Abu Maxim and The Praetorian Steppas [KAT012]

Those busy beavers over at KAT HQ have been bending their ears to find sonic treats and audio treasures to present on that black plastic stuff and boy, have they come up with the goods on this one...


"With 2 tracks that go against the recent KAT grain of straight up edits to add a four to the floor flavour.

Starting things off is 'Sometimes I Get It', a glorious mid-tempo disco houser which strips back Ronnie Laws ‘All For You’ and Marvin Gayes ‘Come Live With Me Angel’ to their bare bones and starts again from scratch. The result is a squelchy bass line, conga led, dance floor smash with modern soul and jazz funk vibes aplenty.

On the flip we have ‘Sweet Love', a slightly more uptempo track again with a disco house feel. A true string-led beast of a track mashing up Bernard Herrmans 'Taxi Driver', Kleer 'Intimate Connection', Marvin Gaye 'Right On' and Herbie Hancock 'Stars' among others. 

Toughened drums underpin a wealth of strings, synths, sultry vocals & keys resulting in a modern day (soul jazz funk disco) houser that will pummel any half decent sound system that lay before it…

Under his Freak Seven ‘guise, support on his recent (and brilliant) Rush Hour release support came flooding in from Andrew Weatherall, Dixon, Ross Allen, Xpress 2 and Dave Clarke to name but a few, Freak Seven is one to watch so keep ‘em peeled!"

With support and reviews already coming in from the following...

Colin Curtis - REVIEW

Moggsy, Elektric Elephant - Both are ace...'Sometimes I Get It' is huge..... one of my fave tracks this year... HEAVY

Kev Beedle, Southport Weekender / Solar Radio - Nice one. Love these tracks !!

Alex Keening, Radio 1 Producer for Gilles Peterson - 'Sometimes I Get It' is a killer.

Ashley Beedle Edits (KAT45-004) - 7" Vinyl Release

Our brothers in boogie and purveyors of vinyl are ready to drop another 7" of joy in the form of 2 cracking edits from Daddy Ash aka Ashley Beedle...





The promo blurb reads...

First up we have Flora Purim getting Ashley Beedle's extended edit treatment with the sublime Latin Jazz Funker, 'Angels'. Great vocal hooks, guitar licks and a jazz funk groove with added disco overtones to boot...
If the Mizell Brothers had been born in Rio then this is what it probably would've sounded like.

On the flip we have Brian Protheroe's 'Pinball'. Ashley Beedle's tripped rework does exactly what it says on the tin... Stretched, dubbed and arranged to perfection.

Once again KAT45 dig deep and deliver the goods!

These should be in all decent vinyl emporiums on the 23rd October.

KAT45 - 003 7" Rossoulano Edits

Those chaps over at KAT records have got the 7" itch again... This time its in the form of 2 slight touch up jobs from Rossoulano AKA Blackbeard, well at least one half the later outfit...


A loving touch is put on Stormy by Diane Ross and The Supremes... Originally produced by Henry Cosby in 1968 and he the man behind such Motown classics as Stevie Wonders 'My Cherie Amour' and 'Tears of a Clown' by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles... Love and respect have been given on this... Ashley Beedle said "Stormy is an old fave of mine from way back when, and very big up North! Perhaps the southern shandies will play it now it has been 'chopped'..." 

Over on the flip side comes the mysterious 'Friends In Lo Places'... An RnB / Neo Soul melter that harks back to Blackbeards edit hay day and acts as a nice reminder as to why the name still rings true to many a soul aficionado...



Keep you ears pinned back for these little gems...! Release is scheduled for end of June 2011.

African 7" Rhythms

In the early 00's our very own Phat Phil took a few trips to South Africa and while he was there he picked up a load of 7"s. The following mix and artwork represent a few of the finds.

Styles range from Traditional, through to pop but all with a distinct African flavour.

African 7" Rhythms by Nunorthern Soul on Mixcloud

KAT45 - 003 7" Edits - Artwork Samples

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Our friends at KAT45 are working on the third 7" release due to hit the streets end of May...

Here is a sneaky peak at the label artwork that has been lovingly designed by

Phil Bedford of Studio Philly!

Check out some of his other flava's HERE

You can contact him HERE if you want to use his services!

A Side

B Side

Jerald Daemyon 'Summer Madness' (Out of the vaults)

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The Sleeve

As the weather starts to warm up, well 3 days of sunshine is a definate sign Summer is on the way, our minds start to wander to the thoughts of playing records on beaches etc... This is one of those records...

Pressed on beautiful 180 gram vinyl, this double pack is pure beach and sunshine vibes. Laid back beats and grooving keys whisk the listener off to tropical climes.

The Label

The double pack we have at NNS HQ comes from New Yorks Giant Step label and was released in 1996 with a great set of mixes from the Masters at Work ranging from Jazzy Hip Hop through to Uptempo via a Spacey mix.

The Remixers

Check it our here at Discogs, well worth a purchase!

KAT45 7" Edits - Artwork Samples

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As we mentioned a couple of posts ago, our good friends at KAT Records are getting some lovely 7"s ready for Record Store Day on the 16th April.

Get Involved!!!

Here are some of the ideas for the label artwork so far.

You can listen to the track samplers HERE

Work In Progress