Playlists

We asked some of Cornwalls top DJs and music bods to send us their 10 favourite tracks of 2004. So Jelly Jazz sent us fifteen, and Music Evolution nine. Go figure.

Jelly Jazz

Jelly Jazz are the funkiest friends to the South-West. Catch them playing in Febuary and March. Look out for promo flyers. www.jellyjazz.com

1. Abnormal Yellow Band 'Beavel Summit' (Delic) Japan
2. Grant Green 'Let The Music Take Your Mind - Muro Remix' Japan
3. Syncopix 'General Hospital' (Hospital Records) UK
4. Common 'Word ep' (White) UK
5. Pilot Jazou 'Your Crime - Dati Remix' (Disturbance) Italy
6. Sleeve 'Get It On' (Freestyle) UK
7. The P.T.A. 'Dutch' (Throw Away) UK
8. The Bamboos 'Tighten Up' (Kay Dee) USA
9. Max Sedgley 'Happy In Rio' (Sunday Best) UK
10. Kelis Vs Dizzy Bull 'Welk Shake' (Soundly Beaten) UK
11. Muro 'Chain Reaction' (Incredible) Japan
12. Beatfanatic 'Adventures in No Fi Beats' (Raw Fusion) Sweden
13. Dubben 'Funky Duck' (GAMM) Sweden
14. Swinging Mothers 'Music For Swinging Mothers' (White) UK
15. Troubled Soul 'Funky Me' (Crowbar) UK

Chinatown

Serving raw Jazz, rare Funk, with a drizzle of Rock.

1. Mishaps Happening, Quantic. (Mishaps Happening)
2. Hurry On Now, Alice Russell feat. TM Duke (Under The Munka Moon)
3. Unspoken, Fourtet (Rounds)
4. Used For Glue, Rival Schools (Rival Schools United By Fate)
5. Insomniac Olympics, Blockhead (Cave Light)
6. Concrete Schoolyard, Jurassic 5 (Jurassic 5 LP)
7. Sleep Now In The Fire, Rage Against The Machine (Battle For Los
Angeles)
8. Taking It To The Streets, Doobie Brothers (Taking It To The Streets)
9. Flutter, Bonobo (Dial M for Monkey)
10. Precious Love, Blackalicious (Blazing Arrow)

The Barnaby Ray Quartet

A must for live Funk, Hip Hop & DnB. www.thebarnabyrayquartet.co.uk

1. Pharoah Sanders - You’ve got to have freedom
2. Stone Alliance - Sweetie Pie
3. Quantic - Don’t joke with a hungry man feat. Spanky Wilson
4. RSL - Wesley Music
5. The Baker Brothers - Givson
6. Anything by Jamie Callum he he he ho ho ho
7. Nostalgia 77 w/ Alice Russell - Seven Nation Army
8. Nu Yorican Soul - I am the Balck Gold of the Sun (4 Hero rmx)
9. Elvis Presley - Jail House Rock
10. Body Rock - Mos Def, Tash & Q-Tip

Music Evolution

Weekly at the Sand Bar, Praa Sands. Music Evolution are a Cornish ‘groove collective’. Visit www.musicevolution.co.uk
Here’s Joe Rorke’s top nine:

Natural Self 'The Sound' (Breakin Bread)
Natural Selfs Heavy Drum Patterns with Steppy horn stabs make for a solid dancefloor scenario that your legs can't argue with
Jaylib 'The Red' (Stones Throw)
This was the first 12" from the Jay Dee / Madlib collaboration. Heavy, Heavy stuff.... say no more.
Red Astaire 'Follow Me' (Gamm)
This has been around for about a year now and never stops turning me on!
Superbly understated hip hop at its best.
Jazzanova feat. Sean Escoffery 'Boom Klicky Boom Klack (That's What We Do)' (Talkin Loud)
Jazzanova at their most accessable, a tough break beat and rolling bassline
provide the backdrop for Sean Escofferys laid back vocal.
Beat Conductor '4 On The Floor' (Dicey)
House, Reggae, Q-Tip ------ Amazing!
Ty 'Look 4 Me' (Big Dada)
The latest cut to be released from his 'UPWARDS' album. This tune has the
capability to blow up any sound system and storm any dance floor.
Husky Rescue 'Summertime Cowboy’ Serge Santiago Remix (Catskills)
This tune gets in your head and makes itself at home. Gay Electro House.
Dance for me...
Danny Breaks 'The Windscreen Wiper' (Alphabet Zoo)
Very obvious appeal with this one. Sounds like a fat guy sitting in a room
by himself with a drum kit and a fart machine. My kind of thing...
Diggin in the Crates 'Day One' (Tommy Boy)
Although this tune has been around for a while, its re-release warrants it a
place here in my chart. One of my favourite ever hip hop tunes.

Compiled by Neil Johnson

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