A1 Jabru Ft. Joshua Idehen - Last Days of Rome A2 Jabru Ft. Joshua Idehen - Last Days of Rome (Hodge Remix) AA1 Blacksmif - Gavelock AA2 Juno Sutton & MTD - Solace State Showing no signs of slowing down from their 2012 efforts (two EP’s including tracks from Hackman, Blacksmif, Jabru, Juno Sutton, MTD, and Dutty Dan), Paradise Club Recordings offer up the first taste of things to come from the label in 2013. This time on limited edition 12" vinyl and digital, the 3rd multi-artist/genre EP kicks off in a surprising direction with ‘Last Days of Rome’ by Jabru (Bruh Jackman/Sound of the Cosmos) featuring the poetic vocal talents of Joshua Idehen (Benin City/LV). A melodically spiced sluggish groove, with an almost neo-dancehall rhythm, sets the perfect backdrop for Idehen’s masterfully narrated journey into a night out you’ll never forget. Administering the perfect antidote in remix form, Bristol’s Hodge (Outboxx/Deadplate/Idle Hands) ups the tempo a notch and delivers a hand crafted raw hitter that smacks so hard it should really come with a standard issue neck brace. On the flip Londoner Blacksmif (BlahBlahBlah/Synchronicty) serves up his welcome second contribution to the label in the shape of ‘Gavelock’. A gloriously uplifting garage tipped house number that builds through rolling percussion and Blacksmif’s almost trademark layers of rich synth and vocal textures, to a wall of sound finale that should have even the coldest of toes tapping. Closing out the wax is 4x4 funk workout ‘Solace State’ by Juno Sutton & MTD. Both artists featured on T.Williams’ recent ‘Rinse21’ CD compilation have tracks forthcoming on Huxley’s Saints & Sonnets as well as Williams’ own new imprint and so if this jacking slice of 80’s tinged bass cake is anything to go by, then the future looks very bright indeed for these two newcomers.