Marvin Gaye
A Funky Space Reincarnation

"Magic Lover" by Aura Recognize this one? You might, since it's one of the first tracks on the DJ Muro Hawaiian Breaks mix. Whatever beat the band kicks off, Hawaiian funk group Aura struts its prowess in cutting instant dance floor classics. "Magic Lover" is no exception. I love this track because it showcases what each member of Aura has to offer, from the dirty bass lines to the brassiest horn section in Hawaii. What keeps me fascinated by Aura is local music scene columnist John Berger, who wrote in 2003: "The name change to Aura took place in 1984 when a local record producer convinced them, as Christine Mendoza put it, "That the name Nomads wasn't going to go over." The resulting recordings -- a single and an album -- didn't capture the group's proven power and pop chart potential , but the name stuck."

Following Ben UFO and Four Tet’s selections last year, Hunee helms volume three which includes three tracks, this time including music from Digital Justice, Dorothy Ashby and Frantz Tuernal. First press comes with a folded A2 insert with words from and about the artists.In his own words : "These three distinct pieces of music tap into different layers of my memory. One being part of the imagination, the other two rooted in the memories of a special morning in the woods of Houghton (and other times and places).On one side we have a beatless ecstatic piece of electronic music by Digital Justice called Theme From “It’s All Gone Pearshaped. Originally released in 1994 on Rob Gretton’s (ex-manager of Joy Division and New Order) label Robs Records, Pearshaped is a 13 minute live jam from two friends messing around in a loft studio full of synths, inadvertently creating magic that can “take many shapes and forms in the hands of a DJ and the movement of a dance floor, whilst its harmonic counterpoint shines through the wildest mixes and combinations”On the flip, we have Dorothy Ashby’s spiritual piece featuring Koto and spoken word “For Some We Loved” from her classic album “The Rubaiyat Of Dorothy Ashby” originally released in 1970 on Cadet and Frantz Tuernal’s “Koultans originally released in 1986 by l’AMEP (Association Martiniquaise d’enseignement Populaire) which was also a school in Martinique.