Free Music Friday

I wanna glide down over Mulholland
I wanna write her name in the sky
Gonna free fall out into nothin'
Gonna leave this world for a while

And I'm free, free fallin'
Yeah I'm free, free...

Yes, it's that perfect antidote to the winter blues: Free Music Friday.

This week we have moody atmospheric hip-hop from Napalm Death's drummer and 16 tracks of gritty lowdown funk, given a twist by some of the biggest remixers in the game.

Not enough for you? Then we'll garnish this musical feast with two collections of 're-grooves' - classic tracks by both the former Godfather of Soul and late King of Pop given a new and funky spin.

First, 'Having It', an EP by Mick Harris. The former grindcore hero found a new direction in the mid-1990s when he started making ambient and chillout music.

The late 90s saw him working on bass-heavy, dark, minimalist instrumental hip-hop, released on the Hed Nod label. Subscribers to the vinyl series were sent CDs, limited to 100 copies, of bonus material along with the records, and it is one of these rare and sought-after CDs which we're pointing you at today.

You can download 'Having It' here.






Next a release from insanely funky Fort Knox Five.

Their album 'Radio Free DC' combined breaks, hip-hop, funk and Latin flavours into a head-swimming Mojito of an album.

The band then asked some of the greatest remixers in the world to systematically re-funk their hits. Deekline & Ed Solo, A Skillz, Nick Thayer, The Nextmen, Shimon, Fuzzbox Inc, Malente and more jumped on board.

The result is an epic, dancefloor-rocking funk odyssey. God only knows why they're giving it away free! All it'll cost you is your email address. Grab it before they come to their senses.

Finally this week we have an amazing double-header from the Goodgroove Records camp, which I discovered thanks to the rather lovely NuFunk blog (well worth checking it out).

Throwing producers like Basement Freaks and Parker at the project, Goodgroove have re-grooved classics from Michael Jackson and James Brown including 'Bad', 'Smooth Criminal', 'Super Bad' and 'It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World'.

Any DJ seeking a dance-floor friendly bootleg of an MJ track for the upcoming party season is spoilt for choice here.

Wonderful stuff. Get the Michael Jackson album here. And nab the James Brown project here.

Have a funky, funky weekend people.