mp3: JAHCOOZI jah c/dc
mp3: GOLD CHAINS & SUE CIE crowd control (phon.o remix)
mp3: RICHARD DAVIS common sense (yr flicking eyelids remix by ed laliq)
mp3: CODEC & FLEXOR do what you want
more from germany? yes, sir. berin’s kitty-yo label has been sending packets of goodness into the world since 1994, building a hugely impressive roster over the last 12 years. peaches, tarwater, gonzales, louie austen, jimi tenor, maximillian hecker – the list goes on. some of the most impressive and essential releases are their compilations – 2002’s ‘ky 2.02’ was glued to my ears for months after release and 2004’s ‘team kitty-yo’ was similarly met with great affection, sprawled over two packed CDs.
this month, it’s the turn of the offcuts – a new compilation called ‘cuts and pieces’, pulling together a stack of disparate 12″ releases and bundling them for our pleasure. the album features new or rare mixes of current kitty-yo players such as rhythm king and her friends, denmark’s raz ohara, sex in dallas, the wonderful ed laliq, gold chains & sue cie, and a new kitty-yo artist (whose track kicks most of the others out of the park) man like me.
the stand out tracks however are the two from jahcoozi – ‘jah c/dc’ (mp3 above) and the ‘black barbie’ remix from duo modeselektor, who (by an obvious quirk of journalistic fate) are signed to ellen allien‘s bpitch control label – as featured in the previous post. modeselektor ride into sydney soon – more info here.
also on the album, codec and flexor, whose debut album ‘killermachine’ is the most recent artist release from the label. next up in ’06, releases from ed laliq and no north. kitty-yo are certainly planning world domination, who are we stand in their way?