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The 2nd release from ECLECTIC AVENUE RECORDS (EAR) following up the superb JUICY with another killer slo mo / nu disco gem this time from MUGG ft Stella with a remix from the mighty Chris Duckenfield aka PPF.

After working in Leeds(UK) on their previous album under the musical supervision of Eddie Roberts (New Mastersounds), this time the band hired the services of Patchworks(Mr President, Uptown Funk Empire, Mister Day..)

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Moody and atmospheric mid pacer flipped with hard hitting diddleyesque instro----

Chucks finest rockin' two sides on one salacious seven inch vinyl platter

Slim Harpo styled country blues jumper with Harmonica and a cool harp instro flip

The best white man to ever play the blues, simply irresistible twin spinner and the first time ever on a 7 inch format.

Boppin' Blues belting harmonice rocker with a cool flipside too.

Two sided Blues blasting stomping thriller!

Another bad-ass bopper from the king of texas twangin'

Killer version of the Richard Berry classic with thundering instro on the flip

A S.O.U.L. - Burning Spear
B Jimmy Castor - It's Just Begun (7" Version)

Norway's most famous and acclaimed nine-piece jazz/alt.rock/prog/baroque/afro-beat masters return to the fray with a new EP drawing on their recent album, "One-Armed Bandit."

In 2003 Visti & Meyland teamed up through friends and immediately found out that they shared a mutual passion for creating music. Their love of music has spawned several 12s on labels such as Warner, Music for Dreams and Eskimo. This is all very spiffing, however it is their slightly quirky, spanner-in-the-works take on things that really attracted us to the Danish paring. Their broad musical heads & certain sense of humour in their music dovetails ever so nicely with our own wacky take on the world here at Bearfunk towers.

Their self titled debut album is a result of their 7 year journey together. We love it. You've probably already heard one of its lead tracks "Yes Maam / All Nite Long". It slyly samples some US archive negro spiritual recordings and spins them a minimalist electro disco groove. Recent single "Stars" also takes a staring role with its epic extended "prog-disco" build up and rousing Russian-cold-war-navy-style chorus.

Future single "Leave Your Worries" heaps on doses of positivity with dancefloor groove and zany lyrical musings. The floor friendly "Diggy Dang" also adds to the up-tempo groover quotient to the LP. Of course there is the obligatory cover version on the album, Grace Jones "Nightclubbing" is the subject here, a fine quirky disco re-take.

Both being Gemini's, the vibe in the studio can become fairly tense, and sometimes result in hour-long discussions on music, music history, musical taste and life in general. This feeds down to the varied set of tunes. Tracks such as "Something In The Way", "Slowly" and "I'm Scared" explore the more introspective, downtempo and thoughtful side to the pairing. Epics such as "The Chair" detail the breadth of influences and the vast musical silos the pair can draw from. All in all 10 thoroughly well constructed songs.

Just as the name suggests, Funk Burners debut 12' delivers dance floor bombs certified to light up any party rocking DJ set. First up is the Disco Breaks / Hip Hop laced cut - Whatchya Got. With it's smooth 70's horns and familiar vocal edits, this is one that will surely get the ladies on the floor and your party started right! On the flip side, Electric in the Streets is a road tested party anthem. This track will make you feel like you're rocking down to an 80's block party only to find a late 90's rave in full effect. Devastation!

Already getting DJ support at clubs and festivals worldwide from Fort Knox Five, Slynk, Slim (Goodgroove / The Sly Players), All Good Funk Alliance and Ursula1000 among others.

Soul Jazz are issuing this seminal super-rare rare-groove album produced by Roy Ayers originally released on his own Uno Melodic label in 1980.


This amazing one-off album produced by Roy Ayers featured the group Eighties Ladies made up of the singing talents of Susan Beaubian, Marva Hicks, Vivian Prince, Denie Corbett & Sylvia Striplin backed by an all-start line-up Roy Ayers band (including Rick James who shares the production).

The anthemic 'Turned on To You" and "Ladies of the Eighties" are both included in this absolutely classic boogie-funk-jazz-soul album from the start of the 80s. Loved by soul boys and jazz heads alike, this is one of the rarest of all classic boogie albums, with original copies fetching upwards of hundreds of pounds for many years now.

Who says Nashville doesn't have soul~ The Coolin' System have something special. One listen to this monster 45 and you'll soon find out what it is. As Music City's champions of Soul Jazz, these guys come heavy on their first vinyl outing for G.E.D. Soul

Black Cherry is made up of the writing duo Megane Quashie and Guilhem Fraisse with very different musical background and influences. The two fused together a perfect blend of Electro, dance and rock to make the sound that there called 'Black Cherry'

Black Cherry has played many high profile shows like Glastonbury, Isle of Wight, V Festival, Connect Festival, Balaton Sounds, SXSW, CMJ and many more. The duo has also tour with the likes of Siousix Sioux, The Wombats, Iglu & Hartly and Akala.

Black Cherry continues to develop their sound and have been working on the first physical release with Colin Emmanuel (Beta Band) on ISM Records.

The long waited Ep will form a tribute to lost but not forgotten band member Rob Moore who passed away on 22nd Sept 2009.

On the A side Newcastle meets Lisbon in this crazy funk bossa rockabilly bomb. A track that was originally born in Lisbon (Portugal) by Dedy Dread and transported through space landing on Newcastle (UK) soil to be treated with the unmistakable drum hellish sound of SMOV. The final result being this crazy ass shaking bossa funk rockabilly jazz dance bomb!

Over on the flip and hailing from Hamburg Germany, Funktomas drops a some what classic B Boy anthem "Shack Up" over some old skool flavour female chants creating a simple but very effective banger! I bet you cant put one of these in your turntable without droppin into the caterpillar!

Fresh Up is the top secret, just-for-fun label started by a legendary electronic producer based in the UK who has close ties to the Rephlex camp. Think Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder, George Clinton and Dam Funk in equal parts and you're on the right path.