Spring Heel Jack are John Coxon and Ashley Wales. They started as a drum and bass act, on the strings and skippy beats side of things before veering off into discordant jazz. How can I exlain it? Ah, if Wire magazine had a competition for houseband, these would be contenders. Which is a shame as their early dnb work is really good. And I never knew their Betty Boo connection. The recordings of John Coxon and Ashley Wales as Spring Heel Jack were one of the earliest and best applications of hard-edged drum'n'bass to the full-length [...]
pic: Andreas Banderas Hunee - Took My Love ( buy ) I've really been getting into Hunee 's productions of late, the Berlin based Korean has been quick to impress and after only a trio of releases he is already earning a reputation as an emerging talent to watch. Took My Love is taken off the fantastic Drumpoems Verse 2 compilation. And Hunee's latest release Barrio Payment is out on Quarion 's vinyl only [...]
Welcome to the new, not-really-improved BabyStew This Week In Chicago listing. What's new about it, you ask? Absolutely nothing, except that it now covers the week from Monday through Sunday rather than Sunday through Saturday. It always seemed weird to me not to be listing Sunday shows until the morning of – when not many people are reading blogs – for the sole purpose of sticking with the conventional definition of "week" ( i.e. , Sun-Sat). But convention be damned. So here's what's going on in Chicago this "week". [...]
Kirk Degiorgio's name is not synonymous with minimal techno. Over the course of his 18-year career you could count on your hands the number of releases that would even qualify as club-approved tackle. Degiorgio made his name with multi-hued Detroit-inspired techno and went on to produce soulful music in a variety of genres, but rarely touched on straightforward dance floor-ready tracks. Today we see Degiorgio taking a new path that embraces this side of techno, both in terms of production and DJing. Degiorgio rebooted his Applied Rhythm Technology (ART) label this year and is focused on creating full sounding techno [...]
Driver touches down with another classic-driven set from last week's Spectrum . DOWNLOAD \ iTUNES Tracklist: Leviticus – Burial (Philly Blunt) Hopa & Bones – Ali Ba-ba (In Touch Records) Roni Size – All The Crew 'Big Up' (V Recordings) Alex Reece – Basic Principles (Metalheadz) D.M.S & The Bone Man X – Sweet Vibrations (FX Recordings) DJ 3D – Step To Me (Stepwise Recordings) Omni Trio – Living For The Future [FBD Project remix] (Moving Shadow) Origin Unknown – Cause 'n' Effect (The [...]
Luomo. Vladislav Delay. Uusitalo. Whichever name he used, Sasu Ripatti has been pushing boundaries for his whole career. His legendary Multila album on Chain Reaction took dub techno to places it had never been before (and has never been since), while Anima on Mille Plateaux continues to astound eight years after its release. As Luomo he practically defined "micro-house" with Vocalcity , considered by many to be simply the finest house album of the decade, while Uusitalo is an outlet for his reduced techno excursions. Recently he has received praise as the all-important drummer for [...]
Last week I wrote about the charity album Playing For Change . Hopefully you checked it out, and possibly even bought a copy of your own by now. Although only ten tracks, it's a powerful collection of music that deserves your attention and coin. Today I've got another charity project that is equally as deserving: Funk Aid For Africa . Here's what is given in the liner notes for the album: "Funk Aid For Africa is the first in a series of compilations created to raise funds for African children affected by [...]
Thanks for listening to Vamos A La Playa on WVUM 90.5 FM. I host a new show every Monday afternoon from 5-7pm You can also stream online at wvum.org Doug Flutey | Javelin Non Stop | Sweet Trio I Need Somebody To Love Tonight | Sylvester Crash Dance | Yello ------- All Up In Your Månbas | Sasac Stimulation | The Strangers Wot times (Instrumental) | Model 11-29 She's Electric (Vega Italo Dub) | NightWaves ------- Fun Funk (Instrumental Version) | Riccardo Cioni & D.J.F.T. Band Get On Up (Situation Edit) | [...]
CunninLynguists feat. e-40 & Evidence - Running Wild (clean):" Dirty South hip-hop trio CunninLynguists have announced dates for their Strange Journey U.S. Tour in support of their upcoming release, Strange Journey Volume Two. After a hugely successful European run spanning 10 countries this past spring, the U.S. portion of the Strange Journey Tour will extend for 5 weeks with fellow road warriors Grieves along with DJ/producer Budo, Los Angeles-based artist and frequent QN5 collaborator Tunji as well as Sweden's own international hip-hop icons Looptroop Rockers, who will be taking part in their first-ever full [...]
Despite a dodgy fondness for East End crims, one of the finest dance groups to come from London proper. Their career was a game of two halves, covering the change from primitive dance sounds as exemplified by their "Probably A Robbery" to bigger, more sophisticted beats of their later work in the "Howyoudoin" period. They made cracking tunes and were pretty damn fine live, when I saw them at the Megadog (they rarely played live). Formed in London during the late '80s, Renegade Soundwave applied the punk and industrial ethic to both dub and dancefloor electronica, [...]
Sorry for the lack of updates, we've just opened the Superfly Records store (53 rue Notre Dame de Nazareth 75003 Paris) and are quite overwhelmed with stuff to do... Many mixes are ready to be aired... Here's a selection of rather explosive dancefloor latin goodies released those last two years. Coming next: a dub set, some funky african soul, Hammond jazz and funk, latin Soviet grooves and a Molesting Laura special Movies! Tracklisting : 01. Cesar's Salad - Batucada Surgiu 02. Una Mas Trio - Mas [...]
Stretching it a bit to call this indie dance, since The Human League started as an experimental synth band before becoming a synth pop band with their classic album "Dare". That was in the early 1980s. This post features a release in the mid-90s when they had one of their periodic attempts to re-start their career. On remix duty, German techno monsters Hardfloor. The Human League are a British synthpop band. Formed in Sheffield [...]
MAU , a Danish trio, was formed in the tender year of 2004 and moved to Portugal that very same year. They've got two albums under their belt and are releasing a third in January next year. MAU takes a slightly childish approach to their sound, the sound is jumpy and high-pitched, and when I say "childish" I mean in the sense of Does It Offend You, Yeah, Foals, Hadouken! and Late Of The Pier. I have nothing against mixing genres, like the before-mentioned bands do, but it has a limit. Innovative doesn't necessarily mean [...]
Start of the letter "R". It also seems too long since we had something from Lord Sabre, so let's rectify that. Red Snapper put the jazz into 90s dance. Notable for their pioneering synthesis of acoustic instruments and electronic textures, the British acid jazz trio Red Snapper comprised guitarist David Ayers, double bassist Ali Friend and drummer Richard Thair. Formed in 1993, the group's debut EP The Snapper appeared the following spring; after two more EPs, Swank and Hot Flush, Red Snapper signed to the acclaimed Warp Records label, [...]
Martin Clark oferece um mix de Hatcha gravado em 2002. O registro traz faixas seminais de Skream e Benga, além de remixes de Menta e clássicos do gênero. www.tranquera.org/2009/11/04/h atcha-2002-studio-mix/ & A seleção traz Dubstep, Dub Techno e hibridismos da nova Bass Culture. Confira o tracklist e faça o download. 01. Burial "UK" Hyperdub 02. Zomby "Test Me For A Reason" Hyperdub 03. Pulshar "Nosferatu" Phonobox 04. Indigo "Not alone" On The Edge 05. [...]
toxed - retro drum and bass show (live on dnbradio.com) Recorded live on 2009-11-03 09:39:28 - (81.7 MB) Description: Some new sounds from RUSSIA Plus some great retro tracks. myspace.com/toxed greetz to everyone who listen to. Load in player | Download | More Info Tracklist: 01 - Omni Trio - Secret Life (Silent Storm Remix) 02 - Omni Trio vs. Higher Ground [...]
TVD and Comet Ping Pong are excited to continue a new series of ticket giveaway contests where each month you can see your show of choice at Comet—FREE. Simply because we're looking out for you and your good time. Here's how it works: each month we'll publish Comet's press release and full schedule right here at TVD. You choose the show you'd like to see and be the first person to claim the tickets for that show in the comments to this post (with contact info!) and you're in FREE—no questions asked. [...]
Pan Sonic are Finnish. Originally Panasonic before having to make the inevitable name change. They make noisy abrasive music. The most famous act to originate from Sähkö Recordings , Panasonic (now called Pan sonic), first came into being in the summer of 1993 through the meeting of two creative minds, Mika Vainio (born 1963) and Ilpo Väisänen (born 1963 in Kuopio, Finland). Vainio had worked as a DJ in the 80's and created his own music with Pertti Grönholm, as Corporate 09. Väisänen was originally from Kuopio, Finland [...]
Today All Day Event HAUNTED HOUSE ( ALBUM RELEASE SHOWS ) 7:00 PM BareBones presents.. Devoured 8:30 PM The Devil Makes Three @ 7th Street Entry 9:00 PM Lookbook @ Turf Club 9:00 PM Poutums @ Cafe Maude [...]
Indiepop legends Slumberland records have two new albums lined up for forthcoming release, Brilliant Color 's 'Introducing' and Pants Yell! 's 'Received Pronunciation' for December 7th 2009. The press release gives some more info on Brilliant Color: "Singer/guitarist Jess Scott started Brilliant Colors in early 2007, and she's been mighty busy since then. After a steady stream of line-up changes, Scott has finally settled on a permanent line-up with the addition of East Coast transplants Diane Anastasio and Michelle Hill (a veteran of a number of Bay Area underground punk [...]
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