FKA Twigs is an emerging talent signed to Young Turks, rebranding melodic trip-hop with spaced vocals and striking visuals. FKA Twigs (previously known as “Twigs”) has just released her second EP entitled “EP2″ which is a great blend of delicate vocals with flavourings of Massive Attack, Jessie Ware and Portishead. EP2 found its way into my iTunes library literally moments after …
It shouldn’t have taken us this long to get you some of Lord RAJA’s brand of epic sauce into your life but better late than never, as they say. If you don’t know who Lord RAJA is, peep Nuh (Guliver) right now and sleep no more. Little is known about the beat-making supremo called Lord …
Producer/DJ Bonobo talks about “challenging music’s borders” and his new album with NPR Music. Bonobo’s Black Sands was one of the best albums of 2010 so the follow up would have to be pretty spectacular to keep the quality up. Fortunately, he has more than enough to talent to do this and judging by the …
Our guest writer, Craig M. Riding, is back Waxing lyrical about Mo’Wax’s album, Headz. At the age of 18 I went to university in Leeds, leaving my beloved homeland of Greater Mancunia behind and venturing over the Pennines to the land of my ancestors enemies. After a week of getting drunk and debauched with my new …
Canadian downtempo producer Tor relaxes us with some Drum Therapy. For some reason, this fell right under my radar which is strange considering I was Bandcamp surfing a lot last year and I love a bit of downtempo/trip hop. Released just last month, Tor’s Drum Therapy really does live up to its name with soothing …
Greek producer mononome finds The Secret Melody in his second EP. Ever since I got my own MPC, I’ve been scouring YouTube and the internet for tips and videos of people using them, to get a feel for it all. I’ve even started searching for “MPC albums”, releases made using the Akai drum machine. One …
We’re pleased to find Deadpoole released another beat tape, this time in the form of a collaborative EP with fellow Ipswich producer Cellar Door.