Rick Clarke - Guess WhoStreet soul grail alert! Freestyle reissue the previously white label only Guess Who LP, originally released anonymously by Rick Clarke in 1992. Crossing ruff but sweet UK street soul sensibilities with stripped back house, garage and hip hop flavours, the Guess Who LP was dropped covertly during a period in the early 90s when Rick was signed up to Soul II Soul's Funki Dreds label, contractually restricting him from releasing his music elsewhere.

and reverb-washed orchestra hits

clear skies

happily it still has the space for this second volume of tunes curated by the Nottingham outfit

Jimmy Patrick Longfort's hit arising from Düsseldorfs cult hang-out Ratinger Hof in 1987 is now officially reissued for the whole universe

The rebels

In the face of the ever-worsening status quo of watered-down and vapid radio rap songs

until a couple of years back

All of these have been released by Four Flies

which consists of a previously unheard remix (and accompanying instrumental) of ‘Shine Like Stars’ by the album’s late and beloved producer Andrew Weatherall

And it's all the more thrilling for it

authentically packaged in a picture sleeve

turn up the volume and dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese funk