Wowzaaaa! I just fished this outta my PO box and’ve DJ-ed it at three parties in the last week and not once did it escape multiple plays – and even folks who don’t know… go nuts-o.

I’ll just come right out and say not only that “Jamskate” is the uncontested jam of the summer thus far, but also one of my absolute favorite contemporary musical acts’ finest recorded moments to date. While Quintron’s always released interesting material, even in his earliest experimental phase, and wound up churning out more than a few supreme dance tracks (years later, “9th Ward Breakdown” still emerges from my crate!), most of his past brilliance has been in regards to his role as a distinct stylist, conceptualist, dynamic live showman, general party-rocker, and, in the case of one of the 1990s top recordings, a sideman (the infamous 9 songs with The Oblivians). But, as Quintron and Ms. Pussycat’s most recent, and poppiest full-length, 2005’s Swamp Tech, illustrates, Mr. Q has also developed into quite the songwriter/arranger a long the way. As in the obvious hit from that LP, “Swamp Buggy Badass,” “Jamskate” pours his trademark sound, raw animal energy, and imagination into tighter more traditional mold – but this time adorned even more super-sonic goodies, and a more distinctive vocal melody. Like much of his best work, the beat is totally relentless and, as always, the analog earsugar is irresistible – an audio King Cake sans the baby. Lyrically a first person account of the jamskating subculture, one in which roller skaters perform dance-steps on wheels (more on jamskating here), the title track is evocative of roller euphoria in 2/4 time. Quintron’s mighty B3 in relation to this subject, perhaps unintentionally, also evokes the now somewhat prehistorically obscure roller-skating organ musical genre. My vote for the lovely and infamous Big Easy Rollergirls’ official theme (you heard me Dana)… “Jamskating yeah!”

The EP, Quintron’s first proper Rhinestone Records release, dressed up bootleg style with Xerox copies glued to the front and back cover, additionally features a boss instrumental mix of the title track, a killer-diller cover of “Drug Problem” by King Louie’s Kajun SS, a portrait of post-Katrina New Orleans “Wild West,” and a charming skit to round up this package which captures this veteran artist in his absolute prime. Powerful stuff….

DJs and fans oughtta snatch this l’il party saver up ASAP ‘cause he only dished out a 500 edition. Q also has it available for download online for the masses.

you can get copies at Quintron and Ms. Pussycat’s gift shop