Hello To The Moon, Hello To The Sun
“Okay, everybody’s stupid, everybody’s dumb, shout out to the moon, shout out to the sun!” – Kool A.D. “Hickory” Wow, let’s blow the dust off this keyboard…It’s been a while since I last had the time and energy to post something on this blog, but you know what LL said: “Don’t call it a comeback!”...
Hip Hop Coffee
Off to a slow start? Then these two fan favorites should do the trick and have you running laps in no time: Enter two cups of coffee and of course the right beat to ease the daily grind. Back in 2013 UK tagteam supreme, the Jazz Spastiks decided to take things one step further and...
Far Out Indeed
Brooklyn-based futuristic funk outfit King Mono, alias producers Little Shalimar and Jerry Wilms, just aired the new music video to “Far Out”, a track off their latest album Bump In The Night and all I can say is, well it’s so far out! The visuals feature clips from the 1956 sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet, but...
Know About It
Time to kick off the summer season in style, head outside and spread those good vibes, letting people know, what there is to know about it. Now if you didn’t know, Manchester has a blossoming Hiphop scene, headlined by class acts such as The Mouse Outfit as well as high-octane wordsmiths the likes of Mad...
The Lake Radio
‘Can there be a sound, if there is no one to hear it?’ Originally launched in August 2014, The Lake Radio is a freeform non-profit online radio station from Copenhagen, curating and streaming cutting-edge sounds in all their ambient glory. “The Lake started with a metaphor because we had this gigantic pool of music, which...
Grime Time
Running a rougher regime, straight from the raucous ranks of East London, come UK grime crew Newham Generals, alias Footsie and D Double E. The duo, notoriously signed to Dizzee Rascal’s Dirtee Stank imprint, is still going strong, representing all that grime culture was and is. While the genre today has seemingly faded into oblivion,...
Breakfast with Ringgo
Sunny Sunday mornings call for a breakfast show full of laid-back vintage grooves brought to you by Ringgo alias MNDSGN, his compadres and an apple. Watch them get together in their Los Angeles-based crib to play some easy vibes, hazy jams and explorative grooves in leisurely manner, sure to kick your day off with the...
Lyrically Reclined
Resinate? Resonate. Be it beats or bars, Chester Watson flows ambidextrous. Rapping on cruise control, this prodigious 17-year-old has been crowding the airwaves, distributing supervillain-esque rhyme schemes and subliminal instrumentals on a regular. Chester’s velvet-voiced verses come laced with off-key loops that are...
Feminine Dimensions
When I first heard Georgia Anne Muldrow's track "Wrong Way", I knew I was on the right way. If there is such a thing. You know what I mean. The track off of Georgia's mindboggling 2006 debut LP "Olesi: Fragments Of An Earth", as the first female artist to sign with Stones Throw Records, struck...
Reverberation Radio
Don’t judge a book by its cover, or so they say. I’m not sure if the same applies to records, but I dare say the artwork is exactly what drew me to Allah-Las and their self-entitled 2012 debut album in the first place. Sometimes you just have to trust the voice in your head going...
Slumber Session with SKALPEL
Back from a 10 year hiatus, since their self-entitled 2004 debut release on Ninja Tune, Polish nu-jazz outfit Skalpel is set to take the stage and continue spreading good vibes. Following the release of their latest album “Transit“, now on their very own imprint PlugAudio, they dress and serve up this brilliant mix for i-D‘s...
Hush children, what’s that sound?
This little musical playing field of mine has been a long time coming. Needless to say, writing these first few lines feels pretty good. Lately I’ve been feeling a need to produce again, if only to share the sounds that move me and to try and put those everyday sensations into words. So here goes…...