June 6, 2012First time we’ve both been in the studio live in months, last Monday’s show was a proper mixture of new and older plates from both our bags. Definite highlights with a joint from the forthcoming Throwing Snow record (who’s christening his new label Snowfall with three of his own original tracks and a Gold Panda remix – more on that…
May 30, 2012Having launched with a pretty amazing night last month, Special Request are coming together live once more at ? Bar for a Lovebox after party. This prompts me to care about the actual day even less if I’m being honest, it’s all about the after-party. Now evolved in to a beast of a user-run group, Special Request is bringing out…
May 22, 2012Going solo for the last time on NTS, had a mad live radio session. Mostly new joints from the likes of Poborsk, Violet Shaped, Suum Cuique and Peaking Lights we also went through some classics from Sweet Exorcist and Boo Williams. Despite his absence Paul also managed to hook me with a tape rip of Laurel Halo from last year,…
May 10, 2012Genius offering from Paul Ackroyd, who’s got concepts (and records to back them up) for days. Under the Kamikaze guise he’s thrown together a mix dedicated to the wonderful game of snooker, coinciding with him watching pretty much every frame of the World Championship which ended this weekend past. Incidentally I’ll be round to his to raid for his…
May 3, 2012First time in a month or so Paul and I have been in the same room to record an NTS show for a while – this one recorded a few days early – creating a nice clash of electronic music future classics and older bits we’ve not had the chance to play yet. Mika Vainio, Moritz Von Oswald, Redshape and…
April 20, 2012Apologies for the delay between sessions, we’ve all been mad busy lately now that we’re collectively doing crazy amounts of radio and a release a month. On that tip out to all who supported on the ‘Riego Street’ plate which dropped about a fortnight ago. Still a few of the limited plates kicking about for those that slept. Well worth…
April 19, 2012Unfortunately due to some technical issues there’s no recorded archive for Monday’s NTS show, but as we had a blast and busted through some of our favourite records we thought we’d get the tracklist up anyhow. Out to all who locked, big ups and thanks for listening. Kamikaze will be fully repaired for the next show, and now that we’re…
April 4, 2012Big ups NTS, one year old today and already changing the game. All the heads involved from the start deserve mass respect, and we’re stoked to be a part of it, if only a handful of shows deep. If you missed the recent article in The Wire it’s worth a read, a nice summary from Femi on the previous 12…
March 24, 2012Many years ago, heavily in to my boom-bap record collecting and short-run turntablism phase I had the pleasure of meeting DJ Nu-Mark, who was touring Oz with J5 for Power In Numbers. Here’s a brief transcript, taking place while he was signing my mixer for me. DJ Nu-Mark: So you’re in to scratching? Me: Yeah. DJ Nu-Mark: Turntablism’s dead. No…
March 14, 2012Two hours of audio goodness for the Awkward Movements rotation, including a belated peek at the Planet Mu juke compilation Bangs & Works Vol. 2 – The Best Of Chicago Footwork, new stuff from Frak, Ugandan Methods and Ital, a couple of Hispanic things, a Porter Ricks repress, and a whole load more besides… DJ Rashad & DJ Manny –…