FRESH LOOK - FRESH START.

DFD have been enjoying an extended holiday somewhere just outside the blogosphere.

but now we're back and will be providing you with a healthy diet of dope shit to delight the senses.

get onboard for the cream of the music, art & culture crop.

new contributers welcome.

daddy vad.

check out some of dj vadim's new material on this here music player.

if any of you get a chance to see him, GO. he killed it in liverpool last year.

hollaaaaaa!

i know i know it's been ages. sorry. we've been pretty busy: both been moving between various cities, i've had some ridiculously epic nights that i'll over-enthusiastically elaborate on later, and jake managed to spend a grand on nothing in 12 days. fool!

i've not got anything in particular to blog about so i guess i'll just throw out some shit that's got me excited recently. was gonna do a 'best of 09' or 'best of the decade' thing but never got round to it, and its a little too late now. they're all pretty lame anyway.

ONE

MR SCRUFF'S NYE KEEP IT UNREAL SUPERMEGA FANTASTIC PARTY

this was off. the fucking. chain. i've seen scruffdawg quite a few times before but he completely killed it this time. can't think of anywhere i'd rather be more on new years than that beautiful little room in manchester's northern quarter. they say new years eve is always a disappointment but fuck that, this surpassed even the hype that i gave it.

listen to the 7 hour set (almost) in its entirety right here.

Mr Scruff live DJ mix from Keep It Unreal, Band On The Wall, Manchester, NYE 2009/10 by Mr Scruff

TWO

VERVE//REMIXED COMPILATION SERIES

it was actually my girlfriend's dad that put me onto this collection of soul gems, with remixes by the likes of mr. scruff (yeah i really cannot get enough), rae & christian, rjd2, dangermouse, king britt and plenty more well-respected and forward-thinking producers, with a seemingly telepathic knack for tapping right into the dancing part of your brain. here's a couple of my personal favourites.

THREE

SOULWAXMAS

another epic night with a ridiculously sick line-up: soulwax, 2manydjs, erol alkan, aeroplane AND mixhell. it had a pretty early start and finish, and from pretty much 9 onwards it was RELENTLESS. soulwax's new stuff is sounding predictably sweet. and check this video of the EPIC finale:

FOUR

TWIN PEAKS

a lot of you have probably already been lucky enough to have seen this genius bit of television, and i've been telling anyone who'll listen about it for years. I've recently been on a bit of a twin peaks binge, after getting sally, my other half, completely hooked. WATCH IT. NOW. AGENT COOPER WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

that's about all i can think of for now. i'll try and make a post with a point some time soon. promise!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

MAD LOVE,

LUKE X

king midas sound mix for FACT

here's a mix of cavernous dub and general reggae niceness from king midas sound. had this on constant repeat for a few days now.

also check out their album Waiting For You, out now on hyperdub

FACT Mix 103 - King Midas Sound (Nov 09).mp3

Tracklist:

King Midas Sound - Sometimes (Waiting For You/Hyperdub)
Lovejoys - All I Can Say (Reggae Vibes/Wackies)
15/16/17 - The Weather (Magic Touch/DEB)
Burial - Night Bus (Burial/Hyperdub)
Little Dragon - Twice (Little Dragon/Peacefrog)
The Dynamics - 90% of me is you (Version Excursions/Points South)
Tanya Stephens - It's A Pity (Gangsta Blues/VP)
Jacob Miller - Baby I Love You So (Who Say Jah No Dread/Greensleeves)
Gregory Isaacs - I'm Alright (Cool Down/VP)
Wayne Jarrett - Live&Love (Horace Andy Meets Naggo Morris & Wayne Jarrett/Wackies)
Sade - Lovers Rock (Lovers Rock/Epic)
Rhythm & Sound ft Lovejoy - Best Friend (With the Artists/Burial Mix)
Larry Heard - Missing dub (Theo Parrish remix) (Missing You/Track Mode)
Vincent Gallo - Lonely (When/Warp)
A.R.Kane - Madonna is with child (69/Rough Trade)
Scritti Politti - Sweetest Girl (/Rough Trade)
Lloyd Chambers - Dry Your Tears (Firehouse Revolution/Pressure Sounds)
King Midas Sound - i Dub (Dub Heavy/Hyperdub)
Scientist ft Johnny Osbourne - In Your Eyes (Wins The World Cup/Greensleeves)
King Midas Sound - Outtaspace (Slow Motion mix) (Waiting For You/Hyperdub)
Japan - Ghosts (Tin Drum/Virgin)
Kevin Shields - Ikebana (Lost In Translation s/t/Emperor norton)
King Midas Sound - One Ting (Dabrye remix) (Cool Out/Hyperdub)
Oval - Do While (94diskont/Mille Plateaux)
Thomas Koner - Kanon (Isolationism/Virgin)
My Bloody Valentine - Touched (Loveless/creation)

save the bees.

LISTEN TO BURT AND HIS STRANGE ROBOTIC VOICE. SAVE BURT'S BEEEEEEES.
dfd likes to try and make a difference. one youtube video at a time.

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.