As the air raid siren called out and solid, smooth, reggae infected beats and rhythms rolled out under the chanting voice of Sleepy Wonder, the grin on my face got wider and wider. The song is called “Sound the Alarm” and it leads Thievery Corporation’s new album Radio Retaliation, announcing that not only is this […]

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“From the soul-jazz of “Music Takes Me Up” (featuring the golden lungs of Alice Russell), through the cartoonish tail-swishing of “Donkey Ride”, on into the monstrous bass parps of “Whiplash,” past a superb cameo from Roots Manuva (“Nice Up The Function,”) and across the bit where the bass comes back and is Stronger And More […]

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Fat Jon (of Five Deez) has been releasing wonderfully unique instrumental hip-hop albums. Japan appreciates his music. Released on Libyus Records (of Japan), “Hundred Eight Stars” by Fat Jon is another excellent instrumental hip-hop album. This one actually compiles many instrumentals that were previously released on vinyl. Such songs include “Outreach 5″ (an instrumental version […]

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There aren’t enough natural resources on planet Earth to keep us going. And there are insufficient amounts of love, hospitality or, indeed, humane warmth. That’s all a given. But what is not lacking in any way, shape or form on our madly spinning orb, is - instrumental hip hop.Not that this bothers Fat Jon. Beat […]

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In 1997, Antony assembled the Johnsons orchestra to record and perform material that he had originally developed in late-night cabarets at the Pyramid Club in New York City. He presented a series of concerts with the Johnsons in 1999 at Knitting Factory and recently served as artist-in-residence at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater. Additionally, […]

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I Am a Bird Now is the critically-acclaimed second album by New York City band Antony and the Johnsons. It was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize on July 19, 2005 and was announced as the eventual winner on September 6, 2005. After winning the prize, the album shot up the UK albums chart from […]

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“hurry” is the first single from the long awaited upcoming naked music album, “recreation”, celebrating 10 years of the label’s timeless sounds. naked music co-founder and producer jay denes has written a sophisticated piece of urban soul, returning to the deep groove sensibility that got so many people hooked on the naked music sound in […]

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Artist: Naked Music
Title: Re-Creation
Released: July 2008
Format: Unmixed Audio CD, 320 kbps / 44,1kHz
Label: Naked Music
Genre: Deep House, Nu Soul & Funk, Groove
Re-Creation is the latest offering from Jay Denes (aka Blue Six) of eleven brand new songs celebrating the 10th anniversary.This is a stylistic journey through the moods and sounds for which the legendary imprint […]

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Berlin label Sonar Kollektiv celebrate their tenth birthday by becoming a 15-member supergroup for a new album ‘Guaranteed Niceness’.
The SKO features various artists from the label fronted by a core group of six vocalists including Esther Cowens from Greenissimo, Wilson Michaels, Georg Levin from Wahoo, Lisa Bassenge from Nylon and Micatone, Sascha Gottschalk from Thief […]

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Sigur Rós–the sound of snow-capped peaks. Or winged things flocking over vast plains. Or salmon making that final courageous, muscular leap upstream, homeward bound. Ever since the BBC so aptly enlisted the help of their “Hoppipolla” single to theme their groundbreaking natural history series Planet Earth, the ever-ethereal Icelandic band have become somewhat typecast, finding […]

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