Bristol Spotlight: Javeon McCarthy
Bristol’s Javeon McCarthy is very quietly bucking a trend in a city renowned for the moody rhythms of Trip-Hop…
Bristol’s Javeon McCarthy is very quietly bucking a trend in a city renowned for the moody rhythms of Trip-Hop…
After an explosive start to The Upfront Project, we returned…
Doc Deneeka recently collaborated with Benjamin Damage on an album for Modeselektors’s 50 Weapons…
I know what you’re thinking, but don’t be so quick to judge the LOL Boys by their name…
We featured the sounds of Bristol producer Stumbleine over a year ago…
When it comes to Grime, Trim is one of the old faithfuls…
Boddhi Satva’s Invocation has been ten years in the making and it certainly shows. It is a varied collection of accomplished songs, all, impressively, produced from the confines of Satva’s home. There’s a bit of Reggae (Enemies and Jah Sanctuary), House (Who Am I) and RnB (Because I Know) on there, but if pressed to choose, we enjoyed the African sounds the most. Grammy-winning Oumou Sangare makes a show-stopping appearance on Ngari Konon and on Nankomandjan, Mangala Camara’s sporadic vocals alternates between the wobbling base almost as if the two are playing off each other
This year, Adult Swim and Kia have teamed up to release a bunch of exclusive and free tracks as part of their Singles Program. It’s now in its third year and release number six today has particularly caught our eye. It teams up Brainfeeder boss and beatmaker extraordinaire, Flying Lotus, with enigmatic Odd Future MC Earl Sweatshirt.
If Cannabis were ever to have a global ambassador, Snoop Dogg’s claim for the position is as good as anyone’s. Now he’s gone one step further and launched a Reggae side-project called Snoop Lion, producers by Major Lazer. La La La is the first track and was released in the last few days.
Utrecht’s first track APC has been getting a lot of love on the net recently…