Slow Dance from Martinus Klemet on Vimeo.

First mail of the year comes from King Deluxe who sent us this lovely Rome & Juliet / West Side Story style animation by Martinus Klemet. The track used is Calvin Cardioid's 'Slow Dance', a King Deluxe release from 2011.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Suiting video for this track as it would provide the perfect soundtrack for a night time drive through the city. Why not try it out, and if you don't drive or live in the city then just sit in a friends car, play the video on an iPad and place it on the dashboard. Definitely intend to keep an eye on Tyson McVey (Neneh Cherry's daughter) and Shaun Savage aka PANES.

For various (often unexplainable) reasons, there are very few people that have gotten up my nose more than Jehst in the last 10 years and I'm surprised to be posting a video of his, but I'm feeling this tune and Project Mooncircle remain one of the best labels of the year. Besides, it's all love here and minor irritations should never get in the way of spreading good music.

Bambooman has been a fringes favourite of ours for a while now but London based Segilola is a new artist for us, one we're more than grateful to King Deluxe for introducing us to and releasing this stunning single, due out in the new year.

Hoping that the rest of her tracks and production choices stand up to this, certainly look forwards to hearing more.

Been listening to a stunning new album from Débruit, a long time favourite of this blog, and Sudanese-born singer Alsarah. This is a perfect little taster to the kind of delights you might find inside.

Paul White has been on fire recently, working with rappers such as Danny Brown, Homeboy Sandman, and Sean Price. Bit slow on this video by the looks of it but it's from his collaboration with one of our favourite Grime emcees.

Computer Jay "Binary Fix"(Ft. Orfeo) from Computer Jay on Vimeo.

F**k what you think you know....Computer Jay is the future of the Funk.