June 1, 2017Came across this shot of A Tribe Called Quest, which is ripe for over analysing. Every time I see images of Phife Dawg and Q-Tip together on stage I can’t help but clock the clashes in personal style that seem to resonate from their unique makeups and, most importantly, in parallel with their differing lyrical deliveries. You could talk for hours on…
May 31, 2017Feel like this one might’ve slipped under the radar given that it was initially pushed out as a free wax giveaway from Discrepant. Don’t be fooled by label boss Gonzo’s generosity here, as this isn’t a bonus throwaway. This is a 45 – stamped with ‘Visions of Congo‘ across the sleeve – of two stand out cuts. It’s a proper trip…
April 19, 2017Along with the rest of the music world we’re saddened to hear of the passing of Mika Vainio. It was Paul Ackroyd / Kamikaze who introduced me to him many years ago, and he remained a constant in our shows and records we’d play each other. Paul’s put together a fitting three hour tribute to the Mika, may he rest in…
March 21, 2017Do yourself a favor and take two hours to David Rodigan and Gilles Peterson in session. Broadcast on Worldwide.fm last week, it’s yet another session that Gilles and crew (shouts to Thris Tian) have delivered for the platform cementing the station as one of the best channels out there. It’s impossible to say people don’t care about radio anymore with…
February 26, 2017Is King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard a thing everywhere yet? Either the more popular kids have got another one right (happens every so often) or with us finishing up the NTS show I’m slowly pulling my head out of a sink hole of unmastered experimental chin-stroked recordings from unnamed brooding synth heads. Either way I’ve been lost in…
February 19, 2017Every year I swear off tapes, and this year, with the increasing trend for cassette releases to be shoved very high inside their label / curators colon that you can’t play them in your machine without flinging shit throughout it (look at the £16 45 minute Raime mix for reference – you know none of the artists are getting paid for…
January 26, 2017Jimmy Monsta Funk never stops blowing us away. Last year’s live sets, rave year tributes (1991) and insane levels of record appreciation across the board showed why he remains as our favourite DJ. We’ve been sitting on this for way too long, and will or won’t be adding to it to complete the track lists on the last three sections…
January 24, 2017The weekend’s Awkward Movements show on NTS was dope. As always, and despite doing a show Christmas Eve, I totally underestimated the pure quality of music that gets released December / January, and unfortunately for many, slips through the cracks. And this was a shot at redemption. The People Skills LP on Blackest Ever Black was one such release. Dropped in December…
January 13, 2017If you locked in to Awkward Movements on NTS last weekend you would’ve caught Paul Ackroyd aka Kamikaze giving tribute to the artist’s death toll of 2016. You can’t fit it all in a two-hour show however, with the original being over four hours covering 43 artists. Paul’s words and tribute show below. 2016 was not kind to the music…
January 6, 2017Here’s the Christmas Eve NTS show from you’re good friends at Awkward Movements. I’m not sure why I’ve started by labeling it with Christmas Eve, as there’s no mention of the holidays in it, nor end of year lists (seriously, some of these end of year shows started December 1st before some of the best tracks came out) – just…