So I asked around, part 1
Instead of following the usual Best-of talk at the end of each year, I sent some questions to some of the musicians I like. Here’s the first part, looking back at 2008.
Altered Natives – A Thousand Days of Patience
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.
Only the Best!
Like every year at this time, the world feels the need to choose the best of the year. Time magazine has probably the longest tradition in contributing to this: The Person of the Year. Since 1927 (then…
Deepblak wishes a Merry Christmas
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!…
High Tech Soul
High Tech Soul is a documentary about the beginnings of techno music and it’s epicentre – Detroit. It came out back in 2006 and focuses on the keyfigures of the first wave: Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson. Furthermore,…
Yotoko – Silver Room Sessions 2
I was digging my archive to find an appropriate Christmas download for you, and look what I found: Silver Room Session 2 from Yotoko! Released back in 2006, this has been one of my all-time favourite mixes…
Gilles Peterson Worldwide Awards 2009
Once again, London’s Cargo will be hosting the Gilles Peterson Worldwide Awards. On top of the announcement for the best tracks and albums, there will be a lot of live music and some DJs aswell. On the stage, you will be witnessing Jazzanova, Robert Mitchell Trio, Dorian Concept, Quiet Village, Mama Milk, Stacy Epps and Jonathan Jeremiah.
Recomposed New Mixes
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.
Resident Advisor Podcast with Trus'me
Another incredible podcast from Resident Advisor came in this week, the new episode features Manchester’s Trus’me on the decks.
The mix was recorded at Disco 3000, a weekly party-night in Manchester. Trus’me talks some more about it in the interview for Resident Advisor, but also about his label Prime Numbers.
JB Rose – It's Time
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.
I.N.T. presents Welcome To Christmas Wonderland
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.…
Jazz re:freshed presents Kaidi Tatham
For the final Jazz re:freshed session of the year, it’s no other but Kaidi Tatham returning to London’s Mau Mau Bar to present his new album In Search Of Hope.
SHOOK Volume 4
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.
Bopstar Mix CD
There’s a new mix CD available for all Bopstar fans. Maybe a bit unlikely to get an actual copy, it’s a self-produced CD and there are only about 100 available. Lucky us, it’s Christmas time and the mix is available…
Moonstarr – Instrumentals Forever
The second album from Moonstarr is finally available in the rest of the world, following the Japanese release earlier this summer. First of all, Instrumentals Forever is not what the title suggests – an instrumental album. If you love(d) Dupont, chances are good you will like the follow-up just as much.
120 seconds with Mark de Clive-Lowe
The nice people of Friends We Love posted a new Episode of 120 seconds ..with Mark de Clive-Lowe!
Reel People Bonus Dubs & Instrumentals
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.
Phlash & Friends album in February
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.
Flying Lotus article in The New Yorker
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…
Deviation Sessions
After 14 editions already, the Deviation Sessions celebrated with a Christmas Special yesterday night at the Gramaphone in London. As a special thank-you to all supporters, you can now download all available recordings from the club. Included…
Dorian Concept – The Fucking Formula
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.
Public Transit Downloads
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.
