“Do you like sc, sc, sc, scratching, scratching, scratching…what, what is it….” Well yes I do actually…and honestly, who doesn’t like a hip hop cut up. In fact I don’t trust anybody who doesn’t Back circa 1998 and 2000, around the same time big beat (as it was known) was...
I fancy some disco. Do you fancy some disco? Let's have some disco. Disco is a funny thing, it's for the most part considered a very cheesy genre of music. But that's doing it a bit of a disservice, as if done properly it's not cheesy, it's emotive and moving....
Every now and again, something comes along that blows you away. That is how I felt when I came across the Auntie Flo mini album – Future Rhythm Machine. From the moment I started checking out the tracks online I knew I was picking it up…mere moments later the...
There are very few names you can trust in the rare groove, funk and soul scene as much as the legendary digging duo Kon & Amir. It's a stamp of quality, that you just know will deliver no matter what. Their compilations for BBE are some of the most revered...
One of the first tracks I posted up on this blog was ‘Gee Up’ by Kindness. At the time, as it was a pretty old and lesser known track, I was surprised to have heard it on BBC 6 music. Shortly after I found out why I had –...
I really couldn't decide which track to blog today. I had updated my player with some music I'd been sitting on for a few weeks and subsequently spoilt for choice a lot of stuff got two or three plays. In the end the throwback old school feel good factor of...
Been sat on this track for a month or so and a timely reminder by way of Dicky Trisco's "For the love" guest spot reminded me to drop it on my player again and turn the volume up to 11. The thing I've always liked about the Idjut Boys is...
Like any music genre there is good and bad stuff under the banner electronica, glitchtronica etc, and even IDM. And while some music in this genre can struggle to stand out, perhaps due to the equipment employed (although this charge can also be levelled at many guitar...
Regular followers will know that sometimes I take the easy option and recommend a DJ set or Mix, and today is one of those days. Late last year a small two track EP came out from the impressive Kobra Audio Labs project on Dumb Hero Records. I say EP but...
I read an article a while ago, on the BBC website, about whether or not guitar music was dead. They quoted loads of sales figures etc for rock albums and documented the rise of R&B/Hip Hop pop etc. They then discussed new bands like Mount Kimbie who were utilise...
