Smooth Disco/Funk with Female Vox at 100 bpm (A Side). Slow funk instrumental (B Side).

From PPU's site:

Uku Kuut was born in the Soviet Union, raised in Sweden and Santa Monica California. When PPU finally caught up with him we were happy to find him still recording and producing music in Tallinn, Estonia. "I Don't Have To Cry Anymore" was Uku's first single released privately on his own label Polar Star Records in 1985. The song features Marju Kuut on vocals and Uku on Syntovox 222 Vocoder and the Oberheim DX. "Vision of Estonia" is an instrumental homage to Uku's home for the last 20 years. This will be the first time it's been available on vinyl.

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I Dig the 'Visions' Track.

Smooth, sultry funk at 100 bpm.  Another PPU release.

Dr. Otto Gomez was/is a jazz trumpeter whose career started in the early '70s.  Hailing from Orlando, he apparently also tried his hand at funk music in the late '80s.

"I looked at her eyes and I looked at her thighs. The next thing I know, I was hypnotized... What she made me feel was right on time. She gutted my heart, then she blew my mind. I need some more, I'm a love junky"

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Instrumental on the flip.

Australian natives San Cisco’s newest EP Awkward is as quirky as the title suggests. Only five tracks long this EP is filled with bright and catchy riffs that bop along to fast paced rhythms. When listening through the EP from song to song one can only imagine how enjoyable a live performance would be. San Cisco’s music definitely lends itself towards audience participation.

“Rocket Ship” is filled with “oooh la las” as well as plenty of handclaps that carry the song from one moment to the next.

“Awkward,” the title track of the EP is worthy of having an album named after it. Scarlett Steven’s voice provides a nice thread through the kooky and offbeat rhythms it’s coupled with.

Awkward is enjoyable all the way through, music that will cheer you up through the winter months and usher in the joy of Spring.

San Cisco - Awkward by engininja

Recommended Tacks: 1,2,4 FCC: Clean

RIYL: Born Ruffians, Harlem Shakes, Tokyo Police Club

Bahamas’ (Afie Jurvanen) album Barchords is filled with melodic tracks that are both rhythmically complex as well as engagingly simple. Jurvanen has managed to create an album that simultaneously transports you while making you take notice of the beauty that surrounds you in everyday life.

“Caught Me Thinking” takes you to a summer day on the beach, the arrangement of vocals and guitar riffs shower sun beams over you as you wade through the crystal clear water with the progression of the track.

As a native of Toronto Afie Juraven’s unique sounds has earned him acclaim on both sides of the border. The delight that comes through his breathy yet sharp sound is worth taking note of. If he keeps making music of this caliber, no doubt he will continue making noteworthy music for years to come.

02 HIDDENTRACK - BAHAMAS - Caught Me Thinking by Hiddentrackmusic

Recommended Tracks: 1,2,4,7 FCC: Clean

RIYL: Joel Plaskett, M. Ward,

The 2 Bears is comprised of Joe Goddford (Hot Chip) and Raf Rundell, their album Be Strong is a homage to their home town of London and with that in mind this album attempts to capture the electronic beat that underlies the London music scene.

Made with London in their heart Be Strong is filled with electronic intensive tracks that invite the listener to enjoy them as much as the Goddford and Rundell did while making them.

Tracks like “Work” and “Take A Look Around” start in one place and affectively engage you in a way that makes you lose track of the time. Each track is crafted with enthusiasm, so much so that it almost comes off as too campy to handle, but any overtones of trés camp are offset by the sincerity that radiates through each song.

As soon as Be Strong is played becomes a tribute that does justice to the great city of London that inspired it.

The 2 Bears: Work by Southern Fried Records

Recommended Tracks: 2,4,6

RIYL: Hot Chip

Estonian composer Eller (1887-1970) wrote a large amount of music. Romantic yet modern. Very interesting. Play all!

File: Classical composer: Eller

Decidedly different works for voice and a variety of found and traditional instruments: shells, strings, mouth organs. Ghostly is an apt adjective, eerie. Trk 6 dissonant.

File: Classical/avant-garde composer: Blackburn