blurring the lines

Joy Orbison's remix of Four Tet's 'Love Cry'

definitely worth the effort whoever performed the gilles peterson rip.

the sound that sits snugly between all the other sounds that I like. 

Prismic Tops.

I never really understand what Dimlites music means. So i guess its not even really a surprise that I don't understand the majority of his recent blog.

2 things are currently certain though. EP coming on Now Again early 2010. And an album is coming from some planet some time after that. Perhaps called Tangerine Cheesecake. Perhaps not. But definitely both need to be added to the basket come shopping day.

'I'm making beaucoup money'

I really don't know what to expect from Adam Bhala-Lough's look into the life of Weezy, but I guess it's safe to say there will be a fair load of quotables that you won't find anyplace else.

It might be worth a watch purely for that.

Out November 17th.

No Robin. . . not like that. .

Rihanna on Robin Thickes lap by the looks of things.

for lack of a decent press shot.

you may have been exposed to a new Robin Thicke track - Meiple (with the e acute) , featuring jigga.

of course, the collaboration had me interested - I even wanted some context about the title,

but on listening I was nothing short of appalled.  considering some of the things we know robin can do with his voice, this is just not a credible end product. I'm sorry.

And jay, next time you should probably consider leaving this slot to gucci or another garbler.

horror show over -  I had to go straight back to some of his previous tracks to ensure my respect for him remained intact.

MP3: Robin Thicke - Sex Therapy

It does. I sure hope the album is more like this than like that.

Ramp @ Lightbox

midweek jumping

I love you endlessly.

2010 will see the brilliant solo debut from guillemots kingpin fyfe dangerfield. Here is the album opener. 4 plays of this and you'll be hook, line and sinkered. I'll put my professional reputation on it.

MP3: Fyfe Dangerfield - When You Walk In The Room

Look out for 'Fly Yellow Moon' early 2010. & school up on the guillemots so you at least look like you know what your talking about when this guy's selling shows left, right and centre.

Kyle Hall is superb.

seriously, even for those who don't even know about the detroit house scene, this mix is brilliant. Although, I don't know any other purveyors of this sound with which to compare him. Maybe they are all this good. You can kinda tell this guy is out of detroit. Soul infused from start to finish.

MP3: Kyle Hall - FACT Mix

And there is a beautiful EP dropping real real soon - Rush Hour

I didn't even mention his age. 1991.

'them man are gass on telly'

Boy Better Know. a hit. a hit. a hit. whether you like it or not.

one for the lager louts. but it works, I wish the to and fro staccatto at the end went on for longer though.

*no serious state of grime/crossover talk here*

Afghanistan

incredibly striking photos of the war in Afghanistan, courtesy of the Boston Globe

circa 2002

I used to be big on music like this back when I was kicking out at the world. I was never allowed a haircut to match though. Far too edgy.

But theres a certain charm to Hatcham Social which make them more than just teenage nostalgia  - possibly the fact they sound like they are a mixture of the smiths, the libertines and the NMe'S next fad.

Either way, I can't listen to them without recalling those years. the texts, the sweethearts, my secret love of hiphop ('chav' music), class clowns, saturday morning rugby. Finally realizing it was cooler to let my hair go wild than get the wet look gel out. It allll comes flooding back.

MP3: Hatcham Social - Hypnotise Terrible Eyes

Move along if you don't have any guitar based memories to dwell on.

Fantastic Mr Fox

pattaXnike

the quickest way to my heart right now -

take note

Patta

october girl

If I was to do a female of the month award for October - Ellie Goulding would walk it. purely for the 2 songs performed above and the simple, boyishly pretty girl next door look. the hoody is a winner.

Here she is on Jools Holland this week - performing 'Under The Sheets' & 'Guns & Horses'

& Like a good journalist (haha. . blogger) I did a bit more research on her since my last post. . .

---> Neon Gold <---

(now for a UK stockist..)

Deviation25

You might think it a wierd combination, but it alllways goes off.

WHAT YOU WAITING ON

MP3: Jay Electronica X Just Blaze - Exhibit C (Radio Rip)

Jay this is getting silly. You've got hiphop hanging off your every word and you haven't even made a product yet. No viral videos. No r&b feature joints. No rapper feuds. You haven't even gone over any 808's instrus yet? Are you for real?

Everything feels mighty real.

Please, Please bless us with more.

---> also goes to Just, who just sonned every one with this beat >>>>>>>

like all the boys

another trump card from Mark Ronson's corner, Ellie Goulding.

pop music but with a lot more promise than today's crop. An LP on the way with Burial, Theophilus London, Mark Ronson and a guy called FrankMusik - who is apparently big news somewhere - all making appearances.

watch the video & see whether it fits with who your trying to be

Look no further. . .

. . . extended weekend runnings from 2 camps who do things the right way.

6 Floors to Hell

an independent documentary on the palestinian men who have illegally crossed the border into Israel in search of work. By night, they sleep in an unfinished Tel Aviv mall - no running water, sanitation or electricity and by day they continue their mostly fruitless search for work.

some pretty bleak scenes.. but shedding light on to yet another world issue that would otherwise have remained out of the public eye.

The trailer is above, but if anyone knows where a full copy can be obtained. . please get in touch. .

soft spots

three garage/house hybrids on the newly founded well rounded records. Courtesy of Deadboy.

We all have our soft spots - and these tracks hit at least 4 of mine.

sometimes simultaneously,

seriously, don't tease me with this NU garage revival. I missed half of the og garage the first time, I just want that back before we start taking it new places.

sold out at Boomkat. Juno.

weirdly, for something that would sound so good in a dance, this sounds mighty good when home listening too.

take

my type of r&b

rumoured to be from Skream's forthcoming longplayer. . .

so beautiful and detached. I could soundtrack a million sleepless nights with an LP on this tip