Chart August 2008

This is difficult since I haven’t done a chart in so long, so there are so many records to choose from. Still, here goes!  No particular order.
10. Prosumer-Believe (Vocal Mix) (Ostgut-Ton)

I didn’t take to the Prosumer album in a really big way even though he has a few tracks (his collaboration with Sebo K on […]

Mind the increasingly large gaps

Yeesh the time flies by, three weeks since a post is shameful. Thanks to the people who mailed me to ask if I was posting or who found the site for the first time, it makes me realise I should get off my lazy ass and post.
I guess most of you are totally familiar with […]

Summer

I don’t know what it is, but certain sounds or instruments used in some records can really make you feel a certain way, or remember certain things.
Of course that sounds quite vague, so I’ve picked out Vincenzo’s “Jack Ain’t Back” and Russ Gabriel’s Old School Remix of “L’Aurora” by Poppcke and Alex Niggemann. I’m […]

Phone-Jam Bar-Shoreditch High St-Sat 8th August

So I’ll be playing at this tomorrow if you want something to do after Field Day. It’s free in and runs from 10 until 5am or so, I’ll be downstairs in the club room. Also there’ll be an afterparty somewhere nearby from 5am until 10 or so, just drop me a mail if you want […]

Field Day

Are you going? I think all I’m sure I want to see is Richie Hawtin’s set, which I’m hearing (from unreliable sources) could be a lot longer than the two hours promised. As for the other stuff I’ll just take it in.
It’s just occurred to me, and people might find this funny, that I’ve only […]

“After listening to this hybrid of hip-hop and garage music, I wanted to kill someone.”

From the Sun.
“After Bob Marley died in 1981, black music started becoming aggressive.”
“On Sunday I overdosed on violent lyrics in black music. The state I was in, I was a menace to society.”