Honest Jon's continue to flex their curative muscle and illustrate once again that they not only have fingers in many righteous pies, but that they also know how to run a label that's happy to deliver music from Moritz Von Oswald, Carl Craig, Tony Allen, Elmore Judd, Salah Ragab, Moondog, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Diplo and the Newham Generals in one fell swoop. Not bad as far as a roster goes huh? Are there really many other labels you can think of that offer such unwavering, constant support and interest in such a broad spectrum of music under the radar? This latest twelve pits Baltimore don Diplo against UK Grime massive the Newham Generals on one side and the African roughage of Elewedu Of Agege on the other. Diplo kicks off proceedings with a typically hyperactive bout of jump-up grind music, before East London grime crew Newham Generals provide a tribute to Honest Jons favourite son Tetsu with the track "Testuya's Theme", a grime rework of a Tony Allen track. On the flip you'll find some "Fuji Garbage" (a new genre for you - drum machine layered with live percussion and vocal outta Nigeria) from Elewedu Of Agege with 2 tracks "Boy, Girls, Lets Dance" and "Thank You God". Excellent stuff as ever, bigup Honest Jons...
A1 Diplo Fuji Ouija
A2 Newham Generals Tetsuya's Theme
B1 Elewedu Of Agege Boys, Girls, Let's Dance
B2 Elewedu Of Agege Thank You, God
