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Electronic House Pop

Electric Pendergrass – The Slow Cancellation Of The Future

January 20, 2021January 19, 2021 by Luke Alex Davis
Electric Pendergrass – The Slow Cancellation Of The Future

Stream Electric Pendergrass’s new album on Bandcamp.

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DOOM Interviews Video

A candid interview with DOOM from 2014

January 9, 2021January 9, 2021 by Luke Alex Davis
MF DOOM sitting on a couch (rendered in purple)

Here’s DOOM in a rare interview with Ediction UK talking about his life, parenting, and the best advice he’s ever received.

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Hip Hop Video

VIDEO: Mr Ekow – I Am Hip Hop

December 7, 2020January 6, 2021 by Luke Alex Davis
Mr Ekow – I Am Hip Hop

London rapper Mr Ekow pays homage to a host of hip hop legends in his video for “I Am Hip Hop”.

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Hip Hop

tides. – dive.

November 19, 2020November 30, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
The cover for tides's album, dive

Stream dive. by tides. right here.

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Reviews

Review: Zero 7 – Shadows EP (feat. Lou Stone)

October 28, 2020October 28, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
Zero 7 - Shadows EP (feat. Lou Stone)

We reviewed Zero 7’s Shadows EP, featuring Lou Stone.

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Interviews

Sade’s E! Extreme Close Up Interview (1992)

October 18, 2020October 18, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
Sade

Here’s Sade talking to E! about her 1992 album Love Deluxe, her origins, and the reasons behind her 4-year hiatus.

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Video

Unknown P – Diss & Chips (Stormzy & Chip Beef)

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
Unknown P – Diss & Chips (Stormzy & Chip Beef)

Unknown P grabs some Diss & Chips from a petrol station in response to the beef between Stormzy and Chip.

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Instrumental Hip Hop

kaewunn – PULSES [ bump l l ]

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
kaewunn - PULSES [ bump l l ]

This is PULSES [ bump l l ], the 2019 sequel to UK producer kaewunn’s debut, PULSES [ bump l ].

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Hip Hop

KINETIK & Newselph – The Simple Life

April 18, 2020April 18, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
KINETIK & Newselph - The Simple Life

UK rapper Kinetik shows gratitude for the simple life on his new track with producer Newselph.

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Electronic

AUXX Returns With New Project, ‘AX/20’

March 29, 2020April 13, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
AUXX Returns With New Project, 'AX/20'

Auxx’s upcoming release features everything we know and love about the electronic artist.

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Funk

KayJay – Natural High

September 10, 2019January 26, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
KayJay

British soul singer KayJay takes us back in time with her nostalgic debut single, Natural High.

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Instrumental Hip Hop

Starchildluke – BOWSERTAPE2

July 7, 2019March 1, 2020 by Sampleface
BOWSERTAPE2 album cover

Starchildluke is back with BOWSERTAPE2, his 8th #Road2Switch album. Knxwledge might be winding down on his output but he isn’t the only one who can churn out albums and EPs. Starchildluke embarked on an ambitious series called #Road2Switch where proceeds from his albums went towards a Nintendo Switch. He managed to acquire enough money but …

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Video

Kareem Jamal – No Rainy Days + Desperado

July 3, 2019January 26, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
Kareem Jamal - Desperado

The UK rapper has been a busy man and dropped two tracks and accompanying videos in less than 3 weeks. It’s been way too long since we last featured Kareem Jamal and now we have two tracks and two videos to go with them. Brace yourself. No Rainy Days No Rainy Days is an instrumental …

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Music

Electric Brixton’s Upcoming Events (Aug-Dec 2019)

June 24, 2019December 10, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
Electric Brixton

The London venue has some cracking events coming up for the rest of the year. One of the best music venues in London has to be Electric Brixton. The venue is housed in Brixton’s Town Hall Parade and is steeped in early 20th-century tradition. From its Palladium Picture House days to its time as the …

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Instrumental Hip Hop

Shrill Evans – MONOLITH

May 4, 2019November 17, 2020 by Sampleface
Shrill Evans - MONOLITH

It’s a new moniker for Starchildluke as he releases his fifth #Road2Switch series. No prizes for guessing where the name Shrill Evans comes from. But in case you didn’t know, it’s a lo-fi take on the late piano maestro Bill Evans. And Starchildluke took that inspiration for his new alter-ego on new album, MONOLITH. He …

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Instrumental Hip Hop

Starchildluke – GENGARTAPE

April 30, 2019March 1, 2020 by Sampleface
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, …

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Video

VIDEO: Beatnick Dee & Pheo – Patience

April 25, 2019January 26, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
VIDEO: Beatnick Dee & Pheo - Patience

Anglo-American producer Beatnick Dee and rapper Pheo suit up for their thrilling new video. I’m all for a balance of form and function and that’s precisely how Beatnick Dee & Pheo have described their joint album, Patience. The video for the title track pays homage to Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction and those cheesy LA cop/crime …

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Jazz

Cinematic Orchestra and Jimmy Cliff added to Love Supreme Jazz Festival Line Up

April 25, 2019December 1, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
Cinematic Orchestra added to Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2019 Line Up

They will also be joined by Lauryn Hill, Gladys Knight, and Jamie Cullum.

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Electronic

Zero 7’s Simple Things Turned 18 Today

April 23, 2019January 13, 2021 by Luke Alex Davis
Zero 7's Simple Things

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 …

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Reviews

Review: Edison Av x Sik Sense – Above the Ground

April 15, 2019November 18, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
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.

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