April 29, 2014Get a rewind for a revisit on last week’s Awkward Movements show for NTS, upped recently for archive which you can stream below. Too much good music was coming our way, got as much as possible in the two-hour slot. Out to all who locked, hope you dug what we did. Loads of new and forthcoming bits (’tis the season)…
April 27, 2014Here’s a story worth telling. Just as incredible as the music that Sahel Sounds releases as a label are some of the journeys that emerge when bringing them to us. And here’s an opportunity to help spread the message even wider. Back in 2009 Christopher Kirkley started posting field-recordings and popular traditional and contemporary music from the Sahel region of Africa,…
April 23, 2014We’re mad fans of the Seekersinternational output, though the cats behind it still remain a bit of a mystery. Despite the entire catalogue consisting of a couple of 7″ plates from 2008, a free download OST and the incredible LP on Digitalis, The Call From Below, dropped almost two years back, the quality of these releases hasn’t stopped captivating us…
April 21, 2014Clearing out some old photos came across a whole memory of card of graff & street art from recent journeys around both Sydney and Melbourne. Thought it’d be worth sharing here, though due to the amount a lot will get cut, and we’ll definitely be breaking it down in to sections. Worth mentioning that that London and Melbourne attitudes towards…
April 16, 2014A heads down session from Paul Ackroyd aka Kamikaze last week, when the regular Awkward Movements show went out on NTS radio. No mic-breaks, with the return of long-core (the affectionately dubbed tracks that most DJs don’t play due to length) and some proper curation of sounds, it’s one of those sessions much needed on occasion to reset the pipes.…
April 15, 2014Well happy that this has come back around after I missed the debut screening in January. Given the berating that a recent screening of an LA beat-scene doco earned on these pages, you’d be forgiven for thinking we might be skipping the 90-minute documentary on the greatest indie label of all time, birthed from and repping Los Angeles since 1996,…
April 14, 2014Here’s art that we really like, and once again it’s tapped in to geographical and architectural features that were pre-existing, begging for exposure. Sharing some similarities between Michael Heizer and urban exploration (I’m sure there’s a theme here for what lights us up) comes Extended Stage, an underground exhibition and space from New York-based Australian-born artist Ian Burns. Burns is…
April 13, 2014Bumped down to CDR a month or so ago; wicked night. Took in the early screening of the latest ‘beat scene’ / LA documentary which would’ve made for great viewing… if the year was 2009. Unfortunately, it’s not. Burgeoning beat makers: put down the the joint and make some f**king new music. Probably worth noting that my partner of ten…
April 10, 2014Damn, been more than a minute between posts, but the whole marriage and wedding thing seemed to be a more than slightly time-consuming distraction. Thankfully we had some decent music for the after party. As part of the ongoing celebration and ceremony a couple of tribute mixes dropped in, including this stunning 85 minute drum n bass / jungle styled…
April 2, 2014Last week’s show below from Awkward Movements, broadcast on NTS radio (albeit a little later in the week than our usual slot) across the weekend. Get in touch for download or stream the two-hour session with full track list below. Kicking off with new stuff from top labels The Death Of Rave, The Trilogy Tapes, Planet Mu and Modern Love,…