Tag: Breakbeat
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PNK Stylophonic Giftshop
Usually I get into new music and bands through covers then check out their oriignals, but this is the exception – YouTube randomly suggested the breaks/drum and bass stylophone track ‘eponymous’ by the PNK Stylophonic Giftshop – very Crumpl – and I stayed for the covers, which are good but I like the originals more.…
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Kleptones – AD
If I was to choose one word to describe The Kleptones fourth album in the ‘quadtriptych’ it would be angry. Not a misplaced or random anger, but a righteous one about the state of the world at the moment. Starting with hypnotic Alan Watts quotes and strange spoken word about reality, truth and cake, it…
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Kleptones got LO LO LO LO
It’s another Wednesday so what does that mean? Another Kleptones album, the third – LO – accurately described because this has low downtempo moods – I hinted at that on one of the previous posts. Ranging from Daniel Johnston, Pigface, David Byrne, Mark Kozelek, Richard Thompson, Bill Withers, Sonic Youth, Leonard Cohen to Beth Orton…
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Kleptones – ER
Another Wednesday so that means another Kleptones album as part of the OV/ER/LO/AD quad-trilogy. This week it’s the turn of ER – starting with a startling current quote from cult 1981 British film Babylon – as sampled by Congo Natty and Bob Vylan (‘lady this IS my fucking country’) and then on Urban Clearway (the…
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Tim Reaper
And following this retro 90’s nostalgia from the last post I of course reponded with some of my old skool/new skool favourites. One being Tim Reaper who I have played on the podcast many times but not listened to his mixes for a minute. I see he was very recently part of 6 Music’s 90’s…
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Dream Frequency – Glory Days
How did I miss this? James sent me a link to this album – old skool ravers Dream Frequency came back earlier in the year with a new album, ’30’ and this paean to raving which seems very topical. Loving several tracks off the album, if you like 90’s hands-in-the-air piano rave you’ll love this.…