Matsoaka - Special Editions Vol 2Matsoaka returns to Magic Wand's Special Editions series with Special Editions Vol 2, a 12" vinyl of Balearic originals, re edits and sample rich downtempo oddities. 'Butterflies' brings slow motion folk rock softness and emotive vocals, while 'Faith' heads into trippy Balearic rearrangement territory. 'Gin Yuzu' adds mid 80s Yellow Magic Orchestra style Fairlight electro colour, and 'Sheriff' closes with a playful Japanese city pop take on a reggae

Tony Humphries

Blending funk

There isn't a more hit-packed Kraftwerk album than The Man Machine

pressed on black vinyl with a large dinked centre hole

three as The Unity Sextet

they entertain the audience with a mix of positivity in their funky notes during those times when the jukebox’s on pause and it stops marking the passing of the hours

Always a cut above

Subtle keys lighten the track’s final stanza giving it serious sunrise set potential

Hot Cargo was a fresh project Richie Weeks was developing with Salsoul Records around 1982–83

This is it: astonishing

℗ 1980 Island Records Inc

forming a septet to gig and record in Miami