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 …
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 …
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 …
Inspired by Bus Crates, here is a Spotify playlist of ‘smooth jams’ featuring Masego, Mndsgn, SAULT, and Khruangbin
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.
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 …
Grime emcee Stormzy went hard with Where Do You Know Me From before the end of 2014.
Radio Jakarta’s sixth episode features some funky music from the most unlikeliest of places: Thailand. We’ve missed the last few episodes of Radio Jakarta (you can catch up here) but for episode 6, Jannis returns with another mix based on his time travelling around Southeast Asia. The area is known for obscure traditional music such as …
Canada’s Andrew Triple A takes the Christmas hymn “Carol Of The Bells” and flips it into something completely different. Whatever anyone tells you, Christmas lasts for twelve days. I’m telling myself that more than you to defend the sanctity of writing something Yuletide-related a week after the big day. Toronto-based producer Andrew Triple dropped a …
NYC producer Blake Frederick drops the second volume from his Rhythm N’ Beats Vol. 2, inspired by 9th Wonder, J Dilla, and Jake One.