Liquid – Liquid is Liquid (rmx)
The original version of this appeared on a white label release in 1991 alongside the original of the classic “Sweet Harmony”. Following the success of that track, “Liquid is Liquid” received a wee retouch in 1994 and it’s still one of my all time favourites. It’s a spacey wee number with big chunky breaks and [...]
Dance Conspiracy – Dub War
Today’s classic sees us dive into the back catalogue of the mighty XL Recordings. While we could probably fill a year’s worth of Friday Classics from the label’s history, today the spotlight falls on one of it’s many amazing releases from 1992. The track came in five slightly different versions, entitled chapters, and it’s the [...]
Gil Scott Heron & Jamie XX – We’re New Here
XL recordings were kind enough to send us a copy of the collaboration between legend Gil Scott Heron and man of the moment electronic producer Jamie XX. We have to say that the results were staggering and the whole album has been on repeat round the Labs for some time. With the release imminent, they [...]
Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here
“A stunning return” – Q **** “As striking a return as you’re likely to hear all year” – Observer Music Monthly **** “an album of stark grandeur, replete with both beauty and sadness”- Mojo **** “Spellbinding” – Dazed & Confused Due for release tomorrow Gil Scott-Heron has returned with his first new album in almost [...]
RJD2- 2002-2010
It’s been a couple of years since we heard anything from RJD2. His last album “The Third Hand” (released in 2007 on XL Recordings) featured him singing and playing virtually every instrument on every track and marked a departure from his previous, largely instrumental, sampled hip hop style. It did however receive mixed reviews…… In [...]
