If you know me well, you’ll know I’m a huge fan of Gilles Peterson and listen to his radio show every week without fail. Several years ago I learnt of his festival that he puts on in the south of France. It has been on my 100 things to do before I die list ever since. This year, things seemed to line up. We were living close to Barcelona, a three hour drive from Sete in France, we were due some kind of holiday, and this was to be our last holiday as a couple rather than a family (for…
To all the Drum and Bass MCs out there who insist on calling for the rewind at every possible opportunity… please stop it. The average DJ wants to take the punters on a journey, carefully selecting tracks, mixing, blending and teasing the crowd. The flow of a good set is ruined by incessant calls for rewinds. It really isn’t necessary. Granted, if the DJ drops and absolute stonker of a track, and the crowd is calling for it then, yes perhaps the rewind is justified. But not on every bloody track (once or twice per set should be the limit).…
Take a load of amateur musicians from you tube and some creative genius and you have http://thru-you.com. Awesome stuff.
After a frustrating non-constructive day trying to fix the Peugeot, Espe and I wandered down to the Cafe Central for a bit of Jazz and Blues. While in there a month or so ago I spotted that Ben Sidran was going to be performing in November. Having seen Sidran twice before over the last four years, I really wanted to return as he’s impressed me the most of all the groups I’ve seen there. We actually went down on Friday but, an hour before the concert, Cafe Central was full. We decided to return the Saturday and this this time…
I meant to post this up last week. I listen to Gilles Peterson’s BBC Radio 1 show most weeks, but last week’s show really was something else. With music from the likes of Karizma, The Heritage Orchestra and Ben Westbeech I was hooked… Then came Zero DB. Wow! It’s been a while since music has moved me physically, especially in my own front room. Top marks to these boys. Their best track had to be a remix they’d put together of a track called El Fantasma de la Libertad. Filthy beats and heavy bass lines, but by far the best…
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