Tag: De La Soul
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RC 379: Lost Horizon
Get ready to explore new musical horizons in this podcast. From cosmic electronica to ambient dubby meditation, we dive into the latest tracks from Hallmighty, Karin Dreijer, William Orbit, and more. Don’t miss out on the indie occult and psychological britpop, angry Indian metal, and even disco Exorcist proto-mashups. Join us on this journey with…
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RC 378: Not Alone
Discover the Not Alone podcast, filled with music from the 80s and new music from 80s artists. Paying tribute to Orbital’s new album and Depeche Mode’s latest single, join in as they salute Trugoy Dove of De La Soul.
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RIP Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul
The hiphop world mourns the loss of Trugoy The Dove from De La Soul at just 54 years old. With their catchy raps, eclectic sampling, and serious messages, De La Soul was an integral part of the genre’s evolution. Just as their music is finally coming to streaming services after 3 decades, this tragedy strikes.
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Antony Szmierek
As played on the latest podcast, just checking out Manchester rapper Antony Szmierek‘s tracks – one about Ventolin (oh hai fellow asthma sufferer) with a wonderfully trippy middle eght, and this summer woozy banger from last year – The City Is Safe With You about I suspect the re-opening of cities post lockdown….but it’s also…
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RC 364: Ukraine In the Membrane
When the ship goes down, you’d better have an humanitarian corridor – mashups, Ukraine drag queens and current events looking large over everything, indie rock and Britpop, swing metal, latin, disco, ambient, neo-classical, Japanese punk and computer game exotica, modern rave, and bid a drum and bass farewell to MC Skibadee and err, swing n’…
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RIP Vaugh Mason and Bill Withers
Two pioneers have recently died – the first many probably won’t know by name but they definitely know the sample – Vaughn Mason of Bounce, Rock. Skate, Roll fame as sampled by Daft Punk many times, The Avalanches, De La Soul, Digital Underground, Kurtis Blow and just about EVERYONE – see the Whosampled list of…