September 9, 2010Kamikaze DJs return in fine form for an epic 2-hour show for Awkward Movements Sessions. As always these guys bring not only the new joints but a load of wax that we’ve either slept on or never heard of, and always have remorse for not dropping first. You can count on one hand the peops that love new music more…
September 8, 2010Just confirmed via Zane Lowe‘s Radio 1 show, the true queen of England – Mary Anne Hobbs – will be joined by Hyperdub label boss Kode9 and the mysterious Burial tonight as she broadcasts her last ever show for Radio 1 Experimental between 2 – 4am. I’ve got no qualms about comapring Mary Anne’s BBC radio legacy to that of…
September 6, 2010Firstly the semi-bad news. Having 300 plates dropped off that were the wrong weight was seriously not cool, but the good news is it’s not setting back the release date of Dodger Man‘s 12″ wax debut. We sent them back to get them ‘pressed on machine 5’ (whatever that means) for a heavyweight job from the pressing plant. The fact…
September 5, 2010As if Four Tet and Henrik Schwarz weren’t big enough headliners for the Phonica Records 7th Birthday next month, they’ve just confirmed that house legends Virgo will be playing their debut London date – just one of three in the UK to celebrate the reissue of their seminal Virgo LP by Rush Hour. This is definitely going down as one…
September 4, 2010Broke DJs have blessed us by dropping two mixes to celebrate the demise of the sunny season, and the re-heaving of the clubs. The London/Bournemouth based duo continue to destroy the scene, and the last 12 months has seen them busy with their first US tour off of the back of their UK nights. As well as their seemingless endless…
September 2, 2010These things never come out as good on photo as they do in real life, but as far as vinyl toys go, ‘Da Boys’ have got to be in the top ever releases. Late on these things as always, the originals dropped in 2003 and it wasn’t until I passed a set in the window of Playlounge that I was…
September 1, 2010Our favourite DJ hustler Kamikaze has been tasked with moving a couple hundred kilos (possibly thousands?) of wax to a new location, and as a result has been off-grid and ill-communicado for a few weeks. Imagine the joy when an email and text dropped saying that the man’s back in operation, and a two-hour Awkward Movements Session is on it’s…
August 31, 2010Not ignoring the momentous offering of Plastic People’s FWD and CD-R nights, in my humble opinion Hoya Hoya has officially become the UK’s most important club night. Where else but their regular haunt at the Roadhouse in Manchester, the Hoya crew returned in fine form over the long weekend, announcing their new residents for a memorable night. Johnny Dubs and…
August 30, 2010Allegedly from the friends that brought us the limited hand-stamped Charanga 76 plate earlier in the year, I was fortunate to receive a test-pressing of their next offering. This time round they’ve gone for La Bionda (translation = The Blonde), the duo often credited as the inventors of Italian disco. The stand out cut on the record comes on B2,…
August 28, 2010Just left the iPad store. Music Radar did a brilliant article when the Korg application was announced on the top ten music production tools that were set to come with it. At the same time a new Tenori-on had gone on sale for cheaper price, but it was still saving money to buy an iPad then upload the Tenori-on similar…