January 29, 2011Continuing with drawing the lines between jazz and techno, Jimmy Monsta Funk drops part 2 in his series of track selections. Following on from Part 1 which examined Techno After Jazz, he’s just turned in another top 5 that for him sits on the opposite side of the same musical table. via Jimmy Monsta Funk In the world of DJing…
January 25, 2011Dope dope dope! Finally dropping, the first Shook mag of the year has come through for us – appropriately timed and titled The Great British issue. Seriously I get way too over-excited every time a new issue drops, in fact you can read my full rant here, left over from the South Africa themed edition in October. So I might…
January 22, 2011Hands down a major highlight for my 2010 was The Garden Festival, in the world’s top festival location of Petrcane, Croatia. For some reason a lot of the reviews last year ignored the euphoria inducing set by Henrik Schwarz playing live on the final day of the festival (often, unfairly in favor of the phenomenal crappiness of the Phenomenal Hand…
January 19, 2011It was tragic news to hear of the passing of Trish Keenan on the 14th of January. Talking to people about it, I’m genuinely impressed by the stories they recall of seeing Broadcast live at some dingy venue or another, talking of a uniquely moving performance imprinted in their memory. I regret I never took the opportunity to see them…
January 18, 2011When it comes to record collecting and my movements from jazz through to hip-hop through to funk to everything else before ending in electronic music, I missed a lot of links along the way. One of them being that of jazz and techno, and the influence and importance of the relationship between the two. Cue Jimmy Monsta Funk, who’s recent…
January 17, 2011Back after a decent hiatus for the festive season, Awkward Movements Sessions returns with myself on decks, dropping a load of plates I’ve been rinsing live and in discussion with others. Shouts to JCT at If, Phonica family, BM Soho and Jimmy Monstafunk who’ve been putting me on to a load of tunes lately. We’ve been busy queing up big…
January 15, 2011If you’ve got an ear on the electronic music scene no doubt you’re getting more and more familiar with Throwing Snow aka Ross Tones, the first signing to Alex Nut‘s imprint, Hotep. Since that wax debut, his remixes for Gold Panda and Cloud have cemented him as an in demand composer and one of the most interesting producers on the…
January 12, 2011Bloc Weekend PR have been rinsing this in the last 24 hours, but it is joyful news so why not join in? Laurent Garnier and Matthew Dear have been confirmed as the guests who’ll be closing the festival for 2011. What started with a massive lineup with the first ten announced has just gotten ridiculous. No seriously – find any…
January 11, 2011Free download from the producer / DJ we call Lorca, alias of one Dodger Man. Always on the underground tip, a few cats been going on about some of his productions for time, and I got to agree that from what I’ve heard he’s definitely ahead of the curve for bass production. He seems to have perfected the balance of…
January 9, 2011I’ve been following the movments of Electrikal since I started speaking to Daojia about his ill productions a few months back. He mentioned at the time he was working on getting the site up and running. I had no idea that the end product would be looking this good. Representing out of Edinburgh, the 20 strong crew that makes up…