NEW FAST AUTOMATIC DAFFODILS - 'Big (Baka)'

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Artist: New Fast Automatic Daffodils
Track: Big (Baka)
Label: Playtime Records
Catalog#: AMUSE 7T
Format: Vinyl, 12”
Released: 1990
Country: Holland
Credits: Written By - New Fast Automatic Daffodils

Killer leftfield Indie number from New Fast Automatic Daffoldils. Big Baka is the mix to check. N.F.A.D. emerged from the burgeoning Manchester Indie scene in the late 80’s. Back then, three young men dreamed of forming a band – with Justin Crawford on bass, Dolan Hewison on guitar and Perry Saunders on drums. All that was missing was someone to sing and front the group. Legend has it, guitarist Dolan, had a vision one night of meeting a man who not only wore glasses and fell off his bike, but was also able to sing. And so, when Andy Spearpoint turned up to audition, wearing his specs and apologizing for his inability to stand up properly (as he'd just fallen off his bike), jaws dropped in unison. The name, New Fast Automatic Daffodils, was taken from an experiment by Liverpool poet Adrian Henri, who crossed a car maintenance manual with Wordsworth. After a few local gigs, percussionist Icarus Wilson-Wright joined the band in time to appear on this recording, their breakthrough single. Big (Baka) is the B side, kinda leftfield dance mix with wicked, cut up/transformed vocals. Check it.

WILL POWERS - 'Adventures In Success'

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Artist: Will Powers
Track: Adventures In Success (Dub Copy)
Label: White Label
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Format: Vinyl, 12”
Released: 2005
Country: UK
Credits: Mixed by Steven Stanley. Producer, Lynn Goldsmith. Written By L. Goldsmith, R. Palmer, Sting.

Essential leftfield dance classic! The 'Dub Copy' mix is a dubby slow chugging masterpiece. According to various reports, Will Powers is an imaginary character cooked up by NY fashion photographer Lyn Goldsmith and features the talents of quite a surprising array of stars including Sting, Robert Palmer and Todd Rundgren. Originally released on Island Records, 1983. Also featured on Sonar Kollektiv’s Computer Incarnations for World Peace compilation.

THE WILLIAMS FAIREY BRASS BAND - 'What Time Is Love?'

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Artist: The Williams Fairey Brass Band
Track: What Time Is Love? (from the EP, Acid Brass)
Label: Blast First
Catalog#: P12BFFP150
Format: Vinyl, 12”
Released: 1997
Country: UK
Credits: Release is subtitled Jeremy Deller presents Acid Brass. All tracks performed by the Williams Fairey Brass Band

Acid Brass was a musical collaboration between Turner-Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller and the Stockport- based Williams Fairey Brass Band. The project was based on fusing the music of a traditional brass band with Acid House and Detroit techno. Deller saw a connection between the two apparently disparate genres, viewing them as "two authentic forms of folk art rooted in specific (working class) communities". The music has since been taken all over the world and was performed by the Fairey Band before a London crowd of 25,000 in July 2005. This track is a cover version of The KLF'S 'What Time Is Love?' (1988). Classic stuff...

MAX BERLIN - 'Elle Et Moi'

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Artist: Max Berlin
Track: Elle Et Moi (instrumental)
Label: Cloud
Catalog#:
Format: Vinyl, 12”, Promo
Released: 2007
Country: UK
Credits:

Originally on the label Public, released in 1987. Max Berlin was also part of a group called Cyclades. The killer instrumental version of Elle Et Moi (She and I) liberates us from the over-the-top, gallic witterings of the vocal version. The French, typical, they can get it sooo right and then sooo wrong at the same time.

ELKIN & NELSON - 'Jibaro'

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Artist: Elkin & Nelson
Track: Jibaro
Label: CBS
Catalog#: CBS 650228-6
Format: Vinyl, 12”
Released: 1986
Country: Austria
Credits:

Arriving in Spain from Colombia in the early 70s. Elkin (Javier Marin Velez), with his brother Nelson (Leon Marin Velez), established themselves on the Spanish music scene. Fusing hot Latin songs with influences from James Brown, Santana, Afro-Cuban and Jazz-Funk, success in Spain and Latin America saw many number one albums including ‘Jibaro’. Thanks to the 88-89 Ibiza Balearic scene, DJs such as Paul Oakenfold and Pete Tong re-discovered ‘Jibaro’ lifting it to anthemic status – with Paul Oakenfold (& John Rocca) covering it as ‘Electra’. Elkin & Nelson also performed on some of the biggest hits with The Gibson Brothers – ‘Cuba’, ‘Que Sera Mi Vida’ and ‘Ooh! What A Life’. Elkin is now based in Mumbai (Bollywood), India. 'Jibaro' first Appeared On The ‘Angeles Y Demonios’ Album In 1974. 'Jibaro' was un-necessarily re-edited (if you can call it that) by Beatconductor on Spicy Records, 2008. No credit was given to Elkin & Nelson. I hate it when people do that...