Best Foot Forward

Won’t be many posts from me (Kev) for a while - I’m getting married this weekend, then off on honeymoon. 

Leave you with this - a pure piece of old-school feel-good house music, re-released as part of the impecabble “More GDM” series on Tigersushi ….

“Ooooooooh - this is some good shit”

Pharoahs. SBTRKT. Massive.

Stand out tune from an album of the year contender.

This is just lush. 

(And there’s still some free downloads too over here)

What’s this? New Crazy Penis?! Yes, yes it is.

Mr. Oizo channels the ghost of that little furry yellow bastard Flat Eric into this remix. A total bassy squelchfest, and probably the best record you’ll hear today.

Ace, dirty Soul II Soul rework from Leftside Wobble. Always dug that vocal.

“Finally got round to making a few final tweaks on this Soul II Soul/Detroit basement workout and in the process decided to give it away as a free download. Kept it nice and raw too as that seems to be it’s dark charm!”

Looks like it’s still up for a free DL too!

It’s Saturday. It’s wet. Stay inside and listen to some Mancunian things that bang and wobble.

Low slung bass. Heads down. Serious.

Beyonce Knowles Alt. little sister Solange Knowles has collaborated with Chairlift’s Aaron Pfenning on a forthcoming DFA release.

I like DFA and I also like Solange Knowles. I like this. That bit where her vocal creeps in then explodes… Nicely done.

What do you think? Will it become a crossover hit? Is it too low-key for mainstream success? Could she become as relevant as her sister? Are these too many superficial questions? Should I stop reading Hipster Runoff?

(Source: soundcloud.com)

The number one reason for resurrecting this site was a back to basics approach to sharing music amongst a small group of friends. It was this track that lit that flame really - I came across this folky cover of Sebastian Tellier’s La Ritournelle, the original of which was such a huge tune in 2004, especially in the tight-knit Manchester scene. I remember working in Piccadilly Records at the time, and if I remember rightly no 12” sold more copies during the whole decade.