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So, I’ve given up on YouTube recommendations for the moment. But, thanks to something that no algorithm has yet been able to replicate, I’ve stumbled across this, which is absolutely perfect. It’s taken from the 1st volume of LTJ Bukem’s excellent Earth series of compilations (long overdue a reissue if any record labels are reading this), which [...]

I was listening to a random playlist this morning when the epic Get Closer by my one-time hope for the future, Ben Westbeech, popped up. I’d forgotten quite what a great track it is, with Die’s piano-led drum & bass and Ben’s vocals melding perfectly. I’d not heard much of Mr Westbeech since he contributed [...]

I heard this track on an old mix earlier today and could barely stop myself from jumping up in the middle of the office and breaking some serious moves. OK, so maybe that’s a slight exaggeration. Whatever. I know that just about everything to do with Incredible by M-Beat & General Levy is considered to [...]

Ben Westbeech showcased his debut album Welcome To The Best Years Of Your Life at Soho’s Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club – and I managed to blag an invite… Following a bit of the sort of blagging I haven’t tried for years (Hi. Can I come to your gig? Who am I? No one really..) I [...]

Ben Westbeech’s latest single Get Closer is produced by Roni Size’s colleague Die, and it’s a good reminder of how much fun drum & bass can be….. Ben Westbeech is undoubtedly the best thing to have come out of Gilles Peterson’s new Brownswood record label to date, and his latest single shows exactly why. Following [...]

The BBC series Soul Britannia and the accompanying set of concerts at The Barbican traced the growth of soul music in Britain… Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy Soul music has probably effected Britain more than any other country outside of the US or the Caribbean, which probably has a lot to do with our close [...]

Lamb marry drum & bass and trip-hop to great effect on the anthemic track Cotton Wool, with a little help from a remix by Fila Brasilia….. There are certain tunes that define a time & place, and for those who listened to DJs like Gilles Peterson and liked drum & bass in the 90s, the [...]

I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun by Rotary Connection is one of my favourite songs of all time (it features the beautiful vocals of the wonderful Minnie Ripperton). And the cover of I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun By Nuyorican Soul (New York house Gods Masters at Work working under a [...]