On Thursday night one of my favourte Dj's gracefully bowed out of Radio 1. Kissy Sell Out had been maning the decks at Radio 1 for 3 years (to the day) on the Thursday 12-2 slot. He parted company on a high with the most popular INDJWT (In New Dj's We Trust) show. Kissy was the first ever DJ I took note of. His remix for a Bolt Action Five (Anyone remember them?) did the rounds in most north/east London bar (I was 16 so it was any bar that would fucking serve me) and got me realising that I had a passion/obsession for dance music. I think he will be missed from Radio 1, cause his show got away with anything. It was jump up, rock and rave and it sounded like he was always having the best time when DJ'ing.
It will always be toe tag time in teen ville for me!
Friday, 30 March 2012
Sunday, 18 March 2012
Film Trailer: Prometheus
This is going to be a huge contender for my personal film of the year. (Along with The Hunger Games, The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises and The Hobbit) Having Ridley Scott say that 'Prometheus' was originally called "Untitled Alien Prequel' and at Comic-Con of last year stated that 'Prometheus and Alien shared similar DNA,' this gets me hoping that Scott has made a film which can live up to it's DNA sharing 'sequel.' Alien is still considered as one of the greats when people are talking Science fiction. I just hope that this will live up to it's reputation. (Unlike certain men from Mars named John Carter!)
Friday, 16 March 2012
Track Check: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs- Tapes & Money (Casino Times Remix)
First remix from Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs up and coming EP "Tapes & Money," with Casino Times going in on the remix duties. Casino Times are duo Nick Church and Joe Spencer. Thrown together at University in Oxford and bound by their love for electronic music and old disco records, these guys are going places!
EP out 2nd April on Polydor. Remix package to be announced soon.
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Track Check: TAI - 'At The Disco' (Kissy Sellout's Skippin School Remix)
A bit of a banging remix from everyone's favourite Essex DJ, Kissy Sell Out. (Also head-honcho of San City High). Also if you ain't heard of TAI go check him out. Soon to be released on DIM MAK Records.
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Album Review: Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again
Having won the BBC Sound of 2012 award at the start of the year, could we really expect such an amazing album from Michael Kiwanuka? Previous winners of the award have been the likes of Adele, Ellie Goulding and Jessie J. I am not saying that these guys made amazing albums, in fact far from it in my opinion, but they did take the nation by storm.
Michael Kiwanuka is a confessional singer-songwriter in an age dominated by the likes of Adele: in the absence of a collapsed relationship to feel anguished about, Kiwanuka's songs concern themselves with matters of a more spiritual nature. Dig a little deeper into he lyrics of the album and you start to realise that the album is a tad God-bothering but this isn't a bad thing. There was a time that an album so God-bothering would have turned the UK main stream buyers off. But with the likes of Mumford & Sons sneaking religious lyrics into there happy brand of 'British folk rock', you can't say that their album sales got a knocking.
Track one of the album is jazzy and starts with a Jazz Flute. Title track Home Again has a soft mellow rock feel that Jack Johnson would be happy to release. And there are airs of 60s and 70s hippie feel about the album. It doesn't feel like it's just a black guy with a guitar, in some songs theres a drum beat which has a Bon Iver territory and it starts to get a bit hazy and magical.
So to sum up my thoughts, basically I really like this album. It's has a feel of Bill Withers, Otis Reading and John Martyn all rolled into one. I would file this under 'easy-listening Sunday music.' And that is not a bad thing. No sir not one bit.
M favourite track from the album:
Michael Kiwanuka is a confessional singer-songwriter in an age dominated by the likes of Adele: in the absence of a collapsed relationship to feel anguished about, Kiwanuka's songs concern themselves with matters of a more spiritual nature. Dig a little deeper into he lyrics of the album and you start to realise that the album is a tad God-bothering but this isn't a bad thing. There was a time that an album so God-bothering would have turned the UK main stream buyers off. But with the likes of Mumford & Sons sneaking religious lyrics into there happy brand of 'British folk rock', you can't say that their album sales got a knocking.
Track one of the album is jazzy and starts with a Jazz Flute. Title track Home Again has a soft mellow rock feel that Jack Johnson would be happy to release. And there are airs of 60s and 70s hippie feel about the album. It doesn't feel like it's just a black guy with a guitar, in some songs theres a drum beat which has a Bon Iver territory and it starts to get a bit hazy and magical.
So to sum up my thoughts, basically I really like this album. It's has a feel of Bill Withers, Otis Reading and John Martyn all rolled into one. I would file this under 'easy-listening Sunday music.' And that is not a bad thing. No sir not one bit.
M favourite track from the album:
Game of Thrones: The return is imminent and 'War is Comming.'
Game of Thrones is to make a return to our screens in a matter of weeks and boy am I excited. Having watched the last series and loved every episode of it I am very much looking forward to see how they pull off season two with the same intensity as season one.
I saw adverts on TV for the first season and didn't know anything about the series apart from that it had been adapted from a book called 'A Game of Thrones.' (And that is had Sean Bean in it and he is DON) This is the first book in a series of books called 'A Song of Fire and Ice' written by George R.R. Martin. So I decided to do a bit of digging and it turned out that 'A Song of Fire and Ice' series was HUGE in the fantasy book world. The first book had been released in 1991 ans since then there have been a total of seven books released all at eight hundred plus pages.
I decided to read the first and second books to see what all the fuss was about. To put it simply these books had me hooked. I couldn't put the bloody thing down. (I know that it is what books are supposed to do but if you have ever read tried to read Captain Corelli's Mandolin you will see what I mean, I didn't fucking care about any of the characters so I threw it in the bin! Fuck you Louis de Bernieres)
So even though I know what is going to happen in the up coming series, it's still going to be interesting to see how HBO film such an epic book with such a restrained budget. The first season was transferred really well from book to screen. Where there were supposed to be epic battle scenes the directors simply glanced over them. If you had read the book then you would have known that there's blood/gore/death and other variants of what you would expect to find in war. But the show makers managed to find cleaver ways round having to film massive scenes like this and getting round there lack of budget.
So roll on April for what I think could be one of the best TV series we get this year. Oh and by the way WAR IS COMING! (As if you haven't already been told enough times by the adds)
I saw adverts on TV for the first season and didn't know anything about the series apart from that it had been adapted from a book called 'A Game of Thrones.' (And that is had Sean Bean in it and he is DON) This is the first book in a series of books called 'A Song of Fire and Ice' written by George R.R. Martin. So I decided to do a bit of digging and it turned out that 'A Song of Fire and Ice' series was HUGE in the fantasy book world. The first book had been released in 1991 ans since then there have been a total of seven books released all at eight hundred plus pages.
I decided to read the first and second books to see what all the fuss was about. To put it simply these books had me hooked. I couldn't put the bloody thing down. (I know that it is what books are supposed to do but if you have ever read tried to read Captain Corelli's Mandolin you will see what I mean, I didn't fucking care about any of the characters so I threw it in the bin! Fuck you Louis de Bernieres)
So even though I know what is going to happen in the up coming series, it's still going to be interesting to see how HBO film such an epic book with such a restrained budget. The first season was transferred really well from book to screen. Where there were supposed to be epic battle scenes the directors simply glanced over them. If you had read the book then you would have known that there's blood/gore/death and other variants of what you would expect to find in war. But the show makers managed to find cleaver ways round having to film massive scenes like this and getting round there lack of budget.
So roll on April for what I think could be one of the best TV series we get this year. Oh and by the way WAR IS COMING! (As if you haven't already been told enough times by the adds)
Sunday, 11 March 2012
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Kony 2012
Thanks to Lucy over at Subtle Tea blog for bringing this to my attention. KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony (a reble leader who has been committing crimes against the people of Uganda for 20 years and has gone unchallenged) famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.
I was shocked at some of the footage in the video, but it needs to be shown for people to understand the severity of what is going on in Uganda and what Joseph Kony is doing to that country. So be warned.
Definitely half an hour well spent.
KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.
To show your support go to the Invisible Children website: www.InvisibleChildren.com
Follow what Invisible Children are up to on Twitter: @Invisible
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Mixtape: Da Chip - 'Da Chip Volumes 1 & 2'
Ever wondered what a mixtape containing Daft Punks records would sound like? It would sound pretty awesome. Now how you ever wondered what a mixtape containing Daft Punks records would sound like if they were all reworked in 8bit versions. No me neither, but some French guys did and it's like listening to Daft Punk if they released their tracks on nothing but Game Boy cartridges.
Below is Da Chip's second volume of Daft Punk 8bit versions. Enjoy. (If you listened to the first mixtape in full the I suggest you take a well deserved break incase you start seeing 8bit, which will eventually lead to seeing in binary code followed closely by death)
Their website: dachip.com/download.html
Hit up Da Chip's Soundclound page here: soundcloud.com/dachip
I hope you were as confused as me when listening to these bizarre 8bit tracks.
Below is Da Chip's second volume of Daft Punk 8bit versions. Enjoy. (If you listened to the first mixtape in full the I suggest you take a well deserved break incase you start seeing 8bit, which will eventually lead to seeing in binary code followed closely by death)
Their website: dachip.com/download.html
Hit up Da Chip's Soundclound page here: soundcloud.com/dachip
I hope you were as confused as me when listening to these bizarre 8bit tracks.
Monday, 5 March 2012
Track Check: Sway - 'Level Up' (Fake Blood Remix)
Bbbaaannngggeeerrrr!
Coming straight off the 'Level Up' EP from Sway. Fake Blood is consistently killing every remix he throws out. This one os up there with some of his best.
Follow Fake Blood on twitter: @IamFakeBlood
Follow Sway on twitter: @SwayUK
Coming straight off the 'Level Up' EP from Sway. Fake Blood is consistently killing every remix he throws out. This one os up there with some of his best.
Follow Fake Blood on twitter: @IamFakeBlood
Follow Sway on twitter: @SwayUK
Sunday, 4 March 2012
Mixtape: Skream - '130bpm Set'
Straight banging set from Skream. Only tunes round about the 130bpm mark. Not a dubstep track in sight. (Whoop Whoop!)
With tracks from Boddika, Para One, Braodinski and Drums of Death, it's worth a listen.
With tracks from Boddika, Para One, Braodinski and Drums of Death, it's worth a listen.
Mixtape: Redlight - 'Redlight Music'
A mix tape full of Redlight tracks and some sneaky exclusive in there to.
For more information on what Redlight is up to check out his website:
www.redlightmusic.co.uk
Redlight on Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/redlight-uk
Follow Redlight on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/UKREDLIGHT
For more information on what Redlight is up to check out his website:
www.redlightmusic.co.uk
Redlight on Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/redlight-uk
Follow Redlight on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/UKREDLIGHT
Friday, 2 March 2012
Track(s) Check: Jack Beats: 'Dubs For Clubs'
Jack Beats have started to finish up there first album. No date as of yet when it's getting released, but they were kind enough to give you the chance to get your hands on some of the tracks that they've been dropping in their sets since 2009. Some are festival exclusives others you may recognise as unreleased remixes/reworks.
You can download the 'Dubs For Clubs' tracks on their SoundCloud page. Some many have hit their download limit already, but all are worth listening to anyway. Plus there's some other tracks on there you won't have heard.
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