You might have heard of this fellow already, Danny Native had a track on the Our Music Our Culture compilation, as well as some self-released EPs. Now, just as you think that this thing called broken beat is about done, Danny delivers his debut LP with 12 “brukkers” that were made for the dancefloor.

Oakland’s Deepblak label delivered its fine debut compilation Blaktropolis Volume 1 earlier this year, a nice set of future jazz music, deep techno and hip hop.

So, today it’s Christmas. A Merry Christmas from Deepblak!…

Even before Deutsche Grammophon’s Recomposed by Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald was out, rumours of Ricardo Villalobos remixes made the round. This week, a 12-inch finally proved this to be true – at least one Villalobos remix accompanied by another by Carl Craig made it on the record. As you can expect, both are taking the material originally written by Mussorgsky and Ravel and transform it into more dancefloor-oriented versions, and both break the 10 minutes limit easily. If you ask me, they should’ve added an Isolée remix as well.

Seems like 2004’s Bitasweet release of the JB Rose track It’s Time was reissued recently. For a moment it looked like the first release on the Bugz in the Attic label in a long time. But no – nothing new here, but a good chance to get it if you missed it before.

It’s hard to escape those Christmas tunes on the radio these days. Dutch producer I.N.T. used many of them as samples, locked himself into his studio and came up with a free album for you to download.…

Fourth issue of SHOOK Magazine is out already! Their latest magazine features reviews of the new Q-Tip, the Kaidi Tatham album, they got a special on sound systems, Manchester before its Hacienda days, coverage of the London Jazz Festival and lots more.

The Reel People’s remix album of Seven Ways To Wonder is still young, but their label Papa Records has even more treats available just in time for Christmas. The Bonus Dubs & Instrumentals are only available as downloads and aim primarily at DJs to use them as tools.

More details about Phlash & Friends, the upcoming album project from Restless Soul’s Phil Asher. Besides the name Deep Electronic Sound and the cover artwork, here is also a first look at the tracklist.

This is just a short note that The New Yorker has published an article about Flying Lotus. Though it focuses on his music (of course), it also gives some nice insights about Steven Ellison, the man behind…

The new Kindred Spirits sub-label Nod Navigators has just dropped The Fucking Formula from Dorian Concept, a 12-inch preceeding the young beatmaker’s debut album When Planets Explode, which is set to be released in January 2009. The single’s title track was already coined a classic on Benji B’s Deviation show and it’s accompanied by two tracks, that will not be on the album.

As reported, the new Moonstarr album is currently available exclusively on Dancetracks and It will be available elsewhere on December 9. Until then, Public Transit has some tracks to give-away for free.

The ties between Joy Jones and Bugz in the Attic go back to 2002, when she had an appearance on the Agent K album Feed the Cat (vocals on the title track). Later that year she sang on Zombie (together with Wunmi), the Bugz contribution on the Fela Kuti tribute compilation Red, Hot and Riot (a 12″ on Bitasweet followed in 2003).

Mark de Clive-Lowe has posted a blog entry linking to various photographers, who have been present at the Freesoul Session London Finale taking place earlier this month at the Cargo.

Also, Mark has

It’s almost every week now, that Freedom School drops some news about the upcoming Kaidi Tatham album In Search Of Hope, which will finally be available in about two weeks. This week we get an

As previously reported, Sonar Kollektiv’s SK200 compilation will be available on December 1st. In addition to that, there will be a download-only EP with three exclusive tracks on their digital label Digital Kollektiv.

Christmas is not that far anymore, about time to have a look at potential presents for the music enthusiast in your circle of friends. German publisher Taschen recently released a book about Jazz Covers. On almost 500 pages Joaquim Paulo has collected LP covers from between the 1940s to the 1990s.

I did my homework when my copy of Moonstarr’s upcoming album arrived from Japan. Depending on the sources, Instrumentals Forever should have been released in the rest of the world on November 11 or 18. However, there is no information…

Photographer Adrian Wood is the man responsible for the cover-artwork for In Search Of Hope, the upcoming album from Kaidi Tatham. On the Freedom School website he speaks about the shooting, where he…

The Freesoul Sessions London Finale was taking place on November 9, the last concert in the UK before Mark de Clive-Lowe moves to his new home Los Angeles. It featured an all-star line-up of Bembe Segue, Vanessa Freeman,…