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Featured artist: Rizzle Kicks
Rizzle Kicks first began making music together whilst attending the BRIT School in Selhurst, Croydon. Alexander-Sule sang over one of Stephens' tracks and both realised that their styles fitted together. At the time, Stephens was completing his mixtape, both were bickering over samples of some of their favourite artists when they officially became Rizzle Kicks. As a newly formed duo, they hustled for beats from local producers Ace and Paul Garratt and started making their own music videos with a friend of theirs in Leicester. The duo are working on their debut album which includes a mixture of pop and hip-hop incorporating the fun elements of the old school hip-hop era circa 1988-92
Current, Classic and Re-issue of the month
_Matt Cardle/Letters
The rasp of Matt Cardle's vocal on X Factor has gone, with a far smoother delivery; he still has a full strength falsetto in his armoury, which is used sparingly but efficiently across the album. Matt has laid his emotions and relationship frailties bare on this album, with help from his A&R man Chris Briggs, who famously teamed Robbie Williams with Guy Chambers. The album also includes the track "Run For Your Life", written by Gary Barlow.
_The Beatles/Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Before Sgt. Pepper's, no one seriously thought of rock music as actual art. That all changed in 1967, though, when John, Paul, George and Ringo (with "A Little Help" from their friend, producer George Martin) created an undeniable work of art which remains, after 3-plus decades, one of the most influential albums of all time. From Lennon's evocative word/sound pictures (the trippy "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds", the carnival-like "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite") and McCartney's music hall-styled "When I'm 64", to Harrison's Eastern-leaning "Within You Without You", and the avant-garde mini-suite, "A Day in the Life", Sgt. Pepper'swas a milestone for both 1960s music and popular culture in general.
_Soft Cell/Non Stop Erotic Cabaret
The band's classic album from 1981 has been digitally remastered and expanded to include the newly remastered version of the Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing album and the 2 bonus tracks of the 7" versions of "Torch" and "A Man Could Get Lost". Disc 2 features eleven of the most essential extended mixes including the groundbreaking extended version of "Memorabilia" ( produced by Daniel Miller ), "Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go" and the long lost B-sides "Fun City" and "Facility Girls".