My visits to the latitudes, leaving parcels of goodness at your door are getting fewer and farther between. If I keep going at this rate, l’ll soon be as illusive and as Father Christmas (though with a less predictable timetable) and with the way my belly’s swelling that red suit’s going to fit too.

As mentioned in our excuses for a quiet week last week we’ve got other things on our minds, one of which is spending less time with other people’s new music and more with our own.

This track which I came across whilst scuffing my toes on the internet the other day is kind of a prime example of the ensuing dilemma, its really, really great and this time last year I’d be going loop-de-loop crazy over it and resetting my ringtone - but much like the Wire has ruined regular tv for me by being too too awesome - so has living with one half of London’s greatest assault on boogie.

Tippy Toes seem to be the latest incarnation of New York supergroup with various members of DFA affiliates, Hercvles and Love Affair, LCD Soundsystem and Santogold spreading their funk around with sometime vocals from comedian Reggie Watts. There’s little else to be known about them, except this; that should Ulysses 82 get their ventilated, Kevlar driving gloves on this little beauty - I can only imagine how much more fantastic it would sound.

Like I said, its already great, and sure it’s already furnished with a lilting, heavy-heavy bassline, tremolo guitar, sweeping string, afro drum sound, psyche scrawl and something which sounds like the best noise i’ve heard out of an atari in years but let John-Baptiste and Je Suis C loose on this baby and who knows what damage it could wreak.

(Ulysses 82 get are set to get your groove jumping at Favela Chic (London) tonight, come down and support the revolutions)

Tippy Toes - Massive Mastif