reels of solid steel.

Cheeba's put up his entire AV set on the Solid Steel page, which i had the pleasure of seeing live a few months back and is definitely worth a watch. Ridiculously fun from start to finish, even Prince Charles can't help but hit us with some of his best moves.

DJ Cheeba-The Reels of Solid Steel from Solid Steel on Vimeo.

http://www.djcheeba.com/

you're fucking out. DELS fucking in.

DELS is a London hip hop mc and self-confessed comic nerd who i'm pretty excited about. With production from the likes of Micachu, Joe Hot Chip and Eli-T, coupled with a flow reminiscent of the early 90s heyday of hip hop, he seems to be a cut above the rest of the UK's otherwise hit and miss hip hop offerings. His eclectic range of influences, including Pharcyde's drop video, pirate radio, David Lynch and Where The Wild Things Are come through in his genre-defying sound.Apparently not content with groundbreaking crossover collaborations, he's determined to push the boundaries in other areas, and his live show is renowned for being that little bit more innovative. Speaking with RWD earlier this month he said:
"I want to inject this whole visual element onstage; I want DELS to be as much about visual as it is audio. I used to dilute my music all the time, but then I thought ‘Fuck it, I’m just going to do what’s in my head', Thankfully people seem to like it."
Look out for his upcoming release Shapeshift, featured on Kwesachu Mixtape Vol. 1, alongside Golden Silvers, The XX & Ghost Poet, which you can listen to here.

Behind the Scenes of... Dels & Joe (Hot Chip)- Shapeshift from us (design studio) on Vimeo.

DELS also currently contributes to A Tribe Called Next, a blog definitely worth taking a look at.

instinctive travels and paths of rhythm #3

this year marks the 10th anniversary of big l's death, and to mark this dj soul has treated us to a mix of his finest moments. find the mp3 and tracklisting on the mad decent blog here.

i thought i'd heard pretty much everything big l had put out when i developed a borderline-unhealthy obsession with him a couple of months back. but near the end of the tape this freestyle came in and blew me away. apparently it came about by chance when L and jay-z happened to be in the studio together one night. the instrumental gives me goosebumps!

instinctive travels and paths of rhythm #2

i never got that into uk hip hop, but this came on on my ipod today and it's quality.

by no means new but still sick, give jehst a listen

instinctive travels and paths of rhythm #1

here's a classic cut from lord finesse. really loving everything i'm hearing by him and the rest of d.i.t.c at the moment. don't know about you but every line makes me wanna go 'oooooohhh' and throw up gun fingers. check out his album the awakening for more chilled east coast dopeness.

fuckin' hipsterz.

http://lookatthisfuckinghipster.tumblr.com



with my recent discovery and appreciation of noise rock i decided to mooch down to manchester last night with barely a penny to my name to the deaf institute, where l.a.'s HEALTH were putting on a show at the 'now wave' clubnight. they were pretty impressive. listening to them on their myspace i found it difficult to get into as a lot of it is, as the genre description suggests, noise. but seeing it live was a different story. they threwwww themselves around the stage along to mangled noises i have no idea how anybody would begin to create. it's difficult to describe their sound but think of about 2938479 guitar effects along to tribal sounding drums and your almost there. here's a track by them but like i say, its difficult to appreciate on a recording.





HEALTH - Die Slow (right click to download)


anyway steering away from noise rock and into more familiar territory for me, here's a remix of sebastien tellier's 'kilometer' by electro extraordinaires aeroplane. this isn't exactly new to the blog world but i recently realised how amazing the synth breakdown about two thirds in is. giveitalistennnn.


Sebastien Tellier - Kilometer (Aeroplane Italo '84 Remix) (mediafire)


and finally, a bit of classic hip hop from the fannnnntastic big l.







enjoy!