Crowhead - The Bends ft Niko
Crowhead - Best Kept Secret ft Rusty P's
Crowhead is Christian Wood, previously monikered The Nudge.  Crowhead is a DJ and sample genius from the extended family surrounding Fat City and late Grand Central Recordings.  Crowhead is absolutely wonderful and you’d better be listening while you read this.   His album Born With Teeth is out now and defies easy stereotyping, incorporating an early 80s palette that includes vintage synths, clever genre hopping, and effortless connecting of hiphop’s New York roots and Britain’s breakbeat rave culture.  “The Bends” channels post-punk and electrofunk sounds to great effect and features guest vocals by label-mate Niko, who’s delightful “You’re So Boring” is worth a listen or 10.  “Best Kept Secret (I Guess)” nicks a couple of clever samples that I’ll let you trainspot on your own and recruits Milwaukee hiphop heroes Rusty P’s for a pretty impressive guest appearance and one of the strongest lyrical tracks on the album.  And, for some reason, this little treat is hidden towards the end that I’m reviving the bonus beats tradition for.
Crowhead - Super 8-Bit Disco
Stop mucking about, Woody.  I demand a real arcade jam record from you.