Fudge Fingas, Linkwood, Beyonders, Linkwood Family, The Complainers, Denaji ... and friends!!!
Influences
august darnell, ian dury, tom moulton, SUN RA, miles davis, eden ahbez, carl craig, ed209, pal joey, herbie hancock, holger czukay, ron trent, tribe records, steve reid, larry coryell, mizell bros, terrence parker, outkast, bob james, akira kurusawa, jackson pollock, stanley kubrick, john coltrane, rene laloux, the twin, lee scratch, THE WIRE!!!, prince & NPG, eddie harris, marvin gaye, bill murray, brian eno, jah wobble, talking heads, captain beefheart, arthur russell, pepe bradock, loose joints, the clash, art blakey, buddy rich, moodymann, KONK, patrick adams, prelude, bill laswell & material, tom weir, graeme obree, garry kimovich kasparov, the cure, kojima & koike, was (not was), stevie wonder, maurizio, DERRICK MAY, isolee, wing chun, chi kung, takeshi 'beat' kitano, shintaro katsu, theo parrish, ennio morricone, david axelrod, juan atkins, ymo, don cherry, adrian sherwood,talktalk, blaze, kc flight, prince, atmosfear, kenny larkin, vangelis, demis roussos, g. clinton / funkadelic / p-funk allstars, lee scratch, specials, studio 1, yusef lateef, dennis mobley, the doors, burial, lil' louis, ron hardy, house sound 92-96, versatile / i:cube / gilb'r, rammelzee, madlib & ynq, the congos, upsetter, king tubby, diy soundsystem '92, jazzman re-issues!!!, stacey pullen, nina hagen, bill laswell, soft machine, early new sector movements / IG culture (what happened?? actually 'use your dj power' was pretty good) paul 'trouble' anderson, al stewart, shuggie otis, eddie kendricks, frank zappa, ragga twins, billy cobham, george duke, last poets, DONALD FAGEN / STEELY DAN, king crimson, gabor szabo, jackie mittoo, emerson lake & palmer, goblin, chaz jankel, leonard rossiter, soul-cal re-issues, patrick cowley, pablo palazuelo, rhythm & sound, godspeed you black emperor & silver mount zion, GZA, RZA, ghostface, doobie brothers, dr. buzzard's original savannah band, kerri chandler, claro intellecto, jimi tenor, osunlade, moxie edits, esg, jodorowsky & mobius, rinder & lewis, j dilla, azymuth, WAR, archie shepp, rare earth, can, eddie gale, el coco, needs (not wants), king crimson, robert fripp, frippertronics
Sounds Like
"Some records are good, some records are great, and some records are 'how fucking good is that??!!'. One such record of the latter persuasion is the new Firecracker 10" EP, which became an instant favourite as soon as it arrived on Friday afternoon, flying off the shelves all weekend, heading into the bags of Saturday shopping DJs and mailorder customers alike. Think Moodymann producing Donald Byrd, in Stereolab's studio and you are somewhere close to the psychediscojazz bomb that is on the A Side of this EP, Linkwood Family's "Piece Of Mind" features an astral choir, Byrd-esque bassline, Love Unlimited strings and dubby Moodymann bassline, add in the ridiculously good edits (deck stops, backwards bits, skewed vocals), and you have THE underground hit of the summer, there will not be a club this won't work in, absolutely ACE. Over on Side-B Linkwood gives us "Hear The Sun" is a beatdown house thing in a similar vein to Theo or KDJ a deep sparse spiritual house workout that puts me in mind of Sun Ra's 'Angels & Demons'. Lastly there is Fudge Fingas & His Fidgety Friends "Aksman" a nifty little reggae tinged outro, that'll serve well at the end of your mix tape." Piccadilly Records, Manchester
An unassuming 10” EP that houses the most addictive re-edit affair you’re likely to hear in a long while. Male harmonies, butter-like disco strings, rough percussive elements and a b-line that just keeps on and on - may not seem like anything out of the ordinary, but coupled with cleverly placed ‘real’ tape edits, it comes together to create one of the most uplifting dance floor experiences in a long while. All the cuts on this EP are more than worth your time but it’s “Piece Of Mind” that’s going to be one of the sounds of 2007, hands down. 5 out of 5. Update Magazine
Finally, the long-awaited repress of the very first Firecracker release. A true event - and by that we mean the whole package is an event; the music, the artwork, the heaviness of the vinyl - it's the complete package and no mistake. The initial run was only 500 and since then copies have been shifting for silly money - if you could even find them to buy - but now the rest of us can get down to three more of the deepest, warmest house and jazz-influenced grooves around with the profoundly-talented Linkwood and Fudge Fingas at the helm. Those Scots have got it going on... Sublime. Phonica
A much needed reissue of this ace little 10" from Edinburgh's Firecracker crew originally released back in '04. Linkwood family head up the A-side with a wicked Moodymann styled slack soul heads cut for the floor with 'Miles Away', a superbly velveteen homage to detroit beatdown styles with deliciously burnished horns and lights-down-low soul vox from Compost rec's Joseph Malik, butter stuff. Family friend Fudge Fingas contributes the irresistible vibes of 'Gettin' together' on the flip, a slow burning floor trak strictly for the heads with some perfectly studied classic soul edits woven into a loving homage to the Motor city more soulful side. Linkwood does the solo thing on final track 'fate' with a heady swirl of piquant keys and patchworked rhythms lending a fresh and psychedelic twist to the proceedings, brilliant stuff. Boomkat
At long last we've managed to procure some copies of this cracking wee ten inch from the Firecracker Recordings crew over in Edinburgh. Usually we wouldn't even utter the words cracking and Edinburgh in the same sentence but the Firecracker guys have been carving out a reputation for producing some of the sickest Detroit style house out there. Think Theo Parrish on opiates, slow motion jazz and disco infected house music with a bizarre psychedelic twist. The sleeve art looks fresh and it's all impeccably produced. Expect to hear more from these guys in 2008! Rubadub, Glasgow
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Firecracker Recordings is a label and collective based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Coming with soulful dirt since 2003. Distributing in the underground and played in the underground with support from Derrick May, Osunlade, Mike Clark, Mike Grant, Carl Craig, Danny Krivit, Ron Trent, Stacey Pullen, JazzySport djs, DJ Spinna, Theo Parrish, Joe Claussell, Jazzanova, Shelter Djs, Lindstrom, Recloose, Idjut Boys, Moodymann and more ....
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hahahaha, I just watched a screenwipe that had a show like that on it. He was clearly using the classic peedo escape technique of dimensional jump gate-ing but that warlock was using blocking spells on him. hope your good golly, Mr Gosh x x x
I ordered the record in November and just got it a week ago.... can't believe I didn't think to check myspace for you dudes before now... Love the tunes... Miles Away is my new favourite track... Keep it up! X X
Yo L* XX I will be up that way in September. Or if you want to come out, I'm taking some friends with me to Egypt. You should come out and play. I loooooooooooooove the new wax. s*
Hey firecracker :] Thx alot you took me in your friendring :] Amazing music you creat thx 4 that! Keep your funkyjazzy tasty grooves alife ;] Best wishes jasmina
Hi Firecracker Recordings I would like to invite you and your myspace friends to listen to a Boogieheads show tribute to Nigerian 70's funk and afrobeat
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