No surprise then to find that I'd been pipped to the, er, post by Adam, who posted a Bagging Area review on Thursday. The slight pause for thought was actually for the best, as it inspired me to go back and create a playlist, bringing in Jesse’s wider music as 10:40, his collaboration with Darren Bell as Jezebell as well as remixes and re-edits from both projects. From there, I started sequencing a selection of tunes for an expanded post.
I developed a stinking cold yesterday - it always feels weird/worse when it's a gloriously warm, sunny day outside - and didn't get to finish the selection as my head was full of cotton wool. Woken by a sore throat (and a hungry, wailing cat) early this morning, and armed with a mug of steaming hot lemon, ginger and honey, I returned to the half-finished selection. I went back to Bandcamp and purchased a few 10:40 tracks and mixes that I didn't already have (I originally jumped on board in 2021 with 10:40's second album, All Of Us) and completed the selection you find here.
Apologies in advance for the sloppy cues, inept crossfades and bumbling beat matching. I'd like to blame it on my compromised physical health, but if you've listened to even one previous Dubhed selection, I think you know the score.
For your patience, you get 16 tracks over 89 minutes, spanning early mixes, tracks and re-edits and bang up to date with Jezebell's last two singles as well as their contribution to the excellent Shelter Me compilation. The latter is raising money for the housing and homelessness charity Shelter, a cause very dear to my heart.
Appropriately, the selection closes with the song that started off the idea for this post, 10:40's Thickener, freshly released to the world on Wednesday 25th May. All in all, just what the doctor ordered for a Sunday... or any day, for that matter. Sod the cold, I'm dancing!
You can buy all of this music - and I strongly recommend that you do - respectively from 10:40, Jezebell and Paisley Dark Records via Bandcamp. The only exception is Uptick, where the original version and 10:40 remix of Universe is available as a free download on Soundcloud.
1) Green Shoots: 10:40 (2021)
2) Sleepwalker: 10:40 ft. David Rosenheim (2021)
3) Universe (10:40's Dark Matter Mix): Uptick (2021)
4) Hawaii (Album Version): 10:40 (2020)
5) Dancing (Not Fighting) (The Rhythm Stix Mix): Jezebell (2022)
6) Monster In The Middle (Interesting Lives Dub): 10:40 (2020)
7) On Marche (New Sheux Mix): 10:40 (2020)
8) Let Me Down Gently (10:40's Torn Parachute Dub): Spacemen 3 (2021)
9) "Bed Heads": Jezebell (2022)
10) Dizzy Dean: 10:40 (2021)
11) Allow The Beat (Dark Money Dub): 10:40 (2020)
12) Last Night But Three: 10:40 (2020)
13) Jezebelle Et Moi (Le Funk Et Moi): Jezebell (2022)
14) Stop Bajon (Primavera) (Jezebell Edit): Tullio De Piscopo (2021)
15) Left Behind Blues (Album Version): 10:40 (2021)
16) Thickener (Thinner Mix): 10:40 (2022)
2020: Closer EP: 11
2020: Found Time: 4, 12
2020: Hawaii EP: 6
2020: On Marche EP: 7
2021: All Of Us: 1, 10, 15
2021: Paisley Dark Edits Box 6 EP: 14
2021: Sleepwalker EP: 2, 8
2021: Universe EP: 3
2022: Dancing (Not Fighting) EP: 5
2022: Jezebelle Et Moi EP: 13
2022: Shelter Me: 9
2022: Thickener EP: 16
Great stuff Khayem.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, Adam
DeleteThis is flattering beyond belief. I am about 10 tracks into my future back catalog at the moment but might even indulge a listen to this! If nothing else because you called out the Jackie Mittoo sample on Dizzy Dean, which is a little detail that I really enjoy in retrospect -- I was mostly trying to find some warmth for a slightly clinical track, but it came out a little better than that.
ReplyDeleteAh, I hadn't twigged that it was a Jackie Mittoo sample, thanks!
DeleteWith the benefit of your mix and hindsight ... the ones that felt special at the time still do. Sleepwalker and Hawaii and the full Jezebelle et Moi still make me proud. There's something ... *off* about the whole of All of Us. Can't put my finger on it. My next album is better that's for sure!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your comments, Jesse. All Of Us was my first proper introduction to your music, in the early days of the first COVID lockdown in the UK. Therefore, I think it retains some of that significance for me (of the increasing importance of music) when I revisit it.
DeleteThere's definitely been an evolution with your subsequent releases, which I've really enjoyed. It was a tough call selecting the tracks: I love the widecreen original of Jezebelle Et Moi, Iz Um and Kissed Again but I'd (kind of) featured them before; I also wanted to keep the selection to 90 minutes or less if possible!
Very much looking forward to hearing what comes next.