Musikal

Audio: Radiohead - Kid A & OK Computer (Full Albums Remade in 8-Bit)

Tue, 22 May 2012 13:21:00 +0100

Completely pointless but somehow listenable, YouTube user QuintonSung decides to make two classic Radiohead albums sound like Atari game music.

Audio: Cocaine 80s - 4 New Tracks

Tue, 22 May 2012 11:33:52 +0100

Supergroup Cocaine 80s, made up of Common, No I.D, James Fauntleroy, Kevin Randolph and more, have been busy releasing new tracks in the last few days.

You can listen and download all, courtesy of PinBoardBlog, above.

Audio: Traxman - Traxman vs. Alice Coltrane

Mon, 21 May 2012 21:31:00 +0100

From the UK’s reflection on the Chicago sound to one of the genre’s masters, this just popped up from the mighty Traxman. The man is a digger.

Audio: Taz Buckfaster - Bats & Gats (clip)

Mon, 21 May 2012 21:26:08 +0100

It may only be a 60 second teaser, but this new material from Glasgow’s Tax Buckfaster is set to blow. More juke/footwork mutations from the UK is no bad thing.

Audio: Visionist - Circles (clip)

Mon, 21 May 2012 21:15:24 +0100

More London bass experiments from the Visionist, last seen on his New British mix.

Audio: Singing Statues - No Disguise EP

Mon, 21 May 2012 21:08:00 +0100

A new EP from Ben Thomas sees him reveal a new alias in the Singing Statues project. A tantalising prospect considering the quality of his material as BNJMN, the No Disguises EP sees songwriting prowess, electronic detail and pop sensibility merge to create 4 tracks placed somewhere between the likes of Gruff Rhys and Barbara Morgenstern.

Available as a free download from Astro:Dynamics here.

Audio: Julio Bashmore - Au Seve

Mon, 21 May 2012 20:57:00 +0100

The star of Bashmore continues to shine and shine, as he announces the arrival of his own Boardwalk Records label with a standardly good house bubbler. Released on 2nd July.

Video: Miguel Atwood Ferguson Ensemble: Shine (Feat. Pharoahe Monch)

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:10:39 +0100

Lovely performance, at the 25th Annual JazzReggae Festival at UCLA.

Audio: OHM Dedication Series #2: JD Twitch Presents Adrian Sherwood

Sun, 20 May 2012 19:41:00 +0100

Following last months fantastic first chapter, One Handed Music call upon Optimo man JD Twitch to pick a single artists music to work uo into a dedicated mix, and the Glaswegian legend goes for none other than former Tackhead front man and one of the UK’s finest dub organisers, Adrian Sherwood. An hour and 39 minutes of sheer quality.

Audio: Fantastic Mr Fox - Speak Nuh

Sun, 20 May 2012 19:22:00 +0100

Some great melodic work courtesy of Manchester’s Fantastic Mr Fox ahead of his latest for Black Acre, the San’En EP, available on 4th June.

Audio: Altered Natives - Blckbrd feat. Nina Simone

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:14:00 +0100

This is frankly, the best thing we’ve heard all week. Bruk-house master and general one-of-a-kind producer Altered Natives does some master sampling of the one and only Nina Simone ahead of the hugely anticipated Tenement Yard Volume 3 - expected later this year on his own Eye4Eye imprint.

Audio: Ejeca - Pushed (BICEP Remix)

Tue, 15 May 2012 23:38:34 +0100

Over the course of the past two years or so the BICEP crew have settled amongst our passions as some of the most solid house producers out there. Last time we caught up they were soundtracking our bank holiday, and this time around they do the damage once again.

Released via Tusk Wax this week, and available here.

Audio: Guy Andrews - The Wait / Hand In Mine (clips)

Tue, 15 May 2012 23:29:10 +0100

We’ve been loving everything Guy Andrews has been involved with ever since we heard his rugged mix for Truants last year.

Continuing his take on polyrhythmic bass inflections, the UK producer settles on Scuba’s ever-expanding Hot Flush label for his sophomore release. Unsettlingly good, and released on 28th May.

Audio: Hodge - Voodoo

Tue, 15 May 2012 23:21:00 +0100

Undoubtbly one of the keenest new talents on the UK house/bass scene - relative newcomer Hodge drops some weighty science here. Keep your ears pinned for big things from this Bristol producer over the rest of the year.

Video: dEbruit - Boiler Room Set

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:22:10 +0100

Trust us when we say dEbruit’s new album, From The Horizon (artwork above), is game changingly good. It’s out on June 4th and there are samples, here.

In the meantime watch and listen to his sterling live set for Boiler Room above.

Audio: Traxman - WBMX Jackin' The House Mix Vol.1

Mon, 14 May 2012 23:12:00 +0100

25 minutes of classic house cuts from the inimitable DJ and sometime Ghettoteknitionz man Traxman, following his recent Da Mind of Traxman album for Planet Mu.

Recorded for his native Chicago’s WBMX radio station, the Chicago veteran delivers a superb selection and rough and ready mixing style that makes for a winner. Download on the player above.

Audio: Okzharp - Night Drive After-Party Bumble Taxi Mix

Mon, 14 May 2012 21:07:00 +0100

A return to Gerv Gordon’s DJ-centric Okzharp moniker, which sees the LV producer come with an hours worth of quality South African house and bass-inflected UK bumps.

Download from the man Blackdown’s ever-reliable blog here.

Tracklist
Professor - Imoto
Mogrigo (Okzharp reedit) - Heavyweight
Lepyata - DJ Killer
Track 7 - ?
Ses Khatele - T’zozo
Device - LR Groove
Baby Jelly - DJ Killer
Tribal Seagulls (Radio Slave reedit) - Kenny Dope
Childs Play - LR Groove
Jana - DJ Killer
Murder (Okzharp reedit) - Minister
Antural - My Aim
Sorry - Sgicha
Zimba (Okzharp reedit)- Shifty
Warrior - Funkstepz
Imoto (dub) - Professor
Dirty Paraffin - Primustof
Ukuta (Nompumelelo Groova mix) - Sdunkero
Only - Jumping Back Slash
In Da Market (Okzharp everlasting dub) - Wiley
Ngomso (Das Kapital reedit) - DJ Clock
Ngitsandza Wena (Okzharp reedit) - DJ Steavy & Mr Edu
Track 6 - ?
Ama Lights (Okzharp edit) - Big Nuz
Im So Confused - Jumping Back Slash
Just Be Yourself - DJ Steavy
Off The Wall (Tshwara Lebota) - DJ Mphulo
Feel (Vocal Mix) - Trackheads
Owethu Wena (Okzharp reedit) - DJ Fisherman
Daka - Jook 10
Bad Gyall Fi Dem - Maxwell D & Badness
Long Wait - Mapeps
Get Low - Jook 10
Mallet - Walton
Output Stereo Out - Cat’s Eyes
Watch This - Kenny Dope
Calango version - XXXY & Samraj
Sankaa - Walton
Nomhle (Okzharp reedit) - DJ Killer
Swagger (Dub Mix) - DJ Naughty
Totem - Output Stereo Out
King Of The Dancehall (DVA rmx) - Rudi Lina
Baby (LV rmx) - Benin City

Audio: Bjork - Virus (Hudson Mohawke Remix)

Mon, 14 May 2012 20:54:00 +0100

Superb workout from Hudson Mohawke, once again proving just why he’s one of the world’s finest producers right now. Taken from last year’s multimedia-toting Biophilia remix series, and available now.

Full Album Stream: Ab-Soul - Control System

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:34:00 +0100

In case you didn’t get your copy yet, here’s your chance to hear the album in full. Some brilliant features from the likes of Danny Brown, BJ The Chicago Kid and Ab’s Black Hippy fam Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock and ScHoolboy Q.

Top Dawg Ent. deliver once more.

Audio: Azealia Banks - Jumanji

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:36:23 +0100

The first drop from her forthcoming Fantastic mixtape. Nick Hook and the always ace HudMo on production.

She’ll be following the mixtape up with an EP entitled 1991, before the album Broke With Expensive Taste is released in September.

On a side note, we’re in love with that artwork.