Breaking Down The Breaks #3: Jonny Drop (The Expansions)
Our series Breaking Down The Breaks highlights a drummer’s all-time favorite breaks. From the best grooves to sample origins. Jonny Drop is the drummer of South London-based jazz/funk quartet The…
No Words #68: FloFilz, Cut Beetlez, Renegades of Jazz, Lowie, Kinkajous & Tensei Remixed (DJ Inkswel, Kenny Keys & John Robinson)
Our weekly feature No Words is all about new music recommendations. Nothing to read, only what’s needed: music to listen to. Find new favorites: Transit by FloFilz De Olho em Tudo by…
Listen: Pan Amsterdam – Kubrick
Ol’ Dirty Bastard used his voice as an instrument. Like a jazz improviser, he flowed freely over beats. Kubrick by enigmatic emcee Pan Amsterdam made me think of that. Not because…
Interview: Hank Shocklee (The Bomb Squad)
Music producer, composer, record industry executive and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Hank Shocklee helped change the face of music. He turned the process, format, and technique of music…
No Words #67: Robohands, JayARE (John Robinson x J. Rawls), Break-Two, Rise & K15
Our weekly feature No Words is all about new music recommendations. Nothing to read, only what’s needed: music to listen to. Find new favorites: Dusk by Robohands HOPEFULLY by Break-Two A Rise…
Listen: Seasons in Jakarta (FloFilz x The Deli, Like, K, Le Maestro & Otis Junior x Dr. Dundiff)
Jakarta Records is on a roll lately. Well, haven’t they always? But still: Freddie Joachim’s Beyond The Sea of Trees and Melodiesinfonie’s A Journey To You belong to my favorite albums of late.…
Somepling – Mainscreen (Album Stream)
Mainscreen by Somepling is a collection of eight intriguing MPC2000XL productions. The French producer gets lost with sixteen pads through intricate rhythms, intense samples and playful experiments. “My sampler has that…
No Words #66: Blu & Exile, Radio Juicy, Abstract Orchestra (Madvillain Vol. 2), Àbáse, Soviet Konducta
Our weekly feature No Words is all about new music recommendations. Nothing to read, only what’s needed: music to listen to. Find new favorites: True & Livin' EP by Blu & Exile…
A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘Scenario’ 7″ Reissued by Mr Bongo
Powerful impact (Boom!) from the cannon: Mr Bongo reissued the extremely rare German-only 7″ record of A Tribe Called Quest’s “Scenario.” Saves you a few hundred bucks compared to getting the…
Album Premiere: Freddie Joachim – Beyond The Sea Of Trees (Jakarta Records)
A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul are usually good names for me to indicate my taste in hip-hop to people not too familiar with the genre. So is…