Niceness in the place – from the moment we entered Paul Meme got overexcited because Loefah was doing the door. After Paul’s finished bigging him up we head inside to find Sgt Pokes laying down a fine fine roots set including the Mighty Diamonds, Dennis Brown and Johnny Clarke. He’s clearly having a Good Time …
Some great updates on Kevin Martin’s crucial project The Bug. First off Rephlex are finally going to release the Razor-X “Killing Sound” compilation at the end of February. It’s a double set with one disc of vocals from Cutty Ranks, Daddy Freddy, Warrior Queen and a load more, and one disc of versions. Some of …
H I N O E U M A the M A L E D I C T I O N proudly presents: A rare and special line up! A festival of industrial music, experimental noise, power electronics and conceptual music art with some of the best artists in the field coming from the old and …
Gladdy Wax and friend throw down some TUNES at Springfield Park festival. It’s not bad having one of London’s best reggae shops in walking distance of my flat, but it’s even better having the owner selecting in the local park. And yes, those legendary gloves were out in full force. Rumours as to their providence …
And: Grup Nehir (Turkish Kurdish) Slims Cyder Co. (Swamp Sounds) Dirty Love (Hackney Punx) Section 11 (Cuban Sounds) Peace Not War Hip Hop Collective Hangout Entertainment Showcase MDV (aka One Style) (Roots) And DJ Maccaroni on Main Stage Plus Stalls/Kids rides/dodgems To celebrate the Centenary of the Park opening in 1905.
I’d been banging on to everyone about how great LFO Demon’s “Rave for Communism” single is for ages and ages so I was well chuffed to see that he was on the bill at Sick and Twisted. It’s impossible to overstate the importance of the night in providing a regular well-organised platform for this sort …
The back end of my holiday was spent at the Big Chill at Eastnor. I always have mixed feelings about festivals, really. I think maybe it’s because they are supposed to be relaxing in some way (getting away from yer cities and work) but they actually provide such a bewildering amount of stuff to do …
I’ve managed to blag a dj slot in the Big Chill bar near Brick Lane on Sunday afternoon. Given the name, I reckon I’ll be playing laid back, summery, dubby stuff rather than mashed up DJ Scud breakcore. This means I’ll have a chance to chat with people instead of exercising my infamous turntable cack-handery. …
Kid Shirt on Mark Stewart and Acid Mothers Temple in Bristol (not together, sadly). With photos. Infinite Thought on Whitehouse and ATP. With a dash of the old ultra-violence, my young malchickies. Plus also see plugs in the comment box below for the Maffia Bristol set being broadcast on Resonance and a forthcoming Ceramic Hobs …