Blunted User Tracks - November ‘08
So, Novembers tracks are here at last. I apologies for the late delay but I was busy moving the website to our new hosts. This month sees us double last months effort with no less than 4 tracks for you to mull over! Artists this month are GTA, The Wise, Capskey, Sam Webster (aka Sloth) and Illustrate. All of whom Blunted forum goers should be familiar with…
GTA - Breakthrough 2008
GTA (Junior Doctor Chima Anya and Ineffable) are back with their new single taken from their imminent full length LP “The Way” out on Phoenix down. ”Breakthrough” - the third single from the highly anticipated debut album has already stood the test of time, having already established classic status as a local anthem in and around Oxford circa 2005. The 08′ version has some new delightfully endearing shuffling drums while retaining the triumphant horns and catchy chorus that made the original shine.
Sampling The O’Jay’s “Darlin, Darlin, Baby” GTA’s rendition is strong enough to stand side by side with the samples last notable outing on Big Pun’s “I’m not a playa” – and that’s really saying something.
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The Community League - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden featuring Special Opps, The Wize and DJ Thundercat produced by Jokz. This is the last song on The Community League’s brand new debut ep - ‘Community Spirit’. It is also the first time that Opp and I worked together on a song. For me this beat is the epitome of tranquility and it needed a suitably laid back subject so Opp and I headed for the hills and peaced out. So, enjoy the song and check out ‘Community Spirit’… or at the very least, go for a walk, it’s beautiful out there. - The Wise
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Capskey & The DON Delux - Beat’emDown (Demo 2008)
I wrote this song over the summer while I was in the United States and Canada. I was reading Micheal Parenti (’The Culture Struggle’), reading a lot of Gore Vidal’s political essays, and watching Alex Jones movies compulsively every day. The one common theme to emerge from all my reading and watching, was the growing power those in authority have over the wider population.
The song is about a policeman preparing to and then going to a protest, and an examination of what I think might be going through his mind. The right to protest is being slowly but steadily eroded in this country, it is reaching a point where any civil unrest is viewed as being in furtherance of terroism: domestic terrorism if you will. I didn’t want to write a simple ‘fuck the police” song. I wanted to show that most policemen believe they are right in what they do, and that is what makes them so easily manipulated, and dangerous.
My mate Joe aka The DON Delux did the beat, we recorded a Demo EP together a couple of years back as Capstar & The DON Delux with DJT (’The Nice to Meet you EP’) and this is the first song we’ve recorded together since… Anyway hope you enjoy the song, ‘innit! - Capskey
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Sloth - Earth Movin’
Huge! another 12″ from the guys who brought you k54! ‘clapback’ is a stonking re-work of shirley ellis’ classic ‘the clapping song’, re-jigged and brought bang up to date! this is a huge summer track! 3 rewinds from dj food at the big chill. carol king’s ‘i feel the earth move’ gets the remix treated via ‘earth move’, transforming the track into a dance floor destroyer! also some big plays at the big chill this year! with extra laid back beats in the form of ‘grace’ and ‘missy strut’ this is a killer 12″, essential for any dj’s record bag! - Rough Trade Record Shop
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Illustrate - Broke
Debut album from the lyrical picture painter Illustrate aka Ollie Bates, outta the headcount camp, 14 choice cuts keeping you locked throughout with production largely from illustrate himself with added pressure from Sloth, DJ Tigerstyle, Rinse Dog and Mike Hostile… - Disorda (Suspect Packages)
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