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October 15, 2018

John Robinson – ‘Rhythms, Jazz and Politics’ Cassette [Beatvizion Music]

Rhythms, Jazz and Politics has been my go to instrumental beat-tape since John Robinson dropped it on us back in August. Straying away from obvious uses of samples, the ability to deconstruct a track and reinvent it while keeping it’s original feeling in tact is something that separates the generic sounding from the classics. Rhythms… is straight classic. It’s beats that still send shivers downy our back, that we love and miss, and you can’t help but be drawn to comparisons of the work on Midnight Marauders.

September 22, 2018

All My Records Episode 5

All My Records Episode 5 – the show where we play my record collection. This show saw us go through Remy LBO’s debut LP Component, an Illum Sphere 12″ on Tectonic from 2011, the wonderful Johnny Trunk’s Scrap Book LP, the ever good Mr. Chop aka Coz Littler and his debut full length on the underrated Jazz&Milk Recordings, James Pants, that Dam-Funk 12″ plate on Stones Throw that announced him to the world, a collaboration between Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra and Nino Moschella remixed by Mark Pritchard (which I have no recollection about), the legendary and sole One Self LP Children Of Possibility and finally closing it off with a white / test pressing of the instrumental edition of DJ Mitsu The Beats’ sophomore LP from 2009 A Word To The Wise.

Cassettes of Jazzilator and Ol Dirty Kung Fu

September 9, 2018

Asgard Records: ‘Jazzilator’ & ‘Ol’ Dirty Kung Fu’ Limited Cassettes

Let’s get the obvious over first: these are some of the best looking tapes to drop in to our collection. And with Seekersinternational Black Mazda Soundclash, ewonee’s ’73 and Bless Vol. 2 coming to us this year that’s saying something. Stencilled with a SP-303 and SP-404 on to the cassette – for Jazzilator and Ol’ Dirty Kung Fu respectively – it’s…

August 26, 2018

Late Night Gardener

It’s been a minute since we’ve been on here – a change in day jobs is mostly to blame with partial responsibility lending itself to a desire for a more analogue life. Which, as a sentence and sentiment, has surprised me in it’s appropriateness as a segway in to what we wanted to share. Coming out of period where live…

July 21, 2018

VA – ‘Bless Vol. 2’ Double Cassette [Inner Ocean Records]

In what is now an annual outing Inner Ocean Records have dropped Bless Vol. 2 on to us: a 99 track double-cassette compilation of chilled beats, with all proceeds donated to the White Helmets. Made up of contributions from 99 beatmakers across 25 different countries this is a special project right from the get-go. Over three and half hours of music…

July 11, 2018

All My Records Episode 4

Well this is exciting: some ten months after our first outing we’ve’ reached the end of ‘shelf 1’ (as measured in the traditional Ikea Expedit unit of measurement). Hazar! We’ve learned that 1 shelf holds about 74 records, and it takes us around 4 shows to get through a shelf, meaning we’ll need around 271 shows to get through the whole…

July 3, 2018

VA – ‘Bury Me In A Corner Of The Yard’ Cassette [Death Is Not The End]

The rumors are true: I’m going through some shizz with my record collection at present. It might be a result of having to move some 5000 plates multiple times in the last few years, the sheer crappiness of storage solutions for 45s, or even that most record stores seem unable to pack records to prevent damage during overseas travel, but…

June 20, 2018

ewonee – ”73′ Cassette [https://ewonee.bandcamp.com]

If you want a mainline in to what’s good as it drops then you’ve got to stay on top of Mutant Academy’s movements. I was late to the game, but ever since Chapel Drive I’ve found the Virginia-grown collective to be a constant stream of original music. And that’s where I got a heads up about New York producer ewonee (sometimes styled…

June 7, 2018

SEEKERSINTERNATIONAL – ‘Black Mazda Soundclash’ Cassette [Liquorish Records]

Fresh Seekers (abbreviated from the many guises–SeekersInternational, Seekers International, SKRS, SKRSINTL) dropped earlier this month; a new tape on Liqorish Records out of Amsterdam. Seekers is the one constant in my collection–be it a label, series, artist, I’ve never missed a physical release. And here’s the thing about that: Despite covering so much sonic territory, they’ve never lost their distinct signature sound. Always…

June 3, 2018

Ruff-T – ‘Boom Bap Hooray’ Cassette [Kick A Dope Verse!]

I’ve just been enlightened to Kick A Dope Verse!, a Russian based label often abbreviated to KADV who’ve been releasing underground hip-hop on cassette since 2017. The label’s last two releases are part of a boom-bap series they’re curating which kicked off with The Abstract Era a few months back; a twenty-two track compilation from across the globe harnessing golden-era instrumentality in to fresh…

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