Stars

I've had the oppurtunity to do a some digging in a few records shops over the last couple of weeks. I've picked up a lot of great bargains; mostly 70s and 80s funk, soul and disco stuff, but also a few other nice bits. I'd only read about this particular record the day before one of my shopping trips, so to find it in one of the dusty old boxes was a pleasant suprise.

I'd noticed a friend had been listening to a new version of the classic "Miura" by Metro Area, and so quickly headed to Google and searched for the Maelstrom re-edit (you can find it a lot easier by just heading over to 24:Hours blog). As well as finding the mp3, I also found a little more information about the original; that they had sampled the beat from an old 12" by Stars on 45. The beat features on both the ABBA Megamix(!) on the A-side as well as the Disco track "Stars Get Ready" on the B-Side.

Nearly 12 minutes of continuous ABBA covers over a disco beat was a bit much for me to take, but the "Stars Get Ready" track is actually quite nice - if a little cheesey. Although Morgan and Darshan can only have taken a very small section from it, it's quite easy to hear the similarity. I'm sure I don't need to post the original version of Miura, but if for some reason you don't already own a copy then you really should get round to buying the Metro Area LP or Metro Area 4 EP that it features on.

Stars on 45 - Stars Get Ready.mp3 (Zshare)

Stars on 45 - Stars Get Ready.mp3 (Yourfilehost)

Thems Be The Breaks

Sorting through my vinyl collection recently - check out what's for sale so far on Discogs [/pimp] - has had me listening to quite a few old tracks that I haven't heard for years. There aren't an awful lot of Breaks tracks in there but the few that I have tend to be the real cream of the crop. PMT's "Deeper Water" was a fairly big underground tune in it's day. The initial pressing came on a limited edition clear vinyl with two versions by Wookie Slut, who doesn't appear to have done much since! Further remixes from Koma & Bones and Sander Kleinenberg were also released. The vocal always reminded me of Tori Amos but the 'Wookie Slut Dub' is where it's at for nasty, bass heavy breakbeat action. Feel the filth!

PMT - Deeper Water (Wookie Slut Dub).mp3

While listening to the above track, my DJ instinct was telling me to bring in an old Lee Coombs track to the mix. I dug it out and gave it a spin and it's still a corker. "Tribal Tension" by Lee Coombs & The Drum-Attic Twins was released on the Thrust label in 2001. It has a lovely chunky break, plenty of tribal drums and then a nice little breakdown into some strings before it all builds back up again. The 'House Mix' on the flip is pretty decent too, adding some more hypnotic synth stabs to the track and switching to a straight 4/4 rhythm. The 'Breaks Mix' has always been my favourite though, real classic stuff.

Lee Coombs & The Drum-Attic Twins - Tribal Tension (Breaks Mix).mp3

I love the label art on this one too:


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