Tag: General Levy
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Xmas Leftovers 2023
Every single Xmas there are always leftovers – tracks released too late for the Christmas early-mid December rush to get the podcast out. I get that it’s hard to get in the festive mood so early, but really releasing Christmas tracks a few days or a few weeks before Xmas is sadly too late (I…
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DJNoNo at Crumplstock 9: Angry & Anti
DJNoNo’s Anti Angry set (starts 7 mins in) for the still-going Crumplstock 9 is up – yes didn’t take him weeks to post it! And he goes HARD and intense and fast – think silly plunderphonic mashcore, donk, Does It Bang?, gabba, breakcore, bootleg, white label, classical techno, even a bit of disco and strange…
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Incredible Original Nuttahs
Just over 25 years ago, Ragga Jungle went mainstream with M-Beat ft General Levy and my favourite Shy FX and UK Apachi’s Original Nuttah. It was a sound that was unapologetically British and mostly London-based, and it was an eclectic mix of soul, reggae, jazz, ragga, West and East, all in one bass-heavy C-Lab Akai…
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RC 273: Please Hold On
Take the number 273 to Snoozie Bottom for more hold music and more silly chat. It’s way better than the music playing loudly on the phone of the kid on the top deck, and you don’t have to worry about which zone you are in or if you have credit on your Oyster card (people…
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RC 253: Leftovers (Odds and Sods #16)
The cards and lights still left up, here’s all the leftovers from 2013 in one handy show, with some old Crumplebang/Soundclown crackers thrown in for good measure and and undrunk 10cc bottle. Cover featuring vintage Tiny Hippo and Tiny Train. Brought to you by ‘Is the feed still on?’ I’m Not In Love, I Just…
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The death of Dubstep?
In every genre there usually comes the ‘breakout moment’ into mass consciousness – as it goes overground away from the dedicated fans and into the wider world. In dance music this usually spells the death of that genre, not (just) in some hipster ‘I heard it first’ sense but usually because that means the evolution…