Katakana edits vol.15 - VOODOOCUTS

The ever-reliable Katakana Edits crew returns, this time with a quartet of goodtime funk reworks from Berlin-based edit fiend Voodoocuts. James Brown gets a going over on "Voodoosexmachine", a flute-laden re-cut of the Godfather of Funk's best-known tune. Another familiar favourite - check the snaking sax line, as sampled by The 45 King on B-Boy classic "The 900 Number" - is given a dancefloor touch-up on "Blow Ya Woopie", while "Get Up Brother" turns a cover version of Bob Marley's "Get Up, Stand Up" into a deep, bassy, fluid house jam. Finally, there's more bumpin' rare funk business on the ludicrously bottom-heavy "Stay Excited". 
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Out: 3 February 2014
tracklist:
1) Voodoosexmachine
2) Blow ya woopie
3) Stay excited!
4) Get up brother

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Out Now On Cold Busted
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1. Mo Style
2. Dig This
3. The Usual
4. Hope Saxes Come Soon
5. Disco Touch
6. Funk Around the Sun
+ six more songs on the full album

Athens, Greece DJ and producer mister T. has readied another ace album for the Cold Busted label -- the appropriately titled Funk Around the Sun LP -- and this one is sure to be in heavy rotation. mister T. is a master of instrumental, soulful, and upbeat dance floor funk, and this album further solidifies this fact. Retro party sounds get the beat-down with a playful attitude in twelve funk-tastic tracks, just in time for summer. It's hard to pick highlights, but here's a few: "Mo Style" has powerful vocals from the '60s era that some may find familiar, but reimagined over funky breaks with rhythmic guitar licks, brassy horns, and soul organs. The horn section comes further front-and-center over the drum spatter of "Dig This," with the addition of humor through a sparingly used vocal sample. Then, in the style of swing, "The Usual" is set to have people twirling about the dance floor in dramatic arms flailing, feet kicking fashion. Delicious stuff, primed and ready for the dancehall.

Kid Loco - &#8220;Simple + Groovy + Tasty = Great.&#8221; 
DJ Moneyshot (Solid Steel Radio / NinjaTune) - &#8220;Solid, son. I pity the fool that can&#8217;t get down to a mister T. beat.&#8221; 
Mark Farina (Mushroom Jazz) - &#8220;Great!&#8221; 
Fort Knox Five - &#8220;This is some beefed up retro-funk bizness!&#8221; 
Ursula 1000 - &#8220;Dope!&#8221; 
Quincy Jointz (Timewarp Music) - &#8220;&#8216;Mo Style&#8217; is one of the best nu-funk tunes of 2014 so far. Love it.&#8221; 
Moodymanc (2020 Vision) - &#8220;I&#8217;m feelin&#8217; the funk!&#8221; 
Danny Massure (Spring Strut) - &#8220;Funky … very nice!&#8221; 
Simon Hodge (BBC6 Funk &amp; Soul Show) - &#8220;Very fresh and funky. Another good addition to his excellent body of work.&#8221; 
Phat Phil Cooper (NuNorthernSoul) - &#8220;A great party package.&#8221; 
Basement Freaks - &#8220;Fresh!&#8221; 
Double-D (Funky Fresh Radio Show) - &#8220;Smoothy groovy downbeat funk &#8230; I dig this, it&#8217;s rocking fresh!&#8221; 
Mojo Rising (Cold Busted / F.A.M.I.L.Y.) - &#8220;The funk master from Athens strikes again!&#8221; 
Adam Warped (Whiskey Pickle / Machine Discotheque) - &#8220;Gorgeous grooves here … a boogie buffet!&#8221; 
Niksa Dragolin (Eurostar Radio, Croatia) - &#8220;This is really funky with a flavored disco feel … wow.&#8221; 
Aja Allsop (Ketch A Vibe Radio Show) - &#8220;Groovy vibes throughout this wonderful album!&#8221; 
DJ Tomas (Friday Night Session) - &#8220;Very nice and consistent production with the right nuances. The funk is rising.&#8221; 
DJ Nova (Rodon FM, Greece) - &#8220;The breaks, the the funk, the disco, the jazz, the swing are connected here under the sun.&#8221; 

Available now from <A HREF="http://www.beatport.com/release/funk-around-the-sun/1312417" target="_blank">Beatport</A> and <A HREF="http://shop.coldbusted.org/" target="_blank">The Cold Busted Shop</A>.

Label and Artist Links: <a href="http://coldbusted.org" target="_blank">www.coldbusted.org</a> <a href="http://coldbusted.org/artists/mister-t" target="_blank">www.coldbusted.org/artists/mister-t</a>

mister T. - Funk Around the Sun (Cold Busted)

NEW: Z AC - Demo - Broadcast Programming

ously un-issued tracks that did not fit onto albums, or had been remixed but never quite found a home in the Freestyle release schedule. Lovingly compiled by Freestyle main man DJ Adrian Gibson.

Freestyle, being the eclectic and open minded record label that it is means Fresh Out The Box contains everything from deep and gritty live funk through to DJ/producer studio based music, but all drawing upon that rich seam of soul, jazz, funk, afrobeat & latin that informs so much of what Freestyle has done since the labels inception in 2003. 

First up is the Aroop Roy remix of Afro Elements 'Think'. Aroop Roy is a massive talent who has released one single already on Freestyle, 'Too Long', which will appear on his debut album (Nomadic Soul: FSRCD079) 

Adam Gibbons aka Lack of Afro gave The Fantastics cover version of The Small Faces tune such a sublime mix that we almost did not recognise it, replaying most of the instrumental parts himself, and taking it back to a gritty 1960's vibe. This is remixing of the highest order and he has turned an already big track into a raw dirty funk monster. Compare that to Sleeve's remix of the same tune which takes the track into a totally different direction, utilizing Noel McKoys' stunning vocals and making it easier for the beat friendly DJ to beat-mix.

When we mentioned to Keith Foster from Philadelphia's Big Pimp Jones that we were putting together this album he responded in 24 hours with 3 mixes of one song which he wanted to submit. We chose the Modern Mix of 'Nasty' for this but maybe we'll see the other mixes on future volumes as they could all have made the cut. A Janet Jackson tune has never sounded so raw! DJ Graham B had the same get up and go that we got from Keith with submitting two killer tracks for this compilation. The first 'Walking Sbace' is a solo effort with the b-boys in mind. Rocking beats and grooves to make the dancers go wild.

Beggar & Co main man Kenny Washington found a version of 'Rock Creek Park' in the vaults that was made in the 1980's, so not a new track as such but still Fresh Out The Box as it has never seen the light of day until now. This is top notch Jazz Funk from the UK's finest.

The original extended mix of Soul Sugar's cover version of Hammond legend Dr Lonnie Smiths' Play It Back had to find a home somewhere as it is so good. Check their debut album (Nothing But The Truth: FSRCD067) which came out at the tail end of 2009 on Freestyle. Fresh Out The Box is all your daily musical vitamins and goodness, in one easy to swallow package! 

03 GYPSY BROWN - LIFE IS A TRIP (MO' HORIZONS MIX)

Betty Davis - Anti Love Song (Nati regroove)

Available on vinyl & digitally | 2nd december 2016
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After releasing the first single Voodoo Jazz end of 2016 the journey of Dem Juju Poets keeps on with Barabara, the first single taken off their forthcoming album Liberated Thoughts out due early 2017 on Matasuna Records.
David Hanke aka Renegades Of Jazz, brainchild behind Dem Juju Poets, keeps on with his distinctive Afro sound and delivers a great 45 in various styles. As the Renegades Of Jazz journey will take a step away from Afrofunk music, Dem Juju Poets will be now the main outfit for Hanke to release more Afro driven music in the future.
Barabara is a heavy piece of dancefloor Afrojazz goodness, decent horn sections, tough drums and rich percussions combined with vintage vocals. People's Republic is a organ and flute driven Afrosoul tune with a heavy brass riff, thriving percussions and flute solos galore.

"Like this a lot! Can't wait till the vinyl gets released!" DJ Maestro, V2 (Amsterdam | Netherlands)
"Wooooow, great release! Dope tracks. Love both tunes. Will play it for sure." Jayl Funk, Honkey Phonk Records (Nuremberg | Germany)
"This little vinyl will definitely cause a big earthquake on every dance floor, I love it!" Voodoocuts, Resense rec. (Berlin | Germany)
Modern Afrobeatin' boogie with some retrodelic twists. Paul Murphy, Afro Art (London | UK)
"Another nice release on Matasuna! Great work!" Mr. Bird, BBE Records (Lisbon | Portugal)
"Nice one! Another great release, Well done!" Palov, Carnibal Records (Athens | Greece)
"Yeah, absolutely great!" Quiny Jointz, Timewrap Music (Freiburg | Germany)
"Nice tunes man, thanks!" Stickybuds, Ghetto Funk (Kelowna | Canada)
"Love it! A-side is huge, B-side is brilliant groove, so clean and warm, those horns with the breaks twisted, fuck!" Dedy Dread, Lisboa Records (Lisbon | Portugal)
"Wow it's a really really really good project. I will play in my radio show for sure!" Massimiliano Troiani, Radio M2O (Rome | Italy)
"Great 7inch! Barbara for shure is a Dope Killer Track! Big Up from Frankfurt." Holger Menzel, RadioX (Frankfurt | Germany)
"Absolut great release. Full marks for both tracks. Will present in my next show." Doc Best, Radio Z (Nuremberg | Germany)
"The next Matasuna release is dope, full support!" Zamali, Katakana Edits (Belgium)
"Dope tunes. Will drop on my radio show and dance floors." Phil Horneman, Wicked Jazz (Amsterdam | Netherlands)
"Love the organ and flute on People’s Republic. Can’t wait for the album" Tony Heynen, Global Riddims (Brussels | Belgium)
"Thank you for the wonderful music" Bandura, Resense Records (Basel | Switzerland)
"Nice work as always! Will repost on MonkeyBoxing." Stone Monkey. Monkeyboxing.com (Bristol | UK)
"Nice one ! Cheers" Andrea Benini, Mop Mop (Berlin | Germany)
"Good one!" Mr. Goju, Migrations Radio Show (Podgorica | Montenegro)
"Damn nice! Thank you. I will def put it in my next mix!" Radio Hobo (Berlin | Germany)
"Excelent music, i wish the best!" Teza Cappuccino, Katakana Edits (Athens | Greece)

Barabara

People's Republic

Dem Juju Poets - People's Republic (Matasuna Records | msr002)

The Gaturs - Gator Bait (Sans Groove extended 4 ☮)

Matasuna Records is delighted to reissue another jewel on vinyl: Ralph Week‘s song 'Let Me Do My Thing' is probably the most sought after Panamanian soul tune and the rare original 7inch is sold at incredible prices. The song was recorded together with the band 'Los Dinámicos Exciters' in 1971 in Panama. 

During our research we were lucky to find Mr. Weeks, who could give us some background information to this song and his  music career in general. Ralph Weeks was born 1943 in Panama, which he left at the age of 17 to move to the United States. There he founded the band 'Ralph & Telecasters' at the beginning of the 1960s. After his time in the US Army he started the band again, recorded their first single in 1965  and went touring in the United States during the following years. Among other gigs they also played twice in the famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem (NYC) where one of the greatest musicians like Louis Armstron, James Brown, Marvin Gaye etc. performed there. 
The charismatic singer and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass & keyboard) was invited to a show in Panama in 1970, where he performed with members of the band 'Los Dinámicos Exciters ', which he knew from his youth. In 1971 he came back again and recorded four songs with the band, which were released on the album "Lo Mejor De Los Dinámicos Exciters". Two of the recordings were also released under Ralph's name as a 7inch vinyl single on the Panamanian label "Sally Ruth Records" - among them "Let Me Do My Thing".
Then he returned to the States and founded a new band in 1975 with Carlos Brown, a member of the Exciters, which existed for about 25 years. Weeks' life has always been dedicated to music: even today, at the age of 76, he is still a member of an accapella gospel group that sings weekly at the church in his hometown in the state of Connecticut.

On the A-side of the vinyl you can listen to the amazing original version recorded in 1971 - which was remastered for the release. The funky Latintune has all the ingredients that helped him to his status as one of the best Panamanian soul songs: a killer rhythm, a deep grooving bass line, the virtuoso interplay of the trumpet players and the super sweet soul voice of Ralph Weeks. There's nothing more to add, but our favourite producer "Voodoocuts" was able to get something out of the original. On the B-side you'll find his version of the classic: a modified arrangement with a new in and outro, an extended break part and additional beats that will set every dance floor on fire. Don't miss this gem!

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Ralph Weeks - Let Me Do My Thing (Original)

TAKE IT EASY MY BROTHER SMOOVE

This is the limited 1st label press before it got the Kenny Dope treatment and was released on Kay-Dee. Later appeared on the album "The Future Is Here" under the real artist name THE MIGHTY MOCAMBOS.

Mighty Mo & the Winchester Seven - The Next Message (original Peace Street 45 version)

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Ralph Weeks - Let Me Do My Thing (Original)

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