01. CASSIE
‘OFFICIAL GIRL’
(DEADBOY’S UNOFFICIAL GIRL REMIX)

“Deadboy, of dizzy house anthems ‘U Cheated’ and ‘If U Want Me’ doesn’t do much on this edit bar speed up the vocal, add a drum loop and a sea-sick, loping synth melody, but it works brilliantly. You can’t really ask for more on a 12” bootleg with a pair of tits on the sticker, can you?” – full review

02. XXXY
‘KNOW YOU’
(INFRASONICS 12”)

“On ‘Know You’, xxxy comes up with something a little more defined, all luxurious chords and super clean drums as new layers are delicately folded in. When the track breaks out into mad skank mode for a few bars, it’s an unnecessary victory lap that makes the resurgence of those chords when the track recedes back into its previous groove more powerful.” – full review

03. JAMES BLAKE
‘CMYK’
(R&S 12”)

“The opener and title track is enough to prick up anyone’s ears, but it’s hard to put my finger on what makes it so good. Is it Blake’s own vocals that make it, alongside brazen samples of Kelis, Aaliyah and more? Is it those hazy synths, bubbling around with the claps, piano keys and subtle sub-bass before erupting? Either way, it works, and it’s the most anthemic thing Blake’s done to date.” – full review

04. COCOROSIE
‘GREY OCEANS’
(from GREY OCEANS, SUB POP)

(Live Version)

“Bianca gives a stunning performance that’s somewhere between Joanna Newsom and Tom Waits on ‘Grey Oceans’. I don’t know what “I’m watching myself / like an old movie on colour TV” really means, but it’s far from the most suspect lyric that’s featured on a CocoRosie song.” - full review

05. BIG BOI
‘SHUTTERBUGG’
(DEF JAM 12”)

There’s always been a camp that rated Big Boi over Andre 3000, his partner in Outkast, and the further removed from the once all-conquering duo’s prime we get, the closer Big Boi gets to proving them right. ‘Shutterbugg’ isn’t quite last year’s ‘Shine Blockas’, but it’s still one of the best tracks either Andre or Antwan have made in the last half a decade. Twisted funk basslines, synthesized guitar, Soul II Soul references and one hell of a return to form for the track’s producer – yup, that’s none other than Scott Storch, the man responsible for one of the most spectacular bankruptcies in musical history, on the boards.

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