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october girl

If I was to do a female of the month award for October - Ellie Goulding would walk it. purely for the 2 songs performed above and the simple, boyishly pretty girl next door look. the hoody is a winner.

Here she is on Jools Holland this week - performing 'Under The Sheets' & 'Guns & Horses'

& Like a good journalist (haha. . blogger) I did a bit more research on her since my last post. . .

---> Neon Gold <---

(now for a UK stockist..)

Deviation25

You might think it a wierd combination, but it alllways goes off.

WHAT YOU WAITING ON

MP3: Jay Electronica X Just Blaze - Exhibit C (Radio Rip)

Jay this is getting silly. You've got hiphop hanging off your every word and you haven't even made a product yet. No viral videos. No r&b feature joints. No rapper feuds. You haven't even gone over any 808's instrus yet? Are you for real?

Everything feels mighty real.

Please, Please bless us with more.

---> also goes to Just, who just sonned every one with this beat >>>>>>>

like all the boys

another trump card from Mark Ronson's corner, Ellie Goulding.

pop music but with a lot more promise than today's crop. An LP on the way with Burial, Theophilus London, Mark Ronson and a guy called FrankMusik - who is apparently big news somewhere - all making appearances.

watch the video & see whether it fits with who your trying to be

Look no further. . .

. . . extended weekend runnings from 2 camps who do things the right way.

6 Floors to Hell

an independent documentary on the palestinian men who have illegally crossed the border into Israel in search of work. By night, they sleep in an unfinished Tel Aviv mall - no running water, sanitation or electricity and by day they continue their mostly fruitless search for work.

some pretty bleak scenes.. but shedding light on to yet another world issue that would otherwise have remained out of the public eye.

The trailer is above, but if anyone knows where a full copy can be obtained. . please get in touch. .

soft spots

three garage/house hybrids on the newly founded well rounded records. Courtesy of Deadboy.

We all have our soft spots - and these tracks hit at least 4 of mine.

sometimes simultaneously,

seriously, don't tease me with this NU garage revival. I missed half of the og garage the first time, I just want that back before we start taking it new places.

sold out at Boomkat. Juno.

weirdly, for something that would sound so good in a dance, this sounds mighty good when home listening too.

take

my type of r&b

rumoured to be from Skream's forthcoming longplayer. . .

so beautiful and detached. I could soundtrack a million sleepless nights with an LP on this tip

less/more

when the XX are involved, less is certainly more.

MP3: Florence & The Machine - You Got The Love (XX Remix)

end of the night come down

why I wear a wifebeater

MP3: Sean Garrett - Up In Your Heart (Ft. Gucci Mane)

more offcentre r&b from bangladesh, who, when he's not rehashing the A Millie beat, seems to have developed a talent for making average artists sound like r&b gods.

And of course it wouldn't be complete without some garbling from gucci.

And of course I wouldn't be posting it if I didn't think it was big.

predator Mode

nearly ready according to the Wireblock camp.

Roska's refix of the title track will have been heard if you frequent funky in clubs or online... I for one have heard it multiple times without knowing it's source, and can now say it's easily one of my favourite things he's done.

From the snippets on the Wireblock site, Its clear the rest of the EP is going in the same direction. . the type of music thats outgrown most humans vocabularies.

keep eyes open for when it drops -

& bear in mind that Wireblock will soon become part of Nmbrs -

Sustain

if you at a loose end in London this weekend and have a thing for good art and good music. . .

look no further. . WeAreSustain.com

a lot of respect to Ijam, the man who took control.

A Night With JR

This will probably explain JR's Women are Heroes project a lot better than my previous attempt.

really tempted to jump on the Eurostar and see this for myself.

Thanks to BKRW

Midnight Marauder's

ridiculously fresh colllection from Ransom for '09.

Now all we need is a UK stockist.

deep deep deep

jazzman vs. J rocc

probably everyone will learn a little something from this release.

11 minute sampler for your ears

today I'm gonna go sky high off their Lloyd Miller compilation -

unbalance

2562 has readied another album for the Tectonic imprint. . .

definitely feeling influences from the current post-garage mixture that is getting love this and next year. but unlike how much of the material currently masquerading under that label now is 100% geared to tear a club, unbalance maintains the listen-at-home status that his previous album had. Yeah, it'll tear, but you also don't get sick of it if your rinsing it on headphones. A perfect balance I guess. The pun was coming.

You should also make damn sure to check this out - 'Rework/Closer' - just dropped from the same man under a different name.

Album landing 2nd November. And boy, you better not sleeep.

Transform Ya

the return of the repentant Chris Brown. move along if you can't forgive. .

some more commercially facing r&b that will cause all kinds of problems if played to the right dance.

Swizz Beatz & Lil Wayne supporting. & another song that will force me to leave my seat when I visit some more pants 'student culture' university nights. Spare a thought. . .

Glow In The Dark

Kanye with some more merchandise for his fan club - photos from the Glow In The Dark Tour. I caught it in London, and was knocked sideways by the effort that had clearly been put in to making it what it was. Still get a bit misty at the way 'support act' Common was treated while warming up though. . . Probably be next seasons ladygaga in the support slot next year. Then they'll see.

Details @ Universecity

I Wanna Know

I still bump this record religiously. Someone needs to book them this side of the river. Sharpish...

Show Me

Forthcoming for Von D on Black Acre Records.

Find me someone who creates a mood as well as this. . .

theres a skreamix too if you like things heavy rather than sexy

Voice Of Reason

Out of the blue came the news that Shuanise* is to bless us with a 3 track EP (+instrumentals) via the beautifully updated Up My Alley label.

And after quickly whoring myself onto the said labels promo list, I was lucky enough to be blessed with some of the music. Think smoky underground jazz clubs, vintage microphones and vinyl crackles. There is bags of soul, and even more promise from what I think is one of todays leading UK talents. .

out pretty soon (can be pre-ordered on RushHour) - but all news will be hitting the UpMyAlley website first. In the meantime, hit soundcloud for full streaming. .

* remember when 'masudasante naima' hit the internet - - -

10

True Love --- Apathy (Ft. Phonte)
Disco Balls --- Flying Lotus
Stop What Your Doing (James Blake Remix) --- Untold
Untitled --- Sampha & Sbtrkt
Thug Psalms --- Freddie Gibbs
Tarantula --- Zomby
Hard Steppin --- Nu Sound Therapy
Echo --- Ciara
Mon Premier Amour --- Cheb Hasni
Newness --- Eric Roberson

16.09.09

had to up another funky set for you. perfect balance between the hard and the soulful, and clearly, along with mak10, the stand out london deejay of this year.

I lost it multiple times to this

MP3: Marcus Nasty - 16th September 2009

& obviously ^ hold tight for the rinse CD . .

forsaken

more than drum n bass is what I'm getting from the Alix Perez LP. any further comments are postponed until I've run it some more, but I really couldn't wait to share the above song.

peven everett lacing a beautiful soulful roller.

kinda makes me feel like I should be lighting candles and dimming the lights -

watch this space -

LP drops on 12th October in multiple formats. worth it for this cut alone. .

OBCLII Review

We attend the same educational institute, albeit differently, and share many of the same visions on the way music works, and the way we must work to achieve our goals. And a shared penchant for those old school jams... An incredibly interesting person to talk it up with (about whatever...), and a very talented man with the pen - I hope this is the first of many contributions, not just to NDM, but to the www. by my good friend Leke.

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There comes a time when student becomes teacher and boy becomes man. Growth brings about change and hopefully improvement, if not some degree of continuity. Continuity in quality. For the fan’s sake. Definitely for the Stan’s sake. In the case of martial arts obsessed Wu Gambinos, the hope is that Raekwon, born Corey Woods, goes from a young hungry Daniel LaRusso to a masterly Mr Miyagi. Only Built For Cuban Linx… Pt. II heralds the return of one of the Wu Tang Clan’s most critically acclaimed and revered Karate Kids. The question is: Can he (still) kick it?

Part-time chef, part-time emcee, the indomitable Wu Tang’s Raekwon returns with a mouth watering offering. A long awaited sequel fourteen years in the making. As with all follow-ups the foreboding prospect of sequel syndrome blighting the stellar reputation of a venerated original leaves all loyal fans and respectful admirers jittery with pessimism and skepticism. Cooling out to Rae’s Blood on Chef’s Apron mixtape, all fears were summarily allayed and hushed. The message? Fall back, ease up, unbuckle your belt and set your napkins on your lap - The Chef is cooking. He’s got this.

There's More. .

'...best hope that williams here'

a load of emcees passed through Logan's show on the 7th to celebrate the PMoney mixtape release. there are 3videos worth courtesy of sbtv, but the highlight for me, is nottingham newcomer fangol's bars at the start of the above. multiple pull ups. until Skepta removes him from the mic.

please also look at Manga giggling throughout. need to make a .gif

[part 1] [part 2]

worth checking also because of trim and p moneys bars - but of course there is the usual breeze to negotiate.

Go cop Money Over Everything .

Better Days

wiley adds his scattered thoughts too the strongest track on the Speech Debelle LP.

MP3: Speech Debelle - Better Days Remix (Ft. Wiley)

Women Are Heroes

JR and his team have taken the project to Paris for October - pictures can be seen here. . and here

- & above is an exercept from the forthcoming film (scheduled for 2010). Stills of that train travelling through the jungle have been haunting me ever since I first laid my eyes on it. the latest Shook issue also contains a brilliant write up of the South American leg -

Lets celebrate our ladies.