At last, I managed to force myself into E.L.U.s house under cover of darkness and hold his lovely wife hostage until he gave up the good stuff your ears are about to behold. So, yes, we have an hour of classic joints from one of my favorite ever record collections – live and direct from the E.L.U pyramid…..
He opens up with this ridiculous boogie track by Steve Arrington that is the source for ‘the chase’ – tribe called quest break. Uber deep openings people, who makes this line sound straight devastating, Seriously? : ‘ lie down sugar, close your eyes and let me kiss those sweet lips’
And as if that wasn’t enough, next up is the enormousness of the ‘sweet green fields’ track by Seals And Crofts with the break from bustas ‘put your hands’.
Beatles cover next, and a sick one by the Five Stairsteps (straight outta Curtis Mayfeild training camp), followed by a nice dose of Gamble and Huff behaviour courtesy of Joe Simon’s ‘drowning in the sea of love’ and then (be still my jealous heart) the genre-liquidising ‘Rose & Beast’ by Haruomi Hosono, a tropicalia/gospel/prog/folk-funk? Whatever! devastating.
Next up some Bo Diddley, more classic breaks in there if you are of a hiphop lineage – this time Dela’s ‘buddy’. It’s the best wedding record ever, take note. Me and your nan are killing it to this i’m telling you. More breaks, yes sir, courtesy of J.J. Barnes ‘You Owe It to Yourself’ which Madlib flipped for his Quasimoto alter ego.
Keeping it stone cold, next up is a track from a live recording of Curtis Mayfield ‘almost impossible to do, reciting the makings of you’ hell yeah.
Then, behold the jauntiest music ever made is next, a lil chunk of Harry Nilsons brilliant beach pop classic ‘one’ a little playful interlude before we go fathoms deep, starting with the track you think is mellow but is actually a monster driving slowfunk beast, its Timmy Thomas ‘Why Can’t We Live Together’. After that, some Beach Boys, so much to choose from but we get the aching lament of ‘Lonely Sea’ and then the beachfolk of Lambert & Nuttycombe. Going deeper next, Jackson C. Frank’s ‘Milk And Honey’ and a song from the almighty Janis Joplin, now that is something Adtrax didn’t know it liked so damn much. Janis Joplin, my god, serious blues.
GGMuga!, follow that I must, starting off with a new Patrick Watson single, it came free with the newsletter of this great folk label Communion. Just reminds me of seeing Cinematic Orchestra and that can only be a good thing. At which point we sneak the electronic business in, but keeping it deep n mellow with a cover of ‘fake plastic trees’ by Stumbleine, and then, really loving this at the mo, Cube Face ‘called you’. Need a palate cleanser, yes I even have one of those in today’s banquet – imagine this bassline in a club? Its MB by Joe. And once cleansed, to the beats for a bit starting off with Ben Jamin x Proflogik keeping it straight space funk with ’88Drumsdoe’, and then neck snapper of the week Fid Mella – ‘Henny’ from the MPM 25th and (congrats dudes). Harps sound better when it’s the month of the Flying Lotus, so next up is Grant and then the title of the week award winner yes it’s ‘roger more cowbell’ by top ten wonk hero Hermutt Lobby.
Excuse me while I move the sofas back and get your nan again, its Devon Who’s killer ‘Shine’ feat Teeko, pure eighties dancefloor melter! after which there is nowhere honorable to go but Buscrates’ ‘funktropolis’. You gotta love this ish even if you weren’t an 80s child like certain ole other fukkas. So some more, keith Sweat, you know you missed him, nice dirty edit by Audiosynthes.
After that some hip hop in the shape of the always on point team up of Oddissee and Substantial and then a supreme mash up album of Pharcyde v Tribe, brave business but done with aplomb.
Follow JRrocc on Soundcloud, he posts some mean shit. This is from a project with MED. Next a bit of perfect retro from Blu, followed by something unexpected from Machine Drum as he edits Boards Of Canada, really nice brings out all the Detroit in it.
And then big adtrax fave Lapalux new music always a treat. Then one I missed, well one of two I missed, more pitched down r&b beats done just beautifully by Cryil Hahn, this ones his Mariah Carey one. So good I almost put in on twice.
Last two, yes, Stikz, the cornball loop and the most devastating drum patterns unite to make something dope and then closing up, the return of Pharaoh Monch, say no more.

More soon.

Duchamp

Tracklist:

Steve Arrington – Beddie-Biey
Seals & Crofts – Sweet Green Fields
The Five Stairsteps – Dear Prudence
Joe Simon – Drowning In the Sea of Love
Haruomi Hosono -Rose & Beast
Bo Diddley – Hit Or Miss
J.J. Barnes – You Owe It to Yourself
Shankar-Jaikishan – Jan Pahechan Ho (snippet)
Curtis Mayfield – The Makings Of You
Harry Nilsson – One
Timmy Thomas – Why Can’t We Live Together
The Beach Boys – Lonely Sea
Lambert & Nuttycombe – Mr. Bojangles
Jackson C. Frank – Milk And Honey
Janis Joplin – Little Girl Blue
Patrick Watson – Words In The Fire
Stumbleine – Fake Plastic Trees ft CoMa
Cube Face – Called You
Joe – MB
Ben Jamin x Proflogik – 88Drumsdoe
Fid Mella – Henny
Grant – Earth in Hindsight
Herrmutt Lobby – Roger More Cowbell
Devonwho – Shine (ft. Teeko)
BusCrates 16-Bit Ensemble – FunkTropolis
Keith Sweat – Sexiest Girl ( Audiosynthes reEdit)
Substantial – Umoja (prod. Oddisee)
Bizarre Tribe: A Quest to The Pharcyde – Soul Flower (We’ve Got)
M.E.D. & J.Rocc – Mr. Dewitt In Brazil (Instrumental)
Blu – Lemonade Was A Popular Drink
Boards Of Canada – Untitled (Machinedrum Edit)
Lapalux – Forgetting and Learning Again (ft. Kerry Leatham)
Mariah Carey – Touch My Body (Cyril Hahn remix)
Stikz – HOWCANITELLU
Pharoahe Monch – Damage