2010 is getting crazy now. Midrange in dubstep drove it out of from its dark origins and we’re seeing Garage make a come back. Early oo’s instrumental hip-hop which was largely bass-driven and menacing is heavily influenced by electro and dubstep. The IDM of our time should be a label for the likes of Mount [...]
The Five One are a group like no other. Their sound is blessed with freedom, inventiveness, and true imagination. The quartet is rooted in Hip Hop but is never bound by conventional ideologies of hip hop or any other genre for that matter. They are like a cross between a pleasing Indie Pop/Rock band and [...]
Here is a track from the recently released Tech N9ne album Sickology 101. The track is called ‘Midwest Choppers 2′ and sees N9ne collaborating with K-Dean & Krayzie Bone. Both N9ne and Krayzie Bone really deliver on this track, and it will definitely please fans of break-neck rap with dark crazy beats.
Tech N9ne feat. K-Dean [...]
I wanted to introduce you do a new artist on the electronic scene.
The talented Frau Aike started producing electronic music at the beginning of 2004 in San Francisco when the creativity of the city, life with a musician gone wild, 20 years of experience with classic piano and a midi-keyboard standing about, created a drive [...]
This is the track that samples “My Guitar Gently Weeps” by The Beatles. Dhani Harrison, son of George Harrison, played the guitar for this, while Erykah Badu sang the chorus. I think it’s a shame that the clan don’t feature in the though, I”m not sure what that spells for them, but I am [...]
This isn’t a very extensive round up, but more-so a summary of some of the things I have been listening to during December to round off the year. Most of it is new, some of it is old. Enjoy…
East London’s Kane Robinson has made his return. He rose from the underground scene to the mainstream with the release of his single ‘Typical Me’ in 2005 and there was massive hype around this hot London MC back then. In September Kano dropped his latest offering, ‘London Town’. Now, I have to say I was [...]
“The Death of Hip-Hop” :An Artist’s Manifesto:
“I hope you live 200 years, and that I live 200 years minus one day, so I never know beautiful people like you passed away”
-James Brown
Ever since the beginning of time, perhaps the truest mirror of society has always been the music that it both produces and consumes. And [...]
Jazz Fusion is a genre that a man can easily lose his mind in. There are only so many absurd break downs, odd time signatures and improvisational sections that anyone can take before breaking down and having to listen to Nickelback for three solid days, just to cleanse your palette in preparation for the next [...]
We’re building up a nice little selection of great people that would like to contribute to the site. So far we have five potential writers including myself.
The team so far includes
bionicsheep
clark m
hipgnosis
lena b
pete m
Profiles of these people will be written soon. There are potentially three more writers and I am waiting for responses from them!
Ulrich [...]