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 !

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.

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.

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.

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

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.