Well, that’s 2011 more or less wrapped up. Where the bloody hell it went, I have no idea, but, as I do most years, I thought I’d finish it by wrapping up my favourite albums of the year. Now, I…
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The Best New* Albums Of 2011
Tagged with: Beastie Boys, brownswood, DJ 2 Tone Jones, Fleet Foxes, Ghostpoet, gilles peterson, grime, hip hop, indie, Lee Fields, mix, rock, samples, soul, the streets
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Andy Smith Releases Document 4 On SoundCloud
Andy Smith’s Essential Selection mix for Radio 1 is one of my favourite ever DJ sets. Almost as good is his mix album The Document, which led to a number of sequels. And now, years after it first came out,…
Q-Tip & Gilles Peterson Playing The Roundhouse
So apparently Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide show has been on Radio 1 for ten years. As with so many other things these days, that makes me feel a bit old as I still remember his show on Kiss (as I’m sure…
Tagged with: broken beat, brownswood, gig, gilles peterson, hip hop, Lefto, Little Dragon, mix, Q-Tip, Roundhouse
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Soul Dhamma – Flower (Scuba Mix)
King Britt is a man of many talents as a remix (using a pseudonym) of one of his own tracks (released using a pseudonym) goes to show… I’m so busy at the moment that I never seem to get a…
The Beatles – Love
The new Beatles album Love, which mixes their classic songs together for a Cirque Du Soleil soundtrack, proves how far ahead of their time they were… The idea of a Beatles musical is one that would normally make me wince.…
10 Best DJ Mixes
Some people say that there is no skill to being a DJ. But the 10 best DJ Mixes are more innovative & exciting than most of the ‘real’ music being released.. I’ve been taking part in a discussion on MOG…
Lovebox Weekender – DJ Mix Podcasts
Earlier this summer I went to the rather excellent Lovebox Weekender Festival in London, hosted by Groove Armada… There were performances from Ben Westbeech, Coldcut, Norman Jay, Jamiroquai and Gilles Peterson to name but a few. And now, to bring…
Great summer party hip-hop & house mix
New York based DJ illJazz provides a hip-hop mix to put the summer in everyone’s life… Well, we lost. But the sun is shining and I’m off on holiday tomorrow. And one thing that I will definitely be taking is…
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