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

T.O.E – Infinite Consciousness*
Island Band – Idle Hours**
Jana Koubková - Nijána
Dan Wainwright – Come Home*
Jeb Loy Nichols – Don’t Drop Me (Hotel Motel Remix)*
Nick Munday – Drum Lock
Khruangbin – So We Won’t Forget (Mang Dynasty Irreverent Dub)*
Rhythm Plate – We Were Made To Be Artists*
Debbe & The Code – Code Of Love*
Lanowa – Burning Up*
Gilbert O’Sullivan – So What (Nail Edit)*
Canada High – Le Chiffre
Smashed Atoms & Backdoor Man – Hey Dreamer*
Gus Paterson – Arphicelago*
Fernando - 1998*
IPG V Hot Toddy – Open Space*
Carl Finlow – Hyperkagome*
Rheinzand – Kills And Kisses (Scorpio Twins Remix)*
Chaz Jankel – Manon Manon**

* After Dark Exclusive / ** Digital Exclusive