Every week we get the Bodytonic crew to pick out their favourite tunes of the week. Some pick classics and some pick brand new releases. Here are our picks for this chilly October week...

Welcome to our brand new feature where every week we get the Bodytonic crew to pick out their favourite tunes of the week. Its pretty simple. Some pick classics and some pick brand new releases. We'll try and provide you with a link to a sample or a store where you can buy them too. Here are our picks for this chilly October week:

Ru

Future Beat Investigators - Duk [Raw Fusion Rec]

Duk...Duk! Duk! Duk! More octane action out of Sweden on Raw Fusion Records from the Future Beat Investigators. Driving bass lines and synths from the Finish trio lays out a deep and groovy original. The flip sees Sonar Kollektiv's Dixon lay down a lifting and upfront remix that will get that floor moving and grooving and duk'n.

Jon Averill

Still Going - Still Going Theme

While DFA concentrate on their new 'Death From Abroad' Label they managed to sneak this out on their original imprint, it's a really basic disco track based on a 3 note piano motif, that's pretty much it! It sounds simple - and it is - but it sounds instantly classic.

John Mahon

Kenny Dope and Terry Hunter present Mass Destruction - Monopoly

A dark mind fuck of a track with off kilter stabs, abrasive percussion and snare rolls and a jaysus load of hi hats. Is it techno, is it house? The Kenny Dope mix is the one for my money, keeping all the best bits but with a punchier house kick.

Michael Black

Tony Allen - Kilode (Carl Craig Remix) [Honest Johns]

Taken from Tony Allen's "Lagos No Shaking" LP, Carl Craig delivers an absolute epic for Honest John's. This rework opens with Allen's Afro-beat drumming and a minimal synth riff which is then sweetened by Yoruba soul woman Yinka Davies' passionate soul vocals. The tension continues to build until a spoken African vocal appears and the kick drum kicks in, followed by THE bassline of the year. This is a versatile release that can straddle many genres and is already a massive Delicious Mix sessions fave.

Tayor

Imada - Cubatecha [Hi-Bias Records]

Taken from the brillant 'Wild Tapes from Bahia & Playground Do Brazil' album, Cubatecha is one of the more up-tempo numbers on this varied collection of sun-drenched jazz, soul, latin and house. If you wanna forget that winter's on its way, check this album out, it will take you somewhere else. A warm and happy place no less...

Conor L

Earl Bennett - Alright [Strictly Rhythm]

Mid 90s piano house tracks are always a funny thing. For most, they will evoke one of two things: Sharon and Tracy dancing around the handbags down the local Ritz, or an inspiring snapshot of NY when Times Square was still seedy, Junior Vasquez was good and and the scene there was still vibrant. Fortunately this one falls into the latter category. With all the recent hoo haa over Defected acquiring the rights to the Strictly Rhythm back catalogue, I thought I'd select a classic from their glory days which hasn't been heard a million times before. Alright by Earl Bennett is an uplifting soulful piano driven monster which, from its opening piano riff and soaring vocals right through to the arrival of its throbbing bassline and lush strings is guaranteed to fire up any dancefloor and, as the opening vocal commands, make you 'wave your hands in the air, if you believe'. Well Earl, I believe! :D

Nic James

DJ Blaqstarr - Shake It To The Ground (Claude Von Stroke Remix)

Baltimore's DJ Blaqstarr has a new release on Diplo's Mad Decent label. The original is pretty hot but it's the hipster's dream remix package from Switch, Santogold, Drop the Lime and Claude Von Stroke that should be getting you excited. Von Stroke moves away from his usual sound to serve up a slow building but funky baltimore club remix. Get it on the 12" or hunt it down on the blogs.

Genie

Akala – Electro Livin’ [Illastate Records]

This was originally released in July as a sampler to Akala’s new album, Freedom Lasso, but the album itself only hit the market a few days ago. The track is a poundin' old skool electro / hip hop affair, dropping in and out of a grinding 4/4 beat, with dirty stabs that would be hard enough to get nu rave kids going. Akala, the self proclaimed ‘Black Shakespeare’ (and little brother of UK Garage and r’n’b singer Ms. Dynamite) , keeps the lyrics highly conscious and muses on how western culture completely revolves around electronics and quick fixes. Freestylers collaborator, Reza Safinia, produced this tune and the rest of the album.

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