Cornershop has reunited with Bubbley Kaur for Bounce And Salute, which is a joy to these ears.
I've been fumbling for superlatives, but the official website/label has nailed it in their promo, describing Bounce And Salute as "a song guaranteed to bring out peak summer and everyday sunshine, with classic Punjabi folk lyrics backdropped by a Carnival 77 roots-based music. It’s immediacy hits like a shot of ginger beer and everyone deserves a bit of refreshment."
They are not wrong, and the official video directed by Phil Miller effortlessly captures this with a cheerily garbed woman dancing around a row of beach huts, cutting away to images of ice lollies and fairground rides.
There's a second official video, created from video footage recorded in 2003 at the Damont Record Pressing Plant in Hayes (which I'd always associated with Middlesex but which has apparently been absorbed by the London borough of Hillingdon).
Anyway, I digress. Ben Ayres used to work at the pressing plant, and Tjinder Singh filmed a documentary focusing on the music industry's transition from analogue to digital.
As a music lover who pored over the scratched text and messages in the inner circle of my vinyl collection, the name Damont is of course instantly familiar and it's sad to know that the factory no longer exists.
The promo notes for Bounce And Salute note that Bubbley's lyrics lament "a previous sweetheart that slipped through the destiny of her life", something that she will never forget, whilst the music itself provides an uplifting, optimistic counterpoint.
Beautiful.
Cornershop and Bubbley previously collaborated on 2011 album And The Double-O Groove Of. If you don't already have this in your life, then you need to do something about that as a matter of urgency. If it doesn't change your life, it will at least significantly improve it.
Cornershop generously made videos for six out the ten songs on the album - click on the links to view.
3) The 911 Curry
5) Double Decker Eyelashes
6) The Biro Pen
9) Double Digit
My entry point was the Cavemen remix of Topknot, featuring M.I.A., who was so taken with the original that she provided a rap to complement Bubbley's vocals. Cavemen were a duo comprising Steve Mackey (RIP) of Pulp and producer/polymath Ross Orton.
Due to popular demand, And The Double-O Groove was repressed and rereleased in 2025 (including for the first time on vinyl) and you can still buy copies from Cornershop's label Ample Play.
You can also purchase a download of Bounce And Salute for a quid at the same place.
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