In an act of what some would call benevolence and others might call lunacy, he’s made a series of edits of some classic funk + rare groove tracks, and stuck them up on his soundcloud page for free download.
The Blackbyrds, Otis Redding + Andres amongst others get the rework treatment.
First of all, I know I post about them a lot but have you seen the new clip from Les Twins? (sorry about the ad at the beginning)
Anyway: Tomorrow I’ll be playing a gig at the Forest Cafe in Edinburgh with MC Tickle McNicholl as part of a benefit gig along with some anarchist punk bands. Something about Coal.
THEN: Next Thursday is Dirty District, non stop body rockin hip hop with some of Edinburgh’s most talented MC’s along side MC’s Tickle & Texture and myself (going by a slightly less wordy pseudonym) manning the Platters that Matter.
Oh yeah you all live in dicking london. you should still come though. megabus it or something.
At the end of this month I’ll be taking part in Sneaky Fest, a 3 venue festival of “alternative indie, folktronica, lo-fi, beats and rock” (the List)
I’m Scr-scr-scratching for MC’s Tickle & Texture (from Chemical Poets) as The Black Lantern Allstars.
Black lantern, for those who dinnae ken, is a free-music website based in Edinburgh, which provides free downloads of some of the area’s dopest musicians and producers. Check Morphamish if you like your dubstep absoulutly filthy, try 5hit-Hop Ninja Terminatorz‘ home made beats and mind-opening lyics…. there’s loads of stuff there. and its all freeeeeee.
So yeah. Sneaky Fest. 27th November. Sneaky Pete’s, Cab Vol, Electric Circus (where we’re playing), Edinburgh.
DJ Spinna’s promo mix for the new Strange Games & Funky Things LP. Perfect Sunday afternoon soundtrackery, basically. The comp itself is well worth picking up, too.
Numbers finally brought the party over to Edinburgh last night, with a jam-packed launch party at Sneaky Pete’s. Jackmaster and Nelson were dropping bombs from the start (Between The Sheets by Isley Brothers was playing when i arrived) and the pace gradually sped up from there until we were rockin the 90’s rave.
I downloaded this absoulutely spankin’ load of beats from a guy called Bahwee. I recommend you do the same, cos the beats are free, they sound dope aaannd it’s a great way to stay in shape.