Jungle - Busy Earning

As the weather in Britain eases up this week a new song is released by Jungle, which sounds really triumphant and invokes hazy days of summer, which will be around the corner. They have a sound which is now very identifiable. It sounds like a 70's soundtrack in the beats and the fact a number of them seem to be singing the vocals. It's really funky, but in a really laid-back way.

Who exactly they are is another question, which isn't exactly answered by the 20 or so people in the publicity photo on this track. But who cares anyway!

Redlight feat. Lotti - 36

Redlight is a producer from Bristol, England who has made some of the most interesting tracks in the past few years. My favourite was "Lost in Your Love", closely followed by a banger he produced for Mz Bratt called "Selecta". His music is a mixture of UK Funky, House and Garage. His new track "36" is taken from a forthcoming EP of the same name, which will be released on 10th March.

It is a classic sounding dance track with 1980's type of sounds involved, from the bassline, to the drums and the robotic man in the chorus saying "36,000 Thousand Feet". For me the strength of Redlight has always been that he has melded sweet female voices with great bass-sounding instrumentals and Lotti's vocals on this one are no exception.

Klaxons - Children of the Sun

The Klaxons have released the second part of their double A side single and it is called "Children of the Sun". The thing I find really interesting about this track is that it was produced by Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers. There's a strong glam rock stomp type of feel that pulsates through the track. It's got a great melody on it and has that Klaxons vocal style to it, but here it sounds like a call to arms, rather than a melodious daydream. Klaxons probably lost a bit of heat after their second album, but this feels exciting again. Different, but exciting!