Chequers - Hard TimesChequers' ultra rare 1983 electro boogie 45 'Hard Times', backed with the equally stellar 'If You Want My Love', sees it's first ever reissue courtesy of Freestyle Records!

This Parisian funk band

I think the process for this album has helped me create a more rich and emotionally complex body of work than I have managed before

heavy-hitting drums and a stellar groove

Original Man still lives up to its title

because we all need to escape in our lives at some point

we'd used a TR-808 for the drums

For reference

On the contemporary R&B inspired lead single "Quero Dizer" - produced by Berle and long-time friend and collaborator Batata Boy - the swirling

With A Hammer sees Yaeji contending with a lifetime’s worth of both societal and self-imposed repression

While he’s been active in the scene for over 20 years

synth-thetic psychedelia

Bob Marlette (Black Sabbath