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…
July 4, 2013Music from Bryn Jones aka Muslimgauze has become the Star Trek of underground electronic music. It’s almost guaranteed that at any hour of the day, someone worldwide is playing a track from his 100+ LP catalogue of music. Having passed at just 37 years of age, can’t help but continually wonder where he would have taken things had his life…
June 30, 2013Wicked two hour session from Paul Ackroyd last Monday for Awkward Movements on NTS. Proper happy that the Okkyung Lee got a spin – her new album on Editions Mego is equally heavy and intense as it is moving, really recommend checking that one out. Other than that too much quality to shout out. Download or the stream the show…
June 27, 2013All about the DIY instrument-build approach at the moment, and proper looking forward to dedicating some time to this next month. Sonic Potions are filling a very necessary need for drum synth kits with the release of the LXR Drumsynthesizer this week. And while it’s hard to judge gear until you’ve had some hands-on experience with it, we thought it’d…
June 24, 2013Amazing record this, from an incredible producer who’s yet to faulter. Powell releases have been “buy-on-sight” since he christened his own Diagonal imprint with The Ongoing Significance Of Steel and Flesh EP back in 2011. Complete with a Karl O’Connor remix, that record was the start of Powell’s punk-rock attitude towards machine music. The Body Music EP that followed was a further exploration down…
June 20, 2013As the Godfather of Grime it’s been a long time since Wiley first made that barrier-jump from underground London to the worldwide audience territory. The one known as Eskiboy is definitely of the rare breed that brings heads together over his craft. Through years spent developing natural rhymes, flow and production with an on point ear for selecting instrumentals, Wiley transcended…
June 17, 2013To be honest I’m still suffering a bit of an electronica hangover following last Monday’s Awkward Movements show on NTS. Balanced out by the likes of Robert Hood, Aybee and MGUN, we still managed to delve deep enough in to our collection of newly dropped twisted and analogue electronic sounds. Really nice spaced-out jazz chaos from Metamorphosis under his birth-name…
June 16, 2013As the most widely acknowledged part of an amazing catalogue, Sensate Focus has given Mark Fell a whole new fan base outside of the eclectic Wire reading folk we call friends. While house music newcomers seem to be going more and more experimental, the multiplatform artist Mark Fell originally earned his stripes through sonic explorations as one-half of SND with…
June 11, 2013Just seen the pre-order for this over at Sounds Of The Universe and looking forward to picking up the physical. Manuel Gonzales aka MGUN dropped not one but a handful of top plates in 2012, across Wild Oats, Don’t Be Afraid and The Trilogy Tapes. Way back in 2010 we had an even doper introduction to him however, when he appeared…
June 9, 2013Didn’t even realise Paul Ackroyd had this much house in the collection, let alone in one bag at any given time. Two hours of heat from Paul, with the dancefloor bits balanced out with tribal folk and electronic experimentation as well. Scroll down below for full track list as well as stream and download for the show. Next Awkward Movements…