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Haven't done a new vinyl round-up for a while and i've bought loads of new stuff lately. Some new, some used, some good and some fucking awful...

Start with something good... this was just a random EP I found in a bargain bin in Psychotron. It says Jungle Vibes 2 on the back but all the rest is in french, so I got the man to play the opening bars of the first track and thought, yes, having this for seven quid!

Never heard of any of the acts on there, but French drum & bass from 1995, a time when they were also making some quality hip hop (Solar, Cam, etc.) had to be worth a go and it most definitely was. Quite liquid in it's sound on the first side and a bit more jungle on the second, and quality breaks all the way through. A really good find!

Selector presents Jungle Vibes 2

I mean, there's not much to say about this is there? It's the London Philharmonic, playing music from the original Star Wars and lets be fair, you all know what that is going to sound like.

Second side has some other orchestral space stuff on, like 2001 and some other random space themes. But the opening track is full of sample friendly cuts from the opening speech to the cascading effects - perfect for scratching.

Now if i could only scratch....

Star Wars by The London Philharmonic Orchestra

This was another punt that almost fully pays off. Not totally, but it's got some good beats on it...

I know if Swindle as a grime MC, which has never been my thing. As much as a i love hip hop, as i get older, i find i don't really like much past the 90's. But they play Swindle on BBC6Music a bit and he has moved from that dirty, grime sound in to a bit more jazz based stuff and looking at the artwork on the cover and the guests, i figured it might be a bit more jazzy. And to be fair, it is. Quite heavy horns riffs stabs and breaks, people like Kojey Radical, Loyle Carner, and Greentea Peng, Poppy Adjuda, Ghetts on vocals and it's actually OK. Very UK hip-hop jazz type of ting! (as the cool kids probably don't say anymore) There's a couple on there that i already knew and have dropped in a mix before, so I was chuffed that they were there. Plus it's on clear blue vinyl, so yeah, happy with this. Especially as it was only £6.

The New World by Swindle

Just the original on one side, which on its own is quality. But then on the other is the full Seven Minutes of Madness Mix by Coldcut which is just a fucking banger and put Coldcut and Ninja Tune on the map.

Paid In Full by Eric B & Rakim

I'm not normally a massive fan of live albums. They're often not the greatest of recordings and the live crowd puts me off. But I had a chat with the man about this and figured that Gong should really be heard live as they are that sort of band, so i gave it a go. To be honest, you can hardly tell it's recorded live, but you can almost smell the cheap weed, patchouli oil and stinky hippies through the record - which is a compliment, as i wish i was there with them. Free loving, getting high and prog grooving to the sound of Gong in a field in the seventies.... I mean, how much fun does that sound?!

Live at Sheffield 1974 by Gong

So i got chatting to a guy a few months back who turned up for the vinyl night at my local. He was the same age as me, had loads of 90's metal and grunge band logos tattooed down his arm and he started telling me about his son, Lewis Watkiss, who had been accidently killed at the local snowdome as he wasn't wearing a helmet. And i'm like yeah, man, i feel it. I've been through similar shit and we're not supposed to outlive our kids and we had a pint to the memory of our boys. But to make something positive out the conversation, he tells me that Lewis was a gifted saxophonist and that his teacher and one of his heroes, Xhosa Cole, had made a track for him and it was being sold for charity. And i couldn't say no, even if i wanted to. They needed to presell a certain number to get it pressed and i bought it without even hearing it. And it's actually really good. Not my normal sort of jazz, as i'm not a big sax man, but it was his and that's what matters. Its broken it to three suites and each of them build nicely. The second side has a deep house remix from a local girl and this was one of the best £15 i have spent on a record.

Louis' Teenage Spirit by LJW Music Fusion

This came on the radio a couple of days prior and i remember wondering if i had it on CD, as i used to do some work for Ninja Tune and used to get all the singles and a fair few of the albums sent to me for a couple of years. I never ended up looking for it but I did randomly find it in the bargain bin and figured i'd pick it up.

Just a 12" single, but it's jazzy, soulful a bit Nuyorican and yeah, quality.

Horizon by the Cinematic Orchestra feat. Niara Scarlett

I first got in to Tom Waits about fifteen years ago and specifically, the three early 80's albums that almost make up a loose trilogy around a guy called Frank who joins the navy, sails around the world, comes home, tries to settle down, can't handle it and fucks off again. That's the simple version of what is a collection of sea shanties, drunken laments, spoken word, free jazz, heartfelt ballads and musical story telling of the finest order. And if you know it already, then i don't need to explain anymore.

I've been looking for them on vinyl for years, but no fucker is selling them. So when i got the email from Rough Trade saying they were being re-pressed, i put my order in and got all three on the day of release!

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

Yeah, hoped this was going to be good, but it's not. It's shit. Meh, them's the breaks.

Public Pressure by The Yellow Magic Orchestra

This was ok. Kinda reminded me of the time i was in Paris with the wife and a friend of ours. We had gone to see Bjork in concert and the night before, we went out for dinner in this little side street bistro, about six foot across, all wood panels and probably about 10 covers at the most, split in two by a mezzanine floor. One chef in the tiny back kitchen, a little chinese girl serving, and a lothario of a maitre D who spent most of the night chatting to us on our table, flirting with my mate and stealing his cigarettes. We had steak with foie gras (yeah, i know, but i had to try it), a plate of frogs legs, some goats cheese thing and were introduced to chilled red wine, which considering how hot it was that evening, went down a storm. But the reason this record reminds of that night is because taking up half the floor space on the ground floor were two guys, huddled together in a corner, one on an upright piano and the other on a double bass, playing easy, simple jazz. Nothing too complex, just easy going piano and bass stuff. And that is very much what this is.

I can almost taste that chilled beaujolais and Benson golds...

Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus

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Boy died when his sled crashed into SnowDome worker on ski slope

Boy died when his sled crashed into SnowDome worker on ski slope

The death of 12-year-old Louis Watkiss was called a ‘freak accident’ (Pictures: SWNS/BPM Media) A boy who died in a ‘freak accident’ at an indoor ski slope was killed after his sled crashed into a member of staff, it has been revealed. Louis Watkiss, 12, died on a night out with his friends at the SnowDome in Tamworth, Staffordshire, on September 24 last year. The previously unexplained tragedy…

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Who is Louis Watkiss? Wiki, Biography, Age, Died, Ski Center Crash

Who is Louis Watkiss? Wiki, Biography, Age, Died, Ski Center Crash

Louis Watkiss Wiki – Louis Watkiss Biography Louis Watkiss died after he was injured at an indoor ski center. Watkiss, from Sutton Coldfield, Staffs, suffered fatal injuries at the busy SnowDome venue in Tamworth on Friday evening, with a witness saying the youngster was “halfway down the slope” when his sled collided with a skier. Age He was 12-years-old. Ski Center Crash Staffordshire Police…

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SUBJECTIVE

THE START OF NO REGRET

El nuevo álbum incluye grandes nombres como el artista de nu-jazz Tom Misch (en ‘Lost’ junto a Frida Touray), La vocalista de soul y jazz estadounidense Lady Blackbird (en Sunlight) y La vocalista británica de blues Natalie Duncan. Ya disponible.

Consíguelo AQUÍ

El sonido que el dúo ha creado es también en parte debido a su ubicación geográfica durante los últimos 18 meses, pasándose ideas entre el estudio de Davidson en Bournemouth, en la costa sur, y la casa de Goldie en Phuket en Tailandia; mostrando a dos compositores y productores en su mejor momento creativo tras un año y medio en ambientes muy diferentes pero en circunstancias igualmente difíciles.

El single principal del álbum ‘Dassai Menace’ (publicado con el doble cara A ‘Fathoms’) fue utilizado por Virgil Abloh en la banda sonora de su fashion film ‘Amen Break’ SS22 de Louis Vuitton (míralo aquí), contando con Goldie en la pasarela. Goldie también participará en una residencia en el mes de febrero 2022 en la BBC Radio 1 junto a otros como Sama' Abdulhadi, Folamour, Or:la, LCY y Scratcha DVA.

"The Start of No Regret" estará disponible en todas las plataformas digitales al igual que en CD y doble vinilo. Resérvalo aquí.

 Tracklist de ’The Start of No Regret’

1.  The Start of No Regret

2.  Lost feat. Tom Misch and Frida Touray

3.  Brushstrokes feat. Cleveland Watkiss

4.  Dassai Menace

5.  American Gods feat. Natalie Duncan

6.  Azimuth

7.  Crazy feat. Natalie Williams

8.  Breakout feat. LaMeduza

9.  Paradise feat. LaMeduza

10.  Dark feat. Greentea Peng

11.  Reflection

12.  Sunlight feat. Lady Blackbird

13.  Dollis Hill Rufige

14.  Yoshi’s Highway feat. Lady Blackbird

   Descarga la portada de ‘The Start of No Regret’ aquí

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Emergency services were called to the centre on Friday to reports a child had been seriously injured.

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Future Jungle Sessions #66 // 8K.NZ Radio // 15.05.2021

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Absolutely massive week for tunes and I’ve lovingly compiled a cross-section of them for your listening pleasure! Pristine production from Kiwi’s Breakr, J Plates, Lee Mvtthews and Need for Mirrors - album features from Battery & Philth, Bcee & Charlotte Haining, Brain, Dunk, Duoscience, Madcap, NC-17, Response, Stand Together and Taelimb - label love for Dispatch, Gorilla Warfare, Intrigue Music, Lost Recordings, Overview Music and ProgRAM - plus cutting edge sonic artistry by Bladerunner, gyrofield, Kleu, Rohaan, Serum and Trex!

Paul T & Edward Oberon, Cleveland Watkiss - Music's Got Soul [V Recordings]

NC-17 - Most Violent Year [Dispatch Recordings]

Dunk, T95 - Pirate Radio [Playaz Recordings]

Trex - Teach One [Stand Together]

Raw Q - NY State of Mine (Ben Soundscape Remix) [Intrigue Music]

The Skeptics - Simple Things (Drytek Remix) [Intrigue Music]

Kaloa - Should've Listened [KALOA Music]

Mutt, Kelmo - Come Back to Me [Influenza Media]

Mrs Magoo, DJ Hybrid - Back To 96 [Deep In The Jungle Records]

Taelimb, Airglo - Satisfaction [Rebel Music]

Response - Manhunter [Metalheadz]

Revan, Primitive Instinct - Back At It [Midas Touch Recordings]

SOTA - Moshers [Low Down Deep Recordings]

Rohaan - CCC [Sable Valley Records]

Speaker Louis, Epicentre - Unity [Nuusic]

Bcee, Charlotte Haining, Emba - Home for Good (Villem Remix) [Spearhead Records]

Amante - Stepper's Delight [Intrigue Music]

Abstr4ct - Mbour Mystery [ProgRAM]

Brain, Dave Owen - Slow Burn [Dispatch Recordings]

Qua Rush - Handle With Care [Lost Recordings]

Data 3 - Saturn Ditch [Flexout Audio]

Alyness - Too Late [Four Corners]

Monrroe, Riya - Closer [Shogun Audio]

Hybert Phillips - Rove Dark Place [Lost Recordings]

Beeson - Huntsman [ProgRAM]

Steve Spacek - Follow Me (Skeptical Remix) [Eglo Records]

NC-17, Masheen - Overdue [Dispatch Recordings]

Taelimb, Airglo - Momentum [Rebel Music]

Jon Tho - The Way You Were [Blackout Music NL]

K Motionz, IC3 - Reaction [K Motionz Music]

High Demand - Confession (Bungle Remix) [Terabyte Records]

Offline, EN:VY - Can You Say [Deep Within Recordings]

Cyantific - Falling Apart [Viper Recordings]

Visages - Momentum [1985 Music]

M-Zine - Umbra [Deep Within Recordings]

Legion, Logam, Collette Warren - Cold Black Soul [Intrigue Music]

Optical - Slip Thru [Virus Recordings]

Odyo - Supernatural [Fresh Recordings]

Lee Mvtthews, Watson - In a Moment [Device]

Blanke - Alchemy (ShockOne Remix) [Deadbeats]

DJ Brockie, Ed Solo - Echo Box (Serum Remix) [Undiluted Recordings]

Serum - Gator [Critical Music]

JOY ORBISON - HYPH MNGO (Need For Mirrors Bootleg) [Soul In Motion]

Cadense, Sinematic (UK) - Forgive (Waeys Remix) [Bowlcut Beats]

Xtrah, Genic - HOLDING ON [Cyberfunk]

Yaano - By Myself [Overview Music]

Kemi Ade, Redeyes - PROMISE (Redeyes Remix) [tenwest]

Duoscience - Midnight Eye [Celsius Recordings]

Iskia - Feel So [Gorilla Warfare]

Bert H, Sydney - Truth Of A Lover [Galacy Records]

Breakr - Submerge [Burna Records]

Speaker Louis, Epicentre - Out Here [Nuusic]

Bios Destruction - Useless Weapon [Citrus Recordings]

Bladerunner - Switchblade [Hi Resolution]

Brain, Asura, Yatuza - Wavetable [Dispatch Recordings]

Dunk - Scamp [Playaz Recordings]

Kastro - Particles [Overview Music]

Madcap - Mind Control [Myriad Recordings]

Modestep - Forever [UKF]

Nymfo, Edlan - Warehouse Tune [Liquicity Records]

Trex - Cresta Run [Overview Music]

R1C0 - Late Lab [Intrigue Music]

Response, Pliskin - The Pusher [Metalheadz]

Catching Cairo - Surface (BCee Remix) [Catching Cairo]

Tweakz - With You [Stand Together]

Battery & Philth - Ambra [Dispatch Recordings]

Battery & Philth - For Real [Dispatch Recordings]

Bcee, Charlotte Haining - Almost There (Deadline Remix) [Spearhead Records]

gyrofield - 23nd [Inspected]

HeadRead - Rave Era [ProgRAM]

Kleu - Play You [Gorilla Warfare]

Surreal, Sl8r - Three Stripes [Fokuz Recordings]

Response - Betrayal [Metalheadz]

Bcee, Charlotte Haining, DRS - Love for the Fallen (Satl Remix) [Spearhead Records]

Veak - Bringing The Vibe [Original Key Records]

Madcap - B-Boy [Myriad Recordings]

Loxy, INK - Headz Roll (Ink, Loxy, Resound & Gremlinz Remix) [Razors Edge]

Loxy, INK, Resound - Think [Razors Edge]

J Plates - Going Deeper [Bare Necessity Records]

Sulex - Halftoned [Ekou Recordings]

Kleu - No Way Home [Beats In Mind]

NC-17, Kumarachi - Mood Point [Dispatch Recordings]

Drumsound & Bassline Smith, MC Navigator - Let the Bass Kick [Formation Records]

Duoscience - Color Set [Celsius Recordings]

Higher(Than) - Space Funk [Erculean Recordings]

Madcap - Bleep Track [Myriad Recordings]

Nookie, Soulstructure - New Day [Soul Deep Exclusives]

Rochelle Jordan (ft Alix Perez) - Love You Good [Young Art Records]

Hugh Hardie, D.E.O.N - Overture [Hospital Records]

NC-17 - Excellent day for an Exorcism [Dispatch Recordings]

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The Last Poets Suliaman El Hadi (deceased) Nilaja (deceased) Abu Mustapha (deceased) is the name for several groups of poets and musicians who arose from the late 1960s African-American civil rights movement's black nationalistmovement. The name is taken from a poem by the South African revolutionary poetKeorapetse Kgositsile, who believed he was in the last era of poetry before guns would take over. The original users of that name were the trio of Felipe Luciano, Gylan Kain, and David Nelson. However, it is the versions of the group led by Jalaluddin Masur Nuriddin and/or Umar Bin Hassan that have penetrated mass culture to a legendary degree. The Last Poets have been cited as one of the earliest influences onhip-hop music. Critic Jason Ankeny wrote: "With their politically charged raps, taut rhythms, and dedication to raising African-American consciousness, the Last Poets almost single-handedly laid the groundwork for the emergence of hip-hop." The Britishmusic magazine NME stated, "Serious spokesmen like Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Poets, and later Gary Byrd, paved the way for the many socially committed Black [emcees] a decade later." The Original Last Poets were formed on May 19, 1968 (Malcolm X's birthday), at Marcus Garvey Park in East Harlem. Luciano, Kain, and Nelson recorded separately as , gaining some renown as the soundtrack artists of the 1971 film Right On! In 1972, they appeared on Black Forum Records album Black Spirits - Festival Of New Black Poets In America with "And See Her Image In The River" and "Song of Ditla, part II", recorded live at the Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York. A book of the same name was published by Random House (1972 - ISBN 9780394476209). The original group actually consisted of Gylan Kain, David Nelson and Abiodun Oyowele. Nelson left in the fall of 1968 and was replaced by Felipe Luciano, then Luciano left to start the Young Lords and was replaced by Alafia Pudim (later known as Jalaluddin Mansur). Following the success of the reformed Last Poets first album, Luciano, Kain, and Nelson reunited to record their only album Right On in 1967, the soundtrack to a documentary movie of the same name that finally saw release in 1971. (See alsoPerformance (1970 film featuring Mick Jagger) soundtrack song "Wake Up, Niggers".) The Right On album was released under the group name The Original Last Poets to simultaneously establish their primacy and distance themselves from the other group of the same name. The Jalal-led group coalesced via a 1969Harlem writers' workshop known as East Wind. Jalal Mansur Nuriddin a.k.a. Alafia Pudim, Umar Bin Hassan, and Abiodun Oyewole, along with poet Sulaiman El-Hadi and percussionist Nilaja Obabi, are generally considered the best-known members of the various lineups. Jalal, Umar, and Nilaja appeared on the group's 1970 self-titled debut LP and follow-up This Is Madness. Nilija then left, and a third poet, Sulaiman El-Hadi, was added. This Jalal-Sulaiman version of the group made six albums together but recorded only sporadically without much promotion after 1977. Having reached US Top 10 chart success with its debut album, the Last Poets went on to release the follow-up, This Is Madness, without then-incarcerated Abiodun Oyewole. The album featured more politically charged poetry that resulted in the group being listed under the counter-intelligence programCOINTELPRO during the Richard Nixonadministration. Hassan left the group following This Is Madness to be replaced by Sulaiman El-Hadi (now deceased) in time for Chastisment (1972). The album introduced a sound the group called "jazzoetry", leaving behind the spare percussion of the previous albums in favor of a blending of jazz and funk instrumentation with poetry. The music further developed into free-jazz–poetry with Hassan's brief return on 1974's At Last, as yet the only Last Poets release still unavailable on CD. The remainder of the 1970s saw a decline in the group's popularity. In the 1980s and beyond, however, the group gained renown with the rise of hip-hop music, often being name-checked as grandfathers and founders of the new movement, often citing the Jalaluddin solo project Hustler's Convention(1973) as their inspiration. Because of this the band was also interviewed in the 1986 cult documentary Big Fun In The Big Town. Nuriddin and El-Hadi worked on several projects under the Last Poets name, working with bassist and producer Bill Laswell, including 1984's Oh My People and 1988'sFreedom Express, and recording the final El Hadi-Nuriddin collaboration, Scatterrap/Home, in 1994. Sulaiman El-Hadi died in October 1995. Oyewole and Hassan began recording separately under the same name, releasingHoly Terror in 1995 (re-released on Innerhythmic in 2004) and Time Has Come in 1997. Their lyrics often dealt with social issues facing African-American people. In the song "Rain of Terror", the group criticized the American government and voiced support for the Black Panthers. More recently, the Last Poets found fame again refreshed through a collaboration where the trio (Umar Bin Hassan) was featured with hip-hop artist Common on theKanye West-produced song "The Corner," as well as (Abiodun Oyewole) with the Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated political hip-hop group Black Market Militia on the song "The Final Call," stretching overseas to the UK on songs "Organic Liquorice (Natural Woman)", "Voodoocore", and "A Name" with Shaka Amazulu the 7th. The group is also featured on the Nas album Untitled, on the songs "You Can't Stop Us Now" and "Project Roach." Individual members of the group also collaborated with DST on a remake of "Mean Machine", Public Enemy on a remake of "White Man's God A God Complex" and withBristol-based British post-punk band the Pop Group. In 2010, Abiodun Oyowele was among the artists featured on the Welfare Poets' produced Cruel And Unusual Punishment, a CD compilation that was made in protest of the death penalty, which also featured some several current positive hip hop artists. In 2004 Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, a.k.a. Alafia Pudim, a.k.a. Lightning Rod (The Hustlers Convention 1973), collaborated with the UK-based poet Mark T. Watson (a.k.a. Malik Al Nasir) writing the foreword to Watson's debut poetry collection, Ordinary Guy, published in December 2004 by the Liverpool-based publisher Fore-Word Press. Jalal's foreword was written in rhyme, and was recorded for a collaborative album "Rhythms of the Diaspora (Vol. 1 & 2 - Unreleased) by Malik Al Nasir's band, Malik & the O.G's featuring Gil Scott-Heron, percussionist Larry McDonald, drummers Rod Youngs and Swiss Chris, New York dub poet Ras Tesfa, and a host of young rappers from New York and Washington, D.C.Produced by Malik Al Nasir, and Swiss Chris, the albums Rhythms of the Diaspora; Vol. 1 & 2 are the first of their kind to unite these pioneers of poetry and hip hop with each other. In 2011, The Last Poets Abiodun Oyewole andUmar Bin Hassan performed at The Jazz Cafein London, in a tribute concert to the late Gil Scott-Heron and all the former Last Poets. In 2014, Last Poet Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin came to London and also performed at The Jazz Cafe with Jazz Warriors the first ever live performance in 40 years of the now iconic "Hustlers Convention". The event was produced by Fore-Word Press and featured Liverpool poet Malik Al Nasir with his bandMalik & the O.G's featuring Cleveland Watkiss,Orphy Robinson and Tony Remy. The event was filmed as part of a documentary on the "Hustlers Convention" by Manchester film maker Mike Todd and Riverhorse Communications. The executive producer was Public Enemy's Chuck D. As part of the event Charly Records re-issued a special limited edition of the vinyl version of Hustlers Convention to celebrate their 40th anniversary. The event was MC'd by PoetLemn Sissay and the DJ was Shiftless Shuffle's Perry Louis ✊