Three magic reasons to get out to Soundwave this year… De La Soul.

As if that’s not enough, the awesome Fink is playing; I’m thinking a Sunday sunset slot would be perfect…

Also, tons of my favourites are on; Kutmah, Mr Thing, Oddisee, Om Unit, Matt Halsall, Jonny Dub & Illum Sphere, Jon K, Kid Kanevil, plus the mighty DJ Kentaro and many many more… What a weekend!

…you can pick up my firstest ever solo release from here:

http://www.kudosrecords.co.uk/release/MOF006/Danny_Drive_Thru_Psychedelia_Smith.html

(or if you’re in Japan you can go here: http://manhattanrecords.jp/pc/shop/s/?.pc=200000088559)

COMING SOON: Fat City Producer #3…

Listen/pre-order: http://www.fatcityrecordings.com/site/release.php?rid=247

What a tune.  Just utterly beautiful. The also-titled album’s cracking too; need to give it more listens, for sho.

Gemma keeps humming this, which is brilliant because I love it.

This gets lodged in the noodle every couple of months or so; not a problem. I end up mentally mashing up the live and album versions to create a huge, sad, beautiful monster.

Also, honourable mention to my favourite tune that samples it:

I never said they’d all be good, did I?

(I actually really like this, it’s one of the two Tom Jones things I like)

Bigups to Kutmah for this one. I was planning a mix last year, and mentioned how I was intending on playing a load of rain related tunes; he suggested this, so I dug it up. Now whenever it rains (all the time) or someone mentions rain (a hot topic, it seems) this pops in my head and refuses to leave for a while… no complaints here.

I’m gonna start with a few that I had this month; I’ll try to keep it brief…

Wyles & Simpson – Can’t Switch Off

“it’s beginning to send me a little loopy”

I’ve heard the ladies (yes that does include you Blain) play this mesmerising number a few times now; always sticks with me for ages, so I end up with a 6 hour rendition of it in my head… this is A Good Thing.

Dead Dred – Dred Bass (Origin Unkonwn Remix)

“what the time you have there, dred?”

I could go on about this all day… probably have done a few times. Origin Unknown were the kings of jungle for me, elevating it to an art form when so many others were just throwing shit together and seeing what happens. This production in this remix is NUTS; the double-layered Amen break, the staccato chops, the progression that keeps everything rolling; this tune’s got it all. If you want to know why I love Jungle, check this.

Massive Attack – Teardrop

“love is a verb; love is a doing word”

Nothing I could say could do justice to this.

After the phenomenal success of the Nihon Kizuna compilation ($20,000 raised via Bandcamp, potentially more through iTunes), Laurent Fintoni et al have decided to release a free (or pay what you like) download featuring another 34 tunes that didn’t make the deadline:

http://nihonkizuna.bandcamp.com/album/nihon-kizuna-bonus

If you slept on the original, y’alls can go git it git it:

http://nihonkizuna.bandcamp.com/

http://www.nihonkizuna.com/buy/

Beez – D