Life's What You Make It.

This is on repeat right now, ^ epic track from Talk Talk

Take A Look

(Director: Henry DeMaio, Camera: Jimmy Hammond & Henry DeMaio, Graphics: Tristan Keller, Camera Asst: Sabina Padilla)

Sublime video for the Boogie Funk ambassador of LA's track, "Mirrors" off his 2009 masterpiece "Toeachizown".

Devil Invades Husband

In this quirky, catchy chorus driven, comedic, what the... video, song by Club 57 (NY, East Village) spawned all girl group Pulsallama. Spotted over at Dollar Bin Jams.

Related: Here from DBJ again, is Shawn Ryan's Bohdan Dude mix filled with some more post-punk heat.

Track List:

01) Gramme - Like You (1999)
02) Gina X Performance - No G.D.M. (1979)
03) The Jellies - Jive Baby on a Saturday Night (Betty Botox Edit) (1981)
04) Raw Sex, Pure Energy - Stop The War (Shawn Ryan Edit) (1982)
05) Maximum Joy - White & Green Place (Extraterrestrial Mix) (1982)
06) Chaz Jankel - 3,000,000 Synths (1981)
07) Fad Gadget - Collapsing New People (Berlin Mix) ( 1984)
08) Los Microwaves - TV In My Eye (1982)
09) Crash Course in Science - Flying Turns (1981)
10) Perfect Zebras - In for the Kill (My Cousin Roy Edit) (1982)
11) Pigbag - Hit the 'O' Deck (1983)
12) Pulsallama - The Devil Lives In My Husband's Body (1982)
13) Casino Music - Viol AF 015 (1979)
14) Minimal Compact - Statik Dancin' (1981)
15) APB - Shoot You Down (1981)
16) Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business (1979)

Tropical Surf Punk

Here

I Am What I Play

This classic from '79 remains the truth! Catch the drift.



On that note, here is last weeks playlist from a little radio program I steer weekly. You already know what it is:

Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Nickel Eye - Brandy of the Damned (Mark Ronson remix) featuring. Wale
Cat Power - Blue
Radiohead - All I Need
Radiohead - Everything In It's Right Place

Mic Break

Incognito - L 'Arc En Ciel De Miles
Chris Whitley - Drifting
Santana - Aqua Marine
Allan Holdsworth - Shallow Sea
Santana - Stormy
John McLaughlin - Don't Let The Dragon Eat Your Mother

Mic Break

Quro - Hunter Gatherer
13th Son - Yo
Good Buddah - Sydney has got the System
13th Son - Our Lives
13th Son - Symphony of Man
13th Son - Ladies featuring Fame
Seekae - ?

Rocking Boxes

File under collection of musical refreshments.

(Artwork by James Roper - Woah!)

Dazed (Digital) March Playlist

One of the only three magazines I bother reading pretty much, cover to cover these days, have a monthly virtual tape of diverse, fine musical selections each month. Impeccable from start to finish – March sees Dazed hip us to fresh tunes from Raekwon, We Fell To Earth, Golden Silvers, Poni Hoax and many more.

Speaking of Londoners The Golden Silvers, their debut LP “True Romance" is out on the 27th of next month, through XL Records. I am eagerly awaiting this release. Their sound is a chilled out eighties influenced, original body shaking slice of British boogie party mischief.

Here is the video for “True Romance (True No.9 Blues)” – so cool!

Want the audio!

As the man Code would say - Pure Gold!

City Hustle Groove

I keep checking for Koolism's music. One thing I love about their sound and them as people is they are always themselves. Above is the very cool new video for their track Jam Hot.

Large Pro interview

Queens legend, veteran producer, emcee Large Professor speaks briefly to Shani Kulture about Main Source's first record, their origins, his new album and Nas running with Main Source way back.

Hip Hop Official are working overtime, dishing out a lot of solid interviews as of late.

Related Links: Large Professor's space

Diamond D speaks:

Yesterday after not checking email or going near a computer for three whole days (a record looking back at the last few years), I wake up with a unreleased Top Choice Clique track (which i'll throw up shortly), in the Inbox. Today it's an interview with legendary producer and emcee Diamond D (Co founder of supergroup D.I.T.C.).

Having posted another video, I remember when magazines, radio, the brief clip on TV and overseas contacts were the only point of information, broadcast for Rap releases and artist interviews. We all take this technology for granted nowadays.

Diamond's The Hugh Hefner Chronicles drops on the 14th on Babygrande records and I'm counting down the days.

Need Another Drink

The Ritz's The Night Of Day is an intriguing listen. Liking what I hear. The Ritz are made up of Apoc and Rel. Expect an array of head-nod, attention catching classical, 1940’s, 1950’s film noir inspired musical landscapes littered with a diverse range of tales from a range of motley characters and recollections of the environments they inhabit within the American underworld.

Related Links:
Apoc's space
Lab-O site

Lotek - Control Alt Delete

Directed by Jonathan Chong (AKA Dropbear). Shout out to Myme 01 for the heads up.

People Under The Stairs - The Wiz

People Under The Stairs - The Wiz Video
by golddustmedia

(spotted over at Grandgood, then more recently over at 2 Dope Boyz, while Keep Moving posted the audio a while back now)

Here's a repost of the first video (shot in Australia) for the lead single off the next PUTS album Fun DMC dropping tomorrow. Looking forward to hearing it.

Some Superfly Shit Remix video

Channeling that Blaxploitation cinema classic vibe in this exclusive remix of Some Superfly Shit (off Opio's...Vulture's Wisdom album),featuring Opio, Del, Guilty Simpson.

TV Series: Stocktown - A Global Underground Journey

Fresh offshoot of the Swedish series Stocktown, on a sample of what's happenin' globally in Hip Hop Culture.

Episode one features: Shingo2 (JP), Baba (NY / Syd, AUS), Hyjak (Syd, AUS), Brad Strut (Melb, AUS), Apani B Fly (Bk, NY)

Episode two features: Princess Superstar (NY), Yoghrt (JP), Divine Styler (LA), Numb, Kamata b-boys (JP)