After Dark Vespertine

This July the esteemed scribe, proper DJ, and discreetly deft twiddler Bill Brewster, drops the latest instalment in his ‘After Dark’ series, for Late Night Tales.

A throbbing, louche and leisurely affair, groove is very much at the heart of this freestyle selection, a vibe which Bill de- scribes as “a basement, a red
light and a sound system. Or, as the Beastie’s once rapped, slow and low, that is the tempo”.

There’s Hawaiian drum machine bossa balearica from Island Band, percussive afro post punk from Czech jazz singer Jana Koubkova, and breathybubbling-dubwise-slap-bass-soul from Debbe & The Code.
There’s also sultry deep house mood music from Lanowa, infectious bouncy jazz funk breaks from Canada High, and Nail’s life affirming re-edit of singer
songwriter Gilbert O Sullivan’s electro pop gem ‘So What’.

Bill’s own studio skills are present and correct too, featuring an undulating bassy version of country troubadour Jeb Loy Nichols, reworked along Alex
Tepper under their Hotel Motel moniker, and a chugged-up squelchy disco take on Khruang- bin, this time paired with Raj Gupta, as Mang Dynasty

A1. Island Band – Idle Hours
A2. Chaz Jankel – Manon Manon
A3. Gilbert O’Sullivan – So What (Nail Edit)*
B1. Rheinzand – Kills And Kisses (Scorpio Twins Remix)*
B2. Canada High – Le Chiffre*
B3. Lanowa – Burning Up*
C1. Khruangbin – So We Won’t Forget (Mang Dynasty Irreverent Dub)*
C2. Fernando – 1998*
C3. Debbe & The Code – Code Of Love
D1. Jana Koubková - Nijána
D2. IPG V Hot Toddy – Open Space*
D3. Smashed Atoms & Backdoor Man – Hey Dreamer*

* After Dark Exclusive