Gorgeous new single Always from Leeds collective Submotion Orchestra, lifted from their debut album Finest Hour. A colourful breeze of summer blossom, Ruby Woods' vocals drift over fluttering beats, trickles of piano keys and bursts of trumpet. No doubt this would have been a smash at the plethora of festivals the outfit graced this summer, although a touch more sun may have helped. Their blend of soul and electronica is reminiscent of a dub-heavy Cinematic Orchestra and they already list Gilles Peterson among their fans.

Remixes of Always come from LAXX who turns in a more dub infused jolly, whilst Syncro slows the vibe down to a low slung groover toying with Ruby's vocals for perks. Check out the original and remixes below, and head over to the bands' soundcloud page to listen to the album in full.

http://soundcloud.com/submotion-orchestra

http://submotion.co.uk/

Submotion Orchestra Always

  

We delve into a weird and wonderful 3am discotheque selection of spaced out rhythms, deep bass and melancholic end of night vocals... embracing the spectrum of dance that will be on show afterdark at Farmfestival this year.

29th & 30th July
Bruton, Somerset, UK
http://www.farmfestival.co.uk/

  Black Rat Booty Bass – Farmfestival Promo Mix by OntheROOF!

Our man Steve has been at the controls again, and not just for our satisfaction this time. He has recently knocked out a couple of blinding remixes for a competition. The originals are psytrance tunes, but Steve has put his own inimitable take on each, producing some of his finest work to date, which is saying something! Have a listen to each of the tracks below and help him get lots of hits for the comp, and help your ears out in the process!

For Katya (Steve Arnoldi Remix)

Hacka Hål (Steve Arnoldi Remix)

 

This week's cheeky is a little different! Music connoisseur supremo Chris Coco has launched a competition via his Melodica radio show. In conjunction with the Stop Making Sense music festival in Croatia, you can win a set at his boat party at Stop Making Sense in the summer. And what do you have to do to enter? That's right, put half an hour's worth of tunes together! So this week's cheeky half is Si's entry for the competition. Please have listen, not just because it is amazing, but in order to make the shortlist, each mix must have picked up 100 plays. So get clickin!

Sneaky peek: Next week's cheeky half will be Joe's entry to the comp. It just made sense really.

The Cheeky Half.Special – Si_OntheROOF! Melodica & Stop Making Sense Competition

Melodica & Stop Making Sense Competition Mix - Si_Ontheroof by Ontheroof on Mixcloud

 

Couple of very pleasant tracks here from South London's Beau And The Arrows. This debut single, Fix, is released next Monday April 4th, on limited 7" and unlimited digital! Heralded by Mr Steve Lamacq on 6Music, and due to release a full album in August, here's what Beau has to say about the band and the music:

"We are all from a part of London that’s surrounded by building blocks and burnt out cars. It is what it is, there’s no hiding from that and our music is just a reflection of who we are and what we’ve become living in those surroundings. Taking good from bad, the music and the lyrics are a combination of raw, edgy, images and sounds seen through the eyes of our naive souls”.

Beau And The Arrows Fix

  

Beau And The Arrows Calming Effects

   

 

Sunshine in London Town! This week's cheeky half hour kicks off with a jolly summer anthem from Mark Seven, before a few new trinkets from Yelle, Metronomy and Modeselektor make a shimmering appearance. We round off this week with When Saints Go Machine's new-ish cover of an old classic, Kariya's Let Me Love You For Tonight. Here comes the sun!

OntheROOF! DJs The Cheeky Half.04 Download

  

TRACKY

Mark Seven - Sermon (Serotonin Edit)
Yelle - Safari Disco Club
Modeselektor - Monkey Flip
Metronomy - Loving Arm
Snoretex - Strange Aeons
When Saints Go Machine - Let Me Love You For Tonight

At present The Cheeky Half soundcloud page only has enough room to host 4 cheeky halfs, so as of next week as each new edition is posted, the oldest will get removed, so if there's any you want to keep, get downloading sweet cheeks!

Enzo Avitabile Blackout (Nassau ReKutt)

  

And so it is the turn of the other half of Walls, Mr Sam Willis, to deliver us some solo material, in the form of his Snoretex guise. And the quality continues. Fans of Walls and Willis' other production partnership, Allez Allez will be in tune with 'Strange Aeons' as it is not a dramatic departure from, and arguably an amalgation of, his previous projects. Loose ambient gurgles are interweaved through more drawn out sonic veils, floating over a lazy, disjointed beat that trips along beneath, before hazy cosmic chords pierce through the fuzz as the track builds. This is definitely worthy of a place on Buzzin' Fly's impressive roster, confirmed by the fact Chicago underground house dons, Boo Williams and Glenn Underground have been persuaded to take on remix duties, adopting their SJU Muzic (Strictly Jaz Unit) moniker to deliver a superb spacey-but-bumpin’ house re-interpretation.

Snoretex Strange Aeons out March 28th on Buzzin' Fly Records