Month: May 2012
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Old Skool Jungle FIRE!
This came in via the contact form, and pushes all my old-skool jungle buttons. It’s the debut single from Kamistry No. 1 – like Fire especially. Booyaka! *gunshot* Next single is out in July, on the results of the first one, check it! Kamistry No. 1 – Fire by Kamistry No. 1
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Dem Girls Stealing My Rolex – 4 years later mashup confession
Being a Man Of Many Aliases (some of which have never been shared, dear reader) after DJNoNo and before I was Captain Obvious (and round about the same time as DJ Contaminations) I did a single spoof track by Buyrite Soundsystem, a spoof of a few friends of mine and their Rolex/Wiley connection, and the…
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The Frown
If you cross Peter Greenaway with a pop video, you get this spooky gem ‘The National’ from The Frown. They’re from South Africa, and Spoek Mathambo shouted them out on BBC Radio 6 yesterday.
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He’s lost control again
Heard South Africa’s Spoek Mathambo do an amazing version of Joy Division’s Control on 6Music this morning, here’s the original cover which is quite different, initially seems quite strange but very crazy by the end. An amazing video, also.
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Niño Silvestre – Songs to see in the dark*
Canciones para ver en la oscuridad. by Niño Silvestre Nice psychedelic Chilean grooves from Niño Silvestre’s ‘Canciones para ver en la oscuridad’ in the vein to my mind of Os Mutantes or a psychedelic Nouvelle Vague, produced, mixed and recorded by our very own Jimmi Jammes. He’s done a brilliant job – and being able…
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Riding the booster
I’m a sucker for space footage, as anyone whose seen the Videotones mashup videos I did will attest! And this is amazing, it’s footage of what happened to the boosters used to propel the Shuttle up to orbit, including launch and splashdown – I didn’t know they re-used the rockets. And for once you’ll want…