A tribute to Franz Auffray's Original Popcorn. Performed and mixed by Mike Bandoni.

Topcorn Funk Pt 1 EDIT

Release date 29th March 2024 : ECR005

The next instalment from the All Stars is another slice of cut & paste beats action - utilising the grooves of the late 60s / early 70s soul-jazz legends.

The A-Side side will appeal to the soul and gospel fans with the gritty blues vocals , whilst the instrumental on the flip will light up the jazz dancefloor and strike a chord with the funky beats & breaks crowd

CHEEBA’S PRESTIGE ALL STARS “ I Got You (Inst) “ - Soul Jazz Lessons # 2

Taken from the forthcoming Jazz Room Album Paul Murphy Presents:  Copa Salvo - Kings Of Latin Show
After the success and reaction to 2023's Jazz Room album Colin Curtis Presents: indigo jam unit this time it's Jazz Room Bossman and DJ Legend picking from the catalogue of the Obscure and Magnificent Combo "Copa Salvo" with an eclectic grab bag of tracks from their highly rated (and hard to find!) collection of Vinyl and CD releases. Just one previous UK release on BBE (natch!) track: HASTA LA VICTRIA SIEMPRE which was included  in the renowned and highly respected Jean-Claude Presents: You Need This. A Journey Into Deep Jazz Vol. 3

COPA SALVO - TONG KING ROCK

Artist: Number
Title: Le Boucle Nouveau EP/ Le Boucle Nouveau Duncan Gray Remix EP
Label: Ramrock Red Records
Cat. No: RRR084/ RRR085
Rel. date: July 25th/ August 8th 2025

When Jo at Ramrock Records was approached by Rich Thair and Ali Friend, co-founders of the trailblazing group, Red Snapper, there was much excitement at Ramrock HQ. Ensuing conversations with both of them led to reference MP3s of a brand new project being handed over for consideration. After the first listen, it was an absolute no brainer for Jo not to say ‘yes’ to their proposals. 

You are listening to NUMBER’s debut single taken from their forthcoming ‘Pollinate’ album, ‘Le Boucle Nouveau’ and the subsequent remix from close friend and musical maverick, Duncan Gray. For lovers of the legendary ALFOS, the sentiments of Mr Weatherall and all things chugging, this brace of releases will be perfect for those determined dancefloor excursions. With the squelchy space FX, crunchy drums and Ali Friend’s ethereal vocals, you can’t go wrong. Duncan Gray takes up the remix baton with aplomb with a distinct four to the floor beat, phat bass line, soaring strings and mutant disco credentials.

Inspired by a love of A Certain Ratio, Talking Heads, P funk and scratchy dub, NUMBER is a forward-thinking sound machine fronted by Ali Friend and Rich Thair – the co-founders and rhythm section of music pioneers and renegades, Red Snapper.  Rich and Ali started NUMBER as a means of rediscovering something of what they grew up with; the dirty disco bass lines, noisy drum machines, wonky percussion, leering live drums, jagged guitar melodies and uplifting soulful songs of the 80’s. Ali and Rich have performed all over the world including collaborating live with such electronic luminaries as The Prodigy, Björk and Massive Attack, remixing for the likes of A Certain Ratio, The Sugarhill Gang , Edwyn Collins, The Sabres of Paradise, David Holmes and Songhoy Blues. Their first album ‘Binary’ was released on Sunday Best Records in 2020 and featured ‘Face Down in Ecstasy’, playlisted by 6 Music and lauded by Lauren Lavern amongst others. It also featured an acclaimed video by Leo Nicholson. https://youtu.be/9c_uCFxz_Lg?si=hlBksDV2jGMdMbOH
Their forthcoming new album ‘Pollinate’ on Ramrock Red Records continues the journey, focusing on Ali’s unique vocal style and lyric writing and the duo’s reputation as one of the Uk’s most influential Rhythm sections. ‘Pollinate’ is a progression from their first album; there’s more of a focus on the duo’s use of vintage keyboards, and on vocals in general working with the beautiful community choir, Boiler House Singers on ‘Le Boucle Nouveau’.  Rich and Ali may have produced their most commercial work to date. FOLLOW (IG): Number


Le Boucle Nouveau (Original Instrumental)

Following a crate digging session where Crazy Godz (aka Ashley Beedle & Darren Morris) turned up the Original Tropical Steel Band’s 1978 'Hot Steel' LP, they edited the pan version of ‘Spanish Hustle’, turning it into a carnival monster - get ready to blow your whistles! 
Limited vinyl available via 'Buy' button and digital download available at the end of May 2016.
https://pro.beatport.com/label/back-to-the-world/53579
http://www.junodownload.com/labels/Back+To+The+World/releases/
http://www.traxsource.com/label/19290/back-to-the-world

Spanish Hustle

Crazy Godz x Original Tropical Steel Band - Spanish Hustle

'Kintex' is a track taken from my debut LP released on Ninebar Records in 1998 entitled "Starchildren'. Inspired by a range of filmscores, ambient pieces and 1970's Jazz Funk, it captured some of my best performances on instruments other than drums. I'm particularly pleased with the keys parts, especially the rhodes solo towards the end of the tune. This tune also features Neil Corcoran on Bass (Mother Earth - Acid Jazz) who did an amazing job of giving this tune the best bass lines possible! Whilst solo'ing on keys, I remember vividly vibe'ing off those bass lines!)I still listen to this 19 years later! I may even re release this and a couple of others next year. What do you think? Would you buy it? Would you play it out? Let me know in the comments section as I'd be very interested to know in what format you'd be interested in purchasing and where some of you would pay this. For those that will straight off rip the tune from here, thanks for nothing, at least you enjoyed the music.....

Kinetix

Another journey into what I was doing in the 90's. This time an uptempo electronic piece with layers of breaks. Enjoy!

The Best Of Starchildren And Others

Escaped

A musical sequel to the track entitled 'Escaped' from my debut LP. The album was inspired by everything that is space and astronomy at that time and 'Escaped' was inspired by a journey into space. An escape, if you will. This track is entitled 'Returned' and signifies the return journey. There are similarities to Escaped in this track in terms of the beats and sounds used. This remains unreleased but I thought I'd share as the other tracks from Starchildren have been relatively well received. I made this 14 years ago in 2004. Enjoy.

Returned

East meets West in this blend of Major Force (Original Art Form) instrumentals and Jurassic 5 acapellas. Enjoy!
For high quality download - https://deathhop1.bandcamp.com/track/jurassic-5-vs-major-force

Jurassic 5 Vs Major Force

Here is a tried and tested bootleg that Wrongtom has been rocking dancefloors with - Deemas J’s “Superteng” a cappella reworked into DJ Zinc’s classic “Super Sharp Shooter” - and he has now decided to share it as a free download. Spread the love!

An official single release of Wrongtom Meets Deemas J’s original “Superteng” will follow soon.

The second single to be lifted from Wrongtom Meets Deemas J’s critically acclaimed album ‘In East London’, which came out on Tru Thoughts in September, this official single release will feature “Superteng” (Orginal, Instrumental and A Cappella cuts) plus remixes including a floor destroying Benny Page rework of first single “Jump + Move + Rock”.

More info on that soon! Meanwhile, enjoy rinsing “Super Sharp Teng”.

A slice of the praise for ‘In East London’:
• “Essential listening” – 4 STARS - MOJO
• “See how the seeds were sown for everything from Dizzee to James Blake” - BBC MUSIC
• “Perfect” – 4 STARS - Q
• “The strongest modern reggae set to emerge from the UK for many years” - THE WIRE
• “Pushing socio-political concerns to the fore in one instance…setting the party alight in the next…compelling” - CLASH
• “Good album, we’ll play more from that” - STEVE LAMACQ (BBC 6MUSIC)
• “Brilliant” - CERYS MATTHEWS (BBC 6MUSIC)


Wrongtom Meets Deemas J "Supersharpteng"

Echo Chamber Recordings formed in 2023 to release Funk, Jazz, Latin and Reggae based cut and paste / beats productions on limited edition vinyl.   In June 2024 the new ECHO *edits* subsidiary was launched to offer heavy duty edits and reworks