Monday, September 28, 2009

Grand Theft Audio



Its that time of month again people. Catch the usual suspects down at the Sly Fox this friday night for the September installment of Grand Theft Audio. 9pm-3am and its Free !

Sunday, September 27, 2009

2SER FM Turns 30




So this Oct community radio station 2SER turns 30. Its a pretty big achievement for a station to be broadcasting for 30 years. To celebrate their throwing a whole bunch of gigs and events. One of the events is a party night at Melt Bar in the Cross. Playing will be Frenzie, Simon Caldwell, Huwston, Meem, Trevor Parkee, Vaughan and myself. Peep the website for more info.

You Must Learn



Some thoughts from KRS aka The Teacher. Some coherent some not so. But interesting none the less.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Arabian Prince



Should have blogged this sooner but oh well. Arabian Prince at Oxford Arts this Sat. Supported by Def Wish Cast. All true heads should know the deal. Will be an awesome event. You might even catch a rare sighting of Blaze.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Deebeephunky



This track is a nice little slice of dubbed out phunky minimal tech. Best heard on a huge system it builds up for ages. Out on Muller Records by the artist Beroshima. I think picked this up at Reachin Records when it was still around. I have fond memories of dancing around to this track dropped by James Bond at a Jungle Punks NYE party back in 99. Big shouts to the Dark Energy guys.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Moonrock



From 98 out on Creative Vibes Moonrock was the project of two Sydney producers Katalyst and Illpickl (RIP). Mostly instrumental, only two tracks featured vocals it was an atmospheric, down tempo beats affair with cuts being provided by Leroy Brown. At a time when australian production wasn't widely know outside its own shores or even within them this was a world class effort. Eventually one their tracks Ill Street Blues was picked up by Jose Padilla for the Cafe Del Mar compilation series. Here's one of the vocal tracks off the album. Enjoy

Sunday, September 20, 2009

RIP Roc Raida



The X-Ecutioners did so much for the art of turntablism. They really were so far ahead of their game in 97 when their first album X-Pressions dropped. So technical yet they were one of the few crews that managed to retain an element of funk and creativity to what they were doing. With their skills and knowledge they brought the whole scene up to their level and pushed the boundaries of what people though you could do with two turntables and a bunch of records.
RIP Roc Raida one of the illest DJs to ever get down.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Synkro



Atmospheric and moody track from my favourite Dubstep producer Synkro. Listen to it at 2am through headphones to get the full effect. Awesome music although i think they new a new graphic designer for the label.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

PPP



It suddenly occurred to me that i had been remiss in mentioning how PPP's album Abundance came out earlier this year. I was lucky enough to catch them at the Days Like This Festival here in Sydney ( Promoters if your reading this please do it again). Waajeed and Saadiq totally killed it. I had high expectations for this album after how amazing their first one was. After several listens and the fact that its still in high rotation on my stereo. I have to say that they came correct. I like how they update and change their sound every record its very refreshing. Cop this on vinyl to really hear the grooves.

Edan Interview

Señor Kaos Interviews Edan from Señor Kaos on Vimeo.



Edan is that dude. You ever seen him rocking doubles of a break and rapping his ass off on the SBX dvd ? If not then you need to. Peep what he's up to these days on this interview with Senor Kaos.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Aphex Twin



This is one of my favourite music videos of all time. Its so twisted yet fits so well with the track.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Dengue Fever



This band is awesome. Thanks to Lords of Apathy for the heads up. Go out and cop their album Venus On Earth now.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Low Profile



Okay im going to blow my hip hop credentials here and say how the first time i'd heard of Dj Aladdin was on the Scratchcon 2000 video where he's so drunk when he gets on stage he blows his routine and eventually has to be escorted off stage by two big security guys. But not before he makes it clear to everyone about how he feels about a certain gang from LA.
Anyway way before that DJ Alladin and WC (of mad circle fame) were in a group called Low Profile that put out an album around 1989 called Were' In This Together. Fast forward a few years to when i was buying a few records off DJ MLYK( Record collector, DJ and well rounded nice guy) he slipped this one in as a freebie. Suffice to say i was blown away by the production, Rhymes and Dj Aladdin's cuts. This is West Coast rap at its finest check it out and see why Aladdin was such a role model to Q-Bert and the Pickles.


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