Universal love for Trojan Records
July 19, 2010 – 4:04 pm | 6 Comments

When the largest recording conglomerate in the world, Universal swallowed legendary reggae imprint Trojan back in 2007, many feared it would be forgotten by its mighty new owner.
Now three years on Universal appear to be …

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Coldcut vs TV Sheriff – Revolution ’08
October 26, 2008 – 8:14 pm | No Comment

A 10000-frame crash edit comedy celebration of the blatant corruption, warmongering, florid insanity and plain good old smelly bullshit that characterises the cultural landscape of the world’s most confused country. 21st century satire is alive …

TEN4SE7EN: Episode 09
October 20, 2008 – 12:10 am | 11 Comments
TEN4SE7EN: Episode 09

Here are another ten songs that have come to my attention this week. Seven are brand new but three are oldies/goldies that are just new to me (No doubt many will have heard them …

Listen To This… Glass Shark vs. The Superimposers Pt.1
October 17, 2008 – 11:31 pm | 2 Comments
Listen To This… Glass Shark vs. The Superimposers Pt.1

Never work with children, animals or musicians they say. The latest edition of “Listen To This” has been in the pipeline so long one of the bands have split up! Apparently touring and …

Listen To This… Glass Shark vs. The Superimposers Pt.2
October 17, 2008 – 10:56 pm | One Comment
Listen To This… Glass Shark vs. The Superimposers Pt.2

In part one Glass Shark & The Superimposers had each other dreaming of cover versions. Glass Shark heard echoes of Dusty in Citizen Helene while The Supers imaged Stevie Nicks reworking the pared down beauty …

Weathered Friends and other email delights
October 15, 2008 – 7:20 pm | 2 Comments
Weathered Friends and other email delights

I’m ancient enough to have loved Ninjatune – the label born out of Coldcut’s mauling by major labels – since the days when their logo looked like this (20% of nothing is still 20% they …

TEN4SE7EN: Episode 08
October 14, 2008 – 8:45 pm | No Comment
TEN4SE7EN: Episode 08

Hilarious! The news that Sarah Palin was found to have “Abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired” made my week. I can’t wait to see what John Stewart …

MLD Radio: Episode 07
October 12, 2008 – 9:34 pm | 3 Comments
MLD Radio: Episode 07

Podcast 07: Oct 08 (1hr03m) – (download MP3) Subscribe itunes


Tracklist: (click artist name to visit their site)
Minilogue – ‘Six Arms and One Leg‘
Z-Trip – ‘Obama 08 mix (excerpt)‘ – download full mix here
Kelpe – …

That Was The Month That Was
October 9, 2008 – 3:47 pm | No Comment
That Was The Month That Was

Any month that includes a new Akira The Don mixtape is a fine one indeed. ATD 16 is here and as ever it’s free from Akira’s website or for a fiver you can get an …

TEN4SE7EN: Episode 07
October 6, 2008 – 9:04 pm | 3 Comments
TEN4SE7EN: Episode 07

Ryan (StopMe): I’ve spent a pleasant week reading a stack of new books I’ve just bought like Marjane Satrapi’s engrossing and witty ‘Chicken With Plums‘ and Alan Moore’s unsettling ‘From Hell‘ ( A journey into …