Oh, Manchester, So Much To Answer For

Only one record worthy of particular note in this week's UK singles chart - after a 20-year career which has produced some huge landmarks across the diaspora of dance music (from techno to house to turntablism), most notably "King of the Beats" (indie kids: it's sampled in Beck's "Where It's At"; hiphoppers: it's sampled in nearly anything before '98), Kurtis Mantronik has his first-ever top 40 single in the UK this week with "How Did You Know," a gorgeous slab of string-laden house featuring vocals from Chamonix. Tres scrumptuous.