As is the custom, James Blake’s long-awaited essential mix for BBC Radio 1 aired at an ungodly hour yesterday night but since we live in times where everything is archived in the nick of time, today the showcase is available for anyone to fix in mind. Despite having gained immeasurable amounts of exposure in the […]
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1. Darling Farah – URB Burnin’ Up Mix: Darling Farah is our first love, last love, only love. Although this URB mixtape is from a while back, we couldn’t resist telling you about it for it’s already up there in our most listened to mixes – eighteen minutes of his own productions strictly, some whom have appeared on […]
Read moreStraight lean, Helix, patron. There are a lot of planetary and mathematical puns one can apply to Georgia-based producer Beau Thigpen, known under his moniker Helix. Such as, no wonder he likes loops, or, his tracks are like smooth space curves, or, something about how many parsecs he’s away from Berlin. “I mean, I’m Helix?” is […]
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We haven’t given anything away to download for a while, so it was great to receive an email from Error Broadcast containing a free remix by Hungarian producer Polyklinik of iL. Some of you should already have heard of iL having written about his apollo1ne3thee EP a couple of months back, if not you can […]
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Not even 10 years ago, the idea of a production duo from New Zealand occupying an important spot in the dance community alongside artists from Europe and the US would have been laughable. But as we all know, the exponential gains in technology in recent years have rendered geographical boundaries all but obsolete when it […]
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Released to absolutely zero fan-fare Cocaine 80’s “The Pursuit EP” is some kind of new project by No I.D. (Kanye West’s mentor and known recently for Jay-Z’s “D.O.A.). We say “some kind of”, only because this EP is extremely puzzling. Bars from Common (labeled “Dope Raps” in the credits) and codeine r&b (Frank Ocean, The […]
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Twenty-four year old Mancunian Darren Williams, also known as Star Slinger, is a producer with hip-hop sensibilities and has created a really incredible catalogue of music in what we perceive to be a relatively short time, when actually he’s been honing his skills since a very early age. Star Slinger Vol .1 was put out […]
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If you haven’t got a summer playlist on your computer, make one. Then quickly add Glaswegian producer Beaumont to it; one of the latest artists to emerge enigmatically with a fantastic debut. When we say fantastic, we mean one of the most original and refreshing selection of tracks we’ve had the pleasure of listening to in […]
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Citizen is from London and at this early stage that’s all we know, but we already know all we need to know about his productions even if there is just the handful released to date. They’re brilliant. Citizen’s output is full of character and flair charged with memories of the past glory of early 90s […]
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As we’re reaching the landmark of bringing you over thirty Truancy Volumes we thought it would only be fitting to make it a 3 volume extravaganza, bringing you some of the finest mixes to date! For the 30th it could only be one name for us, none other than the incredible Grown Folk, who also featured […]
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With the Great Escape Festival in Brighton still fresh in the back of my mind, and weather so good I’ve actually resorted to putting on shorts the last 4 days, without sounding like a massive cliche it really does feel like summer is just round the corner. What better way to kick things off with […]
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Something a little different this Sunday. Some Bay area raps from Roach Gigz & Lil 4 Tay. Not gonna pretend to be on an expert on either (I came across Roachy Balboa browsing myspace last year) but I’ve been stepping my hyphy game up since. This is a new project from yet to be announced […]
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