ltd nice price action !! >give it to me hot< is a 4-track ep that pays tribute to one of the hottest, raunchiest (but sadly short-lived) funk/punk groups from the early 80s, sexual harrassment.
sexual harrassment was started by radio dj lynn tolliver whilst he was working at mca records, and the cleveland-based group had a gold single on the heat/montage label. their rarer 6-track album from 1983 has become a collectors item. to do their tracks justice, we asked modern day artists who are synonymous with a sex-driven funk attitude to either cover or reinterpret the originals.

>the last time...< is the new ep from the much respected miami artist, gosub. expanding on the electrofunk experiments from his previous releases, these tracks are a sleazy stab at predicting funks future. the intro track, >the broadcast<, appears in instrumental form on the vinyl, and sets the tone for the ep with its laid back slide.

>i m that alley< is the new single from south african shock-poppers sweat.x. it comes as they embark on their two month european tour and is a taste of their forthcoming album >187<. >i m that alley< is a departure from vocalist spoek mathambos hyper-surreal rap style, and, together with markus wormstorms finely designed production, is a modern take on the classic synthpop love song. accompanying the title track is >the knife<, a freaked peek into the world of sweat.x, a favourite of their live shows, it finally gets released here. third track on the single is a remix of >i m that alley< by new york-based mike slott. slott has been making waves with his work as one half of heralds of change and this remix is his best work to date and is already being used to close out his live set. the release also includes instrumental versions of >the knife< and >i m that alley< for maximum club efficiency!

the only major song from prince’s classic film, purple rain, to have never previously been released... finally, after 25 years, comes dez dickersons lost minneapolis classic, >modernaire<, mastered from a newly discovered tape recording. as if that wasn’t enough, the record also features a freak-a-holic cover version by egyptian lover. keeping the spirit and energy of the original alive, there are remixes by hot persuasion, dmx krew and faceless mind, driven by the searing beats of the 808 and linndrum. backed by a disco-machine version by complexxion, this is the sound of the modernaire!

insane debut release from the hotly tipped duo, on citinite. supported and played by diplo, dj mehdi, drop the lime and duke dumont

robert o dell is known from a couple of long deleted electro jams on the metroplex sub-label interface (produced with juan atkins) and an obscure split ep released on rephlex in 1998.. o dell is inspired by a lot of groups, from kraftwerk to duran duran and has been in different bands all of his life, collaborating with such luminaries as george clinton.. this six track lp fuses electrofunk and r&b with the dark energy of the techno sound he grew up with