Category: electronica
Here it is – getting on the 2009 teary nostalgia tip like a bunch of other Poprounders (thug wife, doc and yari, who covered the whole noughties). Most of these tracks have been hacked off the blogs I monitor. Definitely veering on the side of taught electronic production, and me like all the other bloggers [...]
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bestOf2009_kiterae - Listen now |
I’m over a week into 2010, but here is my best of 2009. I have seen about 80% of the groups on this play list, and the hope is to see the rest in 2010. My highlights would be The XX and Yacht. Notable omissions for ‘09 would be the Silversun Pickups, Muse, the bay [...]
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pop_rocks_2009 - Listen now |
Happy New Year! 1. Eternity Now (2006) – The Bear Quartet 2. Vespertine (2001) – Björk 3. Dimanche a Bamako (2005) – Amadou & Mariam 4. Silent Shout (2006) – The Knife 5. Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009) – Animal Collective 6. Ny Våg (2002) – The Bear Quartet 7. Funeral (2004) – Arcade Fire 8. [...]
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tentopalbums2000-2009 - Listen now |
So, this mix started some months back under the glow of an Indian summer. Finally it sees the light of day – just in time for what these Americans call The Holidays. I’ve been digging back into the past with wisps of drum and bass and old skool trance (303 workouts), mixed up with some [...]
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fadingshineofsummer2 - Listen now |
In terms of rappers that have been around the block, there are few that have traveled further than Rakim. From the early days with Eric B, The R established himself as one of the true legends behind the mic. Blentwell feature a great showcase from Elmattic tracing the history of this boy with the golden [...]
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RakimTheOneTrueGod - Listen now |
Imagine a sufi version of Animal Collective’s ‘My girls’, sung by Victoria Bergsman (previously the singer of the Concretes and the female voice on Peter Bjorn & John’s ‘Young folks’) – how amazing would that be?! This is exactly what Victoria did – she went to Pakistan, found a group of sufi musicians and recorded [...]
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northernlightsXVIII - Listen now |
I’ve had this compilation in my head for over a year, so I’m really pleased to finally put it somewhere else. Not sure why these two bands merged in my mind – musically they don’t have a great deal in common, apart from being filed in the ‘indie’ or ‘alternative rock’ section. I suppose what [...]
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BearQuartet_vs_Fall - Listen now |
A bit of a departure this week from the normal fare of house music and its variants. On a recent visit to the mighty Amoeba Records on Haight Street in SF, I picked up a mix by J. Period.Checking out his bio, this guy has played with everyone from Lauren Hill and Q-Tip to more [...]
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d_JPeriod_SoundclashDancehallVol2 - Listen now |
Well, this was the mi-summer mix from L-Vis 1990. But hang on – I’m in San Francisco. We’re actually half way through the second summer of the year. San Franciscans are treated to dense fog May through August so the halcyon days come in Spring and Autumn. Blah, blah, blah. Back to the mix. This [...]
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LVis1990MidSummerMixAug09 - Listen now |
Thanks to Tim from theargus.co.uk for pointing me in the direction of this mix from Brighton’s own Matty, a graphic designer who doubles up as a house DJ involved with the free underground movement that is Glock’N’Spiel. This is a tight little mix that really get’s going about 15 minutes in. A jacking undercurrent keeps [...]
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