Leftside Wobble & other funkilishness

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Web: www.hopestreetrecordings.com/woodenboy

It’s soul music, baby, but not as we know it. The backbeat and the handclaps are still there and the horns still sound. The bass bumps, the organ screams and the guitars still twang, but the singer has left the room. Everything is shades of blue. This is soul music for the after hours. For the solitary dancers and the lonely hearts. The soundtrack to solitary headlights on a midnight highway. What to call it? Who cares! Can you dance to it? Just try not to. No one’s telling you to throw your hands up in the air, but no one would be surprised if you did. It’s dark here, so you can do your own thing.

Wooden Boy was recorded by The Cactus Channel -- a ten piece band from Melbourne, Australia -- all born in the 90s and raised on the internet. Yet somehow, this astonishing follow up to last year's rave-reviewed debut, Haptics, sounds like it could have been recorded in the 1970s, or possibly in the distant future. A timeless, placeless cinematic odyssey, Wooden Boy could have been an alternate soundtrack to Ghost Dog -- if Lalo Schifrin and the Meters were collaborating on the RZA's score. Or maybe Wooden Boy was what happened when Lars Von Trier got invited to direct an episode of Soul Train. What any of it may actually mean is left to the listener's imagination.

Funk aficionados will hear shades of New York on this record, echoes of El Michel’s taking on Wu Tang, the influence of Budos and Menehan et al. But this is the Generation Z version; both more tempestuous and more introverted. Recorded analog in the digital era, presented faceless in the celebrity era, inexplicably ambiguous in the soundbite era, is this the album the world needs right now? Undoubtedly yes. In a world where the NSA can read the text message that dumped you, what does a person need more than sad soul music from the future? Wooden Boy, baby, Wooden Boy.

PRAISE FOR HAPTICS by THE CACTUS CHANNEL (debut 2012 album):

•	"Hot-to-trot... an embryonic version of the Meters or the Dap Kings" - THE AUSTRALIAN (four stars)
•	"Tightly raw soul, rambling deep-funk jams and organ-driven party mash-ups" - THE AGE
•	"Infectiously funky sounds... a horn-fuelled, butt-shaking affair" - TRIPLE J HOME & HOSED
•	"Old-fashioned, gritty soul music – by a bunch of white teenagers from Melbourne" - THE MONTHLY
•	"Album Of The Week" - RTR PERTH, PBS-FM, SYN-FM, 2SER + EASTSIDE RADIO, RTR PERTH

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The Cactus Channel - Who Is Walt Druce?

The Cactus Channel - Wooden Boy (Part 1)

Probably my favourite Curtis Mayfield track, spliced & diced into a 15 minute disco monster.

Curtis - Hell Below (Leftside Wobble Edit)

As some of you may know, I've spent much of the last four months in Hospital but that's hopefully all over now. To welcome in the new year, here's a free download of that Marlena Shaw edit I did last year to warm the cockles and spread some cheer. 

Download via Artistlink - https://www.artistlink.com/home/products/375090

Enjoy. x

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Marlena - Ghetto Woman (LW Edit) Free Download

Due for release in a few months time. However I'll be sneaking a few advanced copies out in advance though through a promotion at https://www.facebook.com/acid.soul  :)

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6 Underground (Leftside Wobble Rework)

Fellini Félin - Wisteria EP - out on Délicieuse Records.
Stream ☞ smarturl.it/Wisteria

Some fresh poppy vibes to groove to from @fellinifelin

@d-licieusemusique-records

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Fellini Félin - On The Way Home

As with many labels, Berlin's Lucidflow started as an outlet for Nadja Lind and Helmut Ebritsch's output, both as solo artists and collaboratively as Klartraum. Over time a selection of peers have been invited into the circle, all nurtured in a climate of collaboration. This next release on Lucidflow marks a significant step, seeing the first artist album to be released that has not come from the creative zest of the label heads.

Enrico Regini, or Riccicomoto, has been hosting a weekly show on Ibiza Global Radio since 2007. Although he hails from the famed white isle, his sonic palette is highly attuned to the Lucidflow aesthetic. While a majority of the album sees that sharp and dubby club vibe worked in exemplary style, there is a thoughtful downtempo edge on show that touches on jazz, soul, funk and dub. Bisonic rather than bipolar.
The most atmospheric of these is ‘Ataraxie’, a track that was used in the film ‘Friedlich In Die Katastrophe’ [or Quietly Into Disaster], a luscious piece that takes in both orchestral and jazzy textures, suiting the widescreen nature of film perfectly. Also of note is ‘Only’, the lead up single that is already out there and available. Featuring Silvia Bollnow on vocals, it exudes smokey languid jazz. There is also a dub heavy slant to the downtempo tracks; ‘Area 51’ teams it up with scifi strings, title track ‘Porn Fiction’ weaves exotic Middle Eastern threads through the Jamaican vibes in an unexpected yet complementary fashion!, and ‘In The Mood’ hits dips back to the seventies to create an unusual soundclash against the more contemporary ambient house theme. Regini's ability to switch it into Lucidflow's dubprog template, ‘Shadows And Lights’ is an emphatic and trippy rumbler with a big payoff at the break, while ‘Holometabol’ walks the line between lightness and dark with sharp edged beats cutting through the muted atmosphere. ‘Natwalk Dub’ drifts into a scowling and dour mood, only to be drawn back into melancholic reflection via ‘We Feel Too Little’.

Coming initially to digital formals, there will be a full physical CD release to follow. Make sure you all share in this landmark release for Lucidflow, we're sure you'll be as happy as we are. Thanks to Enrico for this special album, and a special mention for Dodo, for whom this album is dedicated to. www.lucidflowrecords. com

1 Riccicomoto - Get Ready  feat. Elimar [Preview]

Something to remind of warmer climes as winter approaches.

This started life many moons ago as an unfinished remix for Crazy P but I revisted the stems last night and all that's left of the original are some delicious vocals samples from Danielle Moore. I'll hopefully get this released at some point if I can get permission to use the vocal samples.

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Leftside Wobble - Sunrise (Chemical Attraction Mix)

Time Out Magazine London have made the West Side Story after party I'm DJing at a  Critics Choice this Notting Hill Carnival weekend so to celebrate I'm making Pocket Angel available as a free download on WAV for the first time. Only seems apt seeing as I made Pocket Angel with West Side Story promoter Guy Williams.

Time Out Burb - The West Side Story crew return for more Carnival mayhem at their beloved Masons Arms haunt. Once again it'sa two-day affair, and this year there's a 'Wild West' theme, so grab a cowboy hot – or something more imaginative, but please spare us the Native American headdresses – and get dancing tohouse, disco, bass, breaks and techno.

Sunday's line-up features D Ramirez, Hannah Holland, Guy Williams, Dub Pistols' Barry Ashworth and Tery Farley, while Monday's party is led by Leftside Wobble, Terry Farley and Barry Ashworth making their second appearance, plus Guy Williams and more tba. Hit up both days if you think you've got the stamina!

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LW & GW - Pocket Angel (Free WAV download For Carnival 2015)

I've been a huge fan of Steve's output for many years so really proud that he asked me to remix something off his latest album 'Everliving'. Definitely something for those more reflective moments but hopefully something that holds the attention through it's ever evolving 6 minute journey.

https://stevecobby.bandcamp.com/album/everliving

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Steve Cobby - Flights Of Angels (Leftside Wobble Remix)now available via BandCamp

Download the album at https://djshadow.lnk.to/tmwfso

DJ Shadow, widely acknowledged as a crucial figure in the development of experimental, instrumental hip-hop, has returned with ‘The Mountain Will Fall’ via Mass Appeal Records [and Believe Digital in France], his first full length release since 2011. The 12-track album finds DJ Shadow exploring new realms in addition to the deep samples and kinetic soundscapes that helped to launch his career 20 years ago. On ‘The Mountain Will Fall’ he’s shifted further toward original composition, a vast experimentation of beats and textures, synthesizers and live instruments including horns and woodwinds. The album features Run The Jewels, Nils Frahm, Matthew Halsall, Ernie Fresh and more.

"Occasionally, I make a beat that demands a specific vocal treatment and  attitude. In the case of 'Nobody Speak,' I wasn't going to settle for anyone other than Run The Jewels; in my mind, it was them or no one. Fortunately, they  agreed, and they took the track to a place I could never get to on my own. That's the definition of a rewarding collaboration." – DJ Shadow

"Shadow is a legend and a friend. When he makes music he often changes music forever.  When he asked us to jump on the record we didn't blink.” 
– El-P of Run The Jewels 
 
The album is available in all formats with artwork designed by Paul Insect including a gatefold double LP. Order 'The Mountain Will Fall' here: https://DJShadow.lnk.to/TMWFYT
 
ALBUM TRACK LIST:
1. The Mountain Will Fall
2. Nobody Speak feat. Run The Jewels
3. Three Ralphs
4. Bergschrund feat. Nils Frahm
5. The Sideshow feat. Ernie Fresh
6. Depth Charge
7. Mambo
8. Ashes To Oceans feat. Matthew Halsall
9. Pitter Patter feat. G Jones & Bleep Bloop
10. California
11. Ghost Town
12. Suicide Pact
13. Swerve (iTunes Bonus Track)

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DJ Shadow - Nobody Speak feat. Run The Jewels

Wick-it the Instigator - Grindhouse Basterds

DOWNLOAD FULL ALBUM HERE: http://wickittheinstigator.com/

Shaolin vs. White Lotus - feat. RZA and Ghostface Killah

I realised last week that it's 10 years since I started DJing and producing under the Leftside Wobble moniker and it also so happened that one of the inspirations for getting back into music 10 years ago was celebrating his 50th this weekend. So a revival of the Dub Disco Deli mix series seemed apt for the occasion as that was always the series of mixes that stayed most true to the LW unbounded by genres ethos. Really enjoyed putting this one together, hope you dig it too. x

Leftside Mixes

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Dub Disco Deli (Anniversary Edition) - 2hr DJ mix

The Allergies Jalapeno Funk Takeover Mix

An ode to those classic Italo tracks of the mid eighties that were a precursor to the early Detroit/Chicago sound. This will finally get a release in mid July as part of the Sound & Vision EP (including my recent Bowie rework).

The sample spotters amongst you will recognise elements from Charlie's 'Spacer Woman' and a couple from Klien & MBO as well as the rather twisted Rick James vocal.

Leftside Wobble - Kinky Girl (out now via JunoDownload)

A year after the first instalment of Leftside Funkin' we return to some groove led splendour. Funk, Northern Soul,  Boogie and Balearic dance floor nuggets nestling with some slo-mo house flavours towards the end of the mix. As ever hope you enjoy. J x

Tracklisting:

Quincy Jones - Money Runner
The Third Degree - Mercy (Greg Wilson Edit)
Steely Dan - Do It Again
GQ - Lies (Tribute to Theo Edit)
Dave Pike Set - Mathar
Crown Heights Affair - Dreamin' a Dream (Ian Dewhirst Edit)
Jimmy Bo Horne - Is It In (Hawk Edit)
Johnny Pate - Shaft In Africa
KC & The Sunshine Band - Boogie Man
Golem Edits - In The Basement (x-rated version)
Tonic - Mindless Boogie
Wganda Kenya - Tifit Hayed (Cronk Family Enterprises Mix)
Rose Royce - Do Your Dance (Butterfunk Edit)
Cottam 3 - Side B
Michael Wycoff - Looking Up To You (The Revenge Rework)
Crazy P - Lady T (Greg Wilson Edit)
Rob - Make It Slow (Gerd Edit)
Cat Stevens - Was A Dog A Donut (Evens Stevens Edit)
Dee Edwards - Why Can't There Be Love

Leftside Wobble & other funkilishness

Marek S