Kidkanevil [The free, the gratis and the buyable]

Not bad – you get two freebies, the debut album and a mixtape, plus a preview of the new album, Back off Man, I’m a Scientist, on kidkanevil’s myspace. Spicy beats in there I reckon.

Here’s the appetizers, plus the main downloads du jour:
kidkanevil – Ketto Revisited ft Bonobo (mp3) off Back Off Man, I’m a [...]

Dublab live broadcast – don’t be shuffling your iTunes at a time like this

The Blind I is right. Dublab your soul right NOW!
dublab / dubstream – live broadcast
10am – 12pm :
plandru
matthewdavid
12pm – 6pm :
Exile
Johnson and Johnson
Hudson Mohawke
Mike Slott
Rustie
via Blind I | DUBLAB – THE ILLEST SCHITT ON THE NET RIGHT NOW | Blind I

Eashfacast Autumn Edition

I have to post about my latest podcast, because it unites fantastic artists singing in some of my favourite languages. I deliberately avoided English, though there is one track on there, from a Norwegian band called The Cut… I had to do it. It’s a great track and it half-fit the theme. EllaGuru also have [...]

Circulate!

Circulations makes my head melt inside and sway back and forth on the outside.
Looking for AFTA-1’s Aftathoughts Volume 1 a few months ago, you might have been surprised to find it’s physical release is only available in Japan, and it’s Circulations, a label from Japan, who are responsible. I’m digging the Japanese version of the [...]

Many Lessons from Africa

Islam and hip hop mix quite well actually:
MidNight Shems – Jbal Atlas mp3

Sister Fa – Selebou Yoon mp3

Hindered by my not understanding any of the gazillion dialects in Africa, I had to rely on my love of the beat.

This is a sample of the compilation Many Lessons released by Piranha. As much as we have [...]