this week, i didn’t get round to asking an indieclub, recordshop or musicblogger for a playlist, and so instead milked the swollen taste glands of Plan B comrades to help me prep you for 48 hours of (apparent) freedom outside the (symbolic) factory gates…

Holy Fuck LP (Young Turks)
Kick: Maximalist dance music as built from instrumental parts in realtime has been a bit of an obsession of mine over the last year - typified by the zombie dance party that ensues every time I play ‘Atlas’ at my club - and LP is full of adrenalized perpetual motion monsters like ‘Milkshake’, captured live, above (poor sound, i know, but the supersize combo of buff bass and melancholic chimes reigns intact.

Durrty Goodz Axiom (Awkward)
Kick: I first heard about the exhaustingly awesome ‘Axiom EP’ from yr man Ringo P Stacey, but that’s the first and last time i’m acknowledging the tip-off. I was born in the know. anyway, enough about us - press play to catch an earful of Durrty’s relentless flow - sounds like rush hour downtown…

Peggy Sue And The Pirates ‘Television’ (Thesaurus)
Everett: Gawky-sweet, playful female duo from London and Brighton sing cautionary tales of laughter and lust. And no mentioning the ‘Kate N’ words…

Pylon Gyrate Plus (DFA)
Everett: Fierce, minimalist rhythms from the turn of the Eighties: Athens Georgia quartet proves that ESG didn’t have the only claim on genius dance moves coupled with female vox in No Wave.

Turbonegro Ass Cobra (Cooking Vinyl)
Louis: Absolute cream of the forthcoming set of Turbonegro reissues, which I have listened to in the office incessantly until other staff members have discussed the possibility of removing them from the stereo by force. Best song here is ‘Hobbit Motherfuckers’. Altogether now: “My generation sucks…”

Various Artists, Box Of Dub 2 (Soul Jazz)
Louis: Second in the series of Soul Jazz’s dubstep compilations with emphasis on the dub. The real surprise here is Pinch’s ‘Step 2 It’, which features actual reggae vocals and other sweet things, and makes me anticipate his forthcoming album Underwater Dancehall with much excitement.

The Slits Return Of The Giant Slits (Blast First Petite)
Everett: You know how good the Slits’ debut album Cut is, already - right? Punk meets dub meets mischief meets teen female magnetism in sensory overload (it was the album that made ET want to move to London: all those shouts and squeals and gales of laughter). This, their second, is even better, promise: where The Slits fully realised their bass-heavy vision - maturity isn’t always a dirty word.

Blind Alphabetz Luvvolution (Silent Soundz)
Ringo: Blind Alphabetz are equal parts PE and Gangstarr, rage and relaxed consciousness combining in a true liberation theology for the masses. Love in the key of revolution. Or, in PR speak: conscious, self-conscious Islamic agit-rap from Silent Soundz, the Southampton label who brought you this years sizzling ‘Thinking Out Loud’ EP by First Man Productions.

Pyrelli A Twist of Fate (Judgement Ent/All City)
Ringo: Two years and two mixtapes on from his ‘Organ G’ side project with Dat G Gav it’s criminal how Pyrelli is still best known as Sway’s sideman. The label aren’t sending out full copies so we’ll have to make do with a sampler of 11 tracks (from 14) to bide over till the November 26th release. First impressions are the addictively meandering downright-most-natural articulate melodic flow in London is in rude health. And the beats ain’t bad either. I’m counting the days.

Posted on Friday, October 5th, 2007by kicking_k