Stones Throw continue their mission to cover all genres – and do it better than everyone else as usual, check out Mr Chop, Koushik or their label off shoot Now-Again Records for examples of their non hip hop output - with this random bloke.

No idea where he came from but this is incredible.  Killer drums (recognise the sample?) underneath a sublimely sweet ballad and falsetto yelping. 

Limited to 1,000 copies and printed on a very cool heart-shaped 7”.

Mayer Hawthorne

Mayer Hawthorne – You Tube  

Another Dazed tune from the Legendary Lost Tapes of Muchalls (1996 – 1998), which is some rough and raw unadulterated funk (which apparently you can get a cream for these days):

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