I almost slept on this one. DJ Ali vocally embraces the likes of Prince and D’Angelo over a tight and funky rhythm with a splash of the “West Coast wind.” A perfect blend.
Fries & Bridges Inside Out
Weeks & Moralez team up to create one side filled with heavy walkin’ bass ‘pon some crisp beats that is strickly for the dance. Other side, “It’s Your Space Master,” is deeper but just as moving.
Big Two Hundred Your Personal Filth
You might know Andy Meecham and Dean Meredith from the tasty Chicken Lips, but this side project is an even more stoned-out, dub-dripping dance album. Big Two Hundred’s debut clearly hails from the Land of Blood Pudding, as several bass-driven songs with punk attitude hark to the Clash, and much more blatantly, in one song an ambivalent voice and skeletal drum machine beats scream of David Bowie. Besides composing these elongated punk/disco/new wave songs as a sort of tribute to the early ’80s, a dated sound sneaks in from having recorded onto pre-disco era tape through vintage equipment. And so, as you listen to this album, you may feel pleasantly dirty.

