November 20, 2014After a few days getting back to nature we were plunged in to a week of travel and a new level of hecticness reserved for the inner-circle of hell, hence the radio silence over the last seven days. Very pleased to be returning not only with new discoveries from Melbourne, but also to a few welcome deliveries of tapes and…
November 13, 2014Last week’s Awkward Movements show for NTS went up on archive earlier in the week. Out to everyone who locked in, and for those that missed it you can stream the full thing below or get in touch for the download link. We went on a bit of an experimental beat excursion for the first time in a while, rinsing a…
November 13, 2014We posted about the wonderful techno record ‘B-Ball Joints‘ last week, which, somewhat obviously, made me reflect slightly on my own court soundtrack. We do actually have one, and it’s three albums, put in one playlist, chronologically playing start to finish and is roughly the length of a night-time session under streetlights. For all the weird and wonderful music we…
November 10, 2014And we have a winner! The Dead Albatross Music Prize crowned it’s second ever champion last week, with Paul Ackroyd aka Kamikaze announcing results across a three-hour show on Reel Rebels. Gutted that the bickering and squabbling over who should and shouldn’t have made the shortlist is over for another year, but well stoked at the caliber of contestants that…
November 6, 2014One cat or a group, either unknown studio fiend or a collective by the name of B-Ball Joints depending how you interpret the press release and various write-ups. Not that it really matters, as the important thing here is that it’s music to knock your skull about it or shake up a set, if it doesn’t destroy the club beforehand.…
November 4, 2014Archive now up for Awkward Movements on NTS last week, Paul Ackroyd aka Kamikaze hosting and spinning some brilliant platters. Apologies for the delay in getting it up, the news of forthcoming twins stopped us in our tracks for a few days. Worth noting too that as well as this show we’ll also have The Dead Albatross Music Prize (also…
October 31, 2014For those that may’ve missed the October issue of DJ Mag we wanted to pull up and highlight the ‘Top Ten’ feature from one of our favourite selectors in London. Everything is Everything is the alias belonging to one Neal Birnie, the DJ and collector who you may know as the cat behind the counter at Sounds Of The Universe with…
October 28, 2014At 70 years of age, Jamaican-born Notting Hill-raised photographer Charlie Phillips has carved a life to date as one of the key documentarians of black-culture around the world. Emigrating with his family to West London in the fifties, from a young age Phillips was photographing life in the area, during the time of West Indian migration to London. Self-taught on…
October 23, 2014A bit late on archive here, but wanted to get it up as we had a bit of mix-up with broadcast times when this went to air. Out to everyone that locked in live to NTS radio, the regulars and chat room crews as always. Stream the show below, or get in touch for the download version. Loads of goodness,…
October 22, 2014Almost didn’t make it through this, but I’m proper glad I did. A damn interesting book here, especially once you get past the background and first two chapters and in to the full-action of being part of the the urban exploration community around the world. Travelling shotgun around the world with the writer, this will make you want to go…