October 3, 2017The final part of Jimmy Monsta Funk’s 2016 series – proper house, proper floor vibes proper deck skills. Digging through his vinyl purchases of last year Monsta Funk has put together a series of mixes to wrap it all together, broken off in to 80 minute sessions going straight from wax to mixer to recorder. This is part 4 of…
September 30, 2017Kieron aka Charity Queen has been missing from radio – and our general radar (with the exception of the occasional 3rd party ‘Hello’ delivered via Paul) – for the last six years. In fact, I daresay Charity Queen presents A Chronology of Electroacoustic and Electronic Music was one of the last recordings he threw up before the self-imposed hibernation. It’s…
September 23, 2017And here we are at Part 3 of 4 of ‘You Asked For It’ – Jimmy Monsta Funk playing wax selected exclusively from his record purchases of 2016. If you missed the first installments you can catch up below. Well worth doing as each part throws up a totally different slant on how the year played out release wise, from…
September 17, 2017Having moved about 4000 records to a third house in three years I’m getting ready to concede that there is a possibility that my wife and parents are right, I’m never going to listen to them all again. And that’s sad, because although I’d consider myself equal parts collector and selector, records are meant to be played. Like a lot…
September 14, 2017Stoked to be presenting the second instalment of Jimmy Monsta Funk’s 2016 wrap-up. Drawing on his record purchasers from last year exclusively he’s handed us a five hour vinyl rundown split across four parts. If you missed the first part last week you can check it out here: https://awkmo.co/jmfs-you-asked-for-it-part-1-paid-the-cost/ Episode 2 is ‘Stranger Things Have Happened‘ – appropriately kicking off…
September 8, 2017Hazar! The Dead Albatross Music Prize has officially rolled around for 2017! The season for the award show launched on Wednesday night with Paul Ackroyd aka Kamikaze announcing this year’s shortlist inside a three-hour special on Reel Rebels Radio. For the uninitiated the Dead Albatross Music Prize was kicked off by Paul in 2013 to recognise the best records to…
September 1, 2017We’ve been sitting on this for way too long. Back about two months ago Jimmy Monsta Funk delivered us over five hours of 2016 records, split across four mixes. Well worth the wait though, as he’s on point as always with curation and skills. You Asked For It is drawn for JMF’s own collection of vinyl purchases across 2016, and the sectioning…
June 23, 2017DJ Shadow continues to kill it with a new monthly residency on Los Angeles mainstay KCRW 89.9 FM. Giving us two-hours the first Saturday of each month, the Bay Area record digger, DJ and beat maker manages to not only live up to his legendary status but surpass any expectation even the hardest fan of Entroducing might’ve had. We’re three shows…
June 6, 2017Jimmy Monsta Funk and Kamikaze (Paul Ackroyd) hooked up for a heavy session last weekend. Two of my favourite record collections that I ever had the chance of digging through belong to these two, with proper skills in selecting too. You know you’re in for madness when The Caretaker is only two tracks in front of Gravediggaz, Scientist is back-t0-back with…
April 19, 2017Along with the rest of the music world we’re saddened to hear of the passing of Mika Vainio. It was Paul Ackroyd / Kamikaze who introduced me to him many years ago, and he remained a constant in our shows and records we’d play each other. Paul’s put together a fitting three hour tribute to the Mika, may he rest in…