Monthly Archives: June 2008

Gems from Glastonbury

Glastonbury was awesome this year! I have three gems for you…
Since I can’t post video’s here at the mo, I’ve got the audio’s for you to check out.
First up is: Hot Chip and Wiley – Wearing My Rolex
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Next up: Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris
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Breakbeat mixup, mk II

Broken Breaks, mixed by db!
Here’s another breaks mix for your ears – this one’s a bit more electro-ey.
One of the great things about breakbeat is that you can fuse it with electro house and it’ll still sound huge. There’s a couple of examples of that in this offering; expect more of this in the future [...]

Boom Bip, Gruff Rhys, Spank Rock collabo & Why?

Stainless Style by Neon Neon is an unorthodox concept album between some of the big underground names of Hip-Hop, IDM, electronica and indie rock and it somehow works really well. Boom Bip is one of my favourite musicians; if you haven’t already then check out Blue eyed in the Red Room featuring Nina Nastasia, and [...]

First single from Nas

This is the first official single from Nas’ upcoming album, it’s called “Hero”. The track features the talented Keri Hilson on vocals. Polow Da Don produced this track and has come up with a crazy energetic beat which will no doubt attract alot of plays on commercial radio.
Even though this track is obviously [...]

N*E*R*D All The Girls Standing in a Line For The Bathroom!

N*E*R*D are also back with the follow up to their second album “Fly Or Die” of 2004. “Seeing Sounds” is the title and is in reference to a neurological phenomenon called ’synesthesia’.
Shay from the group elaborates: “It’s a mixture of senses that may cause a person to experience colorful hearing, auditory smell.” I [...]

LL Cool J is back

LL Cool J is back, finally! His last ever album for Def Jam, “Exit 13″ was originally supposed to be released in 2007 with 50 Cent acting as executive producer, but 85% of the album was scrapped and reworked. 50 Cent is also no longer overseeing the project but will still appear on a [...]

DJ Ironik

Every so often an underground UK hiphop artist will break through. Although this happens sporadically and very rarely do they remain in the spotlight, here is another artist breaking through to the mainstream. His name is DJ Ironik.
He’s been making music and DJing for a while now, and producing for other artists like [...]