May 2, 2012Out to Alex Digard of Tape-Echo and Analog Love fame for coverage on the NKC plate. Need to take time to shout out the Tape-Echo site as well, beautifully styled and a continuation of the type print and formatting that Alex used for the paper. Put together as a series of images (instead of typed on a site, does that…
May 1, 2012We’ve spoken about TK aka Toby Knight on these pages before, mainly to do with his involvement with our favourite London parties including Special Request (viiiiiibes) and Lostbahnhof. As well as being a vinyl hunter and ill DJ, did you know that he’s also the king of archive? Toby was the man responsible for the video to Mr Beatnick’s Sun Goddess which…
April 29, 2012It’s difficult to talk about an artist with such a massive output, especially having only spent a week or so checking them out. Even Paul who’s got more than a handful of releases admits he’s only scratching the surface. It gets even more complicated when dealing with a western artist (born and lived in Manchester) who’s formed his music…
April 25, 2012Though Daojia’s ‘Riego Street‘ is still heading out to stores, thought we’d get in early and share a little information on what’s coming after. Namely, the design behind our sixth release dropping in a few weeks time. NKC is returning to Awkward Movements, bringing some proper anthemic love. Two new tracks backed with heavyweight remixes from the one Maddslinky and…
April 19, 2012Just got linked up to this video, featuring Theo Parrish and London’s favourite uncle Jean-Claude vibing out in the one and only If Music. When I first got to London If Music was still located in Soho, with the Friday night after hours jams in full-swing. For those that remember, this video definitely kicks up a few memories of what used…
April 17, 2012We love Clone Records, and the Basement Series has been a favourite addition to their roster of sound, with Royal Oak (the label that bought us classic Reggie Dokes and that stunning Kyle Hall remix of Space Dimension Controller – two records that never leave my bag) running a close second. Serge gave us some inside info on the ethos…
April 16, 2012A one time secret-weapon of NKC and associates, Radar is a big track, the first offering we’ve had from NKC featuring live vocals. Due to organ sampled we’ve not been able to press it, but it’s definitely a tune that needs to be out-there. As well as announcing our sixth release and second 12″ with NKC, our friends at XLR8R…
April 2, 2012Mike Corbett aka Maccy is a proper hip-hop don, with whom I had the pleasure of living with many years back in a (chaotic) share-house in Australia. During this time he opened up a whole new level of music appreciation for me, from digging in the crates for jazz to beat production, to his late night freestyle sessions and history…
March 28, 2012Possibly the best studio decoration we’ve come across, Rob Ricketts A3 designs are the electronic image equivalent of Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston when he first won the world title. Much like the Ali shot these are a simple, & clean representation of a turning point in a culture, the changing of a guard ignited by a brash youth that…
March 24, 2012Many years ago, heavily in to my boom-bap record collecting and short-run turntablism phase I had the pleasure of meeting DJ Nu-Mark, who was touring Oz with J5 for Power In Numbers. Here’s a brief transcript, taking place while he was signing my mixer for me. DJ Nu-Mark: So you’re in to scratching? Me: Yeah. DJ Nu-Mark: Turntablism’s dead. No…