Funny how you make assumptions. We do it all the time without even realising we’re doing it. In this case music. Got a track from Mexico. Nearly didn’t bother listening. Because I assumed Tini Tun & Mau V would be loud and shouty. A bit like baille funk, I guessed. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Beautiful downtempo, that’s what. An [...]
We’ve had BT (Brian Transeau) before. And we’ve had Sasha working on one of BT’s tracks before. This time Sasha mixes a range of BT tracks. Expect trance. And lots of it. BT’s debut album included the curious 42 minute mix of tracks, mixed by Sasha. As Wiki explains: “Ima (今, ima, now) is the debut [...]
Laubfrosch go sophisticated with a restrained smooth funk remix of John Legend. This is going to be a surprise to anyone who recalls any of Laubfrosch’s previous remixes. Gone is the approach of chucking in the kitchen sink – or 80s electrofunky, as they termed it. This is replaced by a consistent approach to the [...]
Oddly enough, Asian Dub Foundation didn’t feature during my two-year alphabetical adventure. Let’s remedy that now. We are talking strong angry politics. Plenty of rap/ragga. But not in the featured track which is a different kettling. Wiki: Asian Dub Foundation are a Britishelectronica band, that plays a mix of rapcore, dub, dancehall and ragga, also [...]
We had the classic Teardrops in the Air for the Christmas post. Here’s another go at the same Aled Jones song from a few years back. This time Coin Operated Boy provides the remix. And there’s a new track from him for free download as well. Blurb: COIN OPERATED BOY: Coin Operated Boy has been a [...]
A reader – Donkey’s Kong (perhaps not his real name) - kindly provides this week’s Weatherall moment. Something so rare, completists should dribble. The Locked Swords 12″s. A discogs reviewer says “The rarest Swordsmen record is the ‘Locked Swords’ EP (WARPLP77DJP). Released in 2001 it’s a 2×12″ containing locked grooves, beats, tones and drones. It was designed [...]
Ooh! Leighton Meester. I’ve heard of her from… it’s on the tip of my tongue… don’t tell me… I am in touch with the 21st century… got it. Frocks. Grazia. I’ll say no more. Apparently, in addition to appearing on Gossip Girl (is this good?), she also sings. And here she appears on Stephen Jerzak’s [...]