Ill Blu – Meltdown EP
With Ill Blu’s debut release on Hyperdub being one of the most anticipated releases on their label last year it’s no wonder their follow up has garnered a rightfully earned amount of hype. With remixes for Cheryl Cole, Shystie, Hot Chip, Roll Deep, production work for Princess Nyah and being one of the forefathers of […]
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Tyler the Creator Remixes Lykke Li
Between releasing another one of his mindblowingly mindfuck videos, the announcement of his second album release on XL Recordings, omitting the comma from his alias, reaching ridiculous statistics on iTunes and YouTube and more of that exciting jazz, Tyler the Creator has a lot going on for him right now. Yonkers is getting well-deserved recognition […]
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The Jealous Guys – The Love Mixtape
The first mixtape by The Jealous Guys dropped earlier today, and it’s as good as we thought it would be. Released on Valentines day with the appropriate title “The Love Mixtape”, they earned wings with an hour of Bay Area hip-hop above par. There are fifteen tracks included for your listening pleasure, and two interludes […]
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Cunninlynguists – Stars Shine Brightest
I wish I could say I’ve been following the Cunninlynguists since their debut album, “Will Rap For Food” dropped in 2001 but I was woefully ignorant until a friends girlfriend linked me to “Seasons” five or six years ago. I’ve changed a bit since then and they have too. Kno’s production is smoother, generally a […]
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Photomachine’s Technicolour EP
Now we here at TRUANTS are major fans of Super Recordings having mentioned and posted about their releases on a number of occasions so it’s always a pleasure to find emails from them in my inbox. The 4th release on their label comes as a debut from London producer Photomachine whom you may have previously […]
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Main Attrakionz
Main Attrakionz are a hip-hop duo hailing from Oakland that have been active since their Middle School days and consist of the very talented MondreM.A.N and Squadda B. The self proclaimed “best duo ever” have been on constant rotation since I came across the video for ‘Legion Of Doom‘ a few months ago. The beat […]
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Sunday’s Best Pt. XI
It’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow, and we’ve got our hands on a fairly appropriate track to kick off Sunday’s Best with. No depressed Drizzies doing their “Fall For Your Type” thing that is, or lascivious Robin Thickes singing about sex therapy. Although I am tempted to turn this into a collection of cheesy R&B tracks, we […]
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The Dirtbombs’ Party Store
The first time I heard of The Dirtbombs was when I was making a film in my final year of university. Ironically, despite four years of Film Studies, the only film I directed myself was for a course in the Drama department. The film was a non-linear narrative which in short was about a guy […]
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Recommended: James Blake – A Case Of You
Since James Blake first release came out through Hemlock Recordings, everything he touched turned into astatine. A gift many including King Midas envy, and a given that makes me wonder if he will ever do anything less than mind-blowing. Appearing on BBC1 yesterday night, some interesting Blake brass tacks surfaced, such as the peak of his […]
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Spooky, Mitsayif, Darq E, Splurt
With S-X’s Woo Riddim and Spooky’s Spartan showing that Grime Instrumentals are as strong as ever at the moment it’s great to see a flourish of new producers breaking through. Step up a new release from the Oil Gang crew who drop a range of four different grime instrumentals from the likes of Darq E […]
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The Many Faces of Maximilian Skiba
Children rolling around supermarkets and shopping precincts on wheeled shoes, Vinnie Jones’ successful foray into Hollywood, World War I and the rise of the Internet can all be tagged in one vast, flippant sweep under the modern philosophical Theory of Black Swan Events – ie. The event is a surprise (to the observer) and has a […]
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The Two Sides of Para One
How obvious is it to write about a certain Jean-Baptiste de Laubier, better known as Para One? I know he’s no stranger to most of you but he’s just got a Soundcloud account and in the spirit of awesomeness that sums him up he’s given away some free tracks. First of all is Gum. This […]
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