Partially funded by Creative Scotland, this debut release is the first in a series of remix EPs marking the tenth anniversary of Trouble (not to mention the fifth anniversary of Limbo) and featuring up-and-coming Scottish artists remixed by established and emerging … Continue reading →
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Tagged glam, pop, ragga, rockabilly, 10 Sui, 53 Degrees, 80s funk, 8bitch, A Love From Outer Space, Adventures in Dubstep & Beyond, African, afrofuturist, Alex Metric, Alex Ormas, Andy Mac, Angel Molina, Annie Mac, Anthony Shake Shakir, Antz Bryans, Arveene, Astroboy, Audio Culture, Auntie Flo, AutoKratz, avid Cox, Barcelona, Barnabas Hodgson, bass, Bass Me Records, Ben Gomori, Ben Mono, Ben Pistor, Benoit Carretier, Berger, BGPZ, Big Chill, Bjork, Black Butter, Black Van, Boemklatsch, Bot, Bugged Out, Bure Godwin, Cassie, Cassius, Chemikal Underground, Chicago juke, Chris Duckenfield, Citizen, club weapon, Clubnation, Colin Peters, Cologne, Conor Wheeler, Conquering Animal Sound, Creative Scotland, Crookers, DAF, Daire Carolan, Dam Mantle, Death Grips, Def Starr, Diamond & Raw, Disco Bloodbath, DJ Cat, DJ Locksmith, DJ Tonka, DJ Wool, Dlex, dMIT.RY, Doorly, Dopplereffekt, DPPLGNGRS, Duane, Dubfire, Eastern Electrics Podcast, Ed Banger, Edinburgh, electro, electronic, Embryo, Exit, FBI Radio, Festinho, Fil Ok, Forecast, Fortified Audio, Friendly Greg, Future Rhythm Machine, Future Shock, GALACTUS, Geek Chic Soundsystem, Generik, Geoff Ticehurst, Glasgow, Glasgow Underground, Glass Swords, Glenn Morrison, goldFFinch, grime, Groove Magazine, Heather Craig, Heavy Weather, Heiko Hoffman, HM001, Hobbes Music, Hostage, house Anneke Kampman, HRH, Huntleys & Palmers, Huw Stephens, Hybrid Theory, Iain Taylor, industrial, Infinite Machine, iO, Ionik, James Fox, Japan, JD Twitch, Jody Wisternoff, John Digweed, John Lydon, John Roman, Jonathan Davies, Justin Robertson, Justiy, Kastle, Kelburn Garden Party, Kevin McKay, Kiki, Kiss FM, Kompakt, Kosmos, Kris Wasabi, Kruse & Nuernberg, Larry Tee, Last Robots, Lemmy Ashton, Leonidas, Limbo, Local Action Records, London, LOZ, M.A.N.D.Y., Mad Decent, Mad Tech, Madrid, Maetrik, MAGNVM!, Mark Farina, Martha P-C, Mary Anne Hobbs, Matt Walsh, Max Ulis, Maya Medvesek, Mick Wilson, Midnight Thunder, Midnite Sleaze, Mike Mago, Minikin, Ministry of Sound, Ministry Of Sound, Mister Sushi, MNDR, Mole & Aya, MONTERO, Moonbotica, Musik1, Nacho Lovers, Nadiem Shah, NayNay, Neil Landstrumm, Nerdy Frames Sound System, Nick Grimshaw, Nightwave, Ollie, One Dollar Dave, Optimo, Outlook, Paolo Zampetti, Peace Frog, Pete Carvell, Pete Tong, Philippe Zdar, Planet Mu, Plump DJs, PMcQ, Primal Scream, punk, Pure, Purple Radio, Radio 1, Radio Slave, rave, RBMA, Rebecca Vasmant, Red Bull Music Academy, Rejekts, Rinse FM, Riotous Rockers, Rob de Large, Round In Motion, Roy Kerr, Rubadub, Rudimental, Ruggero Isacchi, Rusko, Rustie, Screamadelica, Sean Johnston, Seed Records, seminal, Senseless, Sequential, Serocee, Shazam, Silvio Daria, Sinden, Siouxsie Sioux, Skydiver, Slovenia, Sonar, Sovnger, Sun Ritual, Surph, Svetlana Industries, Symbols, T Vicious, techno, Ten Swee, thatboykana. Gunrose, The Electric Picnic, The Other Tribe, Thilo Schneider, Thomas Jenkins, Tobi, Tobias Doppleganger, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Traveller Records, Treehouses, Tresor, Trouble, Tusgi, U The Sneekers, UK bass, Unknown to the Unknown, Wannabeastar, Wasabi Disco, Way Out West, Whack-a-Tone, Yam Who?, Zee&Eli, ZiiZii Records
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I first heard this record back in January, when i found a copy at the consistently great Rough Trade (East) record shop in Brick Lane. Being a big fan of Terje’s productions, i was excited to see he had a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Auntie Flo, Brian d'Souza, club weapon, Eurodans, Full Pupp, Future Rhythm Machine, Huntleys & Palmers, Inspector Norse, It's The Arps EP, Myggsomer, Ragysh, Rough Trade, Smalltown Supersound, Soul Jazz Records, Swing Star Parts I & II, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Todd Terje
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Hard to believe that Donna Summer has just died of cancer, aged 63. The Queen of Disco was probably the first disco artist i was truly moved by, when she had a top twenty hit covering Jon & Vangelis’s 1981 … Continue reading →
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Tagged American Music Awards, Arctic Circle, Baby, Bad Girls, BBC, Billboard, Brainstorm, Brenda Russell, club weapon, Debralee Scott, Dionne Warwick, disco, Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Grammy, Hot Chip, Hot Stuff, I Feel Love, Italo, James Ingram, JD Twitch, Joe Goddard, Jon, Kenny Loggins, Lionel Richie, Love To Love You, Matthew Cheney, Michael Jackson, Pat Ast, Pete Bellotte, pop anthem, Pure, Quincy Jones, She Works Hard For The Money, State Of Independence, Stevie Wonder, The Venue, Twiggy, Vangelis
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I’ve been a fan of TEED for two or three years now, playing his music at various Trouble nights. But, having latterly heard that the solo artist behind it (the magnificently christened Orlando Higginbottom) hails from the same part of … Continue reading →
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Tagged Casino Times, club weapon, Eats Everything, floor-slayer, Gilles Peterson, James Lavelle, John Talabot, MJ Cole, Mo Wax, Orlando Higginbottom, Oxford, Polydor, Sincere, Talkin' Loud, Tapes & Money, TEED, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Trouble, UNKLE, Volcano Riddim, Wonky
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The original Heavy Weather was recorded one late-night session at Leo’s old Belle Villa studio in Hackney, early 2011, taking inspiration from the likes of Weather Report‘s River People and The Doors‘ Roadhouse Blues, plus a little bit of Basic Channel and Lee … Continue reading →
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Tagged Basic Channel, Belle Villa, club weapon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hackney, Heavy Weather, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Leonidas & Hobbes, London, Nightwave, River People, Roadhouse Blues, Slovenia, Svetlana Industries, The Doors, The Feel EP, Trouble, Trouble 10th Anniversary Compilation, Weather Report
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Here is an as-yet-unreleased remix by JD Twitch (of Glasgow’s world-renown Optimo club night) of HRH, a live act currently making waves in Edinburgh. HRH’s sound sits somewhere between the post-punk of PiL (front-woman Heather Craig’s tortured vocal style and impassioned live performances coming … Continue reading →
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Tagged club weapon, DAF, David Cronenberg, drone, Dusseldorf, EBM, Edinburgh, electronic, glam-rock, Glasgow, Heather Craig, HRH, industrial, J.G.Ballard, JD Twitch, John Lydon, Limbo, new wave, Optimo, PiL, Pinky Ring, post-punk, rockabilly, Suicide, synth, Tim London, Trouble, Trouble 10th Anniversary Compilation
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Can’t get enough of this cover of Wave Machines‘ mini-smash by new British pop chanteuse Joyce, who is apparently so fresh off the starting blocks, she doesn’t even have a web presence at the time of writing this… And yet, … Continue reading →
Here’s a Hobbesian Top 50 for the year (of sorts), downloadable in three parts here, here and here, to help get your party started this festive season. I’m not really a massive fan of charts but did quite enjoy reflecting on some of my … Continue reading →
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Tagged Addison Groove, Adele, Africa Hitech, Anna Calvi, Anoraak, Auntie Flo, Azari & III, Blawan, BotOx, Cee Lo Green, Club Clique, club weapon, Com Truise, Connan Mockasin, Conquering Animal Sound, Daft Punk, David Lynch, Dj Shadow, Ewan Pearson, Four Tet, Funkineven, Gil Scott-Heron, Girl Unit, Git, Hudson Mohawke, Hyetal, Jack Splash, Jamie xx, Jimmy Edgar, Joe Goddard, John Heckle, John Talabot, Julio Bashmore, Kay Suzuki, Kid Shango, Kindness, Klic, Lana Del Rey, Leonidas & Hobbes, Logo, Lykke Li, Metronomy, Michael Mayer, Miguel Migs, Munk, Nightwave, Pacific, Pete And The Pirates, Philippe Zdar, Photek, Planningtorock, pop anthem, Sepalcure, Slice & Soda, Sticky, Switch & Andrea Martin, Tall Black Guy Productions, Teengirl Fantasy, The Kills, Todd Terje, Trickski, Tyler the Creator, Tyson, Valentina, Villa, Wiley, Woolfy, XI
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Fresh from those dedicated souls at stalwart London label BBE, the new album from New York native Git (pronounced ‘jit’, after the original name for ‘b-boy’) is well worth investigating, especially for this nugget of a track, which has just emerged as … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bananarama, BBE, Busy Fingers, club weapon, Dj Shadow, Ella Fitzgerald, Fun Boy Three, Giant Step, Git, If You Just Make Love To Me, It Ain't What You Do, Madlib, Osunlade, Saxxy, The Specials, Yoruba
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This is not a new record. It was released at least six months ago by PMR Records. However, it deserves another mention (it’s had quite a few from blogs all over the world already) as it’s one of those records … Continue reading →
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Tagged Battle For Middle You, Ben Westbeech, Breakbeat Era, Bristol, Bustle & Out, Cabaret Voltaire, club weapon, DJ Die, DJ Krust, Full Cycle, Jody Wisternoff, Julio Bashmore, Kosheen, Mark Stewart & The Maffia, Massive Attack, Nellee Hooper, Nick Warren, PMR Records, Portishead, Reprazent, Rig & Panic, Rip, Roni Size, Smith & Mighty, Stanton Warriors, The Wild Bunch, Tricky, Ultragroove, Up, V Recordings, Way Out West
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