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It has been a while since I have done one of these “Don’t Sleep On” posts. If I were to start my own label, I would sign the Atlanta band The Constellations, UK’s Valentina and Vancouver’s Piper Davis. Of course you can here The Constellations and Valentina on 88Nine RadioMilwaukee, but who is Piper Davis? [...]
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It has been said by our own Scott Mullins that all good music seems to come from Canada or Sweden, but Belgium might have something to say on that. Introducing The Black Box Revelation out of Brussels, Belgium. Take everything you like about the White Stripes, Jet, The Strokes, and The Stooges, and add a [...]
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WOW!
Well I’m already groovin’ to this track every morning, plus ready and awaiting for the remixes that the Hip Hop world is gonna put out on this track; but now I LOVE THE VIDEO!
Check this out….
WOW!
P, B & J; I LOVE YOU!
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I guess my New Year’s vow must be to not sleep…at least on the margins of music. And while we play plenty of new music here at the station, there are always artists and bands who don’t make the cut for reasons that really have little to do with the actual music that they make. [...]
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So the story goes… the other day I was talking to Jeremy from At Latl about the fact that you don’t hear much music from Finland, to which I replied “there’s a good reason.” And while we chuckled in our collective ignorance, wouldn’t you just know that I would run across an album of sweeping [...]
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Word is, I am a big fan of bass culture: dub, dancehall, dubstep, grime and all that are my bread and butter. Well, for a fan of the music I regularly check out a number of web sites and blogs, and one of the best in my opinion has been the one hosted by two [...]
Filed under: Don't Sleep On, Site of the Day | Tagged: dj/rupture, DuttyArtz, mix, taliesin, web site of the day | Leave a Comment »
The Spirit of Apollo Mini Documentary
What do get when you put Method Man, MIA, Santogold, Lykke Li, Kanye West, E40, David Byrne, Chali 2na, Z-Trip, RZA, KRS-One, Lovefoxxx from CSS, Sizzla, Amanda Blank, George Clinton, The Cool Kids, Spank Rock, Scarface, Tom Waits and Kool Keith on one album, probably [...]
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He’s a dubstep producer out of Cali working the angle with a hip hop/reggae style that gives the genre a nice punch in the arm. His love of the Roland 808 to create beautiful dubs is also notable. There is not too much to note about this young artist– other than him creating an album [...]
Filed under: Don't Sleep On, Music | Tagged: dubstep, fyah luvah, matty g, Take You Back | 2 Comments »
Sound Travels : Mashout The Third !!!
1. Nass El Ghiwane : “Lahdia” A musical group appeared in the late 60’s in Morocco. Whenever mentioned in the Western literature, they are referred to as The Rolling Stones of Africa, as American producer Martin Scorsese once put it. They are living legends who merged the rich repertoire [...]
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Hey all, another Sound Travels here for you. This week is all about hip hop with a global perpective and origin…
1. ADAMA : “Aduna Bi” – African Underground… Rap is still CNN in Senegal, especially for poorer people. The active political presence of local rap in Dakar largely sets it off from its imported US [...]
Filed under: Art, Culture & Design, Don't Sleep On, Music, Video | Tagged: Aatma, Adama, Bab Kubwa, Bhangra Hitmen, Bid, IAM, K'Naan, Suga Roy & Conrad Crystal, Tina & Skissy, Up Bustle & Out | Leave a Comment »
