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NGL, I'm not sure where May went.

New Jackson - I Wanna Be Adored

I'm a sucker for a novelty cover. Anyone for a glacial synth take of The Stone Roses?

Psychederek - Pacific State

I said I was a sucker for a novelty cover. This time it's an expansive rock take on the acid house classic from 808 State.

Just clocked that both are covers of bands from Manchester. Isn't that interesting? Isn't it just?

De'lacy - Hideaway

Hmmm, that's some crunchy mp3 audio on that video. I could find a more high-fidelity version, but it has its charms. A big house banger from 1995, I think this is the Deep Dish Mix / the Deep Dish Mix is the most popular version (like Fatboy Slim's mix of Brimful of Asha etc.).

Altrice - 'ever do you want

A thumping house bumper built around a snipped of Soul II Soul's Back to Life, Seiji Ono kicked off a recent show on Do You Radio with it. A statement start, oof.

Friendly Fires - Live Those Days Tonight (Lone Remix)

Picked up Pala from the Tangled Parrot in Carmarthen recently (what a record shop BTW). While doing my due diligence (looking up the album on Wikipedia) I learned of this Lone remix. Love a bit of Lone, just as I do the big FF.

Joseph Marinetti - Jumpstyle is Low Art (Carpainter Remix)

Off an old LuckyMe Advent comp, shuffle chucked this up on a recent drive back from Cornwall. There's 8-bit stuff, Miami Bass (I think), trance, all kinds of things going on in this. Good fun.

Omni Trio - Torn

Darkness and light this, plinky crystalline piano and vocal sample meets beat science and bass drops. Omni Trio and Moving Shadow at their finest. As mentioned in Simon Reynold's Futuromania, the fact that this is from 1995 but still sounds so progressive is nuts.

Reign - Skeletons March

Also from Futuromania, but there's no light here, just darkness, bordering on evil.

Rustie - Black Ice Mudra

The return of the king. What's it been, 10 years? I clocked that Rustie has been playing the odd show in Glasgow, but this is the first new music to be released. Hopefully a taster to a full release.

Yeah, I was standing outside Pret near St James's Park on a work trip, when the Bandcamp notification popped up on my phone. Had to separate myself from the group, earphones in like a knob, desperate to hear it.

But fuck it, Rustie's back. Rustie has returned. We are back.