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Freestyle crew members (EzBoy, Say Vegin, Howie & Outspan) and Friends
offer you the coolest tracks we discovered in
May 2002

Howard
e-mail:
howard@freestylegrooves.com
Singles & EPs of the month
1. Soul Camp: Crosss hill part two "huula hop" // Soul Camp 2002
Comment: Werner!! nice shot! great record!greetz in berlin! check it! (review)
2. DRIZ // Rollsquad Productions 2001
Comment: Nice soft electro from a young guy of my town (Kortrijk) mush respect and very nice tracks
he also runs Rollsquad indepedent! respect! if you want a copy you can find them at Music Mania Kortrijk/Brussels, Leuven & Gent.
3. Nina Simone: See-Line Woman (Master at Work remix) // Verve (MAW) 2002
Comment: original track from 1964, Nina is one of the monuments in jazz and soul music, nice re-work by MAW.
4. bossa très ...jazz II presents Brandy remixed by Chateau Flight // Yellow 2002
5. Iz & Diz: Mouth (Pépé Bradock & Green keepers Remixes) // Classic 2002
6. Marcus Hunter & Stray CASA: It's Hot // Estereo 2001
7. Club Session: Don't Move (Jon Cutler Rmxs) // Chez 2000
Comment: Finally find that record!!!! thx people at Rushour Amsterdam!
8. Stacy Kidd: The Glow // Daddy Recordings 1998
Comment: THX leandre (paris) for the gift!! great classic house record!!....
9. Eric Kupper presents Organika: Havana // Wave 2000
Comment: all time house classic!!!
10.Kenny Bobien & Moses Laporte: Father (the remixes) // Soundmen On Wax 2000
Comment: you can also find this track on the respect is burning comp. of DJ Deep
11.Glenn Underground: Essentials I // Cajual 1995
Comment: finaly ind this 'killer maxi' missing GU in my collection!! thx Good Sound Paris
12.Glenn Underground & CEI-BEI: House Music Will Never Die // Cajual 1996
Comment: also one I missed in my collection!! www.good-sound.com
13.Honesty: reset e.p. (promo) // Soulcamp 2002
Comment: last minute added, just received! great record! (review)
Albums of the month
1. Masters At Work presents West End Records: The 25th Aniversary Edition Mastermix // West End Records 2001
Comment: 4 vinyl in one box with 8 full lengt tracks.. 8 collecto tracks!!Loose Joints, Michelle... just all classics!
2. Wave (various) comp. by François K.: Deep and Sexy ( a Wave music Collection) // Wave 2001
Comment: very deep-housy stuff! fine selection of the best tracks on Wave.. repsect!
3. Metamatics: From death To Passwords // Hydrogen Dukebox 2002
Comment: Nice new one! chilly electronicsssssssssssss... hmm I like it!
4. respect is burning presents a selection mixed by Dimitri from Paris: after the Playboy Mansion // Respect is Burning 2002
Comment: very very fine and deep selection of various funky-housy tracks.. you can buy it as two seperate vinyls of one 2CD box (red, yellow)..
5. Earl Zinger's: Put Your Phazers on stun throw........ // !K7 2002
Comment: very fucnky samples very comic texts and Earl is realy realy funny we saw him last week in Club Kreun (Kortrijk) en his life performance was realy massive!! repsect dude! 
   
say logo3.gif (5257 bytes) Say Vegin
e-mail:
bart@freestylegrooves.com
Nu Skool Singles
- Transcendent Minds : Lunar Visions / Phoenix : Karma Giraffe
Futuristic spacejazz, watch this label people!
- SK Radicals : On The Street : People
Nice 'n soulfull on the west-london tip, check the fenomenal "Reprise" version!
- Domu feat. Face : Save It / Some Groove : 2000 BLACK
Ultra-modern broken beat, a swingin' vocal cut and a haunting breakbeat extravaganza.
- Tim Koch : Volume EP : deFocus
Quirky and melodic IDM, high quality!
- Quango : Let Groove Come : People
Groovin' slice of broken-soul, produced by IG Culture.
Nu Skool Albums
- Oeuf Korreckt : Podweek : No Type
Abstract funk and expirments go hand in hand, very inspiring electronica.
- Kubus : Kubus : SeeHear
Live jazz-fusion and post-rock.
- Glenn Underground : Love & Hurt : Nite Life Collective (Promo)
Quite traditional deep-house with a few nu-jazz sidesteps. Hasn't been officially released yet. Thanks to Léandre.
- Kinder Atom : mmm mmm mmm! : nice+smooth
Covering the full spectrum from disco and deep-house to jungle and chill-out.
Old Skool
- Satie : Gymnopédies (1888)
Classical minimalistic piano works, ambient avant la lettre.
- Drave Brubeck : Greatest Hits : CBS (1967)
Everyone knows "take five", but the man's done plenty of other interesting jazz music.
- A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd : Total Confusion : Tam Tam (1990)
Underground hit from the old-skool breakbeat rave scene, absolute classic.
- YBU : Soul Magic : SSR (1991)
Very early jazzy downtempo, been remixed a dozen times, but the original still stands.
Guest Chart dj Spectrum
From K-Town
e-mail: dj_spectrum@hotmail.com
Spectrum's Spring Albums
- JAZZANOVA: In Between (jcr)
the masters at work
- CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA: Everyday (ninja tune)
right
- RECLOOSE: Cardiology (planet e/!k7)
i love techno!
- AGENT K: Feed The Cat (laws of motion)
mr dynamite! the hardest working man in showbusiness!... kaidi tatham!
- KING BRITT presents OBA FUNKE: CosmoAfrique (karma firaffe)
everything began in africa
- DANNY BREAKS: Vibrations (droppin' science)
shake your body
- HIGH CONTRAST: true colors (hospital)
hardcore soul
- JERSEYSTREET: After The Rain (glasgow underground)
comes the sunshine!
- NUSPIRIT HELSINKI: Nuspirit Helsinki (guidance)
diamonds and pearls
- ANTIPOP CONSORTIUM: Arrhythmia (warp)
bleep-hop? avant-hop? hiphop!
CAN'T GET ENOUGH (still on heavy rotation)
Joseph Malik - Diverse (compost)
The Herbaliser - Something Wicked This Way Comes (ninja tune)
Jaga Jazzist - a livingroom hush (press play)
Los Ladrones - Montana Rusa (earthproject)
COMPILATIONS worth every Euro
Anotherlatenight compiled by Zero 7 (azuli)
Verve Remixed (verve)
Music... a Reason To Celebrate (Joe Clausell) urban theory/bbe
Babies Making Babies (?uestlove) urban theory/bbe