2010 marks the 15th Anniversary of Harmless records and to celebrate they’ve recruited award-winning compiler, record collector and DJ Dean Rudland to put together Pulp Fusion: The Return Of The Original Ghetto Jazz & Funk Classics all-new set of some of the best and most elusive cuts from the jazz and funk fusion scene. Nico Franks speaks to Dean and gets the skinny on the best way to craft the perfect compilation and why Pulp Fusion matters to anyone calling themselves a music fan. …Read More.
Soundcrashhave gathered together some of our favourite producer/DJs of recent times for a monster line-up of bass and beats over at Camden’s Koko on Saturday 4th September.
Headlining the event is none other than boogie-funk maverick Dam Funk together with his insanely good live band, Master Blaster and Glasgow’s Rustie. …Read More.
Dr Lloyd Miller is a hugely fascinating musical maverick – a true explorer of different musical styles and cultures, he’s been making music with edge for over the past fifty years. For OST he’s worked with the UK’s very own Heliocentrics (peep our interview with main man Malcolm Catto in issue 03) and together they’ve released a truly sophisticated jazz LP. Watch the mini-documentary for a taste of what it’s about.
A brilliant promo from Mayer Hawthorne and the Stones Throw team.The attention to detail in this video is amazing and the whole thing is a piece of pure retro chic. It also has you wishing you had the sartorical swagger of Hawthorne and owned a place with a pool in the hills.
The Simonsound Reverse Engineering
First Word Records
In light of the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, The Simonsound’s debut has inadvertently gained a topical title. It’s all too easy to …Read More.
As the dust settles on what must have been one of the more surreal hours of Team Bonafide’s summer so far, we’d like to share with you one of the most goddarn funky-fresh mixes to grace the audiosphere this side of Uranus. Milk ‘n’ Anchovies was commissioned especially for the recent Nike Tied Together event, aimed at promoting Nike’s collaboration with (Product) Red to help end AIDS in Africa. 24 one-hour mixes were put together by the 24 teams repping London in the global event, and collectively hosted on a microsite via the dope folk over at Mixcloud.
As the World Cup draws to an end and England fans, empty Stella bottle in hand, ruminate where it all went wrong for Don Fab and his crew (possibly picking the same team that’s failed time and time again didn’t help) it’s all too easy to think that the sound of Africa is merely a colourful vuvuzela. With this in mind Friday Funk comes from the heart of Soweto in the shape of Strut’sNext Stop Soweto excellent series.
Vol 1. is entitled Next Stop…Soweto Vo1. Township Sounds from the Gold Age of Mbaqangwa and can be sampled for free here. Vol 2 goes deeper into the underground dusting off obscure crates off Soultown, R&B, Funk and Psych Sounds from the Townships. Magic.
