Moods breaks audible limits with his latest track, Infinite. The title for this track couldn’t be more appropriate. Using some field recordings, Rotterdam’s Moods has created Infinite, a crackling synth groove but what makes the title so apt? According to the man himself, he implemented some new techniques including “lots of sidechaining” which is evident …
Month: July 2013
Ghetts – Definition Of A Rebel
Ghetts is back with his highly anticipated “Definition of a Rebel” in preparation for his brand new album “Rebel with a Cause”, dropping Autumn 2013.
FREE DOWNLOAD: Pete Rock & Camp Lo – 80 Blocks From Tiffany’s Pt. 2
This is a must listen/download. Pete Rock teams up with Camp Lo for 80 Blocks From Tiffany’s Pt. 2. Pete Rock and Camp Lo have come back together for their second joint release, 80 Blocks From Tiffany’s Pt. 2. There are some projects that don’t even require a listen to question its quality and 80 Blocks fell …
VIDEO: BINKBEATS Reconstructs Amon Tobin’s “Lost And Found”
BINKBEATS is back with yet another beat reconstruction – this time Amon Tobin’s Lost And Found. We forgot to pick this up when it dropped (sorry!). BINKBEATS has been built three tracks from scratch so far in his Unravelled video series and his fourth is Amon Tobin’s Lost And Found. The surroundings are a lot …
FREE DOWNLOAD: JaBig – Jamiroquai DJ Mix
DJ JaBig recorded a live Jamiroquai DJ mix in a Montréal last month and it’s now available to stream and download. You can’t beat a good DJ mix, especially where Jamiroquai are concerned. The best house DJ of the moment, according to Casol Magazine, the Canadian disk jockey recorded the DJ mix back in June …
Michael Jackson And Freddie Mercury Duets To Be Released This Autumn
Musical icons Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury will have three of their duets posthumously released this autumn. As a big Michael Jackson fan, you get to hear a lot of unreleased stuff. I’ve been fortunate to hear two unreleased duets from MJ and Freddie Mercury but now they will get an official release, along with …
FREE DOWNLOAD: Swami Baracus – The Recipe
Swami Baracus’ brand new mixtape The Recipe is now free to download, featuring Mystro, RKZ and Genesis Elijah. Swami Baracus has been a busy man. When he hasn’t been on BBC Radio or performing live, he’s been putting together The Recipe, a 17-track mixtape “showcasing the Baracuda’s lyrical prowess”. The credits on this one are …
SATURDAY MATINÉE: When Albums Ruled the World (Documentary)
When Albums Ruled The World is a BBC documentary looking back at a time when music wasn’t so disposable and downloads didn’t exist.
Review: Lovebox Festival 2013
Lovebox isn’t just a music festival. It’s much more than that. You hardly recognise Victoria Park as you step through the entrance. When I think about it, Lovebox Festival is essentially a parallel universe; a joyous, vividly colourful, and incredibly wondrous place where people of all backgrounds come to take in hours upon hours of …
Shawn Sanderson – Spaceship Coupe/End Of Time (Justin Timberlake Cover)
Sampleface favourite Shawn Sanderson performs a double medley of Justin Timberlake tracks – Spaceship Coupe and End Of Time – and kills them both. After a seven year gap between FutureSex/LoveSounds and The 20/20 Experience, Justin Timberlake made his return to the charts without missing a stylistic step. One of the many standout tracks from …
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – City Feat. Karriem Riggins
While we wait for their collab album, MadGibbs (Madlib & Freddie Gibbs) come with City, a track from Adult Swim‘s Summer Singles series. It seems like an age since MadGibbs, the duo comprised of Madlib and Freddie Gibbs, dropped their Thuggin’ EP. Well, that’s probably because it was released in 2011. While we still wait …
Sampleface Question Time: Which Vinyl Record Is The Most Valuable In Your Collection?
Sampleface Question Time returns with a question involving our most valuable vinyl records. A few weeks ago, we opened an Ask.fm account for you to send us some questions. Today, we’ve continued with our second question for Sampleface Question Time but our first from Ask.fm. We managed to gather up some answers from the team …
Doc Brown (Slang 101) vs. Big L (Ebonics)
Doc Brown vs. Big L – not a classic hip hop contest but one Blaise decided to mentally organise. Firstly, I am fully aware there is no actual contest between Doc Brown and Big L when it comes to lyrical content. The combination of lack of sleep and overexposure to sun has brought these two …
SATURDAY MATINÉE: Lost In Music – Drum And Bass Documentary (1996)
Lost In Music, an oldschool drum and bass documentary from 1996, is our Saturday Matinée feature presentation.
Quadron – [un]Average Fruit (Ahmed Sirour Remix)
World jet setter Ahmed Sirour has remixed Quadron’s Average Fruit and added his own twist. We’ve been keeping tabs on Ahmed Sirour for a few months now. The Brooklynite producer has been travelling the world since January, taking in the cultures and expanding his musical horizons. Whilst on holiday in Johannesburg, Ahmed re-produced Quadron’s Average …
The Top 26 Places For “Online Crate Digging”
While we always head to the record store to go crate digging, you can always find some gems digging online. Here are 26 great “spots” courtesy of Hip Hop Rally (RIP).
FREE DOWNLOAD: BigGroove – Sunrise for Breakfast
Another Throwback Thursday but this time from our own BigGroove and it’s a free track called Sunrise for Breakfast. BigGroove likes to put tracks up on Soundcloud every now and again as most users do. They might be quick drafts or full tracks but they all have an element of soul and feeling in them. …
FKJ – Time For A Change EP
Parisian producer FKJ (French Kiwi Juice) has dropped his new EP, Time For A Change. First of all, shout out to Shawn Sanderson for sending me this and correctly guessing I’d love it. FKJ (short for French Kiwi Juice) is a Parisian producer with a love of funk, as we all should have. Much like …
THROWBACK THURSDAY: All of Michael Jackson’s Pepsi Commercials
We miss Michael Jackson and his music but remember all those Pepsi commercials? Well, here they all are in one video.
VIDEO: Exile vs. Kanye – I Am A God
Not too keen on Yeezus? Maybe you’ll enjoy Exile’s live MPC flip of I Am A God. We did. We can always count on Exile to serve up something hot on his MPC, especially when it’s live. So when we heard he did a live remake of Kanye’s I Am A God on his trust …