It’s been out of print for a while but Madvillainy on vinyl is back on the Stones Throw website.
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 …
Wu-Tang will be back in the UK for their 20th Anniversary, so if you’re in the UK or can get here, it’s one not to be missed.
Labels and artists have become the subject of a lawsuit for illegal use of the Bumpin’ Bus Stop sample.
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 …
Praverb The Wyse and Thee Tom Hardy come together on the Sourface produced Super Saiyans. If you’re none the wiser about Super Saiyans, you may want to familiarise yourself and add context. UK producer Sourface put together the street wise beat ready for a couple of emcees to channel their inner Saiyan. Enter Praverb the …
If you own a Mac and the DM1 drum machine app on iOS, you’re in for a treat. Last year, Parisian developers Fingerlab put together a wonderful app called DM1, an all-in-one drum machine originally for iOS. The features included 86 produced drum kits, mastered at in-house Fingerlab Sound Studios, a multi-touch matrix step sequencer, …
We reviewed James Blake’s Overgrown. I didn’t jump on the James Blake bandwagon immediately. I tend to be wary of media fawning of independent albums because that usually sparks the demise before the ride has even started. I was clearly incorrect (it happens) as I discovered with Blake’s sophomore album. I had to repeat the …
Jessie Ware gets her groove on in the video for Imagine It Was Us.
The UK’s Klimeks gives us some Nibbles, a small collection of music leftover tracks. Hailing from Peterborough is Klimeks, a UK producer with no fixed musical abode. His styles navigate the sounds of hip hop, trap, electronic and all the subgenres that come with it. On Nibbles, a selection of tracks leftover from last year, …