GIZELLE SMITH – Dust 7″ (incl disco rework)

Gizelle Smith is the UK born offspring of one of the band members of legendary Motown soul group THE FOUR TOPS, so the genetics run deep. Having released music since 2007, mostly with the Hamburg, Germany located Mocambo Allstars/The Mighty Mocambos, she has knocked out a worthy back catalogue of singles and appearances. Then in…

PENZA PENZA – Donald Trump. 7″

Estonian funk outfit PENZA PENZA dropped this 45 a few weeks before the USA election. Their timing was impeccable as pressing plant back ups could’ve seen it delayed after the tragic fact. Now I suppose you could be wondering if its pro or con the orange skinned one. Well, its pretty obvious as the vocal…

FREEDOM 35s – Dante’s Peak. 7″

Heavy hittin’ mod-funk from Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Woah, this is tough. Clocking in at a 150bpms it’s a take no prisoners track dedicated to their favourite actor, Pierce Brosnan. If you drove from Keady to Dublin you would go through his hometown of Drogheda. And incidentally the film Dante’s Peak was directed by…

ALEX PUDDU – The Bull/Sequenza Erotica (7″)

Italian born musician Alex Puddo moved to Denmark at the age of 20. Though he’d been making music for a long time, it was his involvement with a particular project that spread his name worldwide. In 2011 he scored the soundtracks for a series of short films that were originally filmed in the 70s. The…

T.P.S. (The Preservation Society) – Space 1999/UFO

Who are The Preservation Society? Well, as far as I can tell it’s an outfit created specifically for one release on the predominantly re-issue focused Austrian label Radio Shack. Main musician is keyboardist Andy Fairclough, who has worked with Speedomoter, Root Source, Secret Affair and other jazz, mod and funk groups in the UK. Andy’s…