November 28, 2017Man by the name of Monkey Marc throws up proper heat here for the second in the recently minted ‘floppy disk’ series of 7″ drops from Jahtari. Peter King was the first to come to us on the Diskettes series, going over the top of ‘Honeybadger Rididm’ from Art & Naram, complete with B-side version to light you up, recorded straight…
November 17, 2017Cracking release here courtesy of Semtek and Ben Morris, bringing forth unreleased material from a makeshift group calling themselves CultureClash. Launching a new imprint called Lost Futures, it’s a properly done package in every way from the full colour sleeve and notes to the sheer quality of the music dug up from a one-off radio recording. The release info below…
October 26, 2017Billy J. Burke (left above) has always been a bit of a hero of mine. He was the first guy I knew with a bedroom studio, complete with super expensive mixing console, drum kit and some of the most hammered bass guitars you’ll ever find. It was at Billy’s place that I first picked up a drum machine and a belt…
October 19, 2017We’d be remiss for not shouting at the latest Seekersinternational (SKRS aka Seekers aka Seekers International) project, a thirty-six minute tape which sees them mixing up mid-nineties classic Prince Blimey in it’s entirety that needs to be heard. Back in 1996 Red Snapper debuted on Warp with a full length that helped bring ‘acid jazz’ (back when it was a tern…
September 19, 2017Saw Dibiase tweeting about Mutant Academy the other day, and given how on-point his curation tends to be I made myself some time to check it out. End result, I haven’t been this excited about rap movements since Dr. Yen Lo dropped in 2015. Oh wait up, when was the first 5 Chuckles album? Anyway…it’s been a while. Mutant Academy is…
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 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…
August 18, 2017When it’s all too hectic I can usually find some solace in field recordings. My favourite forms of these manipulations sit somewhere between a podcast and musique concrete, able to hit on the startling familiarity that you might find in hearing another’s voice in discussion with you versus audio treats made from unexpected sources. I recently picked up MTS, a…
August 9, 2017Anyone else sick of the pre-order hype? With the exception of Akira, who’s label have said that they’ll ensure there’s enough for everybody incidentally, I’m well over being pimped bs”limited” and “pre-order necessary” records that seem to make their own labels nervous. If you’re a record label you should be able to back yourself and your roster on release, just…
July 31, 2017Dropped back in May I’ve only just gotten around to listening to this cassette from Rap Vacation and can’t believe there’s still some left at their store. One side to Ahnnu and one to Ohbliv, 15 minutes a piece, the beatsmiths turn out some incredibly dope tuneage. Neither producer let’s a tune play for long, but as you’d expect they…