My new hobby is watching beat makers battle, specifically on Red Bull Big Tune contest. It’s not just about the music, they dance too, oh boy do they dance (some better than others). But it made me realise that we often don’t put enough of a spotlight on the producers of Hip-Hop tracks, we can’t […]
Read more“The English like eccentrics. They just don’t like them living next door.”- Julian Clary The latest Truancy Volume for you to feast upon comes steeped in glacial disco swagger from Bxentric – one of the most promising and hardest working duos to emerge in UK dance music over the past year, and who’ve now artfully […]
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Merry Christmas! Our man Brodinski ends the year in a tasteful way, giving away his second Best Of Everything compilation for absolutely free. Some of these tracks might already sound familiar to you, such as the incredible French Fries remix of Amerie’s One Thing, or Bok Bok’s take on the Lil’ Scrappy single Look At […]
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I’ve got to ask, is there something they put in the water in Spain? Lately I’ve come across so many talented artists and wonderful labels that call Spain home, in all fairness it ain’t fair. They won the World Cup, Nadal won Wimbledon, Alberto Contador won the Tour de France, other Spaniards won other things. […]
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To quote Gloria Gaynor, I am what I am, and what I am is a complete and utter fool for a snazzy re-edit, especially when the original is a dangerously infectious chunk of chugging Motown boogie released in the year of my birth (yikes). Sample hounds might also notice a slice of a vocal used […]
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I’ve never been, but by all accounts South Africa is a pretty remarkable country. The Rainbow Nation is known for its outstanding natural beauty, its remarkable wildlife, and of course its people, who speak a multitude of different tongues. Eleven are recognised by their constitution, including two of European descent; South African English and Afrikaans, […]
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With all this all this terribly cold weather we’ve been blighted with recently I found time to dig into the crates that are the internet. I happened to pull out one hell of a gem in Nehuen‘s Let It Go EP which was released through Barcelona’s ever impressive Disboot label; and that wasn’t all I […]
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We would be lying to the core of our identity if we didn’t believe in Wiley’s words and the talent of the fresh Devlin. With emotionally charged freestyles that still go hard and music videos that reminisce a classier “Love The Way You Lie”(with the extra bravery of self-starring in it, instead of hiring big […]
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I rambled on about Drop Out Orchestra in a TRUANTS article a couple of months ago, in which they airlifted Rick Astley from the depths of naffdom and took him out for a sunset spin round downtown Coolsville with their slick, sexed-up re-imagining of ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, lovingly re-recorded in full aural splendour […]
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So it’s Monday again, which means another big batch of releases will be making there way out into the world. One of the EP’s I’m most excited about is the release of Starkey’s Space Traitor Vol 1 EP which could literally pass as a mini LP considering it consists of 6 originals and 6 remixes […]
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Let me tell you about this Austin Powers look-alike Bernard Estardy , often referred to as Le Baron. One of the big players in French music history and one of the most sought after sound engineers throughout the 60’s and 70’s. Le baron always had a clear vision of where he was going with his productions, […]
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The adage ‘If you love something, set it free’ has rarely felt so apt, as I’m slightly ashamed to say for various reasons I’ve selfishly been sitting on this band for a little while now (oh, you mucky swines, how dare you, you know what I mean…). Holding onto music for my own gluttonous consumption […]
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