Jammer - Party Animal
(Download) Big Dada BDDNL157, 2010-01-11

At last the Murkle Man returns and he's JUMPING. Jammer has been a fixture, pioneer and founding father of the Grime scene since its inception. Now signed to Big Dada Recordings, the Leytonstone MC and producer has teamed up with Toddla T and the resulting track is pure energy! A track set to lay waste to Christmas office parties, hen nights, stag nights, pub piss-ups, underground clubs, children's tea parties, old folks' home knees ups and so-fly hipster gatherings, Party Animal shows Jammer at his least serious, his most relaxed and funny. It's a tune solely about having fun and Jahmek Power is having it large. With remixes from Boy Better Know (featuring JME, C-Gritz and Frisco) plus a whole series of dancefloor re-rubs from the hot-as-hell Hardhouse Banton, this is just the first small step which will lead up to the release of Jammer's debut album on Big Dada in May 2010.

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En parallèle de nos selections Rare Groove dans tous les sens du terme, et de nouveautés sur quelques références et labels triés sur le volet, Superfly Records vous concocte aussi quelques Specials sur des thématiques récentes, avec cette semaine un focus sur les labels anglais Ninja Tune et Big Dada (plutôt Hip Hop, Electronic, Jazz), en commençant par le format vinyle, avec une centaine d'albums, maxis et 45t...

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Thavius Beck - Dialogue
(CD/Download) Big Dada BDCD151/BDDNL151, 2009-10-12

On Dialogue, his third full-length for Mush Records [and first for Big Dada], Thavius Beck continues to push the boundaries of hip-hop beatmaking, grounding lo-fi digital drum kits in icy layers of synths and sliced up samples. Fresh off of production duties on Saul Williams' Niggy Tardust album with Trent Reznor, Beck's work on Dialogue is razor sharp. This release also finds Thavius spending more time in front of the mic, delivering the type of rhymes that originally gained him notoriety as a member of Global Phlowtations. The consummate iconoclast, Beck cleverly critiques many of America's ills with a dry, satirical wit that never falls into preachiness. With each passing release, Thavius Beck continues to prove that the only musical boundaries he sees are ones he has already left behind. (Source : mushrecords.com)

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Antipop Consortium - Volcano
(Download) Big Dada BDDNL153, 2009-09-21

The first full single from APC's eagerly awaited comeback album, Fluorescent Black, Volcano is the sound of a group not only at their urgent, exploratory best, but also one which knows their funk. Glitchy, squelchy and driving, the tune comes on like the bastard offspring of Rick James and Aphex Twin, imagined as only APC can. And as ever, M. Sayyid, Beans and High Priest spit science, but the kind of science which makes the beat bump even harder. Remix duties are taken care of by the one-and-only Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet. Hebden ties vinyl static and chimes together with a clipped beat which makes the whole thing snap. Melancholic and beautiful, it's a fantastic reimagining.

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Speech Debelle - Spinnin'
(Download) Big Dada BDDNL152, 2009-09-14

The Mercury-nominated Speech Debelle returns with Spinnin', the purest pop moment from her widely acclaimed debut album, Speech Therapy. Produced by Tunng mainman Mike Lindsay, Spinnin' is a hugely catchy singalong of a tune, a feelgood route into the sometimes dark and emotional world of Ms Debelle. That's not to say the girl sacrifices any of her lyrical intelligence. Her words are packed with barbed one-liners, clever asides and great imagery. The press has been quick to proclaim her a star in the making and on Spinnin' she takes the opportunity to shine.

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