Interviews

INTERVIEW: Natural Chemistry

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We interviewed Croatian electronic group, Natural Chemistry. Fresh off the heels of their free Natural Chemistry EP, we caught up with the pair from Croatia to talk about there musical origins and who’d they’d love to work with. When did you start making music, separately and together? We were both making beats for few years …

Hip Hop

A Tribe Called Quest To Perform At Wireless Festival

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A Tribe Called Quest will be performing in London in July. No, it’s not 1st April and you’re not dreaming. Pretty much lost for words right now. Hip hop legends A Tribe Called Quest wil be performing in the UK for the first time in 20 years when they’ll be on stage at Wireless Festival …

Interviews

ONE TO WATCH/INTERVIEW: Tiago

We interviewed our One To Watch from the UK, Tiago. I have had the distinct pleasure in introducing a young up and coming producer by the name of “Tiago”. This kid is talented – fact.  Tiago is a 20 year old producer of Portuguese descent hailing from Crawley. Tiago spends most of his time dotted …

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SATURDAY MATINÉE: Beat Digging With Waajeed

Waajeed discusses hip hop, beats, PPP, the ladies and the Detroit sound while crate digging in this week’s Saturday Matinée. Before Waajeed was shedding light onto the mystery behind Dilla beats, he was (and still is) a hip hop producer and what do hip hop producers like to do best? Crate dig. In 2006, Waajeed …

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SoulAndMusic - I Introduce Soul

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SoulAndMusic of NugenSoul drops his debut EP, I Introduce Soul, with cuts by Scott Xylo. SoulAndMusic (real name Samuel Chuku) is a rapper from London and his debut EP I Introduce Soul a few hours ago. The four-track EP features SoulAndMusic rapping over two Dilla and Apollo Brown beats and two Scott Xylo beats. Mixing …

Electronic Hip Hop

Mndsgn. - bed

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Mndsgn. takes us to bed with his new EP. But in a good way. And not in *that* way… LA-based producer Mndsgn. released a new EP via Bandcamp on 25th February. Entitled “bed”, the EP contains some really atmospheric compositions such as the intro track “laps”, the hazy “try this peppermint soap” and the ambient …

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ONE TO WATCH: Orion

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UK producer Orion is our One To Watch today. It’s a small world, isn’t it? While commenting on a Facebook friend’s status from Detroit, one of his friends also commented who happens to go to my university. He invited me to like his Facebook page and now we’re here. Orion (real name Ope Alayande) is …