• Wednesday
  17th December

  • 

    Buraka Som Sistema - Black Diamond

    Author

    Jason Price

    Angolan producers have been crafting their take on house and techno music since the late 80s. Using traditional music as sampling sources, maintaining a fast, incessant rhythm, and featuring local rappers, the native sound was dubbed kuduro (Portugese slang for ‘hard-ass’). Via immigrants back to Portugal, it didn’t take long for the sound to permeate through the neighbourhoods of Lisbon. more »

• Monday
  18th February

  • 

    Trus'me - Workin' Nights$

    Author

    Paul Lindsay

    After a string of early releases in 2007 some of which appear on this record along with DJ slots in New York and House music’s capital Chicago Manchester’s Trus’ Mehas finally released his debut record Workin’ Night. Working Night$ is eight tracks of deep and funky disco-house floor fillers that show Trus’ Me influences are firmly locked in Northern Soul, Madchester, and Chicago and San Francisco House and Deep House movements. Trus’ Me rise has been nothing short of meteoric having made a name for himself as a DJ on both sides of the Atlantic and being lauded by the likes of Mad Matts of Raw Fusion, Worldwide’s Gilles Peters, and uber DJ and producer Ashley Beedle. more »

• Wednesday
  19th December

  • 

    Aaron Jerome - Time To Rearrange

    Author

    Paul Lindsay

    Aaron Jerome for many is not a household name even for the dance music enthusiast. However up until now Jerome has been quietly working in the background creating a name for himself remixing the likes of Zap Mama, Bugz In the Attic, and friend Nitin Sawhney. It is probably his exceptional remix work on Nicole Willis and The Soul Investigator’s track Feeling Free that made a wider group of people start to sit up and take notice of the humble young man from south London. more »

• Wednesday
  12th December

  • 

    Various Artists - Dance Mixes Volume 1

    Show

    Full Frequency

    Label: Seamless Recordings/Stomp

    The Seamless label in the UK has decided to employ the services of the man who compiled the awesome Mastercuts series in the 1990s and put out its own compilations in the same vein, drawing together genre-defining tunes from various styles… more »

• Monday
  10th December

  • 

    Various Artists - Cool Tributes: Pop Standards Revisited

    Author

    Lauren McWhirter

    Label: Phantom Sound & Vision

    Once you have a listen to this double album you’ll be finding any excuse to have a groove around your place of work/bedroom/local supermarket.

    Showcasing an eclectic mix of rockin’ oldies such as the cover of Acca Dacca… more »

Subscribe to this filter Podcast this filter