January 20, 2012We’re very sad to hear about the passing of a true legend of music, jazz vocalist Etta James. Throughout her career Etta’s style was transcendent of genres, it was in fact my father who was heavily country music and rock n roll loving that introduced me to her. As an instantly recognisable singer Etta’s style was her own, never imitated…
January 19, 2012Out to Liam D of SpaceBass fame for bringing this one to our attention the other night. Those guys killed it at CAMP last time around, hanging for their next party but in the meantime I’d recommend staying on top of their transmissions as and when they throw them up: http://liamski.podomatic.com/. Truth be told if you’re reading this from Japan or…
January 18, 2012Maybe there’s been a bit of a knock-on effect here, having rinsed the Plug LP since its release and finally taking time to fill the gaps in my collection of Rockwell releases. Have to give a quick shout then to a dnb record that arrived on promo and has been kicking itself round in my head for a good few…
January 16, 2012I should pre-empt this by letting you know that only 250 copies have been made of Issue 1 – beg, borrow and steal if you have to but this is some print you want to own. A few months back we posted on Analog Love, a photo exhibition documenting the Bristol underground scene, accompanied by an amazingly unique zine of…
January 13, 2012Something special to catch on the live tip, DJ Food are heading out to Greenwich to take over London’s only public planetarium with a bespoke AV show. Having recently dropped Magpies Maps and Moons – part three of three in a vinyl release series that started with One Man’s Weird Is Another Man’s World back in 2009 – there’s now…
January 11, 2012Just revisited this the other day, off the back of The Boombox Project which exhibited last month. Although not a brand new offering, this mini-doc is straight classic and just too good not to share; out to NPR Music over in the states who are responsible for getting this up. Hosted by photographer and ‘boombox connoisseur’ Lyle Owerko (curator and…
January 9, 2012Really in to this LP, having rinsed it over the weekend. A debut release of old material from what I’m learning was a legendary underground project about a decade and a half ago; Luke Vibert (also known as Wagon Christ) under the drum n bass alias of Plug. In 1996 the experimental wizardry of Vibert birthed this project in the…
January 6, 2012Paris A.M. aka Tom Lee is one of the main heads holding it down for the London scene, bringing his impeccably diverse music tastes to a wider audience by balancing a variety of projects. Now that there’s a notable absence on Resonance.fm with him finishing up Sine Of The Times, we needed to get him next for a mix. The…
January 5, 2012Rollo Jackson can do no wrong at present. After the success of Tape Crackers last year, he’s kicked it up a notch and returned with a recording of a show which united three generations of emcees on the same stage. Teaming up with famed London system, The Heatwave (more on them later) for the event and production of Showtime!, the…
January 4, 2012As it was delicately put “I smell an art student”… …but that doesn’t entirely take away from the loss of one of our favorite labels, that just in the last 12 months has been getting the credit it deserves. Sandwell District became ‘buy on sight’ records followed by ‘purchase-entire-back-catalogue.’ Still calling each other c**ts and discussing broken shoulders from bar…