It was always going to be good, but… Brixton in the freezing cold, trudge trudge trudge. I was already fairly boxed before I got there, which turned out to be exactly the right state to be in for the rest of the night… Dubversion up to his usual tricks on the decks, warming the place …
David Rodigan played the new Congo Natty tune on his Kiss FM show on Sunday night. Prince Lincoln from the Royal Rasses features. I was quite surprised to hear Roddy playing jungle. He is someone it is impossible to over-rate, in my book and it’s symptom of what wrong with the world that Kiss have …
Avid readers of my comments boxes will note my eternal blagging of CDs off people is beginning to bear fruit. Greg has sorted me out with an excellent compilation of “meditative” tunes. Some excellent tracks including some great female vocal cuts (Lovejoys, Real Eyes meets Sister Gloria) more trad stuff (Stranger Cole, Viceroys, Maytals) and …
“People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.” Raoul Vaneigem – The Revolution of Everyday Life “Meaningful action, for revolutionaries, is whatever increases the confidence, …
By the end of 2001 I’d completely fallen under the spell of Rhythm & Sound’s Burial Mix incarnation. There was something so perfect about those 10″ releases – exactly the correct intersection between the dreamy end of dub and techno. I played them over and over, scanned the web for more information. And tried to …
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