A Tribe Called Quest feat. De La Soul, Black Sheep & Leaders of the New School - Scenario (unreleased version)
(from Unkut)
There ain't no fervour like a hip-hop fervour. This early, rare version of a genre classic has backpacks across the rap world shaking with excitement.
The Bodies Obtained - Hear and Believe
(from Said the Gramophone)
If PiL's Albatross had been force-fed a diet of Pet Shop Boys and Kraftwerk it would have squawked like this.
Professor Murder - The Mountain
(from Hugger)
After 2002's outbreak of the cowbell crazies (The Rapture and Radio 4 were terminal cases) we thought the UN had ordered sanctions to keep the percussive pests in Switzerland. New Yorkers Professor Murder must have got theirs on the black market.
Disrupt - Selassie I Continually
(from Analog Giant)
A founding member of German-based dub and reggae label Jahtari, Disrupt layers all the 8-bit mischief his laptop can muster on to straight and heavy beats. Irie? Definitely.
Mt. Sims - Grave
(from This Big Stereo)
A lot of bands like to think they sound like Depeche Mode in their prime. Matt Sims (the man behind the Mt.) actually does and, yes, that is a good thing. Third album (working title Happily Ever After) is out in October.
