January 2012
7 posts
December 2011
9 posts
A few albums and mixes from 2011
Some things I’ve enjoyed listening to in 2011, in no particular order:
Casiokids - Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen
Laura Marling - A Creature I Don’t Know
Katy B - On a Mission
Burial - Street Halo
Stef - Printing buildings where once there were newspapers
Skream at 1Xtra Live, Birmingham
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
Young Montana? - guest mix for Andrew Meza’s BTS...
November 2011
7 posts
The Art of Blending →
A musical experience curated by The Roots & Q-Tip. An all-access documentary captured by Thibaut de Longeville. Featuring Erykah Badu, Mary J. Blige, Chaka Khan, Jay Electronica, E.V.E., Bobby Brown, Ronald Isley (The Isley Brothers), Mike Posner, Daniel Merriweather, D-Nice and more.
“When I started, I was making work maybe with only the promise of performance....”
– Rosie Kay at theartsdesk Debate
October 2011
5 posts
September 2011
6 posts
908 Essential Mixes →
From 1993 to 2011.
August 2011
3 posts
Moombahton, Nu-Jungle, Future Garage? Let Hervé... →
Nu-disco
“It’s newer than John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever but not as future as future garage is supposed to be. It’s inbetween. There was future disco – this whole thing has been done before. So nu-disco is actually kind of nu-new-disco. Although, now it’s kind of disco but not 100% disco. It does overlap with a bit of new Balearica.
July 2011
10 posts
Bestimix 22: The Correspondents →
S’good this. “A journey through swing, jazz, 50’s R&B, be-bop, nu-soul, electro swing, hip-hop and chap-hop”.
Life - Timelapse of swarming monster worms and... →
This was featured in Bjork’s show Biophilia. I wasn’t sure whether it was real.
June 2011
16 posts
