August 7, 2011Our favorite scratch and battle master, DJ Dizar of Invincible Armour fame, has recently hooked up with Left Step Band, just in time to be doing the festival circuit with them this summer. As it happens the hip-hop / soul four piece band dropped a new single last month, which you can check out below. It’s the live show…
August 5, 2011It’s impossible to get bored of what Kamikaze does. Paul Ackroyd on his lonesome once more, managing to fit in 2 hours worth of radio from all eras and worldwide locations that’s absolutely mind-bending in many ways. No idea how to generalise the first part of the show that opens with soukous and highlife before somehow moving in to…
August 3, 2011As I’ve banged on about before I’m a big Beastie Boys fan. Absolutely gutted then at the $750 price tag on these figurines. Granted it’s a good cause with proceeds heading to the Pablove Foundation and Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation who both work with children diagnosed with cancer, but I’d still like to be able to afford one. Maybe less…
August 2, 2011Big ups to Afro Acid for kicking off their London residency with about as much weight as you can possibly get from a club head liner, the Godfather of techno Juan Atkins. Along with Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson, Juan makes up the Belleville Three. Dubbed the “originator” for the sound he helped emerged out of Detroit, at the time…
July 28, 2011A somewhat unstructured Awkward Movements Sessions that consisted of pulling a load of records purchased somewhere between Sessions #20 and last Friday, then played in what was meant to be a coherent order. With some heavy mixes being delivered as of late, straight wax from Raynulds and Jimmy Monsta Funk I thought I’d put the mic aside for this one…
July 26, 2011I’m a big fan of the Henrik Schwarz live show. Having seen him at a few festivals and various venues over the last few years, I’ve never had my increasing expectations not met. He’s one of the few artists I’ll always try to see when he’s in town, and his involvement in this project with his label family guarantees a…
July 25, 2011Big ups to NKC for delivering on this mix for A Fly Variety blog, and to AFV for sourcing the talent to kick off their mix series. Incidentally if you’re still sleeping on The Pyramids EP it’s definitely one to pick up, not forgetting his limited plate dropped for us a few months back, Marie / Ghettotechno. A more…
July 22, 2011UPDATE: Show now extended to September 30th. Only a few weeks left of this, been meaning to spread the word since I accidentally stumbled on it a few months ago. Whether or not you’re normally in to contemporary art, this is really good. I know we’re touching on something that’s a matter of opinion, but part of the appeal is…
July 20, 2011With a change of headquarters and a stateside trip in the last month or so, we’ve not seen as much as the man as standard. His residencies on Innacity and Sub.fm have been positive signs of life, and after successfully smashing the Voodoo Rave party recently, Raynulds has re-emerged on rotation with a banging Awkward Movements Sessions #28 for…
July 16, 2011Quality night happening at Basing House Friday after next. Loving the fact that the surge in techno once more has supplied the legends of the genre an excuse to play in London week in week out. There’s no doubting the Kenny Larkin credentials as a groundbreaking producer and a DJ. He was of the Detroit wave to take influence…