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RAC – Chapter One
The Remix Artist Colletcive ( RAC) have been pleasing the indie and dance music communities since the 2007. Andre Anjos, Andrew Maury, and Karl Kling celebrate their early successes with this years release of Chapter One – a retrospective remix compliation album. Featuring remixes of Temper Trap, Penguin Prison, The Shins – plus a host of other…
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DJ Yoda Feat. Roots Manuva and Kid Creloe & The Coconuts – U No Likey Like That.
Always liked this one…liking it it even more now! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMc07BZWBvE
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Laura Mvula – Sing to the Moon
Laura Mvula, a 25year old Birmingham retro soul singer with a gospel background, has produced a stunning debut album with Sing the the Moon ( released March 2013) . A mix of dreamy melodies, stomping beats, sleazy trumpet, martial drumming, striking violins and heavenly harp. Reviewers have compared her to Nina Simone, Billy Holiday &…
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Dimitri From Paris: Back In The House
Might have to be the album of the day… Pretty much been on repeat all day! ‘Dimitri From Paris Back In The House’, is a double mix release that sees the laid-back maestro fusing material from the likes of Soul Clap, Storm Queen, Miguel Campbell, Tiger & Woods and Marshall Jefferson into pitch-perfect disco-infused beatdown. A bespoke…
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Le Coq to launch in Paris
LE COQ TO LAUNCH IN PARIS Press release for the new bar in Paris to open in Oct 2012. A collaboration with Eric Fossard and Thierry Daniel and Tony Conigliaro, Le Coq will take inspiration from the glamorous era of 1970s. Situated in the 10th arrondissement in the heart of the French capital, Le Coq (French…
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Mala in Cuba = amazing
Mala / Biography on iTunes: “Londoner Mala, producer and DJ, is one half of the dubstep duo Digital Mystikz . He discovered reggae in his teens, but it was a later fascination with drum’n’bass and jungle that opened his eyes to the all possibilities of rhythm and bass. Thanks to jungle’s love of sampling different…
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Get your monthly fix: The NEXTMEN podcast
Each month The NEXTMEN will bring you a new instalment of dancehall, drum’n’bass, dubstep, reggae, roots, instrumental and actual hip hop, soul and soulful low-end boomp, funk & (UK) funky, indie, leftfield, ambient, pop and straight-up party jacking pleasers. You can subcribe to Dom (real name: Dominic Betmead) and Brad’s (real name: Brad Ellis) podcast exclusively through…
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Best Guitar Riff of all time
Jimi Hendrix’s Voodoo Child has been named the greatest guitar riff of all time, 41 years after it was recorded, in a poll by website Music Radar. TOP FIVE ROCK RIFFS 1. Voodoo Child – Jimi Hendrix 2. Sweet Child o’Mine – Guns N’ Roses 3. Whole Lotta Love – Zed Zeppelin 4. Smoke On…
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What music should you listen to on the job?
Ever wondered which type of music will add to your creativty, productiveness or energy at work? Well here’s a fancy infographic for you. See large version here:
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Nouvelle Vague The Singers
Nouvelle Vague, New Wave and Bossa Nova: three things that – in their respective languages – all mean exactly the same thing. Three passions that Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux have been attempting – since 2004 – to marry together via their Nouvelle Vague project. The group’s modus operandi is as follows: transpose classic songs…
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