Vinyl Week: Thursday

The penultimate post in our vinyl week is finally upon us - if you're new to this concept you can check out the previous posts at the bottom of this one.

On to today's post - Todd the God Edwards had to be included in this week really, the UK garage don played a pioneering role in the development of the genre, without even being in the UK. MJ Cole famously once said

'Todd Edwards started the whole UK Garage thing off without setting foot in the country. He was my biggest influence when I started making garage music.' Look Out was released in 2000 as part of the 'Prima Edizone' CD, and was one of the two new tracks on the record. Look Out channels a filtered disco vibe, marrying moody, off-kilter sounds with a sweetly aching vibe that draws you, mesmerised, into his sound. The dubplate mix does away with the vocals, drawing attention to the melodies and captivating drum programming that made Edwards so famous.

Todd Edwards - Look Out (Dubplate Mix)

Previous posts:

Vinyl Week Monday: Bell Biv Devoe - Poison (AC Burrell Remix)

Vinyl Week Tuesday: Jon E Cash - War

Vinyl Week Wednesday: Underground Resistance - Actuator

Vinyl Week: Wednesday

So Vinyl Week has reached the middle point of it's 5 day stronghold (if you don't know what Vinyl Week means at this point you might as well give up, or just go here or here). What better way to celebrate the middle point of this acetate obsesssed period than by posting the ultimate vinyl geek's favourite genre.

A bit of Detroit techno for y'all today. I've babbled about Drexciya and Underground Resistance on the blog before (here if you were fortunate enough to miss that post first time round) so no need for introductions, just tunes - and Actuator is exactly that, a proper tune. A w0nderfully understated piece of dance music, UR leave the listener to fill in the gaps between those staccato claps and jittery synth stabs.

Underground Resistance - Actuator

Keep yourselves locked to Squeaky Bleeps all week, got more rare vinyl goodness coming tomorrow!

Vinyl Week: Tuesday

Continuing the Vinyl Week theme I've cracked out a classic grime instrumental for you - Jon E Cash's War, instrumental grime at it's peak and best - brooding, discordant and rude. Menacing horn stabs creep over jittery rhythms show exactly why instrumental grime is so powerful! I haven't managed to track down a vocal cut of this

Jon E Cash - War

Vinyl Week: Monday

To celebrate the general election and me dusting off some rather elderly vinyl I thought I would rip some classic tunes and chuck them up here, one per day, for a week - to make things a bit interesting I'm going to try and post tunes that were never released digitally, and aren't available anywhere else on the internet... Exclusives like.

To start things off this AC Burrell UK Garage remix/bootleg of Bell Biv Devoe's Poison will do nicely - that classic breakbeat gets remade for the garage generation, with a lovely 2-step beat, a catchy organ hook and fantastic vocals.

Bell Biv Devoe - Poison (AC Burrell Remix)