SOLO: the atmospheric mashup is here (Fabriclive mix)

My first exposure to mashup culture goes back to the early heady days of rap when the ganstas and daisy agers achieved notoriety by borrowing freely from old funk and pop classics to create the dance-punk propaganda that I guess now gets labeled ‘Golden Age Hip Hop’. The likes of George Clinton took offense to [...]

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Posted by harry covert on July 27, 2009
All shades of funk in latest Sparkletone mix

It’s surprising that in this day and age there are some artists that you just can’t find on the web. Sparkletone is one.
I checked Myspace – nothing there.
Next the personal website – lovely design with a bunch of remixes, and that’s about it.
Coming full circle back to the mix that originally triggered the Sparkletone hunt, [...]

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Posted by harry covert on July 15, 2009
Toddla T’s rambunctious debut mix on BBC Radio 1

The UK’s BBC Radio 1 has been supporting and promoting emerging dance music since the early days of rave (when the public-funded organ attracted some ire for forging links with a ‘drug-addled’ sub culture). Back in the day, I had no way of getting out into the fields where the raves where happening, so I [...]

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Posted by harry covert on July 6, 2009