Rejjie Snow - Baw Baw Black Sheep - VINYL LP

'Try Counting Sheep' was always a bit of a curio. For reasons best left in the dark, distant days of record tag meetings of the early 1990s, it only ever saw a UK and Europe , our US cousins having to do without it. A strange decision because, while it doesn't have the head-nod hummability of 'The Choice is Yours', the group's biggest hit, it perfectly captures their ramshackle charm coupled with a catchy hook.While Dres was a characterful and idiosyncratic MC, one thing that often goes uncelebrated about Black Sheep was their production nous. As on their other singles, they mine some familiar tracks but use the samples in original and creative ways. The Original Sheep LP Mix is a likeably meandering track that borrows bass from Jimi Hendrix and different bits of Rare Earth's '(I Know) I'm Losing You', with a real lightness of touch.As this was a UK - the original 7Inch of which now fetches around three figures - the tag drafted in UK producer The Principle for a remix. Best known for his work with Profile Records crew Caveman, he brings the same kind of propulsive organ track to the remix that underpins much of their best work. He adds in an instantly familiar drum break from 'Impeach the President' to drive a fine re-imagining that is very much of it's time.It's a record that can still summon the fun of a hip-hop club in 1991, and one that's no longer impossible to find on 7Inch. Album Tracks 1. Try Counting Sheep (Caveman Funky Organ/Short Cave Mix) 2. Try Counting Sheep (Original Sheep LP Mix)

Vinyl LP pressing. Big Wows is heavier, harder and weirder than Stealing Sheep's previous work. Bold neon pop songs with rave percussion, steelpans, dreamy segues and breathy experiments. The *fsszzt* sound of lemonade opens the album with a hyper-real sense of optimism that progressively reveals the cracks of dystopian irony amidst sugar - coated pop; held together by Emily Lansley's bass guitar, Luciana Mercer's drum kit, Rebecca Hawley's synths, and the trio's swooning steely vocal harmonies. Just as the title suggests, Big Wows is both cynical and optimistic dreaminess and pop dance rhythms are cut with eye rolling vocal styles inflected by heartfelt lyrical messages. InchWe hit upon this conversational-style between the vocals and have alternating lead melodies,Inch Bex adds. InchThere's a sarcastic tone to some of the music but there is always a strong willfulness to incorporate honest integrity, which is hard to do but refreshing when it finally comes out.Inch

Dies Occidendum is a mythical voyage across fog-laden, scorched earth terrain from the original friar of dark hip hop, DJ Muggs the Black Goat. Known and revered as the sonic mastermind behind both Cypress Hill and his own Soul Assassins imprint, here Muggs sheds the MCs and presents his latest dark-soaked productions as an illuminated manuscript of sorts; a fully immersive, instrumental soundtrack to the mysterious Dies Occidendum. No one wields the Excalibur of sonic darkness quite like Muggs. Combining ingredients of psych rock, gypsy folk with modern elements of trap, forged together under layers of his signature sonic grime, Muggs has created yet another blueprint for the utmost sonic menace and macabre. The Renaissance is upon us. Long live King Muggs. Album Tracks 1. Incantation 2. The Chosen One 3. Nigrum Mortem 4. Liber Null 5. Alphabet of Desire 6. Subconscious 7. Veni Vidi Amavi 8. Anointed 9. Anicca 10. Transmogrification