Sampling

Happy 2nd Birthday, Sampleface!

We’re celebrating our 2nd birthday and we have some big announcements. Where has the time all gone? Today marks our 2nd birthday and we’re celebrating with two big announcements (or five, depending on how you look at it). The first is that we are rebranding our mini label into a collective to allow for more …

Music

Dapper Rapper: Monstar Merchandise

London based clothing label Monstar Merchandise are our latest Dapper Rapper feature. The latest label to catch our attention is Monstar Merchandise, a London collective of like minded people passionate about design and fashion. Before starting up Monstar, the collective had provided work for the likes of Metalheadz and Wu Tang and they have continued …

Hip Hop

KLIM beats - LO FI

KLIM beats went LO FI on his 404 for this release back in 2013. Good music is timeless, at least that’s our excuse for coming to joints late. Last year, Ukraine’s KLIM beats dropped LO FI, a bunch of beats created on his trusted SP-404 although at some points, you’ll wonder if you’re actually listening …

Interviews

Interview: Sumochief

Ashton James Brown interviewed the exciting jazz/hip hop quartet Sumochief and discussed their origins, their thoughts regarding London’s vibrant music scene and how music technology is incorporated into their creative process.

Music

Johannes Kreidler - Music Made From Stock Charts

Watch as Johannes Kreidler makes “Charts Music,” songs arranged using Songsmith and falling stock charts from 2007-2009. Just a bit of fun and satire for a Sunday afternoon. Who could forget the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and subsequent recession in 2009? It certainly wasn’t a laughing matter then but composer Johannes Kreidler has taken a unique look at …

Video

VIDEO: Reppatwa - Blended Scotch Whiskey (Part I)

UK emcee Reppatwa releases the video for Blended Scotch Whiskey (Part I), the first from his forthcoming album Reppalations 21:2. It’s becoming a day for videos at the moment as we showed you RKZ’s latest a few hours ago. This time, the moving pictures come from London’s Reppatwa and his upcoming project Reppalations 21:2. In it, Repps talks …

Video

VIDEO: RKZ - Favourite Song

RKZ drops the video for Favourite Song, the third single taken from his hot new mixtape, Science X Soul. Our resident master of all trades returns with yet another piece of visual art to promote his latest mixtape, Science X Soul. The video stars fashion stylist Amrit Preet as RKZ takes a step back from the front of …