Albums that everyone reading this must own: The Bug – London Zoo (Ninja Tune) Naphta – Long Time Burning (The Fear) Kevin’s album has deservedly torn up the end of year polls. Brilliant to see him getting some recognition at last – hopefully this can act as a calling card for UK soundsystem-inspired musics and …
History is made at night: Datacide in Berlin – Neil’s account of the conference and party. Matt B has moved his Idle Thoughts For Idle Moments blog to a new location. Check it out and you will find a dub mix, a nice tribute to UK Dub Stalwart Martin Campbell, and Matt’s commentary on his extraordinary contribution …
You’ve all been caning the “London Zoo” album, right? One of the releases of 2008 in this house, for sure. Full review from me in the soon come Woofah 3. Interesting feature in the new downloadable Xlr8r mag with Kevin, Warrior Queen and Flowdan. Ganja/Flying single now out on mp3 and 12″ via Ninjatune. Ganja …
Datacide is a magazine which emerged out of the more political techno subcultures in Europe in the 1990s. It has been characterized as a breakcore magazine but its sonic spectrum also covers industrial, speedcore, ragga jungle, dubstep, mash ups etc. But it is the political and cultural aspects which are most interesting for me – they …
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I got a bunch of free records off my friend Aphasic about two years ago, all of which were great and some of which ended up getting played on RSI Radio volume 2. A couple of them were so mental they had to be played towards the end. Of those, Toe Cutter was arguably the …
Have your earplugs at the ready as Stevie Chick traces the parallel lives of two furious, noisy and inspirational musicians: Justin Broadrick and Kevin Martin – aka Jesu and the Bug (thanks to Melissa for the tip off) ReynoldsRetro: Mark Stewart ReynoldsRetro: Godflesh ReynoldsRetro: God/Terminal Cheesecake
Ah, The Cramps. The cooler kids at school all seemed to get into them at exactly the same time, flashing their records about and drawing that classic logo on their bags. It looked like my interest in punk and obsessive viewing of b&w re-runs of The Munsters and Addams Family all wrapped up in a …