Stream Flying Lotus' "FlyLo FM" Radio Station In Full
A kind soul has uploaded the entire transmission of FlyLo FM to YouTube.
Month: September 2013
Happy 22nd Birthday, The Low End Theory!
It’s been 22 years to the day that A Tribe Called Quest released The Low End Theory. I’m gonna tell you a secret. When songs overwhelm me with their greatness, I get goosebumps and I well up. Sometimes it’s due to a sentimental association; happier times when I didn’t have a care in the world. …
Sampleface Five: John Coltrane Samples
It would have been John Coltrane’s 87th birthday yesterday so for that, we’re looking at five samples of the late jazz master’s work.
Review: Jordan James – Love Waves EP
Guest writer Ashton James Brown (aka Ashtronomic) reviews Jordan James’ Love Waves EP. South London based R&B crooner Jordan James has been making some noise for a while, releasing his début the Cheeky Bastard EP in the spring of 2012. Where as that project was much more of a Hip-Hop focused affair tinged with R&B …
Sampleface Five: MPC1000 Albums
We take a look at five albums made using the MPC1000.
J WHY - StaWitch
He supports Arsenal and his beats are as big as the Emirates Stadium itself. Meet North London’s own Jake Whyte aka J WHY.
Gloam - Alloyed Shuffle
Vancouver, Washington’s Gloam marks a return from duty with new track Alloyed Shuffle. Been a hot minute since I last heard anything from Gloam (he works for the US Army hence the sporadic musical output) so it’s good to see he hasn’t lost anything in the way of quality. Alloyed Shuffle is one of three …
SATURDAY MATINÉE: Sampling Soul w/ 9th Wonder, James Peterson and Mark Anthony Neal
Grammy award-winning super producer 9th Wonder steps out of the studio and into the classroom with James Peterson and Professor Mark Anthony Neal to talk about one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time, the impact it made, and much more in this week’s edition of Saturday Matinée. If you’re talking about hip-hop these …
Review: Jonwayne - Cassette 3: The Marion Morrison Mixtape
Jonwayne recently released a new mixtape and The Auracle enjoyed it so much, he almost forgot to submit the review we asked him to write. Let’s not beat around the bush here, folks: Jonwayne’s latest tape is all killer, no filler. I’ve seen his name bandied about on Twitter and whatnot but never thought to …
VIDEO: Theo Parrish (Slices DVD Feature)
Detroit’s Theo Parrish talks about his love of crate digging in Electronic Beats’ Slices DVD magazine. This is actually from a year ago but it’s new to us so we’ll treat it as such. Electronic Beats is a quarterly-published magazine dedicated to electronic music and as part of their Slices DVD feature, they followed Theo …