Mr Mendel Edits // Gil's Bottle / Fela's Fight

Mr. Mendel

Gil's Bottle / Fela's Fight

Basic Fingers (FINGER016)

21st February 2014

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Theo Parrish // Ugly Edits Vol. 3

Theo Parrish
Ugly Edits Vol. 3
No Label
March 2003
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Play Pal Music Compilation // Pals Vol. 2

 Ranging from the sublimely groovy to the audaciously slick Play Pal Music have put together their second compilation after last Novembers 'Pals Vol. 1', this time round delivering more humph than Cameo's red love box...word up. Kicking off with Avanti's Deep In Space harbouring sporadic whirling synths suited to its space exploration inspired title, the opening tracks all lay down the foundations for the rest of the compilation to live up to. The likes of Juan Laya, Disco Tech, and Dynamicron keep the flow moving while other more vocal led tracks such as Get Down Edits' Holding Me Back provide welcome shots of twangy vocals. Pretty much a gold mine for those who like it low and NYC. Listen to the clips and purchase here.

Late Nite Tuff Guy // Tuff Cuts #001 & Tuff Cuts #002

  So everyone's favourite edit churner Late Nite Tuff Guy has started his own label - aptly named 'Tuff Cut' - and has released Tuff Cuts #001 on 12" way back on the 11th March. Given we're a bit late to the party and rest assured then incompetent man in charge of keeping a watchful eye on LNTG has been docked his lunch, yet was it not Jesus who said when resurrected from the tomb "better late than never ay?", and we shall live by that rule now.
The release features his most played Soundcloud track 'Bless The Rains' which originally came about last summer and takes meaty and delicious chunks from Toto's 'Africa' to take up the A side. While over on the B is a couple more edits from LNTG - 'My Body's On Fire' and 'Not In Love Anymore'. As stated the release has been around for a couple of months but is still available so you can spin it yourself here. Take a listen and try and resist...

A little closer to present day was the release of Tuff Cuts #002 which was made available as of the 1st May and features a couple more of LNTG's classic edits with 'Nobody' on the A and 'Reality' on the B side. Get the 12" here.

Valique // V's Edits Vol. 5

  Valique hails from that great big landmass over the other side of Europe known as Russia and is a man who likes to indulge himself in the odd disco edit or two, taking the popular and the classic, placing a four to the floor behind and providing a healthy serving of bass for good measure. The latest release 'V's Edits Vol. 5' once again comes courtesy of self-ran label 'Vehicle' and doesn't fail to deliver on the edit front, personal pick of the bunch being The Smyths - Barbarism. Listen below and consider parting with your money here.

Moplen/The Reflex // Let No Man Clash

 So now that the sunny summer of disco is almost imminent, spearheaded with Daft Punk's recent tease of their new material at Coachella, it's probably about time that you stocked up on a few edits of some classics. Happily enough Moplen and The Reflex have provided in the form of a joint two track 10" release, with Moplen taking the a-side with a take on Let No Man Put Us Under, and The Reflex on the b with Rock The Casbah. The release comes courtesy of Amsterdam's Lumberjacks In Hell label, and is available as of the 13th May and can be kept tabs of here. As it would be a sin to merely link to either of these tracks, they're both going up for a listen below...shake a leg.