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Reviews
- R&S Records: In Order to Dance XI
"The techno/old-school undercurrent will sit nicely in the basement raves" - Thundercat: The Golden Age of Apocalypse
Thundercat is big thoughts condensed into deliberate concepts, executed with full commitment - Evidence: Cats & Dogs
Few albums go to such extraordinary lengths to please the listener as Evidence's brilliant new album. - Clipse: Hell Hath No Fury
The album rides down the fine line that separates the superficial and the conscious, ignorance and awareness—and it leans both ways. - Roots Manuva Meets Wrongtom – Duppy Writer
"A new release from Roots Manuva is always something to celebrate." - Fat Freddy’s Drop: Live At The Roundhouse
Whether you drop this with a bunch of best mates or late night on your own allow Dallas and the boys to infiltrate your personal digs. - Paul White – Paul White & The Purple Brain
With The Purple Brain, Paul White has accomplished something very tricky: he’s retained the feeling of newness. - Delusionists – Prolusion Plus
You can eat lamb rogan josh for your entire life and still come across one that blows your mind when you were least expecting it. Such is the case with this hip-hop album - Nasir Jones & Damian Marley – Distant Relatives
It may be one of the better albums you’ll hear this year but the story behind Nas's and Marley's new album is dark - Lorn: Nothing Else
"Less metaphysical than FlyLo’s Cosmogramma, Lorn’s debut album Nothing Else is conceptually bound to the calamitous theme of armed conflict."
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- Major Lazer: Get Free (ft. Amber Coffman)
Major Lazer’s new track features Amber Coffman of the Dirty Projectors. Diplo and Switch are playing around the UK this... - Damon Albarn, James Murphy, Andre 3000: DoYaThang
Today we’ve got to hand it to Andre 3000, Damon Albarn and James Murphy, and especially to the thumping verse... - Eric Lau: The Mission EP
The Mission – EP by Eric Lau London producer Eric Lau drops his latest super dope EP via Kilawatt Music.... - Damu the Fudgemunk: Faster Rhymes for Self
Washington DC’s Damu the Fudgemunk releases a 7-inch called Faster Rhyme for Self. Get it at Redefinition Records. - Adam F: F-Jam
From the classic Colours, which heavily blended a love for jazz with drum n bass, we go back to this... - Damu The Fudgemunk: Brooklyn Flower
Damu the Fugemunk, a Washington DC producer who’s relocated to New York, serves boom bap the way we like it.... - DAM-FUNK POSTER
Sometimes we just like to look at the purely beautiful, and this poster for Dam-Funk’s July 1 and 2 gigs... - Proximal Records: Beat Stew Vol. 2
Los Angeles independent label Proximal Records have been releasing free, great material for a while by now. Last week saw... - Blackroc feat RZA & Pharoahe Monch: Dollaz & Sense
‘Dollaz & Sense‘ is a jewel from Dame Dash’s 2009 Blackroc project, where he let US blues and rock duo... - Dam-Funk Radio Interview
If any of you wanted to find out more about the origins of California funk and boogie man Dam-Funk, the...