Shabazz palaces are Ishmael Butler and Tendai Maraire, Hailing from Seattle they created one of my albums of last year in “Black up”, They where the first hip hop act to be singed to the notoriously indie based Sub Pop label, and as it happens I’m going to see them tonight at XOYO.
This is atmospheric hip hop at it’s best. Turn the bass up on your speakers and listen.
Hey ya’ll
Our very good friends Funeral suits are in town tonight to play the London leg of their UK tour. Last week they played the Camden Crawl to a packed out show in the purple turtle, which I can only describe as epic. We recommend you go see them.
The suits release their debut album in the next couple of weeks titled “lily of the valley”. I’ve had a sneaky listen and it really is an enjoyable listen, packed full of synth’s and shit!.
Here’s the Funeral Suits website which I’m gonna throw out there and tell you all I built it, CHECK MY SKILLZZ! buy a t-shirt or sumit.
Anyway, get on this fuckers
xx
Right! Here’s an anonymous young producer who has created a little stir on the dance floor.
I just caught a sound of him on Gilles Peterson over the weekend, he played a track called “Bozza” which got my attention instantly! Gilles tells us it’s his favourite young producer around at the moment and dang! he’s fast becoming mine. It’s house music with a tinge* of techno, but check this mix he did for XLR8R, it’s basically not house with a tinge of techno, it’s fucking awesome!
He plays boilerroom.tv at the end of the month and I think you should check it.
Here’s a track
Shlohmo is LA based producer Henry Laufer, With his distinct sound he has carved out a niche for himself, Mixing lo-fi, psychedelic abstract hip-hop, dubstep, bouncy synth-funk & trip-Hop. His remixes are what brought him to my attention. With remixes of, Burial, Drake & Lianne La Havas people are obviously clamouring for him to re-work their tunes.
Check out his Vacation EP recently released on the Friends of Friends label.
Last night I went to see Lunice at Concreate, And it was quite an eventful evening I might add. It was a free gig put on by his record label Lucky Me, one of the founders being Hudson Mohawke & Lunice’s new partner on their side project TNGHT.
Now it was first come first served so I naively thought no one would be there as I think no one else knows about good music apart from me. Anyway queued for half an hour to get in then got asked for id which i’m always extremely happy about as i’m getting on a bit let’s say.
The night started well enough some Hip Hop, RnB and Dubstep to get the crowd rilled up, But things soon went awry when it was Lunice’s time to step up, Apparently they blew the power all the lights went out ect, They couldn’t seem to get any music back on for at least half an hour but boy when they did he simply tore the place apart, He had everyone in the palm of his hand even when the music cut out a few times it didn’t deteer him and to be fair the crowd didn’t seem pissed off and he just got on with it. Beats, Bass & Electronica is how I would describe his music and this was the genre of the evening.
If I didn’t think that was the highlight of the night up steps A-trak and literally ripped the place a new arsehole! His Scratching was unbelievable, I have never seen that live before so it was a joy to behold for someone who loves a bit of vinyl. So there you have it Catch Lunice if you can and A-trak and his mad scratching skills. Here is a couple of lunice tunes to get you in the mood on a dreary Thursday. Get his One Hunned EP NOW!
