Future Classic: Buddy Sativa ft. Onra “Peripecia”
Had the pleasure of hanging out with Balthazar Dao aka Buddy Sativa a few weeks ago when he rolled through Montreal with Onra. He was playing keys for Onra’ month long US tour. On top of being a really nice guy the dude can play those keysss! He gave me …
Forgotten Treasure: Trio Ternura “A Gira” (1973)
Dj Tahira from Sao Paolo, Brazil came by my house this week and treated me (and you!) to a really great guest mix full of rare groove, soul and Brazilian music of course. (check out the mix here) He played a lot of jams that had be jamming but this …
Altered Natives “Fact Mix #125”
For those who don’t know about Altered Natives yet this should serve as a good wake up call. A few weeks ago he served up a mix for the always dope FACT magazine series. For anyone in Montreal (or Canada or the US for that matter) we are bringing Danny …
AIAIAI – TMA1 Dj Headphones
Hmmmmm. I suddently need new Dj headphones… MANUFACTURER’s REVIEW The one-piece TMA-1 headband consists of a strong, durable and flexible nylon material, which provides full flexibility when wearing and positioning the headphones during DJing. The two different cushions can be changed easily with the click release function, so the headphones …
Future Classic: Gangrene (Oh No + The Alchemist) “Take Drugs”
I had kinda read somewhere that this was a project to keep an eye on. Gangrene is the name of a new collaboration between Oh No (Madlib’s younger brother) and producer extraordinaire The Alchemist. Well, judging from the first single and video, i’m gonna like this… a lot…
Zed Bias / Maddslinky “XLR8R Podcast”
Zed Bias for those who don’t know is one of the most important figures in the history of UK Garage movement. Although he’s touched other genres (Broken Beat, Future Soul, etc…) he is recognized as one of the first guys making that darker edged stuff before it was called dubstep …
“The Jamiroquai Beat Tape” by Nicky Lars
There has been an overflow of “Beat Tape” themes floating around in my inbox these days. I’m always pretty sceptical of projects like this; i’ve received Pat Benetar, Lionel Ritchie beat tapes and I dunno just wasn’t curious enough to check them out. This one came in through my friend …
Future Classic: Letherette “EP 002″
Wow. This is a must buy / download for all the beat heads out there. I should be keeping this to myself as a secret weapon for my Dj sets but being the nice guy that I am, I had to share this with you all. Ok, well first off …
Forgotten Treasure: DND “Diamond Rings” (1999)
Hands down one of my favorite 2step tracks of all time. DND is a little more known for his jacking 4×4 Garage productions but this jam is definitely on every hard core 2step Garage head’s list.