February 9, 2011Since we first chatted in Melbourne in 2006, I’ve been following Oddisee with a constant look of awe. Or at least trying to follow him. The underground producer / artist / label runner and hip-hop historian remains an important link to the worldwide scene for anyone in to beats, rhymes or digging. If you’re not on his mailing list, drop…
February 1, 2011You’ve got to love the creative mind. Where “send me ten releases that you liked from the last 12 months” somehow turned in to Jimmy Monstafunk sending us the names of his favourite news stories of the year, Daojia sending honorable mentions that haven’t yet been released, and now over a month later, in the case of Lorca, the delivery…
January 19, 2011It was tragic news to hear of the passing of Trish Keenan on the 14th of January. Talking to people about it, I’m genuinely impressed by the stories they recall of seeing Broadcast live at some dingy venue or another, talking of a uniquely moving performance imprinted in their memory. I regret I never took the opportunity to see them…
January 17, 2011Back after a decent hiatus for the festive season, Awkward Movements Sessions returns with myself on decks, dropping a load of plates I’ve been rinsing live and in discussion with others. Shouts to JCT at If, Phonica family, BM Soho and Jimmy Monstafunk who’ve been putting me on to a load of tunes lately. We’ve been busy queing up big…
January 15, 2011If you’ve got an ear on the electronic music scene no doubt you’re getting more and more familiar with Throwing Snow aka Ross Tones, the first signing to Alex Nut‘s imprint, Hotep. Since that wax debut, his remixes for Gold Panda and Cloud have cemented him as an in demand composer and one of the most interesting producers on the…
January 2, 2011This is too dope. For 200 weeks now regular heads over at the Stones Throw forums have been hosting their own weekly beat battles – the STMB Beat Battles. That’s over 7 years of user run and moderated beat competitions, open to anyone to participate and vote on. via Stones Throw 1/1/11 marks the start of the 200th weekly beat…
December 3, 2010Jacked from our friends at Man Make Music who’s mailout put us on to it, Gimme 5 – Russia’s future music community – have thrown up a new mix for issue #27, and it’s a big one. Hessle Audio co-founder and don of a dj Ben UFO grabs the reins, and packs out 40 odd minutes of tune with some…
November 25, 2010It’s been way too long since we’ve had the man known as Raynulds on decks, as he’s been busy holding it down on Innacity FM with his partner in crime Jambie as well as flying solo with Man Make Music crew. Dude keeps busy no doubt. Finally serving up new show for Awkward Movements Sessions on Samurai.fm, it’s been well…
November 18, 2010It was early days working at Phonica when I first heard Marcellus Pittman. Not coming from a house background, Erase The Pain on the 12″ of the same name on Fit Records blew my mind in a new way. I remember on first listen I thought it hadn’t been mastered properly or something, not used to a Detroit sound that…
November 11, 2010One of the best sessions I’ve had the pleasure of curating for a while, with Dodger Man‘s ‘Classics…‘ mix running loose for about 40 minutes of the show. With all the chat recently on the brief history and evolving life of bass music the time seemed right for him to drop it – and it’s even bigger than we expected…