Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Slow house.



Bit of a mystical story behind this track. Basically I was searching through my phone and I found the title of this track written as a note - I have NO idea when i first heard it, why I wrote the name down or ANYTHING.  I've literally on idea how it got on my phone.

So basically before I knew it was this sick chillout slow house tune it was just a random word "trickski pill collins" - the hell? Gave it a google and this was returned.

Its a pretty awesome track aswell. Kinda chillout background music vibe, makes me wanna sit outside with a BBQ and a tall drink...


Enjoy.

Monday, 9 May 2011

So we had some new hiphop last post...


Time for some older stuff.... 1996 vintage.

Not sure why but i'm really feeling hiphop agian right now. I go through stages. I think the slower beats and lyrical flow is a nice break from the relentless 4x4 130bpm stuff that im mainly listening too right now...

Meditation buisness, chill thing, head nod flow....

Sunday, 8 May 2011

Jehst is my postman??





3 things:

1: This tune is sick.

2: I'm really hyped about Jehst's new album.

3: This viral campaign/hype machine thing is pretty well done!

Whos into UK hiphop here?

Thursday, 5 May 2011

Review: Boddika - 2727 EP



First impressions: wow.

This is the best release I have bought in a LONG time - and not just for the music.

The physical product is brilliant, full gate folded sleeve complete with amazing artwork inside. All printed on a really weighty card with a glossy finish, really sets the product apart from the rest.

Brilliant art direction as always, keeping in like with the rest of Boddika's typeography and visual langage as previous Swamp81 releases - the end product here is really well made and complete. No corners cut.

Then theres the tunes - fantastic 4 records indeed. Tribal beats, analogue synth mastery and agressive high-hats. All on the 4x4, housey tip with triplets coming from garage influence, with techno and acid influenced melodys to accompany the big booming 808 basslines.

There are two 12" plates, both a nice, think weighty plate with deep, clear grooves cut. Again, nothing skimped on here. This is vinyl done properly.

I'm not actually going to review the music as such - mainly because I find all music reviews end up to be pseudo-artistic waffle - it was more the product I wanted to talk about - i'll let you guys check the music if you want.

http://www.chemical-records.co.uk/sc/servlet/Info?Track=SWAMP011

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Tunes like these...



From the other half of producer-badman-duo Intra:mental comes Jon Convex. Another awesome solo project putting out just as sick tunes as Boddika.

This track has summer vibes all over it. From the garage influenced bassline to the chopped vocals, SICK.

Love dance music right now.

Sunday, 1 May 2011

Series: |The 10 best British indie record labels - in pictures




This is a really cool article, the ten best British indie labels, with some lovely pictures to boot.


Whats your favorite label? There are so many more i'd love to put on that list, but I sense this went for "the bigger picture" rather than whats current right now.


Give it a few years and Swamp81 will be on this list for sure.