Special Edition EP by DJ Spoko Remember a millions years ago, there was an absolute blow up track called Township Funk by DJ Mujava? One that riddled dancefloors with a propulsive pitched up hum and carnival drum patterns. And then no more? Well, DJ Spoko is one of the earliest exponents of this hyped up South African kwaito sound and has been putting out a steady stream of releases over the … Read More
Listen To Jheri Tracks Vol 1.
There’s a new sub-label operating from All City. It’s called Jheri tracks and is specializing in dance-floor focused oddities. There’s an inaugural NTS show above to get your teeth into and a Soundcloud playlist to work through. Expect a diverse range of influences and selections tightly woven together. A bit like rooting through their shop on Crowe St so. Enjoy.
Listen To African Head Charge.
We’re having a bit of love in at the moment with the back catalogue of a certain Adrian Sherwood. Caught wind of him in various interviews and came across him proper when he put out some serious weaponry with Techtonic’s Pinch in recent times. That stellar hook up led to a fantastic album called Late Endless Night last year. It brought us back to the meditative earlier stages of dubstep, with … Read More
Insert Cake Pun Here.
Bit Thorn caught up with the Jimmy Cake about their new album ‘Master’ to find what the hell took so long this time round, and received a rather large slice of reflection on the state of the realities facing musicians today in the process. Second helpings? Yes please… So, the Jimmy Cake, you’ve just released your new album ‘Master’ which has been about 5 years in the making. Firstly, I … Read More
Listen to Circuit Breaker.
Ah yes, that time of the year when we’re told from all quarters it’s blue Monday – the most depressing day of all. Here’s an album we stumbled upon over the Christmas break that soundtracked today’s moody despair. Gobby over wrought and heavily accented vocals, shimmering synthy fear, atonal anxiety and weighty lyrical utterances. Sound good? Stick it on so. Highlight track for us being Tower. Check them out on … Read More
Torrents Abuse.
Say hello to the Kopimashin. It makes 100 copies of a Gnarls Barkely track every second. Peter Sunde served his prison sentence last year for involvement in the Pirate Bay and he still owes the industry millions. However, instead of kowtowing to the man, he’s giving them a right middle finger salute with a new art piece that highlights the stupidity of criminalising copying culture. In this case, he’s generating … Read More
Back To ’96.
Ultramack 005 by anodyne Anodyne, a Dublin producer who made a bit of a name for himself playing support slots at the legendary Funnel night club in Dublin back in the day has just re-released his debut EP. It’s from 1996 and gives a taste of that era’s sonic aspirations. If you want something approaching context, the man behind the moniker Colin Cloughley dropped out to Ceol Eire in 2010 … Read More
Up The Dubs.
Bit of a Saturday morning dub odyssey here from Edinburgh’s Riddim Tuffa Sound. It’s basically a track with tonnes of documentary samples about the dubwise aesthetic layered on top. A nice little concept well executed. For more check them out on Soundcloud.
Another LEVELZ.
Manchester’s bass quaking LEVLZ crew burst out of no where last year with some stunning shows and whopper tracks. They’re back again with a mixtape on a solid party flex. Ever versatile, they’re fresh from gaining some serious eyeballs after meting out swift justice to the Elastic Artists booking agency after it went silent on pay outs. Cop it over on Bandcamp. That Rowdy Badd one is stuck on a … Read More
Listen To Golden Teacher.
Golden Teacher are a Glasgow collective forging together a blend of sounds copped from various afro beats, dubbed out traditions and spasmodic bursts of party driving disco. Having met each other through production courses designed for job seekers in The Green Door Studio in Glasgow and with roots in the Optimo stable, they’re since branched into self releasing their own material and sit alongside a peer group that contains … Read More