d_rradio remixed - album review (Distraction Records)
Release Date: 6th October
Earlier this year d_rradio followed their 2007 mini album release, the brilliant Underscore, with the truly sumptuous and delightful self-titled debut album. It remains one of my favourite albums of the year; so imagine my delight when I became aware that Distraction Records were to release [...]

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Album Review - Liquid Liquid - Slip In & Out Of The Phenomenon (Domino Records)
Domino Records has released a retrospective compilation of the seminal early 1980’s cult New York punk funk quartet, Liquid Liquid.
Slip In & Out Of The Phenomenon is a compilation from Liquid Liquid’s 3 EP’s plus live and previously unreleased material - [...]

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Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band released their third album Moving With The Shakers this month on Z Records.
A ragbag delight of boogie, disco, funk and jazz, collaborators on ‘Moving With The Shakers’ include Harlem soul legend Leroy Burgess, Diane Charlemagne (who sang on Goldie’s ‘Inner City Life’) and Chaka Khan’s sister Taka Boom. [...]

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A Land For Renegades by Zombie Zombie (Versatile Records)
The debut album, A Land For Renegades by Zombie Zombie was conceived and recorded as an imaginary film soundtrack. Apparently, the album follows a loose plot.
Etienne Jaumet & Cosmic Neman are Zombie Zombie, and with guest musicians have recorded an album full of their beloved inspirations; [...]

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Album Review - Excepter: Debt Dept (Paw Tracks Records)
Excepter release their fourth album on Paw Tracks Records this week. Debt Dept is a shivering, dark, brooding left of centre experimentation with electronica noise reminiscent of Mark Stewart & the Maffia and his On-U-sound experiments. The vocal chants on the opening track, Entrance, also remind me [...]

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