Ever been to a farm in a shop? Ever been to a rave in a farm, in a shop?
 
Well nows your chance! From guys that brought you The Bang Bang and Bump along with the creatives minds at Something&son you’ll be getting an amazing forward thinking bass event in the most interesting of venues in Dalston.
With the vibes ranging from soul & hip hop to the garage, electronica and post dubstep “what you call it” concoctions expect mixture of party vibes and heads bass knowledge.
…continue reading Think @ FARM:Shop

 
In a world of crystal clear digital sound, remastering, re-edits and HD visuals its easy to get carried away … Often I find it’s the imperfections in the detail that make something special, in the words of some french disco freaks we are human after all, aren’t we? We all make mistakes, nothing is perfect and even if you think it is, it doesn’t take long to have a closer look and realize everything and everyone is flawed in there own little way, but that’s what makes us special. Right?
…continue reading Lofi chaotic melodramatics

Now I know this blog is dedicated to experimental electronic beats, but with this in mind I think there’s always a bit of room for a bit of decent hip hop here since it all stems from hip hop, loops and beats in the purest sense.
 
Now while American commercial club rap has been taking a machete to Hip Hop for a good while now, UK and Aussie Hip Hoppers and producers seem to have always kept the soul and spirit of Hip Hop alive since the early 90s. Which is where this amazing new album I stumbled across on the book of face comes into it. It’s not that often I hear hip hop these days that knocks me back, but a duo from the small isolated city of Perth, Australia Coin & Taku have brought back the soul, funk and word play that got me into hip hop from the beginning, pure simple and beautiful. Be warned you’ll be thinking summer couldn’t be here sooner after listening to this bad boy. On the Free DL, enjoy.
 

Just when you thought the lazy streets and bars of Berlin were only home to the worlds best Techno there are forward thinking producers like Robot Koch bluring the boundaries of Dubstep, Hip Hop, and Electronica, walking the same streets and rocking the same squat parties. Songs for Trees and Cyborgs is in my mind one of the best albums of 2010, a perfect snap shot of where the constantly merging bass music generation is heading. …continue reading Bleeding basslines and cosmic kick drums

 
In a time where the music industry has changed drastically, where little emphasis is placed on the concept and arrangement of an album (both by the artist and listener) its great when little glimmers of light shine through the the metaphoric clouds. Gold Panda’s Lucky Shiner is one such light, an amazing album I stumbled across a bout a month ago. With such emotion pouring from his work and track titles like “Parents”, “I’m with you but I’m lonely” and “After we talked” it’s hard to not acknowledge that this debut from Gold Panda isn’t a deeply personal piece of work. Layered with various samples, live instruments and hypnotic beats Lucky Shiner breaks down the constructs of hip hop, organic neo house and funky broken tribal beats to bring us something unique with an often oriental vibe and a some what amateur charm that brings it all together.
…continue reading The Golden Days

To celebrate 20 years of Ninja Tune over the past 2 weeks Ninja have been giving away free tracks from an all star showcase of their signed artists, and you still have times to get your hands on the remaining 7 tracks at Ninja Tune XX . Black Dog Publishing have also just released a paperback in their Unlimited Labels series named “Ninja Tune: 20 Years of Beats & Pieces” with a London exhibition to compliment it showing off the last 20 years of paintings, posters, cover art, 3D models, LPs and promotional art some never before seen outside Ninja Tune’s office space.
 
The Herbaliser – Something Wicked (Roots Manuva’s Haunted House Dub Mix)
 
 

Download

…continue reading Ninja Tuning

I’ve been meaning to post about this stunning video and soundtrack for quite sometime, but it has been left on the back burner, so here goes. Another outstanding Los Angeles experimental hip hop producer Dr Strangeloop recently had a mix featured on Mary Anne Hobbs experimental show on the BBC Radio 1 a few months back, Strangeloop has also released an outstanding video project called “2010: [or] How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Technological Singularity” to accompany it, memorizing stuff!! You can still grab a limited edition signed DVD from the Institue for cinema Studies for only $15.

Rumour has it that Dr Strangeloop was actually the first artist to teach Flying lotus how to make electronic music on a computer back in art school and was a huge influence in his early works. He’s currently working on an album under the Brainfeeder stamp too so expect some more amazing stuff from Strangeloop soon.

…continue reading Technological Singularity

Hey guys, apologies for the delay on this post, but we caught up with the guys from SOMEnight, London a while back, a group of DJs and like minded promoters bringing variety back to the UK bass scene.

Witnessing the formation of UK bass music as it morphed from breakbeat/jungle to garage/grime/hip hop and dubstep Mike, Dan, Jack (the backbone of SOMEnight) were inspired by the chance to showcase they’re favourite acts and give the up and coming new breed of DJs/Producers a chance to tear up the dancefloor.
…continue reading Who’s Night? SOMEnight!

Much like yourselves I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of the latest Flying Lotus album Cosmogramma, and it has been a well worth the wait. Just from opening the LP sleeves of Cosmogramma I can immediately tell a heck of a lot of love and time has gone into this release. The exceptional multilayered compositions and loosely swung cracks and claps of the signature Flylo drums are back again only this time it seems his music has matured ten fold. Unlike the fuzzed out cyber hip hop of his last work Los Angeles, the depth of influences on this work is what makes it such a diverse and beautiful album. Expect a journey through psychedelic cosmic disco, avant jazz, electro funk and soul. …continue reading Sensual cosmic ear fondle

6 OF LONDON’S BIGGEST BASS HEAVY WEIGHT PROMOTERS UNDER ONE ROOF THIS SATURDAY!!!

THE EWER STREET CAR PARK

29 Great Suffolk Street, London, SE1 0NS
(the arches located under the bridge on Great Suffolk St)
…continue reading Londinium