We have a special guest editorial from Point Blank Electronic Music School and it’s all about sampling.
Point Blank’s Guide to Sampling: History, Development & Techniques
Month: August 2016
Suff Daddy – Birdsongs
Suff Daddy drops the eclectic new album Birdsongs. “Music for summer evenings, champagne nights and gloomy mornings” as described by Suff Daddy himself. There’s a certain decadence that emanates through the album, particularly on the nu-funk jam Paper Proclamation featuring Mayer Hawthorne. Piano Joint is a personal fave with its crisp percussion and piano-led melody, …
Blue (aka Isle Child) – A Boy And His Dog
Cali’s Blue aka Isle Child keeps it mellow like a West Coast breeze with A Boy And His Dog.
INTERVIEW: Taelor Headless
Ashton James Brown brings us an interview with Taelor Headless, the mastermind behind Headless Flywear. We first encountered Headless Flywear way back in February of 2014. While that may seem like a relatively short expanse of time, in this internet age where information is exchanged at breakneck speed, a little over two years is akin …
Imperial & K.I.N.E.T.I.K – Adventures in Technicolour
Prepare to laugh in the face of monochrome mundanity and experience a multicoloured smorgasbord of livewire lyricism laid atop a bed of fluorescent funk with Imperial & K.I.N.E.T.I.K’s Adventures in Technicolour. How many times have you heard hip hop fans cry for the old school days to return? I must admit I’ve fallen victim to …
DJ Concept – Flight Patterns 2
DJ Concept offers a sequel to 2012’s ‘Flight Patterns’ in the form of Flight Patterns 2 (obviously). Four years is a long time in music – just ask Frank Ocean fans. But for DJ Concept, he has been working hard on other releases in that time, from collaborations with Planet Asia to other solo projects. …
VIDEO: Thes One On Mass Appeal’s Rhythm Roulette
Mass Appeal let PUTS’ Thes One loose on his record store of choice for Rhythm Roulette. If there was an Olympic medal for graceful selection of records while blindfolded, Thes One would be pirouetting on the podium with gold right now. That’s because Mass Appeal chose the People Under The Stairs producer for their latest …
EXCLUSIVE: Brazilian Mix [2016 Olympics Edition]
We asked our friend Stephanie Vaughn aka Softjunebreeze aka Stepholonious aka Rap Game Simone Biles to put together a Olympic Games mix. This is what she came up with. We’re grateful to know some incredibly talented people, so we reached out to one such individual to compile a Brazilian mix for the Olympics. Now, we’re …
Cory Henry Performs Billie Jean at the BBC Proms
Witness Cory Henry’s multi-instrumental cover of Billie Jean with Jacob Collier, Cory Henry, Jules Buckley and the Metropole Orkest. You don’t need to hear what I think about this, you just need to hear what Cory Henry did. All I will say is it made me ugly cry from start to finish. Arranged by Jules Buckley and …
The Strangest Freaks – Check Out The Sound ft. Dudley Perkins
Hip hop duo The Strangest Freaks drop “Check Out The Sound”, the first single from their upcoming debut album “Thrills Galore”.
J Dilla: Back To The Crib Mixtape
The unearthing of Dilla treats continues as the Boiler Room release a mixtape of his listening habits. Something a little different from the J Dilla archives in the form of a mixtape but not of his own music. Boiler Room and BBE Records have released an unheard mixtape recorded sometime around the turn of the …
Boiler Room Debuts Scott XYLO’s “Evangelion”
You won’t find a smoother track than Evangelion this year and it comes from Scott Xylo.