A Japanese vinyl only 12” is the stuff of Paul Murphy’s own DJ heritage and it’s great to see he’s getting this type of respect as an artist.

‘The Trip’ is one hell of a title track and is, of course, on the best album of 2006. No surprise that it’s been singled out for a 12” release.

The Japanese Murphy fan club will be hoping this is the start of some more vinyl action like the brilliant remix of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra’s ‘Skarada Dub’ by the Jazz Room team of Murphy and Marc Woolford (as featured on the This Is Afro Art compilation).

There’s always been a school of Afro Arthouse film club (remember ‘Seven Samurai’ and ‘Get Carter’?), so the there’s no surprise that ‘Withnail & I’ makes an appearance on the b-side. The film celebrates it’s 20th anniversary this year and remains the holly grail of student drinking games (Fly recommends that you always drink responsibly at all times).

Fans of the cinematic mix (such as Gilles Peterson) should also look out for the Jung Collective’s ‘The Wicker Man’ and responsible drinking jazz heads should be heading to see Murphy all over Europe (has he stopped gigging this year?) including another trip to Krakow and Shiftless Shuffle!

Hopefully, there’ll be a Murphy interview to celebrate the year of The Trip, so stay tuned for essential sustenance for the jazz room. Check out the links to Afro Art and myspace to be amazed.

December Gig List:
Friday 8th And 9th Hungary / Maybe Italy
Friday 15th Pulkvedis Riga, Latvija
Saturday 16th Casablanca Riga Latvija Contact As Above
Sunday 17th Shiftless Shuffle Xmas Special With Radio 1 Dj Gilles Peterson & Perry ‘jazzcotech’ Louis At Freedom (Basement Club), 66 Wardour Street, Soho, London W1 CONTACT

Paul Murphy - ‘The Trip’/’Withnail & I (Routine Jazz) Cat. No. RJEP005
A. The Trip (exclusive extended version) 10:14
B. Withnail & I (exclusive track for this EP) 6:55

Links:
www.afroartrecords.com
www.myspace.com/paulmurphythetrip
www.myspace.com/afroartrecords
www.routinerecords.co.jp
www.tokyoska.net
www.myspace.com/jungcollective
Withnail & I: Details: 1986, UK, Drama/Cult, cert 15, 102 mins, Dir: Bruce Robinson
There is a drinking game associated with Withnail & I, which is popular amongst fans and students and frequently is the first experience some people have of the film. The game consists of keeping up, drink for drink, with each and every alcoholic substance consumed by Withnail over the course of the film. Most players may simply drink their beverage of choice regardless of what the characters consume, though this is viewed by the more “hardcore” Withnail & I fans as an “easy way out.” All told, Withnail is shown drinking roughly nine and a half glasses of red wine, half a pint of cider, one shot of lighter fluid (vinegar or overproof rum are common substitutes), two and a half shots of gin, six glasses of sherry, thirteen glasses of whisky and half a pint of ale. Since the whisky alone would be more than enough to necessitate a trip to hospital for most people, few, if any, keep pace for the entire film
Daily Echo: Gavin boasted of his drinking on the Net — and died on party night” By Jenny Makin 30th November
Gilles Peterson :: Tracklisting 30th November :: Elizabeth Shepherd Trio and Spanky Wilson & The Quantic Soul Orchestra Live In Session plus Gilles Peterson’s Cinematic Mix
Michel Gonet — ‘Eve Indolente’ (Mondiophone)
Toni Esposito — ‘Rosso Napoletano’ (RCA)
Arif Mardin — ‘Forms’ (Atlantic)
François — Glorieux — ‘Sketches For Remo Pt 1’ (Panasonic)
Marc Hollander — ‘Mastoul Alakefak’ (Crammed)
Pool Pah — ‘Sour Soul’ (Green Bottle)
Catharsis — ‘Styx’ (Sonopresse)
Jay Garbarer — ‘Greek Untitled’ (Minos)
Fltying Lotus — ‘Unexpected Delight’ (Plug Research)