J Dilla instrumental covers aren’t rare but this one on piano is pretty special. Tributes, covers, remakes – you name it, someone has done some kind of alteration of Dilla’s work and we’re here for most of them (we’ll bypass Rebirth Of Detroit). This one, however, takes the essence of the beat and reforms it …
The epitome of cool, Miles Davis was also a bit of a joker as this piece of footage shows. There was a heightened sense of devil-may-care in Miles Davis’ music towards the end of his life, more so than when he ushered in the era of jazz fusion with Bitches Brew in 1970. In this …
Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest and the Soulquarians celebrates his 43rd birthday. It’d be hard to imagine hip hop without Q-Tip and his influence on not only the music but the culture as a whole, being a member of the Zulu Nation. He’s one of the few people in the game to be held …
BINKBEATS returns with another beat reconstruction, this time Flying Lotus’ “Getting There” featuring Niki Randa. About a month ago, you may remember we told you about a Dutch producer called BINKBEATS who reassembled Erykah Badu’s ‘The Healer’ (produced by Madlib). Well, he’s back with another video and this one is even more spectacular. His port …
Jessie Ware gets her groove on in the video for Imagine It Was Us.
Witness Sherman Hemsley performing on Soul Train back in 1992 for this week’s Throwback Thursday.
RIP Jesus
From the depths of the Kilzone, Fresh Kils brings his battle winning routine back to YouTube. Damn those guys at YouTube with their evil copyright muscle flexing. Fresh Kils’ video of his MPC1000 Transformers routine was taken down due to the samples used but now it is back up for your viewing pleasure. If you’ve …
Flying Lotus uploads a video featuring himself, Thundercat and Herbie Hancock in the studio. I’m still not ready to deal with this. Yesterday, Flying Lotus tweeted a video entitled “Herbie” showing himself and Thundercat in the studio. That’s pretty awesome on its own but it’s not a surprise; they’ve been working together on Thundercat’s second …
The boys at HBS Music Archaeology are back with Show 45 of their series. Nothing beats a bit of vinyl in the morning (we mean the music kind ahem). If you’ve not seen their series before, HBS Music Archaeology are a couple of guys (Chris and Brad) from North West London who dig out rare …