RKZ brings it back to the Old School over IAMNOBODI’s Inspiration/Motivation. The man we know as RKZ has been a busy bee these past few months. Having put the final touches on his mixtape Science X Soul with Gifted The Great out in late spring, he has also taken to Instagram with a series of …
Ashton James Brown gives his own insights into what made Madvillainy so special, 10 years after its release.
Black Milk takes part in Mass Appeal’s Rhythm Roulette series and makes something dope out of three (well, two) random records he picked blindfolded. I’m gonna level with you guys – I LOVE Black Milk, so when I found out he was appearing on Rhythm Roulette, I went a little crazy. Of course I wasn’t …
DarkoTheSuper marks the 15th anniversary of MF Doom’s Operation: Doomsday with a new tribute album, “Wig Twisting Season”.
Crate Capers sees dynamic crate digging duo Luke and Gemma scouring the country for the best record spots.
South London’s own Lily McKenzie is our One To Watch. London is full to the brim with immense talent and one of those underground stars is Lily Mckenzie, a singer/songwriter and pianist. After a string of releases, she has dropped her latest EP “Support Machine” featuring fellow South Londoner Giggs. The Brit School alumnus has gone from …
AJ Brown opens our new feature, “The Sampleface Museum”, with an examination of the influential E-mu SP-1200.
Childhood Cassettes looks at the tapes we listened to as young rapscallions. Here’s the lowdown on my childhood defined by reggae music before all that hip hop stuff kicked in.
Jamaica Month continues as an unreleased Grace Jones cover of Gary Numan’s “Me! I Disconnect From You” is unearthed for the upcoming reissue of 1981’s “Nightclubbing”. There’s just no denying Grace Jones’ aura and presence in the 1980s and, to be fair, whenever she’s mentioned in conversation. Her fifth studio album Nightclubbing became her best …
We go back to Shoreditch in 1969 and take a look at their experimental music school, teaching children about the methods of then-contemporary music. Needless to say, this is the mother of all Throwback Thursdays we’ve shown you. Music in 1969 was epitomised by the likes of John Lennon, Woodstock, David Bowie and King Crimson …
