Shapes 12:01 on CD

Description

The latest in Tru Thoughts series of essential label compilations, compiled by A&R and label owner Robert Luis, Shapes 12:01 is available on double CD, Double LP and digital. Bringing the best of the current sound of the label, with a handful of upfront exclusives and cuts previously only available on other formats. Artists include Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro, Belleruche, Zed Bias (aka Maddslinky), Mark de Clive-Lowe, Hint, The Bamboos, Lanu, Anchorsong and many more. Robert Luis liner notes: This 29 track compilation features the latest sounds from Tru Thoughts covering a variety of styles and tempos. The first CD opens with Ambassadeurs taking the deepness of Nostalgia 77 into an electronic soul direction. Then come much-loved songs from Belleruche and Mark de Clive-Lowe s excellent albums, followed by idiosyncratic electronica from Japanese artist Anchorsong, and a disco flavour with Lanu s Remix of Kylie Auldist. There s raw soul from Skeletons and The Bamboos (covering James Blake), and Quantic covers Missy Elliot Cumbia style. On a reggae influenced tip, there is music from Wrongtom, Flowering Inferno and Benji Boko. Zed Bias features on the production of the talented Croatian singer and string arranger Yannah Valdevit, plus you ll find a big track from Hidden Orchestra s second album. The second CD has a more club orientated feel, with Behling & Simpson reworking Quantic & Alice Russell for those heavy and deep club sessions while Zed Bias takes his own Soul II Soul cover down the UK Garage route; Drumagick add an authentic Brazilian take to the UK s bass music genre whilst Hint brings Jamaican vocalist Natalie Storm to an East End warehouse rave. Cottam gives a building groove of relentless Afro house goodness, and Omar & Zed Bias s carnival anthem is impossible to stay still to, as is the hugely in demand Sleepin Giantz track.

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1 Nostalgia 77 Sleepwalker (Ambassadeurs Remix) - Nostalgia 77 - Nostalgia 77
2 Belleruche Wasted Time - Belleruche - Belleruche
3 Mark de Clive-Lowe The Why feat nia Andrews - Mark De Clive-Lowe - Mark De Clive-Lowe
4 Anchorsong Darkrum - Anchorsong - Anchorsong
5 Skeletons Adam and Eve feat Alice Russell - Skeletons - Skeletons
6 The Bamboos The Wilhelm Scream feat Megan Washington - The Bamboos - The Bamboos
7 Freddie Cruger And Anthony Mills Are Wildcookie Heroine - Freddie Cruger & Anthony Mills Are Wil - Freddie Cruger & Anthony Mills Are Wildcookie
8 Maddslinky Further Away feat Tawiah (Falty DL Remix) - Maddslinky - Maddslinky
9 Zed Bias Presents Yannah Valdevit Gotta Keep Me Goin - Yannah Valdevit - Yannah Valdevit
10 Hidden Orchestra Reminder - Hidden Orchestra - Hidden Orchestra
11 Kylie Auldist Changes (Lanu Extended Mix) - Kylie Auldist - Kylie Auldist
12 Benji Boko No. 1 Sound feat. Ricky Rankin (Beta Hector Remix) - Benji Boko - Benji Boko
13 Wrongtom Meets Deemas J Crime Times - Wrongtom meets Deemus J - Wrongtom meets Deemus J
14 Quantic Y Su Conjunto Los Miticos Del Ritmo Get UR Freak On - Quantic - Quantic
15 Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno No Soy Del Valle feat. Nidia Gongora (Nickodemus & Zeb Remix) - Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno
16 Kinny Big Fat Liar - Kinny - Kinny
17 Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro Here Again - Quantic and His Combo Barbaro - Quantic and His Combo Barbaro

Disc: 2
1 Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro Magdalena (Behling & Simpson Remix) - Quantic - Quantic and His Combo Barbaro
2 Zed Bias Fairplay feat Jenna G (Zed Bias Old Skool Mix) - Zed Bias - Zed Bias
3 Nostalgia 77 Sleepwalker (Lanu Remix) - Nostalgia 77 - Nostalgia 77
4 Drumagick Swing Samba - Drumagick - Drumagick
5 Hint Crash & Burn fea. Natalie Storm - Hint - Hint
6 Sleepin Giantz Badungdeng - Sleepin' Giantz - Sleepin' Giantz
7 Cottam Hit The Wall - Cottam - Cottam
8 Omar & Zed Bias Dancing - Omar - Omar
9 Randomer Zabu - Randomer - Randomer
10 Maddslinky Special feat Omar (MJ Cole s Back To The Future Remix) - Maddslinky - Maddslinky
11 The Colonel Can I Get Some feat MC DRS - The Colonel - The Colonel
12 Riz MC All Of You (dBridge s Soundsystem - Riz Mc - Riz Mc