nobodydancenomore

Movement.

2010-01-11T05:35:00.000-08:00

We're doing alll the same things. just in a slightly different place. please re-set your rss readers / favourites / mental to the following address.

www.nobodydancenomore.com

And I know how many of you subscribe to this address. So don't think I won't be checking whether you've all switched over.

X

Mike By Spike

2009-12-28T11:19:00.000-08:00

it really is it. R.I.P

Eternal Sounds

2009-12-28T07:00:00.000-08:00

still reflectin'

the deadly duo had the net rabid with some six star delight n they're bout to do it again

get your muzzles

just begin featurin' J.Elect n J.Cole was pretty crazy

errrry verse n it was dope but J.Electrolysis left the rest on a dialysis. don't believe me? go back n listen. REaLLY listen

there's some more guaranteed dopeness in store on new years eve

an official Reflection Eternal mixtape is in store courtesy of Statik Selektah

the Revolutions Per Minute album drops in February

listen to the single way downnnnnnnnnn below, a few days back along the page

...it's gots to be your man hi-tek and kweli

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

2009-12-27T11:25:00.000-08:00

Haha. I'm on a Just Blaze tip. I stumbled across this. Fight(!)

I dunno how to call this one. I love both. Just Blaze is a beast and Al is in my top 5. Food for thought. You do the dishes.

Whose Heard of Othello Woolf?

2009-12-26T21:06:00.000-08:00

It's been a twelve months of great names.

Literally.

The dude Othello Woolf wasn't quite a stand out but still has one of those stand out names.

He might just make it a great one for himself in the next twelve.

So hear him out.

Peep game n have a peep at Hispace.

2000&Milk

2009-12-26T20:48:00.000-08:00

Black Milk. The Future. Undiluted hotness.

Just drink

More Love Supreme

2009-12-26T20:37:00.000-08:00

so 2010 will be a happy new year. how do i know? U-N-I. that's how i know

your boy Thurs and his boy YO are blowin up and they're droppin another bomb on us by the name of Love. A Love Supreme to be exact. A Love Supreme 2.0 to be exactly exact.

there should be five new songs on there, with a few remixes and a special appearance by my man EV. there's a DVD too.

nuthin wrong with a lil more Love.

Livin' Proof X Pause NYE

2009-12-24T03:44:00.000-08:00

my NYE event of choice. by a country mile.

Details + Tickets

Puxsatawney

2009-12-23T21:22:00.000-08:00

Jay Electrolytes is shockingly good. Not that it comes as a surprise. Dude is almost too good. Nothing should have me this excited. I'm girly giddy. Hurry up man. Enough already.

Ransom Holiday 09

2009-12-23T16:22:00.000-08:00

christmas $$$

Have I got any friends in Toronto who wanna handle the shipping for me?

UK Stockists need to man up.

magnetizing the ghetto

2009-12-23T06:01:00.000-08:00

sillyness.

maybe a dream line-up of 2009?

MP3: Reflection Eternal - Untitled (Ft. Jay Electronica, Mos Def & J Cole)

who takes the win? HipHop for one. And J Cole certainly more than holds his own.

on a buzz, high enough to scribe out the lyrics --> how this music should be making us feel. I just feel so blessed we've still got artists making us feel like this.

.....

I'd do it all again. #2

2009-12-22T17:11:00.000-08:00

i know i blogged the jools holland performance, but something of this statures is worth bringing back.

particularly as it's now been coupled with an amazing, beautifully cinematic video from Jamie Thraves.

Album --> 26th January

and in the meantime, this guardian interview offers a vivid insight into the making of the album and the influence her husband's tragic death had on her musical direction

Leftovers.

2009-12-21T17:45:00.000-08:00

More! More!

Go on eLZHI, take Black Milk & DJ Dez back to the lab, cross bolt the door + don't come up for air until you've made enough material to provide me with quotables to last out 2010.

If you don't download this. Better get back to the drawing board. Your lost.

www.elzhi.com

ps. i know i'm (internet time)late on this. . .

beauty from all angles.

2009-12-20T16:57:00.000-08:00

I always try and look at 'r&b' in a different way to how it's presented in the charts.

but only as far as disecting the instrumental or plotting what hudmo beats i'd like to see chris brown ride.

thoughts and dreams that are knocked sideways into lameness by this.

Oli Chang's cinematic remix of Beyonce's Naughty Girl

MP3: Beyonce - Naughty Girl (Oli Chang's Cinematic Remix)

thanks to amelia + all the others who, like me, are probably having their listening schedules run by this right now.

redLight

2009-12-19T09:31:00.000-08:00

Luke Wolagiewicz in Ponte City (JohannesBurg) via VervePhoto

Where The Wild Things Are

2009-12-19T01:55:00.000-08:00

I have a thing for voices - nasally, gruff, gravelly, silky. Even girls with deep voices. Other guys don't like them. I hunt em. Where The Wild Things Are just happens to have some of the most distinct voices in hollyweird on a film reel. James Gandolfini? Check. Forrest Whittaker, the sound of sad broken wisdom? Check. Gruff, rough Mark Ruffalo? Come on now. Crazy.

In class they say one of the hardest things to do is to write from a kid's perspective. I think it's just as hard to show the world how a kid sees it. The famous book does just that. Spike Jonze does just that. This is very much a film about growing up, for kids and grown ups alike. It's surprisingly dark. It's also got an amazing soundtrack which was written by Jonze's ex-girlfriend, Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, with contributions from her bandmates and some members of The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather

Max Records is the coolest entertainment name ever. Max Records is the coolest entertainment boy ever. He might even win an Oscar. He should.

I abso-positively love this movie. It just might be my favourite of 09. One of my favourites ever. Where The Wild Things Are is where i'm at

BEKAWS

2009-12-18T12:27:00.000-08:00

KAWS is an NY based artist most people know but just don't know that they do. This is the guy behind numerous magazine covers, BAPE adverts, and the artwork for The Clipse's latest offering - Till The Casket Drops.

A while back I came across this video highlighting the man, his work, and the streets. Street Art.

i-D recently chopped it up with him and released this video

BlakRoc

2009-12-18T08:48:00.000-08:00

What do the Black Keys, Mos Def, RZA, Q-Tip, Billy Danze, Nicole Wray, and Jim Jones have in common? Talent. That and the fact that they've come together to form a new supergroup called BlakRoc. With a lil help from our favourite super mogul of the 2000s - Dame Dash

The album is actually out already and is pushing decent numbers but it's really all about the music. They hit the studio on some eleven artists, eleven days, one studio tip. And even had the courtesy to record it all for our viewing pleasure. There are, you guessed it, eleven webisodes and I'll be uploading them time to time. Enjoy.

I.D

2009-12-18T08:29:00.000-08:00

Legendary windycity native NO I.D has got somethin bubbling with The Verve's very own Richard Ashcroft. Some may know I.D as the man behind the boards, pushing buttons for the very best of Common's work - I Used To Love H.E.R should ring a bell. I.D is generally hailed as Kanye's mentor and they both worked on Jay's DOA.

They've recorded 20 to 30 songs already. The project is as of yet untitled and might be droppin sometime round April.

cool out

2009-12-18T07:57:00.000-08:00

the bass was heavy and the lyrics were clever

just. cool. out

de ja vu

2009-12-17T16:50:00.000-08:00

Tell em Teena

QUAKES

2009-12-17T16:47:00.000-08:00

no plug for anyone or anything here. just head nod with this for a minute or 2.

exhibit C

2009-12-17T16:38:00.000-08:00

real hiphop cut of the quarter out today on I T U N E S

lyrics .gif courtesy of rappersiknow

you gotta say 'heat' where it's due.

(often lowercase) oracular; obscure; ambiguous:

2009-12-17T15:30:00.000-08:00

i'm a big kid. i like shiny new things. shiny new songs and shiny new toys. shiny new years. 2010 will be epic. 2010 will be delphic

more jewels from Jools

Santakwon

2009-12-17T15:13:00.000-08:00

jimmy and the boys

Rae, Thought & the mighty Roots Crew

OB4CL...II

Nasty Gong

2009-12-17T14:45:00.000-08:00

first cousins

Young Rakim n Young Bob have had this is the works for a minute now. They dropped a snippet of a bomb on us with As We Enter left us fiending for a while. Ofcourse Juniour Gong first teamed up with Nasty Nas on the eerie Road To Zion but now theyve had us hungry stans salivating over their Distant Relatives album. Should be out round the top of twenty-ten. The hype machine is in full grind. First up the Distant Relatives Forum

Watch live streaming video from distantrelatives at livestream.com

They brought out some stellar names for this one - Rakim, Big Youth, Kool Herc, and DJ Red Alert. Just to name a few. The Forum looks at the cultures of HipHop and Reggae, their similarities and influences on the world. They discuss Africa and the origins of music. The V-Tech sponsored event was pretty live and a lot of heads came thru for this one.

The dynamic duo unleash a few exclusives

You gotta love Hate Me Now. Still

Meltin wax with the old heads

Distant Relatives drops in March on Universal Republic

Rebel Music

Green White Green

2009-12-16T10:04:00.000-08:00

this is me

Things Fall Apart. But sometimes things just fall into all the right places. Like one Nneka. She ticks every single box. For me. I'll let the music do the talking. But im sure youve already bopped your heads silly to this one

Sometimes things just fall into all the right places. Like this mixtape. Right into my lap.

Tracklisting

1. Can You Hear? (Intro)
2. Let the Madness Begin (J.Period Exclusive)
3. Wake Up World (Interlude)
4. Wake Up Africa (J.Period Remix)
5. The Uncomfortable Truth
6. Untainted Love feat. Damian Marley (Interlude)
7. Spread Love (Brooklyn to Zion) (J.Period Remix)
8. Human Rights (Interlude)
9. Changes (J.Period Remix) feat. M-1 & General Steele
10. Conscious Lyrics (Interlude)
11. Gypsy/Infamous (J.Period Exclusive)
12. Hip Hop Comes From Africa (Interlude)
13. Walking (J.Period Remix) feat. Jay Electronica
14. In Transit (Interlude)
15. Show Love (J.Period Remix) f. Rakaa (Dilated Peoples) & Aceyalone
16. For the Good of Humanity (Interlude)
17. God of Mercy (J.Period Remix) f. Zumbi (Zion I)
18. Suffri (Nigerian in Berlin Remix) feat. Fela Kuti
19. Perseverance is Character (Interlude)
20. Strength/Kangpe (J.Period Dubplate) f. Big Boi (Outkast)
21. Heartbeat (J.Period Remix) feat. Talib Kweli
22. In the Heart of Man (J.Period Exclusive)
23. Symptoms of My Madness (Outtro)

[ Bonus Mix: J.Period Dubplates ]
24. Mind vs. Heart (J.Period Dubplate) f. 2Pac
25. Changes 2 (J.Period Dubplate) feat. Lauryn Hill & John Forte
26. Walking 2 (J.Period Dubplate) feat. Nas

Out Now. Cop it. Make things fall in the right places.

down with the foreigners

2009-12-15T09:06:00.001-08:00

'Forever changed' A Grammy nod can do that to you. Shout out to my big brother (not really related - just got love for dude), Little Brother's Phonte and flying Dutchman Nicolay, better known as Foreign Exchange.

After earning a nomination in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category for the track "Daykeeper" featuring Muhsinah, theyre rapping and scratching on cloud nine. I have to say I've never been a fan of the Grammys, but I give em props for this cos, to me at least, the nomination shows theyre thinking outside the tv box.

Foreign Exchange are just not mainstream. But the flow is still serious. Congrats. Even if they don't win. Grammys boost sales. Grammys boost interest. Can you spell exposure? I guess theyve already won

They've even started circulating a lil video. Kinda like a thankyou speech. Don't hesitate to be far too kind. Watch.

SHK

2009-12-14T20:10:00.000-08:00

I have to thank my dude for gettin me Shook. Not scared and full of trepidation and all. I mean the magazine. Each issue is like a lil tablet of art filled with pages taken right out of the imaginations of our Ipods. The folks over there never lie. SHK Winter 09/10 - they stay true to form.

The FUNK FACTORY Special sees a lil light being shed on a few names more than due their fifteen - Breakestra, Whitefields Brothers and Lefties Soul Connection. Just to name a few. They shoot the smoky cohiba breeze with Giles Peterson, and come up with a surprise for Nneka. Dope names. Dope read. Cop

DeviationChristmasBall

2009-12-14T16:10:00.000-08:00

If all other deviations have been roadblocks (as personal accounts always suggest + common sense predicts), this will be something pretty special. Benji B shuns any other guests (in a good way of course) and takes to the decks for a 5hour marathon. You don't even have to bring a tux or gown.

I can't think of a better christmas ball.

Not to mention its the first deviation i will be actually attending. Very very excited.

TheCrazyDoodler

2009-12-14T15:43:00.000-08:00

(((I've always wanted to say I'm blogging from somewhere other than my bedroom desk. Today i finally can, courtesy of my friend Nalden. . . . A trip which will be well documented towards the end of the week - I don't want to leak details now. --- Should I be building this up like this? Probably not. Young excitement...)))

Anyway.

The more observant ones of you will have noticed the arrival of a 2nd member here. TheCrazyDoodler (reasons hide behind the name).

Why is he here? Because our inspirations overlap. Because he's the type of person who I could pull all nighters with, debating points of which few-else would care about. Because he realizes we have a chance to make something out of our inspirations. Because he digs Alicia Keyes in the same ways that i do. He understands that hip-hop grows in chapters. & Because he needs 'loungewear' to be at his most creative.

That's why he's here.

The outlet of 1, Now becomes the outlet of 2.

Mothersuck Bugs Bunny

2009-12-13T12:33:00.000-08:00

New 'Fest. You ever watch one of those back in the heyday cartoons like Tom&Jerry and think - WTF?! How they got away with the picaninnies and sambos is crazy. That's not to say the shows weren't crazy themeselves. I am a cartoonhead. Shout out to Hanna-Barbera. Sick video. Sick concept. Konee Rok behind the lens. Rhymefests' El Che out Spring 2010.

Toro Zoro

2009-12-13T12:15:00.000-08:00

I caught a bug this summer. A bug by the name of Toro Y Moi. I'm just gonna call dude Toro Zoro from now on. He's slicing em. Gimme some Suya and some Washed Out and that's a perfect day. Plus some Gulder. Luckily the two have combined forces for a nice lil remix and Toro Zoro's album - Causers Of This - drops February 2k10, parkin' lot pimpin on CarPark Records. All you bad ass worms in the Rotten Apple can also look forward to a tour sometime soon. Real soon.

MP3: Washed Out & Toro Y Moi - Feel It All Around (TYM Remix)

My Bookshelf - Books 1 & 2

2009-12-13T07:06:00.000-08:00

Every now and then I stumble across a book that defies my ADD and inspires the recluse in me. Books I absolutely want and recommend. These two just happen to be sprinkled with a lil bit of hippity-hip-hop-hop

Jonathan Lethem's book has got everything that speaks to me, and I guess for me - slaps of rap, graffiti, murmurings of racial tension and the colourful musical cultures of the 70s, 80s and 90s, with a lil bit of comic fanboy, set against the backdrop of BK, New York. Sweeeet.

Saul Williams is an alpha male. Devastatingly talented. Writer, MC, Spoken word artist, Army candy for Arm Candy (Miss Persia White), Actor, Poet. He is one of my favourite people hands down. Ever. With a title like said the shotgun to the head, he's got my ear

Angel Deradoorian

2009-12-13T05:57:00.000-08:00

Coming Straight Outta Crooklyn. Full Awesome. Part Armenian. Half Woman. Half Amazin'

BIDMAS - Big Eyes (Porcelain Skin x Catchy Ear) + Silk Voice = Pretty Ill.

She's rockin one of the funkiest names in/on the world(wideweb). Like my man said -'it's exam season' For a lot of us it's coursework season. Throughout the year this lady's been the soundtrack to my 2:1s and (fingers crossed) firsts. Dirty Projector's very own Angel Deradoorian is nice with it.

Deradoorian's Mind Raft EP dropped in May, brought to you by the loving folks of Lovepump. Check out Herspace

MP3: Angel Deradoorian - High Road

mIRRORs

2009-12-12T16:31:00.000-08:00

Now I'm yet to cop the dam funk 5 part album. but not because I don't think it is gonna be dope. Sometimes you CAN have too much of a good thing. I might end up becoming more nostalgic than my dad.

This year has definitely been his. (and everyone elses who I have slapped the tag on). . And next year the sound is sure to blossom and grow in ways that it didn't/couldn't all those years ago. Especially with new shoots Nite Jewel, Funkineven & Krystal Klear giving their sound takes.

That's a ramble. This is his video for 'Mirrors'.

cop cop cop cop. . . . toeachizown

Happy Birthday

2009-12-11T10:14:00.000-08:00

Today just happens to be the happy born day of one of Nobodydancenomore's cronies - a certain Izzo Kambal. As I watched him blow out the candles of his cake, I heard what he wished - a mellow birthday for a laidback boy. So without further delay, here's some mellow...

Mistletoe

2009-12-11T09:28:00.000-08:00

Rabid. Animal Collective on the cover of The Fader's next issue. Click Here For a nice lil Beginner's Guide to all things Animal Collective. And whatnot. Furry xmas

Dope

2009-12-11T09:22:00.000-08:00

Due to rising levels of weak punchlines and pun crime Nobodydancenomore brings you a treasure of a freestyle.

While we're at it...

Cory Gunz & DJ Drama Gangsta Grillz: Heir To The Throne out now. Spread the riches

Revelations Of Sadness

2009-12-10T18:35:00.000-08:00

love the piano twists here. real hypnotic cut from beat maker Kan Kick - taken from the above tape.

MP3: Kan Kick - Revelations of Sadness

So much more like this available to cop through Itunes.

Menuet Antique

2009-12-10T01:33:00.000-08:00

I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on classical & say this particular rendition is superior to any others. just beautiful though.

Exam seasons got to see the move to serious music.

Maurice Ravel

just because I really love You

2009-12-09T03:01:00.000-08:00

dilla stans know about the OG to this. but lets shine on miles bonny for a second. Hasn't this guy been making amazing music for too long now? And by that I mean too long without an album. What's a soul singer got to do these days?!

INS on the beat, Fleur on background vocals. + video by Mr. Robert Winter.

NITE funk

2009-12-09T02:36:00.000-08:00

Nite Jewel & Dam Funk make Nite Funk.

MP3: Nite Funk - Am I Gonna Make It

Let it get inside your head.

via wonderful xlr8r

meanest and the cleanest

2009-12-08T16:21:00.000-08:00

been doing the Uni thing for the last two days. hence the lack of round the clock gossip coverage.

gem from scouring the ipod today - - >

listen to that beat.

Gangstarr - Royalty.

Long Live The Plan EP

2009-12-06T04:11:00.000-08:00

Illumsphere's 2nd release should be out and physical by the end of the calendar year.

I didn't feel the first release particularly, but at the time I was looking for more in all the beats I heard. Need for evolution & all that music 'which box does this fit in' pessimism.

But here I get the progression I craved. New influences have been brought forward to work with the older sounds, and the result is a hybrid that few are similar to. Beautiful artwork & a samiyam remix to top the package off.

---

The record flirts with a brand of dubstep similar to that of 2562/martyns so it wasn't really a surprise to me that there's a forthcoming illumsphere remix of martyns 'brilliant orange' - a snippet of which can be heard here.

---

Forward music which is worthy of further investigation at the minimum.

More @ Fat City Recordings

Tip Of My Tongue

2009-12-04T05:14:00.000-08:00

i'll put the money where my blog is and say Jagged Edge will make some of the best rhythm and blues music in 2010.

MP3: Jagged Edge - Tip Of My Tongue (Ft. Trina & Gucci Mane)

They were so relevant when I was at senior school.

Cosmix!

2009-12-02T17:53:00.000-08:00

retweeting this from nutstosoup

A Funkineven & Mr. Wonderful collaborative mix going by the name Cosmix! A pun...?

70's, 80's & those who are bringing it back today.

Investigate.

There are a couple of cuts on this that refuse to leave my headspace. *discogs spree*

Y-3 X Momo

2009-12-02T14:58:00.000-08:00

$$$ flow

U R Not Uma Thurman.

2009-12-02T09:32:00.000-08:00

Oh. Wow. Who knew Wiley would vocal instrumentals like this?

This is essentially why no-one comes close.

True story. I play the OG before I go out sometimes. All the time.

vvv

2009-12-01T05:36:00.000-08:00

my producer of the moment. unbelievably beautiful music tied to both the low end and the stars. add vvv to your watch list. releases coming in 2010.

You know just how much I get off on those vocal snip's. His soundcloud is a daily haunt of mine.

snippet of back to life. the outstanding, outstanding cut from those i've heard.

Yeah i'm hyped. but isn't that what good music should do to us?

History

2009-11-30T04:55:00.000-08:00

one of my year favourites get's full live treatment on the Jimmy Fallon show.

Roots x Mos Def x Talib Kweli x Dilla

gold bat

2009-11-29T07:42:00.000-08:00

TGTBGAF = To Good To Be Given Away Free. Watch this catch on like 'banter'.

nasty, nasty beat from DJ Silencer. if your UK, this is the weather right now.

MP3: Silencer - Gold Bat

relevance

2009-11-29T03:01:00.000-08:00

radio 1 is relevant about twice a week. but last week it was three times because they had the foresight to ask Hudson Mohawke to record the essential mix.

Available for a week on the listenAgain. & then construct a clever google search the week after to get an mp3 copy for keeps.

Yeah, it's hudson mohawke with the usual dose of colour, energy and messed r&b. And Pete Tong adlibs. oh yeah.

I lust a collaboration between him and rihanna.

dreaming

2009-11-28T17:16:00.000-08:00

MP3: Alicia Keys - Dreaming

damn you swizz beatz.

LDN015

2009-11-28T02:12:00.000-08:00

deep and swinging. it may be too early to call it but I feel this may be one of the favourite things keysound have put out. Sully - who if Dusk&Blackdown are to be believed - is just getting started on releasing a whole slew of mindblowers.

Out sooon. . .

breach

2009-11-27T16:48:00.000-08:00

so get to know Breach. Part Ben Part Westbeech.

'fatherless' is the track thats caught my ears.

I give it 2 months tops before it starts ruling multiple dances on the same nights.

he calls it dubhouse, i call it seriously messsed.

rolll through & listen at the myspace.

NDM Vol. 5: 8 O Clock in the Morning

2009-11-26T02:23:00.000-08:00

and finally volume 5 of the guestmixes is ready. This time I reached out to Chief - a beatmaker based in Switzerland who's recent album 'Collabo Collection' has made the rest of my ipod redundant. Featuring the likes of John Robinson, Co$$, Blu, Moka Only. You can see the path it walks, and believe me it walks it well. One of my current highlights - 'Love Lost'. Check the snippet. so tight.

Love & Soul are the themes here. Switch it on and run with it.

Dil Cosby Suite - Madlib (Beat Konducta vol.5)

Morning Light - Rozzi Dame

I Gotta Go - Lizz Fields

In All The Wrong Places - Kero One

Dime Piece - Dwele

My Star - SARA ft. Erika Rose

Sound Like Love - Illa J ft. Debi Nova

Flowers - Dudley Perkins

Those Dreaming Eyes - D'Angelo

Long Way Back - T Love ft. Dwele

Heaven - Mark De Clive Lowe ft. Bembe Segue

The Light - Common

It's Fantastic - Chief (Unreleased Beat)

Click the black arrow on the right of the player to download.

Of course, greatest of thanks to Chief and to Sandro Brero @ feelinMusic.

drum pattern & hi hats so rare

2009-11-25T16:16:00.000-08:00

respect to Rapid for making something grime-y yet accessible. Track's called 'Go Rapid', the beat(S) are deep and he deserves some appreciation for his hustle.

Album most likely coming SOON.

FlashingLights

2009-11-25T01:43:00.000-08:00

DJ IQ's mixtape - featuring everyone who's anyone in UK hiphop. November 30th. Can't wait.

Infatu ation

2009-11-24T16:05:00.000-08:00

this guy is niceness. Selfsays.

still bump his Something Out Of Nothing EP from time to time - look it up if it isn't ringing any bells.

MP3: SelfSays - Infatuation (Prod. Quelle)

Take note of the producer too. HouseShoes has been going nuts over him for a while now. . And if that isn't a cosign, I don't know what is.

krystalklearboogie

2009-11-24T07:11:00.000-08:00

a genre captured seamlessly. it's been hard to ignore krystal klear's recent rise onto radio playlists.

'Tried For Your Love' has been a star of the last 3 deviation shows, and the groove has had me going to the soundcloud/myspace player intermittently throughout the week. The other tunes at the myspace show it isn't going to be a one off either...

... particularly 'Never Thought I Would Go' which has got me feeling nostalgic about an age I never saw. I'd hate to imagine what it would do to a veteran of that time. Powerful music.

I hassled for a soundcloud to use as embeddable proof. . .

Click go... and sail off to an era you know, or one you don't.

In his own words, 'the time to dance is returning' . . .

Stones Throw Christmas

2009-11-24T06:38:00.000-08:00

don't be stupid.

WA6

2009-11-22T10:16:00.000-08:00

the next 30 days are going to be a lot if you're a follower of uk electronic music. make sure you pick up what you need though, cause late december - early january is dead as far as releases go. I know I will need multiple things to tide me over.

The above video is one of the records I will be purchasing before the year is out. Harry Craze (Antisocial) on deep medi. Out tomorrow. The A side 'WA6' is absolutely beautiful. can't be denied whether your into this sound or not.

I'd do it all again.

2009-11-22T02:52:00.000-08:00

another amazing performance courtesy of the Jools Holland outlet.

This time..Corinne Bailey Rae.

They ain't loving life.

2009-11-19T17:45:00.000-08:00

MP3: Pill - Pain In They Eyes

one of the unofficial freshmen of '09 - been circling my radar since sometime in springtime. (May 21st according to my strict archives). so, not long - but already it feels like he's the realest in the US right now. Erm. Maybe mention Freddie Gibbs in that sentence too.

The cut. . . : my favourite off of his new tape.

don't know what to do about that beat. Problem. content is far too deep for it to make me move like this -

Get much more of the same with the free, no DJ. . . 4075: The Refill . .

Timeless

2009-11-19T02:59:00.000-08:00

Teebs work for the MochillaXArtdontsleep 'Timeless' series. .

Japanese heads catch Teebs near you now/soon.

London...sooooon come.

tracklistingsex

2009-11-18T18:24:00.000-08:00

you know that feeling in your stomach when you look at the tracklisting of what is sure to be an incredible mix. yeah...? Well that. For Fabric50. by Martyn.

newness >>>> roska.zomby.coolyg.maddslinky.kode9.ben klock

extended foreplay available @ residentAdvisor

January 11th. par.

marooon

2009-11-18T06:10:00.000-08:00

wow. pattaXnike just outdid themselves again.

10

2009-11-18T05:25:00.000-08:00

Regret --- LeToya (Ft. Ludacris)

produced by Tank. Remember? Not as interesting a production as the majority of the r&b I've been harping on about but theres certainly a well placed charm. good for now but I can see it getting a little bit whiney in a while......shhhh. . . makes a change from beyonce though.

Portuguese Love --- Tierra Marie

taken from the album 'It Must Be Magic'. someone recently reminded me about this on twitter - and like many of the classics from that era, it is now spending a 2nd spell in circulation chez moi. My only quarrel with this song is that at the 4.41m mark on the album version, it descends into a double time sax break... I was confused. Apart from that a totally flawless and beautiful listen.

Can't Help Myself --- Oh No (Ft. Stacey Epps)

hiphop doesn't beat this in my opinion. Can never be played too loud, and when i'm listening, I allllways walk with a bop. Stacey Epps provides a perfect break to the head nodding. damn that voice. don't rest until you've got that instrumental.

Ramping Shop --- Vybz Kartel (Ft. Spice)

We can all make an educated guess as to what Vybz 'Ramping Shop' actually is. Song bangs a lot though. As does the Lil Silva blend by Dj Shredah. Does anything not fit well over that Lil Silva beat? (Can't find Shredah's myspace. . ) Ask around.

Trouble --- J2K, Shola Ama, Devlin & Wiley

grime. an easy chorus. a wiley verse. This will/is getting plenty of play's on the days when I just wanna listen, don't wanna think. Taken from DjTargets: Aim High Volume 1. Prod. by Danny Weed who, looking at the quality of his recent output, must be determined not to be phased out by the baby booming producer class.

Movement Activity --- The Movement

grime again. one liner after one liner over another danny weed production. Bravado that can't be backed up. 'I walk with a stick like a pharoah does'. No Ghetto. No you don't.

All Because Of You --- Marques Houston

move along unless your a product of 1988/89. certain degree of nostalgia needed to still feel this.

Listen Here --- Eddie Harris

so much swing. blows alll your worries to the touchline for 7 minutes or so. I continue to insist that jazz is for alll walks of life.

Borrow You --- Eric Roberson

my album of the year continues to demand airtime. Eric Roberson has got words and a song for every opposite sex scenario. My current cooking music. All I need now is some Marble Worktops.

A.V.E.R.A.G.E (Instrumental) --- Kazi

respect to Mr.Beatnick for turning us all on to this through his FACTmagazine write up. . . Prod. by Madlib. Fitting beat to see each day out with. . vocal cuts on this EP are worth your time too.

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10 songs that are doing it right now. no fixing to make a pretty 1 genre list. no hiding tracks that other's are sure to scoff at. just 10.

drunk013

2009-11-17T18:07:00.000-08:00

this is that song right now. Guido proving it isn't just post-joker hype.

my r&b thing is being stretched in all directions right now. .

Out now on Punch Drunk - digitally and physically.

Under The Sheets #2

2009-11-16T17:10:00.000-08:00

Pariah's late night rework of Ellie Goulding's 'Under The Sheets' - another beautiful piece of work to add to his XX remix

part of Ellie Goulding's EP which appeared on Itunes today. .

*soft spot*

Fantastic Mr Fox #2

2009-11-16T15:51:00.000-08:00

Opening Ceremony had photos + an interview with Fantastic Mr Fox creator Wes Anderson on their front page today.

Incredibly excited to see this, and usually I have to be dragged moaning and ranting to the cinema. .

Run Away

2009-11-15T09:06:00.000-08:00

Late. but even if I only wake one of you upto this talent I'll have done my job.

Georgia Anne Muldrow from the early days.

Get it now, via CdBaby.

tutto il resto è noia

2009-11-15T04:58:00.000-08:00

Franco Califano.

brilliantly epic whatever time of the day you listen, recently reminded of it by this film (big up bbc4) -

N.B. it doesn't sound as good unless the recording is crackling a little.

I.e. don't get duped into buying a studio version on itunes and then wondering where the warped emotion has gone. .

lucky9teen

2009-11-14T17:55:00.000-08:00

the luckyme brand itself makes it impossible for me to ignore anything they put their name too. if they wanted, they could have probably smartly packaged up a lot of average producers and i'd probably have copped. and raved. and hyped.

I respect the fact they haven't done this, such is the power of their charm.

Instead, they have climbed to an even higher rung in my mental snakes and ladders by blessing us with 7 mike slott beats, prettily pressed onto wax.

And . . . judging from the 2 tracks I have been lucky enough to acquire - it's exactly the Mike Slott I (we) know and love.

November 30th

I love this sound. So, so listenable - wherever you are, whatever the task, there is always a melody you can pick from the layers to suit the situation.

Share My Bed

2009-11-14T17:02:00.000-08:00

You know, I almost certainly wouldn't have listened to this had it not got JRocc's name on it.

basically, all remixer/deejay characters please please don't step up your (already frequent) blend game on my inbox...

Unless you've got credentials like the man in question of course

so much spirit and soul in this.

some form of mixtape is forthcoming. enjoy this slice in the meanwhile

MP3: J Dilla / Michael Jackson - Player Has Butterflies

blurring the lines

2009-11-11T12:13:00.000-08:00

Joy Orbison's remix of Four Tet's 'Love Cry'

definitely worth the effort whoever performed the gilles peterson rip.

the sound that sits snugly between all the other sounds that I like.

Prismic Tops.

2009-11-11T11:13:00.000-08:00

I never really understand what Dimlites music means. So i guess its not even really a surprise that I don't understand the majority of his recent blog.

2 things are currently certain though. EP coming on Now Again early 2010. And an album is coming from some planet some time after that. Perhaps called Tangerine Cheesecake. Perhaps not. But definitely both need to be added to the basket come shopping day.

'I'm making beaucoup money'

2009-11-10T16:14:00.000-08:00

I really don't know what to expect from Adam Bhala-Lough's look into the life of Weezy, but I guess it's safe to say there will be a fair load of quotables that you won't find anyplace else.

It might be worth a watch purely for that.

Out November 17th.

No Robin. . . not like that. .

2009-11-09T04:28:00.000-08:00

Rihanna on Robin Thickes lap by the looks of things.

for lack of a decent press shot.

you may have been exposed to a new Robin Thicke track - Meiple (with the e acute) , featuring jigga.

of course, the collaboration had me interested - I even wanted some context about the title,

but on listening I was nothing short of appalled. considering some of the things we know robin can do with his voice, this is just not a credible end product. I'm sorry.

And jay, next time you should probably consider leaving this slot to gucci or another garbler.

horror show over - I had to go straight back to some of his previous tracks to ensure my respect for him remained intact.

MP3: Robin Thicke - Sex Therapy

It does. I sure hope the album is more like this than like that.

Ramp @ Lightbox

2009-11-09T04:04:00.000-08:00

midweek jumping

I love you endlessly.

2009-11-07T09:01:00.000-08:00

2010 will see the brilliant solo debut from guillemots kingpin fyfe dangerfield. Here is the album opener. 4 plays of this and you'll be hook, line and sinkered. I'll put my professional reputation on it.

MP3: Fyfe Dangerfield - When You Walk In The Room

Look out for 'Fly Yellow Moon' early 2010. & school up on the guillemots so you at least look like you know what your talking about when this guy's selling shows left, right and centre.

Kyle Hall is superb.

2009-11-07T05:21:00.000-08:00

seriously, even for those who don't even know about the detroit house scene, this mix is brilliant. Although, I don't know any other purveyors of this sound with which to compare him. Maybe they are all this good. You can kinda tell this guy is out of detroit. Soul infused from start to finish.

MP3: Kyle Hall - FACT Mix

And there is a beautiful EP dropping real real soon - Rush Hour

I didn't even mention his age. 1991.

'them man are gass on telly'

2009-11-04T09:10:00.000-08:00

Boy Better Know. a hit. a hit. a hit. whether you like it or not.

one for the lager louts. but it works, I wish the to and fro staccatto at the end went on for longer though.

*no serious state of grime/crossover talk here*

Afghanistan

2009-11-03T17:20:00.000-08:00

incredibly striking photos of the war in Afghanistan, courtesy of the Boston Globe

circa 2002

2009-11-02T04:12:00.000-08:00

I used to be big on music like this back when I was kicking out at the world. I was never allowed a haircut to match though. Far too edgy.

But theres a certain charm to Hatcham Social which make them more than just teenage nostalgia - possibly the fact they sound like they are a mixture of the smiths, the libertines and the NMe'S next fad.

Either way, I can't listen to them without recalling those years. the texts, the sweethearts, my secret love of hiphop ('chav' music), class clowns, saturday morning rugby. Finally realizing it was cooler to let my hair go wild than get the wet look gel out. It allll comes flooding back.

MP3: Hatcham Social - Hypnotise Terrible Eyes

Move along if you don't have any guitar based memories to dwell on.

Fantastic Mr Fox

2009-11-01T07:46:00.000-08:00

pattaXnike

2009-10-31T19:35:00.001-07:00

the quickest way to my heart right now -

take note

Patta

october girl

2009-10-31T15:12:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-31T03:49:00.000-07:00

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

WHAT YOU WAITING ON

2009-10-28T10:41:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-27T18:55:00.000-07:00

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. . .

2009-10-27T16:06:00.000-07:00

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

6 Floors to Hell

2009-10-27T11:36:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-26T16:47:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-22T11:13:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-20T17:41:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-17T16:30:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-16T12:29:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-16T10:38:00.000-07:00

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.