Category: artist review
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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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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Egypt - Listen now |
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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After an hour with Dan Deacon it’s easy to forget which way up is normal. This guy just does not follow the rules. Don’t believe me? Just look at this blatant disregard of the way things work on the indie/dance/rock scene:
Rule #1
Let someone else build your stage. Following the support acts, a crowd of groupies [...]
Let’s get the disclosure out of the way first: I’ve been a big fan of Chris T-T for some years having been a fellow Brighton neighbor back in the day (the mighty Rifa did a good job on the promotion front). We were witness to some blinding performances with and without the full Chris T-T [...]
The wonderful Square Productions (no, I have no idea what that means) really do go in-depth when they cover something. Recently they highlighted some of their choice picks and plumped right in the middle was that man Matthew Dear. I missed him when he recently passed through San Francisco, so matching the expectancy of his [...]
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MatthewDear-BodyLanguageVol7 - Listen now |
XLR8R continues its excellent podcast series with a mix from techno veteran DJ Speedy J, aka Jochem Paap. Atmospheric would be the best way I can sum up this mix that is a lesson in creating interest around an ever-evolving beat. Reminiscent of Richie Hawtin’s Decks, EFX & 909, the mix is built vertically – [...]
I’m afraid I don’t have much information on this one, but a live version of a track from the new Jamie Lidell album has surfaced on the web.
The UK artist seems to have stuck to his tried and tested formula: angular electronic funk.
Apparently his live shows are meant to be worth taking in.
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ieLidell-FiguredMeOut_LAGarageMix - Listen now |
XLR8R picks up on this Brazilian DJ/Producer chipping away at the coal face of sub bass down in Brazil. And just to prove it, they offer up a mixtape by the man himself.
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any man that builds a myspace parody site like this has to be a somewhat confused individual.
lost in an acid haze circa 1992, ceephax manages to squeeze bits of music into an otherwise completely surreal experience.
but the music ain’t half bad… check out the rough acid version of prelude in c major by bach.
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Prelude in 303 Major - Listen now |
