FLIPSIDE
What Steve did next? Where Mackie is now? Where Frank came from? Who Mateo plays for?
COOLEY HIGH - SOUNDS OF BROOKLYN
Released: 2001
The Songs:
1. Flyin Too Close To The Sun
2. The Main Thing
3. Motions
4. Lucky Me
5. Lock O.T.
6. Time To Go
Bonus Track - Welcome Home
- This is Mateo DiFontaine's band and their pretty damn funky to boot - especially 'Time To Go' (they also occasionally support FLC). Unfortunately, the only place you can currently purchase their EP is at Difontaine Records and Tapes, the most unreliable online store in the world. You can order it if you really want to but you're unlikely to ever receive it. Lets hope that this gets a wider release in the near future cos 'Cooley High' really are very good.
For more info on the band, check out Cooley High Online.
AM60 - ALWAYS MUSIC SIXTY
Released: June 2002
The Songs:
1. Summertime Girlfriend
2. Just A Dream
3. Big As The Sky
4. Always Muic 60
5. We Belong Together
6. Bus
7. Tonite's The Nite
8. You You You
9. Girl For Me
10. Eat Alone, Die Alone
11. She Follows The Sun
12. Phat Girl
13. Long Way From Home
14. Treble, Bass and Midrange
15. Watching The Sun Go Down
- This is one of Mackie's other bands. He also writes on two tracks, 'Phat Girl' and 'Always Music 60' - which sounds just a little bit like an FLC song. The rest of the album is absolutely brilliant even though the sound's pretty basic - simple catchy melodies are the band's forte. This is one of the best summer albums I've heard in a long while.
Best Tracks: Summertime Girlfriend, We Belong Together, Tonite's The Nite
NEEDLEDROP - TURN ON, TUNE IN, DROP OUT
Released: 2003
The Songs:
1. All Night Long
2. Murder
3. Strange
4. Up In Smoke
5. Feels Like
6. Just
- This is Steve's new band, which can be roughly described as Morcheeba meets Garbage with a little FLC thrown into the mixture. Blissfully chilled-out beats with a cool female vocal.
The EP is available now to buy for £4.99 from Difontaine.net or from the band's official site, Needledrop NYC.
DJ MATEO & DJ BOMBJACK PRESENT NEW YORK, NEW YORK PART 1
Released: 9th September 2003
The Songs:
1. Intro
2. Nas - It Ain't Hard To Tell (Remix)
3. Boogie Down Productions - My Philosophy
4. Brand Nubian - Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down
5. Black Moon - How Many MCs (Remix)
6. You Are Now Listening To... (Interlude)
7. Clipse - When The Last Time
8. Jurassic 5 - What's Golden
9. M.O.P. - On The Run
10. Blaspheming Barry (Interlude)
11. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Too Hot
12. East Is In The House (Interlude)
13. Notorious B.I.G. - One More Chance (Remix)
14. Marley Marl - Droppin' Science
15. Gang Starr - The ? Remainz
16. 50 Cent - In Da Club (Remix)
17. Back To Da Old Skool (Interlude)
18. D'Angelo - Devil's Pie
19. Dogg Pound - Ridin', Slipin' And Slidin'
20. Dr Dre - Let's Get High
21. Gang Starr - Just To Get A Rep
22. Jay-Z - Parking Lot Pimpin'
23. Beatnuts - We Got The Funk
24. Eric B. & Rakim - Eric B Is President
25. Audio Two - Top Billin'
26. Biz Markie - Make The Music With Your Mouth, Biz (OG Version)
27. Slick Rick - La Di Da Di
28. What If..? (Interlude)
29. A Tribe Called Quest - Everything Is Fair
30. Nextmen - Amongst The Madness
31. Mysterme - Unsolved Mysterme
32. Snoop Dogg - From Da Chuurch To Da Palace
33. Nas - Made You Look
34. Snap!
35. Billy Joel - New York State Of Mind (Outro)
- This fantastic mix cd (previously only available at FLC shows in September 2003) from the FLC tour djs is now available to buy exclusively (for a limited time only) from Difontaine.net. Look out for Part 2: coming soon.