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• DJ Z Trip’s Barack Obama Mixtape

  October 3, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  DJ Z Trip has dropped a free mix encouraging American’s to go out and vote Obama next month. Hop on over to Z Trip’s website for some awesome mash-ups featuring folks like Saul Williams, Jello Biafra, DJ Vadim and others; and don’t forget to register your vote.
  I encourage you to download it and pass it [...]

  
  



• Review: Lone - Cluster Dreams EP

  October 2, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Nottingham hip-hop producer Lone is– to use a well worn phrase– “on some other shit.” Better known as Matt Cutler, the former Kids in Tracksuits beatmaker has shed the confines of conventional hip-hop to focus on big beats, inspired analogue synth-play and other-worldly album concepts. Following on from August’s long player The Lemurian, Cluster Dreams [...]

  
  



• Review: Pursuit Grooves - Wild Art Forestry

  September 4, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Brooklynite Pursuit Grooves’ Wild Art Forestry LP is a mixed bag of askew grooves, spacey synths and squelchy basslines, fused over fifteen instrumental tracks of MPC-driven electro hip-hop. The syncopated beats and tempered bass of cuts like ‘Limelight’ and ‘Too Much Time’ might not be out of place in Dilla’s musical kitchen, but the depth [...]

  
  



• Review: Roots Manuva - Slime & Reason

  September 1, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Artist: Roots Manuva
  Album: Slime and Reason
  Label: Big Dada BDCD123
  Buy it: eMusic, HMV.com, Amazon, iTunes
  The last time we saw Roots “Rodney Smith” Manuva he was on a lyrical cliff edge, questioning his sanity and lingering on topics of depression, excess and artistic burnout. That was on 2006’s Awfully Deep, and now Mr. Manuva is back with [...]

  
  



• Kings Only shirt winners announced

  August 25, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 1 Comment
  

  The winners of our competition with Californian streetwear brand Kings Only have been announced– Kings Only t-shirts will be winging their way to eliel gonzalez, Robb Perez, Blanca and Gordo. Thanks to all who entered– keep your ears peeled for more giveaways coming up.
  Link to the Kings Only site.

  
  



• Pitchfork.tv: P.E’s It Takes a Nation of Millions…

  August 19, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Pitchfork.tv have dropped part one of a documentary special on Public Enemy’s seminal It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back LP, featuring exclusive interviews, footage and photography. More interesting coverage of the legendary hip-hop posse here at the FT.
  Link to the Pitchfork.tv page.

  
  



• Lone: Notts Beatmaker on New LP

  June 23, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Depending on where you’re at, Lemuria can either be a hypothetical “lost world” once situated between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, a fictional location from the Marvel Universe, or a Cybertronian ship from Transformers.
  With his new album “Lemurian”, Nottingham hip-hop producer Lone is clearly pulling inspiration from abstract places, and its dirty-tropical off-beat instrumental pieces [...]

  
  



• LuckyUs: Glasgow Crew SMASH XLR8R Podcast

  June 4, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Audio: Hudson Mohawke: “Trade Off”, from the Temple Of Breaks Compilation.
  If you’ve been reading Earz Mag for a minute you’ll know we have a fondness for LuckyMe, the Glasgow-based band of avant-garde beatmakers, designers and such. Well they’ve just completely obliterated the podcast over at XLR8R with a tasty selection of mostly in-house tracks, remixes [...]

  
  



• Scatabrainz: Moonlight Music LP

  May 16, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Listen:

  “Zone Out”/ MP3

  “Without You” / MP3
  I’m a little late with this one (better late than never), but I want to share with you an incredible album released by my good friend, the hip-hop producer and sometime-emcee, Scatabrainz, entitled “Moonlight Music”. If you like mellow instrumental hip-hop a la Blockhead and Entroducing-era Shadow, then this collection [...]

  
  



• Surface Emp / Proto Post

  April 30, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 1 Comment
  

  “Left Right” by Surface Emp, taken from Proto / Post
  From the underworld of Glasgow’s hip-hop scene comes this highly unofficial release by Surface Emp, rescued from the broken computer of the group’s main emcee Sum Won. You might recognise some of the instrumental work as that of Warp noodler Hudson Mohawke, and the album also [...]

  
  

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