Tag: The Weeknd
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RC 346: The Light And Dark of the City – Chilled mashup show
A Long time coming, and recorded last month, here’s the ambient chilled mashup podcast mentioned in 344 – and in fact is a sequel to 344, as it’s the part of the same podcast really! From 1975 to 2021, we have plunderphonics, blends, mashups, bastard pop and various sampleage plundering synthwave, electronica, rock, dub, reggae,…
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Kaytranada
Almost embarrassed to post this, since I’ve heard the name (Madonna tour) and seen him DJ (that Boiler Room appearance) but not really checked out Kaytranada’s productions yet I know he’s BIG and everywhere now. Yeah Two Thousand and Late, but hey, this is my musical journey, and I don’t do the latest thing purely…
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Frank Ocean: Beginner’s Guide
It’s funny…the date I had on my copy of the famous Frank Ocean ‘nostalgia, Ultra’ mixtape is 7th April 2011 – a week before Coachella, I never listened to it bar a few tracks, and after the dreadful performance of OFWGKTA at that festival I tended to dismiss all the group efforts. In the case…
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RC 210: Happy House (We’re Happy Here)
Collage: Margate Turner 2011. Fun, fun, fun….woahhhh. It seems some of the Happy Inmates are Unhappy in the Happy House, even though We’re Happy Here…they want new shoes. Consoles. 55″ TVs, part 3 of 3…woahhh. I’m H-A-P-P-Y, I’m H-A-P-P-Y, I know I am, I’m sure I am…(101Mb, 1:49) Leana Hosea speaks to Croydon looters Ruts…
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Return of the new ambience
Researching a lot of the ‘best of half of 2011’ list albums, I have to say it gets harder and harder, especially getting older but also as niche marketing gets more and more insistent to find the truly new or interesting sounds. They are out there, but you wade through a lot of ‘haven’t-I-heard-that-before?’ before…