Magic Black Plastic Volume 9 - Danny Howells (Pre-order)

You can’t keep a good man down. Or should that be, you can’t keep a God man shut down? Er, no it shouldn’t actually – we don’t need to resort to painful punnery or woeful wordplay here (much as we like a lighthearted diversion or two in this crazy old world). This is DANNY HOWELLS we be talking about – you know it’s gonna be beyond essential, you just want us to tell you how far beyond, and why.
 
GodSexy (the best unused track title in Prince’s sadly now dormant Future Titles notebook) throbs and bounces in all the right places. Positively sprightly whilst also oozing depth, it unveils itself layer after beautiful layer. In true Howells style, it sits alone and imperious in a world above and beyond mere genres, sonically cerebral yet simultaneously 100% dancefloor ready. Urgently uplifting, inspirationally intense.
 
Shut Down is House Heaven meets Danny Does Disco in characteristically off-kilter (and peerless) fashion. Driven by a twisted percussive loop and a seductive vocal sample, aided and abetted by hypnotically funky guitar licks and lush chords that duck and dive like the (original) Artful Dodger, it’s all about the tension between analogue evangelism and digital futurism. Yowsah.
 
Hotrocks, your bonus vinyl only offering, will have you heading through the door marked ‘Magic Black Plastic’ at a rate of techno-infused knots. This is serious heads down business, a rave monster, Joey Beltram and Patrick Cowley’s mystery lovechild. Blistering, breathless, bounteous, bloomin’ brilliant.

Release date: 9 October 2026