D’Angelo has long reigned as the mysterious king of neo-soul. Much like Lauryn Hill, his 2000 opus Voodoo was followed by zilch, preferring to remain in the shadows as a peripheral figure in the music world, and finding himself in and out of jail and putting on a few pounds in the process. …Read More.
To mark the release of their latest vinyl on limited 10” through RAMP Recordings, Stay+ (Christopher Poole + Matt Farthing) have made a video for ‘Dandelion’, a track featuring vocals from Moshi Moshi’s Psychologist. In keeping with their bewitching aesthetic last seen on their Bonafide Beats #23 mix, the video depicts a debauched and haunting flat party complete with baked beans on toast.
‘Dandelion’ will also feature on an upcoming EP due in Spring 2012 also on RAMP.
New year = passport to new sounds. Associated Minds have announced some UK Exports - a thing Dave C in Number 10 can only dream of at present.
Produced UK DMC finalist DJ Killer Tomato & Associate Mind Mayor, UK Exports reps the UK scene past and present and includes choice tracks by Paul White and Tranquil, Kidkanevil and Willo Wispa, Sonnyjim, Jehst, P.L.O. & Ralph Rip Shit, Mystro, Ramson Badbones and Wizard and Cappo.
Checkit on the way to work.
Christmas is a time for giving, and thankfully beatmaker Clams Casino has joined in the Yuletide spirit by offering up the critically acclaimed Instrumentals LP from his Facebook page for free. In what was originally released as a free online mixtape and then pressed onto vinyl by the label Type, this new gift heralds a “previously unavailable high quality 320kbps digitally remastered version of Instrumentals“. And what better way is there to celebrate the festive period than experiencing Clams’ heady beats in all of their high quality glory? …Read More.
Christmas has just gone but I’m already jotting things like the above onto next year’s list.
Conceived and handcrafted by Mr Simo and his handpicked team, each BoomCase welds a suitcase (preferably weathered, aged with a hint of retro) with speakers that go BOOM! Taking three weeks to build to customised options (solar charger or TV screen anyone?) they can run on either run on a battery or be plugged in, and work with an iPod/iPad/iPhone or anything else with a headphone plug.
The BoomCase, guaranteed to elevate the standard weekly team meeting into something more palatable.
