January 7, 2011Contrary to how it might look at the moment I’m not actually sponsored by Native Instruments, they just happen to be killing it with products lately (or I just happen to be spending too much time on their site as I save my pennies to purchase a Maschine). Anyways they’ve launched a product late last year that I’ll never justify…
January 5, 2011Out of the ten million reasons to love Soundwave Croatia (boat parties, sun, music, crowd, wicked live acts) my favorite is their independence, ie no major sponsor. And whilst this means that the likes of Fact Mag won’t be telling you it’s “the greatest thing ever”, it does mean that they have the freedom and attract the right crowd to…
January 2, 2011This is too dope. For 200 weeks now regular heads over at the Stones Throw forums have been hosting their own weekly beat battles – the STMB Beat Battles. That’s over 7 years of user run and moderated beat competitions, open to anyone to participate and vote on. via Stones Throw 1/1/11 marks the start of the 200th weekly beat…
December 31, 2010Dropped on the Clone sub-label Jack For Daze, I’ve surprised myself by how much I’ve been rinsing this plate in the few weeks since it’s release. Some proper old-school Chicago tipped jack house from a new artist named Geeeman, who I can’t find anything about. Unfortunately the only complete track on the web is Rubberband2, embedded above, but as dope…
December 29, 2010I get slightly obsessive over drum machines. The older analogue models especially, alongside the MPCs, Grooveboxes and variety of other electronic toys, have always been my favorite form of musical creation over computer synths and plug-ins. That said, I do bug out when manufacturers properly blend both worlds for ease of work flow. Hence why I’ve been I’ve been researching…
December 24, 2010As is the season with New Years drawing closer it’s the time for us to get rating on our top records for the year. Love the fact they all came in in different formats and different styles, though Actress seems to be the most shouted out. Thanks to everyone for a brilliant year and watch 2011 for some massiveness. Raynulds…
December 22, 2010An incredible documentary directorial debut from Michael Chandler, Stay Sailing is an achievement in short film-making. There’s been a load typed on it – especially when it was originally bombed up online for only 30 days – so I’ll let the experts give the run down. via Wilderness Pictures ‘Stay Sailing’ looks at pirate radio, warts and all, providing a…
December 20, 2010Again mad props to everyone who made it down on the night to see the crew and Illum Sphere tear it up earlier in the month. Special thanks to Talking At Me and Notting Hill Arts for hosting a fun night. You know it’s been a success when you’ve got Greek gang fights being broken up by the cops waiting…
December 18, 2010With a day off I begrudgingly had to go to Soho yesterday, and had totally forgotten the great people that work in our record stores. It was brilliant to head in to BM Soho and Sounds Of The Universe and not know the staff behind the counter. Normally the record store regulars nowadays walk in knowing all the staff and…
December 13, 2010Considering the epic ascension of film maker, Spike Jonze’s career over the last 25 years, it’s somewhat surprising that he managed to sneak out his latest short film practically unnoticed. The film titled I’m Here was released quietly through iTunes and is still available online for free through Absolute’s home page. And although corporate sponsorship can be sucky, I think…