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Probably the first time that you heard the name Marc Rapson was when the likes of BBC Radio 1 DJs Gilles Peterson and Rob da Bank played his cheeky edit of Marvin Gaye’s classic ‘Heard It Through The Grapevine’. But then, it wouldn’t have been the first time you’d heard him as he played keyboards in Ben Westbeech’s band (he of Welcome To The Best Years Of Your Life album) which we covered in the review of Emanative’s Spacebeats EP this time last year.

Since then Marc has been a bit quiet so the demand for Dark Vs. Light when it eventually was released was very high to say the least. And even though Gilles talked all over ‘Dark vs Light’ when he played the title track, the first pressing of this EP was sold out almost immediately so get it whenever and wherever you can.
Not only do you get the duplicitous excellent title track that’ll give FlyLo a run for his money, there’s also ‘Love Is All’ that features Liz Elensky, who was recently spotted with Emanative and Mathew Halsall at Dingwalls for the Peterson/Forge gig; all of whom featured in some capacity on Emanative’s Time album early this year) and the jazzy funk beat dub called ‘From Shadows’ (and that’s just on side one!)

So if the A-side is ‘Dark’, do we see the ‘Light’ on the B-side? Well, I’d say ‘The Kalimba’ is up there with all you beat troupers as it’s got a touch of minimal Donso about it whilst ‘In Spirit’ is a little more laid back in the Japanese gardens.

Dark Vs. Light sets an incredibly high marker for the album which must inevitably be forthcoming and this guy is yet another on the Futuristica Music conveyer belt of brilliance - don’t forget, Bournemouth (not space) is the place to be this Friday.

10th December 2010 SCOPE with Marc Rapson, Bronson, Simon S, Martin Gordon (Brownswood) play hip hop, jazz and soul. 8.30pm-2am Sixty Million Postcards 19-21 Exeter Road, Bournemouth www.sixtymillionpostcards.com
Review: Marc Rapson - Dark Vs. Light (Futuristica Music) Cat. No: FM020 Vinyl, 12”
Release date: September 2010
Tracklisting:
A1 Dark Vs. Light
A2 Love Is All featuring Liz Elensky
A3 From Shadows
B1 Click Loud
B2 The Kalimba
B3 In Spirit
B4 I May Do Things

Links:
www.myspace.com/marcrapson
www.myspace.com/emanative
www.myspace.com/futuristicamusic
www.samurai.fm/futuristica30 Apr 2010 … Marc Rapson - Dark Vs Light (Futuristica Music) … Next post: Gilles Peterson Worldwide Vol.3 No.5
Gilles Peterson Early Morning Show provides a special chill-out mix for anyone suffering the excesses of the long weekend.Broadcast: Radio 1, SAT. Tracklist:
1. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It On The Grapevine (Marc Rapson mix)
BBC - Radio 1 - Rob da Bank - Tracklisting
13 Apr 2009 … Rob da Bank vs Gilles Peterson (first broadcast 25th December 2008) … Marvin Gaye - ‘Heard It Through The Grapevine (Mark Rapson Edit)’ …
28 Apr 2010 … Berlin based producer Scuba joins Gilles live in the studio
Mark Rapson — Dark Vs Light (Futuristica Music) www.bbc.co.uk
En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalimba