Captain Hammond vs. the Futuro 7 ‘split ‘ (Hammond groove). More super slinky ear gear via the lovable dudes of groove Hammond Beat - again ridiculously limited we believe (250 unless we are mistaken). We had some initial technical errors with this babe - it refusing to play properly - us introducing it to our cricket bat. I think it got the idea. Anyhow we're all friends now you'll be happy to hear, this twin pronged bag of tastiness features the talents of UK's Captain Hammond (a trio headed up by Bryn Barklam) squaring up to Scandinavian / Italian based Futuro 7 (who incidentally feature Low Fidelity Jet Set Orchestras Negri and Masoch among their ranks). This release sees both ensembles casting glances at each others work and sizing them up for a remix. Featuring trace elements of the Yardbirds 'for your love' ‘origin' is a streamlined futuristic ray gun of groove that's awash with cosmic trippyness, a maddeningly blissed out slice of space age cerebral cheese cake, lashings of Hammonds braided by some wonderfully out there mesmerising retro slabs of freak zone make this a floor caning mind expanding odyssey of the highest order. Flip le disc for the audaciously groovy ‘mercury wonderland' which sees Negri and Basoch deftly apply their hypnotic funky logic to the proceedings, a cool cornucopia of fringe flicking keys, sassily goofy 60's soul motifs and subtle jazz intonations all welded to a deliriously vibrant brew of toe tapping hip hugging loveliness - dare you miss out.

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