Hip Hop

The Macabre Chap x DJ PRIMATE - Thanatos

The Macabre Chap and DJ PRIMATE team up for an politically-charged track called Thanatos. From the moment you lay eyes on the cover, you get a sense this isn’t a wishy-washy track. The duo of British emcee The Macabre Chap and El Paso native DJ PRIMATE don’t disappoint and provide the grizzly Thanatos, just in …

Hip Hop

Richie Saps & Scott Xylo – Infinite

East London based wordsmith Richie Saps joins forces with Leicester based producer Scott Xylo to deftly regale us with a tale of his immortality… The relationship between producer and emcee has been an integral part of hip hop since its nascent days. On rare occasions, the artistic understanding between these two individuals can be exceptionally …

Drum & Bass Sampling

New Crowdfund To Pay "Compensation" For The Amen Break

It’s the most famous drum break in the history of recorded sound and like most old samples, none of the musicians involved have received a single penny for their efforts. Until now. “Amen Brother” was a composition performed by 60s soul band The Winstons and, more specifically, the “Amen break” performed by Gregory Cylvester “G. …

Hip Hop Jazz

SumoChief – Gator Season (2Late Remix)

London based jazz/hip hop quartet SumoChief have enlisted the services of High Focus beat-wizard 2Late to deliver an intriguing reinterpretation of “Gator Season”. The pursuit of musical complexity can sometimes be futile, as it is often done at the expense of the overall “vibe” of a track. When there is a perceptible lack of this …

Sampling

Bad Panda Records Release 80UA EP Made From NASA Samples

A group of musicians have put together a free EP entitled 80UA using nothing but space samples from NASA. The joy of sampling is you can create music from any type of sound you can find and some can be literally “out of this world”. Musicians Davide Cairo and Giacomo Muzzacato, from the Fabrica Music …

Music

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Behind The Scenes)

Michael Jackson on set of Billie Jean video

On this day in 1983, Billie Jean went to #1 on the Billboard chart. Here’s a short behind the scenes look at the video for this week’s Saturday Matinée. Another short one for this week but nevertheless iconic and influential for many reasons. Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean was arguably the best single from his seminal …

Interviews

Interview: Davu Flint

We interviewed Philly’s Davu Flint about his musical upbringing, how his home state has moulded his music and another life as an international gigolo.

Video

VIDEO: Flying Lotus - Coronus, The Terminator

Flying Lotus recently dropped the video for his track “Coronus, The Terminator” and it’s not to be missed under any circumstances. I don’t care that we’re only 1/24th of the way through 2015 – this is a contender for video of the year. Flying Lotus delivered one of the best albums of 2014 in “You’re …