Review: Boom: three years, three albums. No biggie for Bristol duo The Allergies, Jalapeno's biggest success story since Kraak & Smaak. Each album shows them getting deeper into the groove, creeping away from the cheeky samples and sculpting their own pedigree funk originals. With Ugly Ducking Andy Cooper onside through the mix from the wild ride vibing "Fade Away" to the white knuckle lyrical fire of "Run It Back", there's a real band feeling to the whole album as familiar voices thread throughout the jams... including that of UK hip hop legend Dr Syntax.
Review: 'Fragments + Distancing' cultivates a profound sense of meditative stasis with the use of a Moog Mother 32, custom built filters, and various Eurorack modular sequencers, modules, and effects. James continues his proven and unique efforts in creating ethereal tones on this latest collection of songs. Fragments was created by using a method of composition James has been perfecting, where he takes small pieces of unreleased music that he has written stretching over the last 10 years, and runs them through different modes and methods of granular stretching and FFT processing. In some cases, the original audio source was no longer than 20-30 seconds long. PITP is honored to share this collection of music.
The Allergies - "Love That I'm In" (feat Andy Cooper)
The Andy Tolman Cartel - "You What!"
Nicole Willis & UMO Jazz Orchestra - "(Everybody) Do The Watusi"
Charles Bradley - "Change For The World"
Joyous - "Galaxia"
Henri-Pierre Noel - "Funky Spider Dance (The Reflex Revision)"
Brian Augers' Oblivion Express - "Inner City Blues"
The Hawkmen - "Love Is Blind"
Scone Cash Players - "Year Of The Rooster" (part 1)
Tanika Charles - "Endless Chain"
Kylie Auldist - "Body"
Anatoly Ice & Dariya - "Talking Black"
Carleen Anderson - "Begin Again"
Niteshifters - "Show Me What You've Got" (original mix)
The Filthy Six - "Mr Morris" (Spectra Sonic Sound Session - live)
Lack Of Afro - "Back In Business" (feat Wax & Herbal T)
Ginger Johnson & His African Messengers - "Nawa"
Daytoner - "I Get By"
Review: We can think of few finer stocking fillers for funk aficonados than this fifth Funk & Soul Club compilation from actor/comedian-turned-radio host Craig Charles. As with previous volumes, the Red Dwarf star and BB 6 Music host has included a mixture of original funk era cuts and recent revivalist gems. In the latter category you'll find a stellar instrumental cover of Rick James' "Super Freak" by The Traffic, the dancefloor-burning sound of Nicole Willis and the UMO Orchestra and the brilliant boogie revivalism of Australian singer Kylie Audist. In terms of deeper older selections, look no further than the 1973 jazz-funk re-make of Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues" by Brian Auger's Oblivion Express and the Afro-funk explosion that is "Nawa" by Ginger Baker & His African Messengers.
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