June 7, 2019Portland based Amulets has created a stunningly unique catalogue across the last five years or so. In addition to guitar and effects Amulets carries a notable trademark of making music from tape loops, and making tape loops from cutting up and rebuilding cassettes. BETULA by AMULETS Amulets is the solo-project of one Randall Taylor out of Austin, Texas. Instead of…
May 31, 2019Beatsmith Thelonious Coltrane has been busy updating his bandcamp presence of late. Over 70 releases up there and as of this morning the entire catalogue is “Name Your Price” to purchase. It would be remiss of you not to check it out. Maccy D (of Hip-Hop Skate Decks and Ghetto Handball fame) put me on to Thelonious a couple of years…
May 25, 2019This feels like the most essential listening released this week. Death Is Not The End have put their name to a 60 minute cut up mix of Bristol pirate radio; from the golden years of the ’80s and ’90’s to the early 2000’s. Bristol Pirates was originally released last September as part of the ever-good Blowing Up The Workshop series.…
May 20, 2019Five years on from the last instalment of the series comes Down 2 Earth Vol. 3 from Ras G. Not that it feels that long, as the sonic explorer that is Ras has dropped ten or so full length albums during that time. There was the 5 Chuckles collaborations with Koreatown Oddity, a cassette for his favourite vegan restaurant in…
April 28, 2019120+ records (and one digital track), two turntables and six hours of mixing recorded live over four sessions from Jimmy Monsta Funk: this is 2018 All Over Again. As far as things to look forward to throughout the year the yearly wrap-up of tracks from JMF is certainly up there and he’s served it up beautifully once again. An eclectic…
March 21, 2019You may have clocked Jimmy Monsta Funk’s mix for Nightflight Radio (https://awkmo.co/nightflight-radio-podcast-19-jimmy-monsta-funk-on-a-detroit-trip/) late last year. 39 tracks of proper house from JMF for the Belgian crew’s podcast. More good news coming from them this month as they launch their vinyl only label – Nightflight Records – which will no doubt be focused on hi-tech funk, touching on house, techno, electro…
March 13, 2019Kamaal Williams aka Henry Wu and Wu-Tang together is an ideal fit. Given the rhythmic style the jazz pianist brings to his instrument and compositions it’s no surprise really. But we’re still thankful that Snips has brought it together for us in to a classy tape release, Catch The Loop 2: Kamaal vs Wu-Tang. The digital of this dropped for…
March 7, 2019The brutal realisation that I wouldn’t play most of my record collection again before I die prompted me to start doing All My Records. As the name suggests this is is me playing all my records by order that they’ve ended up in my shelves: left to right, top to bottom, how they’re currently sitting. Single deck show, one off…
February 18, 2019Awkmo fam and Reel Rebels Radio mainstay Paul Ackroyd aka Kamikaze has emerged from Kamikaze Towers with a series of new shows. Firebird and Pump Dat Jam went out on Reel Rebels last week kicking off a new set of sessions dedicated to some great under the radar bits of 2018 and the first few months of this year. Around 90 minutes…
January 8, 2019The brutal realisation that I wouldn’t play most of my record collection again before I die prompted me to start doing All My Records. As the name suggests this is is me playing all my records by order that they’ve ended up in my shelves: left to right, top to bottom, in the order they’re currently sitting. Single deck show,…