An interesting podcast about the New Cross fire, which includes documentary spoken word (both archival and new) and music: Some of the music is taken from the Lovers Rock mix I did with Paul Meme. I find this recontextualisation very interesting (and saddening). These tunes may have been the last sounds that 13 of the …
Large Up » Cockney & Yardie: Heatwave 2010 UK Bashment Update Great round up for London dancehall runnings from Gabriel Heatwave with lots of photos and youtube business. There’s loads going on and this made me feel completely out of touch! Which means lots of lovely new stuff to check out, so that’s fine by …
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FOOTSIE – RASTAMAN PICKNEY EP [CLICK COVER TO DOWNLOAD FOR FREE] | Newham Generals Official Website. Well, looks like grime is still full of surprises! Most of the CDs I’ve checked recently have been too much on the vocoder/funky tip, but there’s still a ton of interesting things happening under the surface. In the last …
With characteristic good taste, Jonny Mugwump booked Ekoplekz and Hacker Farm for his Exotic Pylon show on Resonance FM last Saturday. Ekoplekz was formerly known as Gutterbreakz (my review of his debut CD here). Hacker Farm are also known as Kid Shirt and Farmer Glitch. They were accompanied by a bevvy of minders, including Low …
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Pressure Beat Volume 1 – Jogib & Pressure Beat Labels by Coldsweat on Mixcloud (Nice bit of early reggae including some alternate versions of anthems. Good for hungover mornings) Why Delila’s HDD Mix by Hipsters Dont Dance (Big Bashy bashment throwdown. Good for housework / getting ready to go out / pounding the mean streets). …
Musik Line: Ras Kush: Sound of Brooklyn. Absolutely awesome interview with Ras Kush about reggae in New York covering everything from the connections with hip hop, soundsystems, Wackies the underdog, Super Cat, Jammyland, binghi sessions and black consciousness. And also the long reach of sleng teng, Jah Shaka and Xterminator from overseas. Essential reading and …
Yeah it’s a bit incessant but there are so few releases right now that really excite me I’m going to roll with this for a bit! The Hyperdub bash at the weekend was awesome, lots of nice people, lots of chat and catching up. Bit too rammed, great soundsystem. King Midas Sound came on around …