Music:
Member Since: 11/3/2005
Band Website: firecrackerrecordings.co.uk/
Band Members: Fudge Fingas, Linkwood, Linkwood Family, The Complainers, Denaji ... and friends!!!
Influences: kid creole aka august darnell, ian dury and the blockheads, tom moulton, SUN RA, miles davis, eden ahbez, carl craig, ed209, pal joey, herbie hancock, tony hancock, holger czukay, ron trent, gu, tribe records, steve reid, larry coryell, mizell bros, terrence parker, alan partridge, outkast, bob james, akira kurusawa, jackson pollock, kubrick, john coltrane, the twin, lee scratch, THE WIRE!!!, prince & NPG, eddie harris, marvin gaye, bill murray, brian eno, talking heads, beefheart, arthur russell, pepe bradock, loose joints, the clash, art blakey, buddy rich, moodymann, KONK, patrick adams, prelude, bill laswell & material, tom weir, graeme obree, garry kimovich kasparov, the cure, kojima & koike, dan clowes, was (not was), stevie wonder, maurizio, DERRICK MAY, isolee, larry david, wing chun, chi kung, shaolin wahnam kungfu, takeshi 'beat' kitano, katsu shintaro, theo parrish, ennio morricone, david axelrod, juan atkins, ymo, talktalk, blaze, kc flight, steely dan, prince, atmosfear, kenny larkin, vangelis, demis roussos, aphrodite's child, g. clinton / funkadelic / p-funk allstars, lee scratch, specials, studio 1, yusef lateef, frank chickens, dennis mobley, burial, lil' louis, house sound 92-96, versatile / i:cube / gilb'r, rammelzee, madlib & ynq, the congos, upsetter, king tubby, diy soundsystem '92, jazzman re-issues!!!, stacey pullen, NINA HAGEN, paul 'trouble' anderson, al stewart, shuggie otis, eddie kendricks, frank zappa, ragga twins, 2 bad mice, billy cobham, george duke, last poets, DONALD FAGEN / STEELY DAN, king crimson, gabor szabo, jackie mittoo, emerson lake & palmer, goblin, chaz jankel, leonard rossiter, soul-cal re-issues, patrick cowley, pablo palazuelo, rhythm & sound, godspeed you black emperor, GZA, RZA, ghostface, doobie brothers, dr. buzzard's original savannah band, kerri chandler, claro intellecto, jimi tenor, osunlade, needs, moxie edits, esg, jodorowsky, rinder & lewis, j dilla, azymuth, WAR, archie shepp, rare earth, can, eddie gale, el coco, needs (not wants) ...
Sounds Like: "Some records are good, some records are great, and some records are 'how fucking good is that??!!'. One such record of the latter persuasion is the new Firecracker 10" EP, which became an instant favourite as soon as it arrived on Friday afternoon, flying off the shelves all weekend, heading into the bags of Saturday shopping DJs and mailorder customers alike. Think Moodymann producing Donald Byrd, in Stereolab's studio and you are somewhere close to the psychediscojazz bomb that is on the A Side of this EP, Linkwood Family's "Piece Of Mind" features an astral choir, Byrd-esque bassline, Love Unlimited strings and dubby Moodymann bassline, add in the ridiculously good edits (deck stops, backwards bits, skewed vocals), and you have THE underground hit of the summer, there will not be a club this won't work in, absolutely ACE. Over on Side-B Linkwood gives us "Hear The Sun" is a beatdown house thing in a similar vein to Theo or KDJ a deep sparse spiritual house workout that puts me in mind of Sun Ra's 'Angels & Demons'. Lastly there is Fudge Fingas & His Fidgety Friends "Aksman" a nifty little reggae tinged outro, that'll serve well at the end of your mix tape."
Piccadilly Records, ManchesterAn unassuming 10†EP that houses the most addictive re-edit affair you’re likely to hear in a long while. Male harmonies, butter-like disco strings, rough percussive elements and a b-line that just keeps on and on - may not seem like anything out of the ordinary, but coupled with cleverly placed ‘real’ tape edits, it comes together to create one of the most uplifting dance floor experiences in a long while. All the cuts on this EP are more than worth your time but it’s “Piece Of Mind†that’s going to be one of the sounds of 2007, hands down. 5 out of 5. Update Magazine
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Record Label: Firecracker
Type of Label: Indie
