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With a spirited high speed rap by MC Drew that’s never slurred over funky-jazz beats a la ‘My Definition Of A Boombastic Jazz Style’. Got a feeling the lyrics are not for radio but anyone that can get in a prop for Barney Gumble can’t be drunk.

Now I’m not saying the Acid Jazzman of old, Paul Murphy has had a few drinks, but who could get away with d’n’b, balkan, dubstep with the favourite Christmas ballet, The Nutcracker? Keith Emerson was no doubt employed for his Christmas hit plundering of royalty free classical samples before a quick, “Toilet, Toilet, Toilet” scratch. How much musical vodka can you take?

They say “A premium, strong, smooth flow product of Afro Art Records”, I’d say it was more of a straight outta the bottle, no chaser type of tune. What a great way to end your set, biggest tune in the box!

Afro Art is specialising in this left of centre sound after Quaretto Magritte and DJ Farrapo & Yanez which is an indication that the centre of Europe is shifting to the east? Especially with the newly redeveloped St. Pancras Internation Station opening last week. As an aside, not too keen on that sculpture by Paul Day, the shops, the longest Champagne bar in the world or that it doesn’t look like Shires Bar will be re-opening on the forecourt, but nice to see trains back in the station again.

And talkin’ about hot footing it into Central London, don’t forget, the “once only never to be repeated” pairing of Murphy & Peterson at the Christmas Shiftless Shuffle will be having it’s third anniversary this year and I’m expecting it to be as good as it ever was. Peterson was already warming up last week in the first hour and ending on one of my favourties, Cecil McBee’s ‘Pepi’s Samba’. It’s going to be a hot toddy of a session.

Reviewed: Samp Brothers & Outbound — Alcoholic Drinks (Afro Art) Cat. No. AFR 033 12”, 45 RPM Release date: 05th November 2007

Tracklisting:
A Alcoholic Drinks (Samp Brothers & Outbound Whiskey Mix)
B Alcoholic Drinks (Paul Murphy Vodka Mix)

Links:
www.myspace.com/paulmurphythetrip
www.afroartrecords.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Gumble
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker
Name: The Shires Bar — Location: St Pancras Station [CLOSED] Address: St. Pancras Station, London, N1 9AP [(020) 7278 7583]
16th December. Shiftless Shuffle @ Freedom Soho (In The Basement), 60-66 Wardour Street, London W1. www.jazzcotech.com
Gilles Peterson :: Tracklistings 8th November 2007 :: Andreas Saag of Swell Session
Kunsten Treu — ‘Para Nuestros Creativos’ (Eleganz)
Les Double Six — ‘Naima’ (Columbia)
Burial — ‘Archangel’ (Hyperdub)
The Dynamics — ‘Creator Has A Master Plan’ (Favourite)
Nostalgia 77 — Musical Silt’ (Tru Thoughts)
Harold Ousley — ‘Paris Sunday’ (Bethlehem)
Paul White — ‘The Dragon Fly’ (Hand)
Zbignibw Namyslowski — ‘When May Is In Flower’ (Muza)
Amina Claudine Myers — ‘3/4’s of 4/4’ (Leo)
Horace Silver — ‘Time And Effort’ (Blue Note)
Cobblestone Jazz — ‘Lime In Da Coco Nut’ (Wagon Repair)
O. Deutschmann — ‘Ninho Das Aguias’ (Vidab)
The Young Lovers — ‘You Make Me Dizzy’ (Loungin)
Nick Holder — ‘Time’ (NRK)
Flora Purim — ‘Butterfly Dreams’ (Milestone)
United Legends — ‘Thank you’ (Sleepwalker Replay) (GNCL)
Prokofiev, Serge “Revolution” from Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution” BBC Music Magazine CD BBC Symphony & Chorus, cond. by Mark Elder. “This extraordinary work, from 1937, incorporates everything from battle sound effects to an accordion quartet. However, it failed to please the Stalinists”.