Fastest Finger First

I was going to spoil you today with two more slices of Detroit magic... but hey this is Headphone Sex, not an orgy. One at a time please. That way I can give each of these babies all my love and attention.



As I mentioned in my last post i've been listening to Moodymann a lot recently, which prompted me to dig out the only thing of his I previously owned on vinyl - a record by long-time collaborator Norma Jean Bell, which came out in Europe on Laurent Garnier's F-Communications label.

It's quite unusual to hear a house record genuinely from a woman's perspective, rather than singing words laid down by the inevitable 'bloke in background'. I can't think that i've ever heard a male equivalent of this track .. 'i'm the baddest bitch in this room, cos you belong to me, and everybody knows it' .. on records fellas seem to be more into bragging about their jewelery or how many women they've had.

Kenny Dixon Jr (Moodymann) never rushes anything, and as usual with his productions it's getting on for 10 minutes long; it's as deep as the Marianas Trench and it's dripping with sex, sax and soul. I defy anyone not to shake their hips to this....

NORMA JEAN BELL - I'M THE BADDEST BITCH (MOODYMANN MIX)

Her album on Peacefrog has been going cheap in Record & Tape Exchange on my last few visits. I'll have to snap it up at the weekend if it's still there.

Stay tuned next weekend for the best house record you've never heard.

Yes it's from Detroit.

Sunday sees the annual scramble for Glastonbury tickets, not helped in the slightest by Michael Eavis first announcing that there is no festival next year, and then casually mentioning that Kylie and Coldplay will be headlining. If he wants to avoid the chaos of the last few years why not just keep quiet until the tickets are sold & then announce the line-up?

Anyway, i'm staying in this weekend just to make sure i'm hovering over the 'refresh' button at 9am Sunday. Wish me luck.