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Nosaj Thing / Vomiting The 90s
Yet another fresh-faced young beatsmith, raised in the (supposedly) blinding sunhaze of L-fuckin’-A and influenced by the DIY tropical punk emanating from crucially kool venue ‘The Smell’ and its...
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Rodney Jerkins Is A Genius
…and if this slice of 2002 bumping future R&B didn’t predate/totally inspire the current wave of wonky hip-hop beatheads (which it did) then I ain’t writing this through a fug of instant coffee...
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NADSROIC – One To Watch
Following the threads of genius through commercial hip-hop to the logical destination of tomorrow, there comes a collaboration of fwd-thinking youths (via label/collective creative powerhouse LuckyMe)...
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Paul White – The Strange Dreams Of…
‘Beat Generation’ (young Dilla/Madlib obsessives grouped together by er… someone) doyen Paul White‘s cut&paste hip-hop sampledelica arguably owes a lot to the 90s Mo’ Wax affiliates of yore but...
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Zomby – Mercury’s Rainbow
Truly transcendental electronica (oh yes) from Zomby after a couple of disappointingly lacklustre remixes (Franz Ferdinand, Animal Collective) to remind us of the prickly, luminous, highlighter-marker,...
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The Month In Purple
Dan Hancox writes about music well. He combines the intelligence to unravel sounds and themes into clear theories with the warmth and honest enthusiasm of someone who is obviously a music fan. His blog...
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Clark – Totems Flare
No talk of (Chris) Clark can avoid mention of 2006′s Body Riddle - his third long player and a modern electronica ‘perfect storm’, managing to sate the appetites of both the digital hi-fi kidz and the...
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Night Sluggin’
He’s a good bloke that L-Vis 1990. Aside from re-energising half-step wobblers with some much needed NRG, I got talking to him outside one of London’s reasonably priced (and fully vegan) Samuel Smith...
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Pangaea
When injected with melancholy, deftly placed space and a smidgen of pathos, dance music (at the lack of a better term) describes places dripping with a syrupy sepia; like hazy memories, ancient summers...
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You Wouldn’t Bring Sand To The Beach
Are you a neophile? Do you hunger for novelty? Are you a magpie, snatching each shiny object within your gaze and devouring any worth it might offer before looking up to continue your search, hunger...
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