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Vintage Solid Steel: Double Dee & Steinski
Play that beat, Mr DJ! Yet another classic unearthed from the Solid Steel vaults/crates/someplace dark. Strictly Kev and DK take you on a lesson (1,2,3, etc etc etc) in hip hop history as they get together with Double Dee and Steinski for a memorable interview that, even if you think you know your lessons, are [...]
Vintage Solid Steel: War Is Stupid
War is bad. Perhaps the only good thing about war is how it inspires people to rise up and make their voices heard, however much some of our nations’ politicans choose to ignore them. Musicians often step into the breach, being in an enviable position to reach people on a wider scale. Strictly Kev covers [...]
Vintage Solid Steel: Coldcut And The Return Of Alien Sphinx
Alien conspiracies! Faces on planets! Unearthed DATs! Yes, it’s all here. A bit of a special broadcast, this one (aren’t they all?) as Coldcut go offworld with the Alien Sphinx. Strictly Kev is your flight director at mission control, take a close read as he guides you through the Solid Sphinx story. ‘Return Of The [...]
Vintage Solid Steel: ‘Now, Listen’ Tour Retrospective
As the opening salvo for the official Solid Steel mix CD series, Solid Steel: ‘Now, Listen’ had plenty of expectation riding on it’s shoulders. Embarking the Solid Steel brand on it’s logical progression, DJ Food and DK expanded on the hap-hazard nature of the selections heard on the radio broadcasts with an outstanding grab-bag of [...]
Vintage Solid Steel: PC
There are many music producers who would happily sit back and operate behind the scenes, never revealing their true identity, determined to retain a shadowy persona to let the music speak for itself. This was an automatic given for early DJ Food contributor Patrick Carpenter. Whether intentional or not, using his initials (PC) caused a [...]
Controller 7 - BUMPS
BUMPS is a mix which, to quote Controller 7 himself, ‘…was put together in my spare time as an attempt to keep myself entertained’. If everyone else had this kind of forward thinking approach to boredom, we’d be overrun with quality creative efforts! As such, C7 gets digging in those old skool hip hop crates [...]
Daft Punk - Electroma (Unofficial Soundtrack)
Daft Punk’s Electroma truly is one of those films that you either love or hate with all your being. With it’s premiere screened at Cannes, reviews were mixed with a near-equal amount of both praise and indifference. A complete lack of dialogue isn’t the first step towards endearing your audience to your live action cinematic [...]
DJ Krush - Suimou Tsunenimasu DVD review
When is the best time for an artist to be retrospective about their work? In most cases, it’s usually linked to the impending close of a recording label contract, when a lazily packaged ‘greatest hits’ compilation falls into place in the absence of any new material. For some, it can be a chance to cast [...]
Mr. Magic - Girls (mastermix series #12)
Mr. Magic was a DJ from a time before hip hop was making it big on the airwaves. Magic was one of the pioneering early radio DJs to make the transition from disco and soul, taking hip hop from it’s early roots of block parties and clubs and putting it out there for a wider [...]
United States of Audio: BTTB (Back To The Basics) mix
United States of Audio is going back… way back - to the basics! Well known for his eclectic and creative DJ mixes, his skills have been a feature on numerous radio shows worldwide. A regular contributor to BTTB, he has also shown up on Coldcut’s legendary Solid Steel show, BBC Radio 1 and plenty more [...]
