Ten tip top rekids floating my boat this month

Runaway- Alberg 30 [Chinatown]

Ace, deep head nodding material from these chaps from N.Y.C. One half of the duo (Jacques Renault) is playing El Diablo’s on Sat 7th February. Not to be missed.

Finchley Road – Infectious [Quark Records]

A belter I picked up recently on a trip to New York. The dub on this is just as the title says, late eighties house music (1987) which is just layered full of those classic 808 drums and signature claps with James Bratton jamming on the keys over the top. Spot on.

Phoreski – Lonely Man [Bare Fist Recordings]

Vol 2 in the series and just 300 in the world apparently, Bring on the Summer, this is Balearic nonsense at its best.

Geraldine Hunt – Heart Heart [Prism]

Geraldine’s first ever single before the prodigious ‘Cant Fake The Feeling’. Pressed up back in 1981, it just grooves along with simplicity but keeps that funk and had Jenko’s body moving like you’ve never seen.

Mike Burns – Everybody’s Mantra / Disco Child [Disco Devil]

Both sides are absolute belters on this fresh disco play. Everybody’s Mantra is a nice little plodder that just builds nicely, perfect for early doors. Disco Child is a uplifting disco screamer with some oriental bird giving it some welly over the top.

Nightlife Unlimited – Peaches And Prunes [Uniwave Records]

Everybody knows the classic Ron Hardy / Automan re-edit of this but the original just never wears thin with me. Theo Parrish screwed this when he played for us back in September….’Its Magic’

6th Borough District – Nights Over Memphis (Revenge Dub) [Instruments Of Rapture]

Nice little 3 Track EP but just the one track standing out for me. Great little slow burner on a lazy Detroit sort of vibe with a catchy looped up vocal.

Mystic Slot : Adjustments By Mystic Slot [Black Cock records]

Missed this first time round, Dj Harvey on the job. Both sides are spot on as expected and is probably the best of the famous Black Cock Edits. There are a few replicas knocking around at present if you look hard enough. With originals going for £300 quid on eBay, grab one quick.

Patrick Cowley – Get A Little [Megatone Records]

This was featured on the Derrick Carter : Choice Collection of Classics although the vinyl sampler that they released at the time had a slightly shorter edit so I had been keeping my eyes peeled for the full extended version for quite a while now. $15 dollars from Academy Records in N.Y.C. Sound like.

Moodymann – Detroit ‘ 67 [Mahogani Music]

Mini LP from the good man Kenneth Dixon Jnr. Something for everyone on this with 5 fresh cuts. Detroit being my pick, welcome to the idiosyncratic world of Moodymann.