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Oasis rocked my world back in 1994 with their full-on cover version of The Beatles classic song I Am The Walrus…. In early 1994 I was listening to lots of different things and dressing like a skater (I couldn’t skate). Then along came Oasis; I listened to almost nothing but their music, and I got [...]

Lamb marry drum & bass and trip-hop to great effect on the anthemic track Cotton Wool, with a little help from a remix by Fila Brasilia….. There are certain tunes that define a time & place, and for those who listened to DJs like Gilles Peterson and liked drum & bass in the 90s, the [...]

Minnie Ripperton gets all sexy on the wonderful Inside My Love….. I really must get round to writing about Minnie Ripperton here, as not only was she the vocals behind the original of I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun, but also a slew of other soul gems besides. One in particular was the [...]

Soul legend Marlena Shaw makes the personal political with her much sampled anthem Woman of the Ghetto….. Marlena Shaw is one of my favourite artists and you can expect to see much more about her here soon. She’s much loved by DJs such as Norman Jay and David Holmes and to say that Marlena Shaw [...]

Shirley Bassey does a better version with her cover of Light My Fire than The Doors, who wrote it…. I have never been a massive fan of The Doors, mainly it has to be said because of my huge antipathy towards their idolised singer Jim Morrison, or The Fat Misoginyst Junkie Alcoholic Who Died In [...]

I’ve found out that the version I was looking for of On The Road Again (originally by Canned Heat) is by 70s French disco band Les Rockets… I heard this weird version of On The Road Again earlier this year when I saw James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem DJ at the Hiro club in New [...]