JemJams 22 #28

July 3, 2022 by Jem Croucher

#28 [26 May to 25 June 2018]

Throughout 2022, Jemtunes is revisiting JemJams – a social media post featuring a new ‘jam’ once every 6 days, something I’ve been doing since September 2015 when ‘Thisismyjam.com’ (from whom the inspiration derived) was mothballed.

Since then, JemJams on FaceBook has posted a new jam faithfully every six days, and continues to do so now. As of today, it’s between jams #372 (posted on 29th June) and #371 (due on 5th July).

JemJams 22 charts every posted jam from the beginning and, every 6 days throughout the year, is posting details of six tracks from #001 through #342. Today it’s JJ#163 through JJ#168.

Reef – Revolution [originally posted on 26th May 2018]
Bob Marley – Exodus [originally posted on 1st June 2018]
The All Seeing I – the beat goes on [originally posted on 7 June 2018]
Salt n Papa – Shoop [originally posted on 13 June 2018]
REM – Sangria [originally posted on 19 June 2018], and
DJ Shadow – Nobody Speak [originally posted on 25th June 2018]

JemJams 22 #29 is due out on 9th July

Fat Freddy’s Drop (A-Z #40)

April 3, 2015 by Jem Croucher

Fat Freddy’s Drop are a 7-piece outfit hailing from Wellington, New Zealand where they formed in 1999. They play a multi-genre style including diversities from Techno to Rhythm & Blues, Reggae to Jazz and Dub to Soul along with anything else that just happens to slip into the mix.

Here’s ‘Wandering Eye’ from 2006 to give you a taster…

Classic albums A-Z: Underworld – Second toughest in the infants (1996)

June 7, 2014 by Jem Croucher

Underworld‘s fourth studio album earns classic status twice – once for the music and once for the sheer brilliance of the album title. Second Toughest in the Infants conjures up so much about so many things, brilliance being one of them. Just as well really as this is what this album is all about.

There are are ten instances of brilliance here. But shining for me remain ‘Kiteless’, ‘Stagger’ and particularly ‘Pearl’s Girl’. The kick line in the latter is ‘crazy crazy crazy crazy…’ etc ad infinitum but, to a certain three-year old future singer daughter of mine, Karl Hyde’s pronunciation made it sound like ‘Gracey, Gracey, Gracey, Gracey…’ ad infinitum.

The subtle kick line change stuck and remains. So, whenever I hear it on my Shuffle now, it brings a smile and a minds-eye picture of a three-year old daughter of mine.