August 14, 2013Proper rough rip this, coming from a battered VHS to begin with we have to assume, but timeless and important viewing none the less. Originally aired in 1981, Sound Business is a UK documentary focusing on Sir Coxsone and Lion Charge sound systems – a mixture of talking heads giving history, digging deeper in to doing what they do and giving…
July 7, 2013Been searching for a DVD of this for a friend, but it looks like the 2005 documentary(?) from Jun Okhi is getting pretty hard to come by. Still unsure how to categorise what it is, but SBX! Holding Down The Tradition is a brilliant 30 minutes of NY orientated hip-hop viewing. A totally different take on the whole “back-in-the-day” rap legends…
May 21, 2013Went down to 107 Projects for a screening of this documentary over the weekend, highly recommend checking it out. Thought we’d covered most of the techno doco’s out there, but happy to report Paris / Berlin – 20 Years Of Underground Techno offers something different. Not nearly as polished as the great High Tech Soul: The Creation of Techno Music,the ’96…
May 5, 2013Caught this documentary / feature – and subsequent Q&A with director, Martin Persiel – across the weekend as part the Audi Festival Of German Films, and proper glad I did. Persiel has created what’s set to be a cult film in years to come, based on an isolated crew of East German teens and their unique experience in the skateboarding sub-culture…
April 29, 2013Stoked that this reissue gives us another chance to discuss the early work of Carl Craig. And while I’ve been looking for somewhere to properly explore his Modular Pursuits projects, it’s all about exploring the stylings of his original Psyche and BFC aliases at present. Last month the Planet E label dropped a 3xLP remastered and reissued of Elements 1989-1990,…
April 17, 2013Came across this video the other day and needed to share it; KiNK live in session for Bulgarian online station Radio Binar. KiNK aka Strahil Velchev brought a collection of his synths, effects units, sequencing tools and beat machines – mostly MFB in fact, full gear list below – in to the studio, setting up a temporary performance space for…
April 5, 2013Stoked to finally track down this documentary, first clocked on Kickstarter a few years back; the brilliant story about a unique and oft-forgotten hero John Fahey. The crew behind In Search Of Blind Joe Death: The Saga Of John Fahey have done an amazing job in telling a full story, keeping the larger impact of his work as an element…
March 31, 2013You got to love the way Nochexxx works. By the time everyone picked up on his beats releases he’d moved left of house and funky. When the heads caught up with him there (as a mexican skeleton bandit it should be noted) he’d already moved on to torturing his production gear in to unheard sounds and coming up with the…
March 25, 2013We were incredibly fortunate to catch the double-set Tuba Skinny live show across the weekend, the final night of a few months touring the country before they head back home to New Orleans. Undoubtedly one of the best shows I’ve ever seen, The Standard played host to an event more reminiscent of a giant open air street party, nothing but…
March 18, 2013A lot of people weighing in on this release, and after a quick listen I can see why. What on the outset looks like a specialist fan-boy project with a minimal audience, is actually a relatively accessible and interesting listen. The Conet Project (or The Conet Project: Recordings Of Shortwave Numbers Stations) has just been repackaged as a 5CD boxset,…