Kato & Bat Fellatio

Haunting re-work of the opening vocal from Bat For Lashes' Two Suns album by Kato. Proper.

Duke Etienne

I haven't heard many good mixes recently for some reason - but this little opus from Duke Etienne, stalwart over at the Heads-High music website, certainly got my attention. Afro-bump of the highest order!

1. Lizzy Mercier Decloux – Hard Boiled
2. Pearson Sounds – WAD
3. Sole Fusion – Bass Tone
4. John Robertson – Blame
5. Reggie Dokes – Walk In Deepness
6. New World Aquarium – Tresspassers
7. Block 16 – Morning Sun (Pepe Bradock Refix)
8. Lightening Heads – Message Beats
9. Nanyo Addo – Wo ba wo ba shue
10. Jimi Tenor & the Kabu Kabu – Fast Legs
11. Silkie – Purple Love
12. Elemental – Braindrops
13.James Blake – Air and Lack Thereof’
14. Build an Ark Remix (Unknown – Help us out!)
15. Amede & The Soundsmith – Tip Toe ft. Shanazz Dorsett
16. Sa Ra Creative Partners – Soul’s Brother

Andreya Triana

Looks like Bonobo is producing Andreya Triana's debut album. I'm intrigued.

Qlocktwo

Only 885 euros...

I'm just a sucker, looking for some sugar...

20 Years of Warp

20 years and an unbeleivable number of amazing records. Many of which are handily compiled onto the Warp Classics double CD, available at Phonica now along with reduced price back catalogue from the likes of Aphew Twin, LFO, Squarepusher and Boards of Canada (to name but a few).

Here's a taster from the Classics album, Nightmares on Wax 'A Case of Funk'.

Enya's Niece?

Bat For Lashes' Mum?

Desi Disco Alert.

Kleeer Dominoes

Following on from Justine's post here are two tracks that have got me by the nuts this week. Enjoy

Strawberry Letter 23

I heard the most amazing edit of Brothers Johnson's Strawberry Letter 23 on Sunday, which as well as being a really worthwhile edit also sent me back into the arms of the original, fantastic, song. Enjoy the original and seriously, check out the edit too.

D-Lo

I had the fortune of meeting NYC breakdancer D-Lo on the tube the other night as we were making our way to a great house-party in North London. He confessed that he really liked my trainers and was shocked that I bought them from M&S (for all the ubercool sneaker-freaks out there, that stands for Marks and Spencers). Anyway, we made a deal that he would come and dance at Udio one day if we decide to keep the night going. Surely the idea of having D-Lo in the club is motivation enough? We'll have to wait and see.

God Bless..

.. Rob Da Bank




n.b did anyone else realise pilooski's remix of Crawfish took a vocal from an elvis presley movie!?!

Disco Loops For The Troops

Wicked selection of up-tempo disco breaks and house jams featuring tracks by Daft Punk, Soundstream, Steel An' Skin, and capped off by the sickest remix of True Faith's 'take me away' to date in my opinion. Nice work Tom Trago. In other news...

Claudio from monthly basement-rave Bridging The Gap has asked me to join him and his comrades for a session in room 2 of Koko this Friday. In room 1 there is some standard NME thing going on but room 2 will be a blast I'm sure. Hope you can make it.

Strangeloop

cephalapodophilia from Dr. StrangeLoop on Vimeo.

(I had my eyes closed for most of this)

WOON

New material from Jamie Woon and his band.

Tit

Such a tit.

They're Back

Machine Dreams due out soon...

Boom Bap Of The Month

Devil Dancer

Loved this video as a kid and watching it now it's quite cool to see how the dancing style was heavily informed by MJ himself. The best bit comes just after the 4 minute mark. Amazing.

Tussle

The above track is Transparent C by a band called Tussle, comes highly recommended from earfworm Jim. Worth staying with all the way to the end. Also, Tron's back...



And for some reason, the new film about Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Junior contains loads of apocalyptic kung-fu shenanigans? What would Watson think!? Still.. looks prettay good.

I Am Love

From the "Dancing Machine" LP.

RIP MJ

Reflection Eternal- Back Again

I couldn't help picturing the sunniest of summer days every time I heard this tune on Benji B's show. So naturally the video takes places in a daylight-deprived studio setting. Ah well. Anyhow, this is the lead single of the long-awaited new Reflection Eternal album.

Honkytonk

Great song.

June 23rd / Warp Records

Album of the Summer?

Double OUCH

Credit has to go to BeyondBody&Soul who is uploading these beasts on to youtube. Enjoy.

OUCH

I'm going to do an 'OUCH' every month from now on. It's the word that corresponds closest with a certain look I've noticed on the faces of people who like music so much that when they hear something they really like and there are no words, their faces crumple up, and it looks like they're suffering. Also known as the pleasure/pain principle. Anyway, I hope you can see why this song deserved the OUCH gong.

Mos Def/Zack Morris/The Roots collabo

Live performance of 'Casa Bey' by Mos Def from the new album The Ecstatic. He's backed by The Roots who are the house band on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show.



I was more impressed though with the appearance by Zack Morris from everyone's favourite yesteryear show, Saved By The Bell (shout out to my Channel 4-on-a-Sunday-morning-back-in-the-day crew). He talks about what he's been up to since leaving Bayside High, his divorce from Kelly Kapowski and even brings out his brick mobile phone before getting down with ?uestlove and co.

DumboSex

Tough Tough Tough. A Two Tits and Count Chocula mix...

FRIENDLY FIRES - IN THE HOSPITAL
HOLY GHOST! – HOLD ON (TWOTITS EDIT)
THE JUAN MACLEAN – HAPPY HOUSE
ZOMBY – NEED UR LOVIN’
ZINC (FT. NOLAY) – KILLA SOUND
STANTON WARRIORS – GET WILD (BASSBIN TWINS REMIX)
DON RIMINI – LET ME BACK UP (CROOKERS TETSUJIN MIX)
BENGA & COKI – NIGHT (GEENEUS REMIX)
/ JANET JACKSON – GO DEEP (DUBBEL DUTCH BMORE DISCO EDIT)
THE PRODIGY – BREATHE (NUMBER NIN6 REMIX)
KID SISTER – PRO NAILS (RUSKO REMIX)
CHASE & STATUS – EASTERN JAM
/ LIL WAYNE – A MILLI
BURAKA SOM SISTEM – KALEMBA (WEGE WEGE)
/ BURAKA SOM SISTEMA – LUANDA LISBOA
SOLO – CONGOLOID (MINIMOW REMIX)
/ LOCO DICE – PIMP JACKSON IS TALKIN NOW (DUBBEL DUTCH BOOTLEG)
SOLANGE – SAND CASTLE (MACHINE DRUM REMIX)
KREON – CLORPE
NB FUNKY – RIDDIM BOX
HARMONIC 313 - CYCLOTRON
DORIAN CONCEPT – THE FUCKING FORMULA

Catch them live at Cargo this Saturday:

Natural Cleanse

James Yuill

Heard this on the new Prins Thomas live at the Robert Johnson mix (RATED.) and can't get enough of its sickly sweet stench. Enjoy/Vomit.

Dark Star. May 30th at Cable

Üdio on warm-up control and very much looking forward to it.

Casa Bey

After the non-event that was his third album in 2006 (yeah, it exists) it's just nice to get some new Mos Def material in a visual form. This is taken from the new album The Ecstatic; out next month (apparently).

Proto Techno (and some serious moves)

I'm sure some people have seen this before but for those who haven't it's footage from a Detroit TV dance show in the early 1980s (82 i think) when the hyped up and enthusiastic crowd show off their moves to Sharevari's classic 'A number of names'. The mood of the crowd is kind of infectious.

Cosmodelica

Back in the Gramaphone basement on Friday May 1st with a serious party on our hands after jam-packed parties with Greg Wilson, Trevor Jackson and Bill Brewster! Expect: Cosmo to bring down the house with her choice selection of Electronic Dub, Cosmic Disco, Acid House and Psychedelic Rock; Kato to showcase some low-slung beat therapy from his new album which is garnering massive praise on electronic forums all over the world; Ali Gudgeon to warm things up with the tastiest discofunk around and udio residents to fill the gaps with their trusty formula > LightsDownDiscoCosmicFunkAcidHouseBoogiePsych + Beyond!

Full Line-Up

C o s m o (Bitches Brew / Cosmodelica)
http://www.cosmicmusic.co.uk/
- you can normally find David Mancuso's protegé Cosmo rocking out loft parties in New York with psychedelic disco sounds, or destroying Plastic People with acid house bombs and electro breaks.. suffice to say we are massively excited to see what she can do at udio!

K a t o presents T h e 3 9 S t e p s (Bad Sneakers)
http://the39stepsmusic.co.uk/media
- we have great memories from both of kato's previous DJ sets at udio but this time around we're looking forward to hearing his new live show which showcases some tracks from his forthcoming album and also some stomping new material. If this video is anything to go by we are in for a treat..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvmtzu9lLRs&feature=player_embedded

A l i G u d g e o n (Kapüt)
http://www.myspace.com/aligudgeon
- ali has been seen lurking behind the udio decks for a while now, casually waiting for a chance to slip one of his own records on to the turntables. We're fed up of watching our backs so we've invited him down to show us what he can do!

plus the udio residents > Earthworm Jim and the Desi Punk Contingent

Also, we're going to double the soundsystem in the basement and there will be an exhibition from our friends at Rogue Photography (http://www2.clikpic.com/bencole29/section213428.html)

£5! Free entry before 11pm!!!!!!!!!
We're expecting a healthy turn-out once again so be sure to arrive early.

Friday May 1st Üdio

Live mix from electric boogaloo!

“Colleen Murphy aka DJ Cosmo has never been one to play safe. Her sets are a reflection of her geographical and musical roots that find themselves standing somewhere between the post-disco of New York and the sharp-edge of London. Cosmo's skill at linking the past with the present to create something altogether more edgy is not completely uncanny given the fact that she remains a protégé of both David Mancuso and François Kevorkian, being one of the few guests at both the renowned Loft and Body & Soul parties. Her appearances across North America, Asia and Europe have crystallised her reputation as being a DJ who is as comfortable with the cutting-edge as she is with the rich musical heritage of her East Coast upbringing. Her instinctive leaning towards eclecticism rather than short-sightedness is again borne out by her Bitches Brew record label - itself named after the ‘difficult' Miles Davis album that crossed the boundaries of rock and jazz.”
Rob Wood, Jockey Slut

As well as Cosmo, we have a wicked live show from Kato with his 39Steps showcase:

J Rocc

J Rocc's Stones Throw podcasts are definitely worth a listen (specifically the 2099 mix).

Geek to the Beat

Sick video for 'Geek to the Beat' from The Takeover by Zion I.


Zion I "Geek To The Beat" from Okayplayer on Vimeo.

Being the music video junkie I am, I always wished they made a video for 'Boom Bip' which is my favourite song of theirs.

The World is a Ghetto

Finally picked up Loft Classics 2 on CD and have found myself going back and back to the first track, 'The World is a Ghetto' by War. An instrumental funk track with a slightly melancholic, insanely catchy horn thing going on (kicks in about about two and a half mins). There is another version of the track with a vocal but for me it's all about the horns. Enjoy.

La La La. Ho.

Jack Peñate - Tonight's Today


Sun's out.. cue summer tunes. This one was apparently produced by Paul 'Phones' Epworth and is currently getting a fair bit of radio-play and rightly so. The single's out today and there's a really strong edit by Leo Zero which is tasty as a muhfugga. Enjoy.

The Art of the Documentary

High Tech Soul: The Creation of Techno Music from Plexifilm on Vimeo.

Plenty more to be found here including Punk's Not Dead, Marvin Gaye, Bill Bailey, Just For Kicks and Wildstyle amongst others! Nice work On-Point.Be.