alten Helden des NuJazz, Freestyle, Fusion oder wie auch immer man das nennen mag – sind mit neuem Album am Start: Jazzanova, Thievery Cooperation, Nightmare on Wax … und nun auch Mr. Scruff. Manche der alten Helden überzeugen in allen Bereichen, manche enttäuschen. Zu welcher Sorte gehört Herr Scruff?
Der abgedrehte Scruff war in den letzten Monaten mit einigen sehr guten 12“s wieder in der Szene und den Playlists vieler Freestyle-DJs aufgetaucht. Das neue Album „Ninja Tuna“ schließt hervorragend an die letzten Releases an. Natürlich findet man hier die Hits „Music takes me up“ mit dem souligen Gesang der fantastischen Alice Russell und die Kooperation „Donkey Ride“ mit dem Tausendsassa Quantic. Darüber hinaus findet man auch fetten Hip Hop mit Unterstützung von Roots Manuva und so manche abgedrehte Soundspielerei mit Disco- oder Latino-Samples.
Mr. Scruff überzeugt mit seinen 13 neuen Tracks erneut mit seiner eigenwilligen Mischung, unerwarteten Wendungen und einer gehörigen Portion Groove und Humor.

Quincy Jointz (4 von 5 Punkten)

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