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22 (perhaps more) of Neil Kulkarni’s favourite songs of 2012 so far

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Gonna have to do some catching up cos never heard this guy before but if this – a massive Scientist-style dubbed-out soundscape riding frenetic jazzed out beats – and the rhymes that seal it (beautifully suggestive poetic imagery about survival on the streets), are anything to go by Ka‘s a voice to get locked in on for 2012. Trust in me.

Same with these guys, great slow-burning track here, based on the kind of crackly simmering old 50s vocal sample that Portishead used to mash-up so effectively. The crackly vibe lunges into a repetitive, hypnotic aggravation part-aquatic part-liquid-nitrogen. And it ends and the rewind is instant. Fantastic.

God Save The King (the album this is from) is just about the only royalist shit I wanna hear this year – great INCORRECT production, sudden detonations of drums & scratches caving out holes in your headspace you never knew could open up, fantastically off-colour verbals from Copywrite. Play this loud and try not to be constantly shocked even once you’ve figured out what the hell’s coming round the corner. Sue Poib.

WAY more noise than requirements dictate. The ever-essential Iron Braydz hooks up with Kyza to drop this monster on 2012.

Dunc & Toine Makin’ Dollas are DTMD and their debut album Makin’ Dollas is now on my must-have list. Sublime folds of reverse-guitar and just exactly the right beats and loops – great cameos from Godly MC & Kev Brown as well. Dispels winter on contact, makes summer seem, impossibly, like reality.

Spider Jaroo’s ‘Writing For Commission’ EP is available for free dl at the Northern Structure bandcamp page and yes I’m getting it right now cos this track’s incredibly promising: deeply conscious, brain-jangling rhymes over mournful piano riffs and smoky beats, jazz with the cool sucked out until all that’s left is an abstract heat. Sad and shocking that the political bite of this is so rare these days – looks like it’s down to UK rap to be the only UK music actually talking about life as we fkn know it. Apart from Ed Cunting Sheeran of course. The sun ain’t gonna shine any more. Suits me fkn fine people.

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