Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Phoenix are a bunch of trendy French types who are pals with Daft Punk or something. I bet they’re well cooler than me (not hard) and I love this little cheesy uplifting ditty…
Found it hard to get a version to embed on here so if this breaks go and search YouTube for the track
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
I stumbled across this the other day and thought I’d share. It’s an interview with a few key jungle DJs, producers and promoters from, I’m guessing, around late ’95 – DJ Rap, Darren Jay, Bryan Gee, Boymerang, L Double and Jarvis Sandy (Desert Storm Promotions) – discussing where the jungle/drum & bass scene was at the time and how the whole Jungle name was becoming synonymous with violence, drugs and general naughtiness
Worth a read to see what was going on 14 odd years ago and how things have changed
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
After seeing these guys rip the place to pieces at Bestival last weekend I had to post up one of their tunes.
The Ragga Twins worked with Shut Up & Dance in the early nineties and created some classic tunes. Beats by SUAD who, for my mind, were one of a handful of true pioneers in the hardcore/rave scene and really haven’t received the praise they deservce and lyrics by Deman and Flinty they came out with a classic album, Reggae Owes Me Money, that anyone who likes a bit of ragga, breakbeat, hardcore, hip hop or anything remotely similar should definitely check out.
Here’s Wipe The Needle which actually doesn’t have too much of the Twins on it but still an incredible piece of hardcore history. They really don’t make ’em like they used to.
For a bit more of the guys’ work you can check the recent(ish) Soul Jazz compilation of some of their best tracks on Spotify – spotify:album:45H2BfEFikrbu3NoCl6zJa . You can also buy if direct from the label here – http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=12379
There’s also a great interview with Shut Up & Dance over at Blog To The Old Skool. I did listen to a Ragga Twins interview online that was really good a while back but can’t find it any more!
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Now defunct Clor called it a day after their debut album came out. Bit of a shame, really, as I thought it was pretty good! Fun, poppy stuff here with the right mix of guitars and electronic elements coupled with some nice melodies to keep the whole bouncing along rather nicely. Pretty sure they’re from Brixton as well, always nice to know that they’re local!
Watch it below but there’s a higher quality version on YouTube that EMI won’t let me embed.
You can check the entire album out on Spotify using this URI – spotify:album:6qWpkqT0EQVL1l1CQjwpoL
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
A lovely piece of 90s alternative rock here from Yo La Tengo, a band whose extensive back catalogue I’ve always meant to investigate further.
Perhaps it’s time to do just that…
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