J Dilla Talks About His Sampling Inspirations in Rare Interview From 2003
The hip hop icon talks about his family in Detroit and how he only discovered Fela Kuti while working on Like Water For Chocolate.
RecordRadar turns your e-digging into crate digging
The web app integrates your Spotify music and finds records near you to buy from Discogs.
Starchildluke - GENGARTAPE
Another month, another beat tape from Starchildluke. This one is called GENGARTAPE. Even though he hit his target, the #Road2Switch series still rolls on with a fifth release. Starchildluke’s GENGARTAPE doesn’t have a concrete theme, but many of the samples on the tracks reference things like ghosts and poison, a nod to the titular Pokémon, …
Review: Clear Soul Forces - Still
We reviewed Clear Soul Forces’ new album, Still.
VIDEO: Beatnick Dee & Pheo - Patience
Anglo-American producer Beatnick Dee and rapper Pheo suit up for their thrilling new video.
Cinematic Orchestra and Jimmy Cliff added to Love Supreme Jazz Festival Line Up
They will also be joined by Lauryn Hill, Gladys Knight, and Jamie Cullum.
Zero 7's Simple Things Turned 18 Today
An album that changed my life in so many ways. This is my clumsy ode to Simple Things by Zero 7. This will be a stream of consciousness type essay because Simple Things is that kind of album to me. And the way I found Zero 7 – and the album – was in an …
DJ Manipulator - ARP Revisited (feat. Blu & Louie Gonz)
DJ Manipulator flexes his synth muscles on ARP Revisited, featuring Blu and Louie Gonz. What’s that, another synth stonker from DJ Manipulator? Hell yeah it is! The producer/DJ gave his guest MCs something to rap about on ARP Revisited, a reimagining of the original “ARP” from his Synth Tape album. East Coast met West Coast …
70s French Jazz Mix by Magical Mystery Mix
Just over an hour of underground 70s French jazz from the likes of Michel Sardaby, Brigitte Fontaine, Jean Luc Ponty, and Henri Texier.
Review: Edison Av x Sik Sense - Above the Ground
Another transatlantic duo meet for the follow up to their 2017 debut EP. We reviewed Edison Av and Sik Sense’s Above the Ground.