November 29, 2010I’ve been rinsing the above Derrick May repress over the last 24 hours – Relics: A Transmat Compilation. The A-side, ‘MS-6’ was originally done under May’s Rhythim is Rhythim alias, circa 1987, and if possible stands out even more today than it did back then. It’s only been the last 12 months that I’ve become a massive ‘Shake’ Shakir fan…
November 20, 2010I’ve been spending a bit of time chatting to Lindsay Todd aka House Of Traps as well as Linkwood and Fudge Fingas, who together make up the core of Firecracker Recordings. It’s been done for a label feature that appearing with some of their artwork in the next Shook mag, which will dropping soon. We’ll be throwing up the unedited…
November 9, 2010Damn! It’s been over four years since I’ve last seen Capelle and now he’s heading to the states. Back when he was Sydney’s music / technical / radio guru of the underground, I first met Nic Capelle, and within minutes we’d found common ground on music and he was offering to lend me his MPC and his valuable time to…
October 23, 2010These have no doubt been rinsed on blogs this week – so ever so slightly jumping on the bandwagon here – but two new clips have been dropped courtesy of LA’s poster-boy Flying Lotus and London based Mosca of the Night Slugs label / crew. Starting with Mosca, I don’t know why exactly but he’s one of the last artists…
October 15, 2010Fourth press lucky or so they say – Dodger Man‘s debut wax plate has finally dropped, proving to be well worth the wait. Digital downloads are available from all the usual suspects, and at present the physical product can be sourced at a handful of stores who’re shipping today or Monday. Stores can pick it up via ST Holdings, as…
October 10, 2010Getting to know James aka Jimmy Monsta Funk over the past few months has been a rewarding experience. His passion for film and music that’s driven him for decades meets a brilliant nature of open-mindedness to new ideas and an ongoing desire to learn. Unfortunately, this seems a rare trait in those who were around for Detroit techno the first…
September 24, 2010For those that recall, despite the epic struggle with the UK plant, we’d still managed to keep the same September 27th send out date for Dodger Man‘s debut on wax. Well, unfortunately the plant struck again. Managing to get the records out at the right weight to the distributor the day they were needed, it wasn’t till after the weekend…
September 16, 2010Massive email from Kamikaze, who’s thrown up some words on each of the records Kamikaze DJs dropped on the last Awkward Movements Sessions for Samurai.fm, which, if you’ve slept on to date, you can get at below. DVA/Fatima – Just Vybe (Soule Power Mix) [Hyperdub] Back at the front end of this year, DVA dropped the killer dance hit Natty, and…
September 14, 2010Hip-hop chameleon, multi-instrumentalist producer and soul singer Aloe Blacc smashed back on the scene bigger than ever this year, with ‘I Need A Dollar’ taking things to the next level. Recorded with members of The Expressions and El Michels Affair in session, the tune not only bridged the gap between the heads buying hip-hop and the collectors on the modern soul…
September 11, 2010This white just dropped on my doorstep, literally, though I’m not sure who from. Someone local who’s promo list I’m fortunate to be on, which rules out Summer Dawn, being based in Italy, and I don’t believe The Raah Project or Cessa have sent me anything previously. That said, I am really feeling what’s coming out of their camp at…