Jaz Klash is a collaboration between Brooklyn native, LA based female producer, The Angel & Bristol's More Rockers (Rob Smith / Peter D. Rose of Smith & Mighty). The Angel brought her hip hop / jazzy elements to fuse with More Rocker's jungle programming.
Mr. Scruff is a British DJ, producer, & artist born Andrew Carthy on February 10, 1972 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK. Carthy moved to Stockport, Greater Manchester where he studied fine art at the Psalter Lane campus of Sheffield Hallam University.
His DJ name was inspired by both his scruffy facial hair as well as his trademark loose-lined drawing style. He features his own quirky home-produced visuals & animations during his DJ sets. He has been DJ-ing since 1994, He is somewhat notorius for his marathon DJ-ing sets that often exceed six hours. His style is primarily breakbeat/future jazz.
Not much to say here.
We've got perennial remixer Alan Richards doing his Ratman thing on some of his own tracks.
Side 1 -
Sole Sentiment
Flute Dreams
Side 2
Storm
Racous Grin
See you On the Tee,
NØ
Henry & Louis was started by Jack Lundie & Andy Scholes to publish their own production work. Their approach has been to express a Roots & Culture philosophy much aligned with the UK Roots scene, but diversifying other tracks to pull in the wider influences from Dubstep to Trip-Hop.
All tracks written and recorded at Jack & Andy's 2 King Studio, Vision Factory, Bristol.
In the past I've shared Purple Penguin here.
The duo was a mainstay in the Cup of Tea Records roster. Just a couple of Bristol boys, hip-hop / breaks producers who got together & make a Purple Penguin. Scott Hendy & Ben Dubuisson produced some of the finest Cup of Tea sounds out there.
Here's an early EP...
Purple Penguin - Passion / Trihuwan, Cup of Tea Records COT003, 1995.
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a side -
Passion (vocal)
Passion (Moon & Sun Dub)
Tribhuwan (Taxi mix)
b side -
Tribhuwan (Atlas mix)
Tribhuwan (Himalayan Dub)
Tribhuwan (Crust mix)
See you On the Tee,
NØ
Well, it's started to cool off. Passing the dogs off to you all quieted their barking around here, so I'm just gonna sit back, kick it for a while with a nice cup of tea.
Last month when I shared Grantby - Timebooth, I had this to sez about Cup of Tea Records:
"Cup of Tea Records released some of the highest quality tracks of slo-mo beat excursions & weirdelic sound collages in the time from 1994 to 1999. The label, founded by Pip Diaz in Bristol, started with the release of "The Mudskipper EP" by a band called Junkwaffel, remixed by Bristol royalty Portishead. Leading up to this, Cup of Tea had made a name for itself by providing Bristol with the most upfront in club DJ's & bands, putting on everything from jungle to hip hop, from jazz-funk to dub. Their catalogue included releases from Crustation, Purple Penguin, Spaceways, The Federation, Slick Sixty, Tammy Payne, Statik Sound System, Grantby, The Disciples, Mr. Scruff, Monk & Canatella, & many more."
I decided that I'd follow up with this, seemed only logical considering my last few shares. Junkwaffel - The Mudskipper EP was released in 1995 as Planet Dog Bark014T.
Well, it was also released as Cup of Tea Records initial offering, COT001 the previous year. No better place to begin than at the beginning.
Side A -
Mud Skipper (original)
Mud Skipper (Henry & Louis Steppers mix)
Mud Skipper (Portishead So-so mix)
Side B -
Sub Strata (Eat Static mix)
Sub Strata (original)
Enjoying a cuppa,
NØ
Daniel sez:
"We supported Banco De Gaia in Birmingham. After the gig, Toby Marks (BDG) asked us to support him on his UK tour, which having just turned 18 was a bit of a coup for us! On this tour we met Michael Dog, head man at Planet Dog Records, who said he was interested in signing us. This was great, however, we also had interest from China records and Andy Weatherall (who weirdly, wanted us to change our name). We considered the options and although China had offered a big advance and Weatherall could do no wrong, I don't think Children of the Bong would have been at home anywhere but Planet Dog!"
Made up of Daniel Goganian & Rob Henry, who had met at Harrow College, Rob had a new-age tape of music from the Andes that had a song called "Children of the Bong". He decided that was a perfect name for their band. Children of the Bong created Dub, hip-hop, & ambient music in the privacy of Rob's bedroom musical studio, working through the nights experimenting, developing the Bong style: weird sounds; crazy beats; languid melodies; lunar soundscapes; all with "a dollop of cheek!".
The days between July 3rd & August 11 this year are the dog days of summer. This afternoon they've been hounding me.
The dog days are these hot, sultry days of summer historically following the rising of the star system Sirius (known colloquially as the "Dog Star"). Greek astrology connected the dog days with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, & bad luck. They are now taken to be the hottest, most uncomfortable part of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
Well the raging fevers & howling mad dogs have been plaguing me big time so I'll dump some Planet Dog on you to start out August, see if I can appease my troubled mind. Those damn dogs, this afternoon they've been on my trail.
Before I hit the Planet, how about a little slaughter...
