Archive for 2009

Capsule 01

Capsule is a new venture from Rob Lynam – the man who bought you online design magazine Multilink. It comes in the form of a slim A5 perfect bound volume packed with some of the finest illustrators around. Artists like France’s Duster, the UK’s Doug Bowden (aka Pandayoghurt) and my good self all have space [...]

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2econd Class Citizen – A World WIthout

Look what arrived on the doorstep last week, finally, the 2econd Class Citizen LP is out in all it’s embossed glory. One of my albums of the year without a doubt, it’s a mixture of Hip Hop, psyche and ambient soundscapes to rival Shadow at his best. Out now on Equinox.

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Warp 20 (London)

Had great fun last night at the Coronet for Warp’s 20th birthday bash. Nice to see lots of old faces (and T shirts) and be part of the label’s celebrations considering I’m not actually signed to them. The Blech 20 set seemed to go down well even though I’d had little time to prepare anything [...]

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The Tapeworm

The Tapeworm is a new micro cottage industry-styled record label with a difference. It shouldn’t really be called a record label at all because the only format they release music on is cassette. Run by an anonymous group of ‘worms’, they make limited editions runs between 250 and 350 copies of each release featuring the [...]

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Strictly in Kiev and the DJ’s dilemma

Sorry for the atrocious pun in the title but if I didn’t do it then someone else would have. I was in Kiev over the weekend and was overwhelmed by the sheer enthusiasm of the crowd there. As soon as I walked into the club I was asked for my signature including someone who had [...]

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