And I'm back! This time with a shiny new swing-hop tune released by none other than the legendary Ragtime Records. 

This project came about when we were all locking down from that killer plague just a few years ago. With time on my hands, I learned how to use the MPC I'd been neglecting, listened to a lot of Jazz, and got quite into Film Noir, especially The Big Sleep. All of that boiled down to this release, especially Lemonade. Not that the vocal has anything to do with that, I've just always loved the lyric. 'Lemonade was a popular drink, and it still is' - wise words, if I've ever heard any.

More from Ragtime here - 

The Fritz, beat maker extraordinaire and all round sample-based music enthusiast from Cornwall, returns to Ragtime Records with a Jazz Hop double A side, Lemonade, and Back in '89. 

Packed with vintage samples from London's 1920s swing scene and iconic Film Noir vocals, Lemonade is a glitchy lo-fi beat that's filled with rare Big Band loops that are blended with authentic Boom-Bap drums, MPC style. 

Next up is Back in '89, a swingy nod to the Golden Era of Hip Hop that's as atmospheric as it is catchy, with a stuttered sample, neck-breaking head-nod rhythm, and a warm low-end that's just right.


Tracklist:
1. Lemonade
2. Back in 89

Lemonade

My latest in a series of Lo-Fi Jazzhop tunes with Ragtime Records! The title track, 'Good Morning, Sunshine' is a sultry groover with rhythm aplenty, and 'Oohh!' is a suitably weird, country and western inspired Swing Hop beat. Yee haww!

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Good Morning, Sunshine

The Fritz returns to Ragtime Records with a package of jazzy bangers that'll draw the listener back to a bygone age. Close your eyes and you'll be transported into a darkened room, filled with sharply dressed patrons all shrouded in a thick blanket of cigarette smoke as they listen to a jazz ensemble on a stage in the centre of the room. On the edge of the group is an aficionado who sits on a stool, and as he turns you catch his eye and he simply mouths the word... "nice."

'Welcome to Jazz Club' is the A side of Ragtime's latest release, and it features a very nice vocal hook, a sleazy horn lead, and a heavy-weight bassline that'll rattle fillings loose, reawaken long-dormant tinnitus, and annoy the heck out of your neighbours - or maybe all three.
On the AA Side is 'Coming Through Any Time Soon?', a mellow yet glitched-out piano number complete with crisp analogue drums, topped off with a catchy vocal loop, and more than a subtle nod at Golden Era Hip Hop.

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Welcome to Jazz Club

The Kitchen of Tomorrow

Blending vintage sci-fi with jazzy beats is my new favourite thing, and this spacey warbler is out now on the incredible Ragtime Records. You can get it anywhere you normally get music, but hey - if you don't want to buy it, drop me a message and I'll probably give you it for free.

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Stuck Up There

Here is something new I've been working on, its a remix of Ben E. Kings 'What is soul?', check out the original here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCkQxO2uxsQ.

Hoping to have a few more things finished and uploaded soon!

What is soul?

Back In '89

A Latin Lo-Fi Hip hop beat that's even more toasted

No More Talkin'

Fresh off the back of the double AA release Lemonade, The Fritz returns with the latest installment of his film-noir inspired Jazz Hop series. 

Dripping with atmosphere and intrigue is the title track 'Good Morning, Sunshine', which features a rolling vintage-jazz sample, crisp drums, and a vocal hook from Raymon Chandler's The Big Sleep. Hot on its heels is followed up by 'Oohh!', a unique swung-out groover featuring a very Fritzy-sample from a country-inspired jazz album - yee haw!

Tracklist:
1. Good Morning, Sunshine
2. Oohh!


The Fritz
https://soundcloud.com/the-fritz
https://www.facebook.com/fritzup

Ragtime Records
https://soundcloud.com/ragtime-records
https://www.facebook.com/RagtimeRecords

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Oohh!

Coming Through Any Time Soon?

Here's track two to my recent release with the incredible Ragtime Records - Swing Time Roller, featuring a sample that loops for days.

Roll Up Roll Up

Swing Time Roller

The Kitchen of Tomorrow is out now on Ragtime Records! This is one of the most fun tunes that I've worked on in a long time, super hyped that it gets to see the light of day

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The Kitchen Of Tomorrow

Here's track two of my latest release with Ragtime Records, this one's sampled from a country and western record and has that melancholy vibe I apparently can't resist.

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I'm Going Crazy

Super Pretentious Nonsense

I was amazed to learn recently that I'd made enough jazzy beats to fill a whole mixtape, but I have, and here it is! Freshly mixed up for the good ol' guys at Ragtime Records. 

Jazzy Hip Hop Beats mixtape

Here's a new edit I've knocked into shape. It samples Monk Higgins incredible Gotta Be Funky, if you like it then check out the original! 

Gotta Be

Here is my remix of the Swingrowers incredible track That's Right!, for a remix competition run by Freshly Squeezed. 

Check out the other entries on Freshly Squeezed's Soundcloud page (soundcloud.com/freshlysqueezed) and check the original here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jy8pK7tTzg

Swingrowers - That's Right! (The Fritz remix)

Here is my latest tune, La Mujer, which will be coming out on Swing Set Sounds on June 17! 

You can check the rest of the release, featuring some great artists, over at - https://soundcloud.com/swingsetsounds

And be sure to go like the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/swingsetsounds 

The Fritz - La Mujer

★ OUT NOW ★ Exclusively @ www.junodownload.com/products/scoured-swing-vol-01/3137860-02

"Laaaadies and gentlefellas! 

Wonderful that you’ve made it! Put your keys in this bowl, pop your clothes on the side and follow the baby oil trail into that room down there…second on the left, would you like a cock ring or no? What?! It’s not that kind of swing parrrtay? Very excuse me! 

In that case keep your keks on ya filthy animals! What were you thinking! Scour Records only deals in high class and tasteful….Hang about, is that The Fritz naked? What's he doing with that chocolate bar? Careless Wisper my arse! I don't care what Funkanizer told him, he’s a freaky mentalist pirate with three wooden legs and a patch over each eye! Ummm, what’s that in Father Funk’s trousers? It looks like Extra Medium & WBBL, how the double Christ did they get stuck down there? Get Daytoner with his angle grinder right now! Skeewiff & Hong Kong Ping Pong are angle grinding Daytoner’s crotch? He’s ginger! He’ll chafe something rotten! Call in the big guns, we need some Just Peach action…..exploded you say? Have those mysterious fez wearing cocktail slurping Tuxedo Junction lads been fiddling with their cannons again? Of course they have. :head in hands, swears quietly: Call the cops, and a priest....and maybe a vet!

Enjoy Scoured Swing! 50 shades of Hooray!”

The Fritz
SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com/the-fritz 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/fritzup 


Scour Records 
Website: http://scourrecords.com
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/scourrecords 
Facebook: http://facebook.com/scourrecords 
Twitter: http://twitter.com/scourrecords
YouTube: http://youtube.com/Scourrecords
Hearthis:  http://hearthis.at/scourrecords
Bandcamp: http://scourrecords.bandcamp.com

Artwork by Morphosis: www.facebook.com/morph0515
Promo blurb by Fat Harry: www.facebook.com/pages/Fat-Harry/216117141875072
Mastering by Warp9: www.soundcloud.com/warp9-mixmastering

Scoured Swing Vol 01

The Fritz - About Me ★★ OUT NOW ★★

Heres a new swing tune I've been working on, which is part one of a three part series coming out over the next few months!

Free download via Toneden, but you can also grab it here if that's not your cup of tea! https://www.dropbox.com/s/mx1zr02zs1xslh9/Candy%20Shop.mp3?dl=0

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Candy Shop

Here is my latest free tune, complete with mastering from Scour Records and incredible blurb from the ever talented Fat Harry!

Disclaimer - Please ignore the awful riser over the main sample, It's there for legal reasons and  not in the download file!

"Free Love! What could be better? Happy Valentines to all you beautiful people, please excuse me but…. God dammit, I have a heart full of love and a pocket full of beans, sure I had a cow an hour ago but I sold it to this slightly dodgy geezer for some beans, he said they were magic, “Bang-on-triple-mental-magic-maaate!” So, in lieu of the Giant’s beanstalk growing imminently and leading me to all the gold, I might as well start giving the love away right now, because you can’t take it with you!

My next release will coincide with a business meeting I have with some dude called DJ Pinnochio, he really really likes my music, reckons he can help me out with some Souncloud plays…isn’t life amazing!"

If Toneden isnt your thing, or if you prefer a WAV, you can cop the tune here - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/u2xlrswq8iegf46/AADcfBCty55zZHXrJbA-nY-ha?dl=0

Let's Do It

Your favourite motel duo once again take a stroll down memory lane, remixing tunes that were popular with your great nan. Two sleezy swing samples have been brought into the modern era with hench drums, techy-rolling fills and a sprinkling of that special sauce. Big thanks to Ragtime Records, you're so money you don't even realise!

Fat City

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Do You Want to Jump? - Dephicit and The Fritz - FREE DOWNLOAD

★ OUT NOW ★ exclusively @ >> https://www.junodownload.com/products/the-fritz-schweet-ep/4368560-02

'The Fritz is a lovely legend, he always does nice things and only ever thinks happy thoughts. When life serves him lemons, he makes us lemon meringue pie! 

'We’ve had the pleasure of him stalking us in our hometown for some time now, and once, in an outrage over his wonderfulness, we tripped him up at the top of the stairs on purpose. He promptly picked himself up and pointed out that our form was wrong and spent the next three hours making us trip him up until we did it to perfection. He beamed at us through bloody, broken teeth. 

'Unsurprising then that he’s produced an ultra schweet debut EP of utter beauty. Eight years in the making (thanks to Spinforth's notoriously fussy ears) - each track has been stewed and refined to absolute perfection - it’s happy, it’s positive, and emphatically Fritz-y. 

'It’ll make you think of summer and generally thaw your teets during this cold snap - you’ll love it (or we can provide you with his address and you can throw him down the stairs too). 

'Ladies and gentlemen, we (finally) proudly present The Fritz’s debut solo release, the Schweet EP.'

The Fritz
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-fritz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fritzup
Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_Fritz_DJ

Scour Records
Website: http://scourrecords.com
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/scourrecords
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scourrecords
Twitter: https://twitter.com/scourrecords
YouTube: https://youtube.com/scourrecords
Bandcamp: https://scourrecords.bandcamp.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/scourrecords
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/scourrecords

Artwork by Morphosis: https://www.facebook.com/morph0515 
Promo blurb by Fat Harry: https://www.facebook.com/Fat-Harry-216117141875072 
Mastering by Warp9: https://soundcloud.com/warp9-mixmastering

Schweet EP

Listen ★ OUT NOW ★

Les Frites ★ OUT NOW ★

Schweet ★ OUT NOW ★

Baller ★ OUT NOW ★

Downloads now opened up!

A Remix of Tommy McCook's 'Reggae Merengue', famously sampled in the Lilly Allen track 'LDN'. 

Check out the original here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzqaJzE5uOs

Get it Going On

Anti Toneden? Want WAV? Alternative download @ https://scourrecords.bandcamp.com/track/jfc

It might have taken The Fritz eight years to cook up his recent debut 'Schweet EP', but thankfully it’s taken him only eighteen weeks to follow it up with his latest release! Legendary Northern pinup Ol’ Fritzy Baby has kindly shared his secret blend of herbs and spices to bring us 'JFC', a fun and funky number that’ll whip up a dance-off at every venue - from festivals to food-fights, bars to bar mitzvahs, and clubs to coronavirus clinics. Best of all, it’s completely free and is served as Scour Record’s latest Freemix – so tuck in!

PS – little known fact, The Fritz used to used to consider him self a bit of closet Colonel Sanders, back in his day, and would regularly serve up his own version of KFC, named JFC – John’s ‘f**king’ chicken! (can you see what we did here?)

The Fritz
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-fritz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fritzup
Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_Fritz_DJ
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6yeW5hJswUY4DMHgqbyDgl

Scour Records
Website: http://scourrecords.com
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/scourrecords
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scourrecords
Twitter: https://twitter.com/scourrecords
YouTube: https://youtube.com/scourrecords
Bandcamp: https://scourrecords.bandcamp.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/scourrecords
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/scourrecords

Artwork by Spinforth: https://www.facebook.com/DJSpinforth
Promo blurb by The Fritz: https://www.facebook.com/fritzup

✩ FREE DOWNLOAD ✩

JFC [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Dj, producer, and sample-based music enthusiast with a penchant for LoFi jazzy beats. More than a bit fond of Mushroom Jazz. Releases on @ragtime-records

The Fritz

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