EVENT: Submotion Orchestra at The Scala, London

Submotion Orchestra are back in London to dazzle audiences with their unique blend of organic, orchestral sounds and dubbed out, electronic stylings. They will be playing at the illustrious Scala at London’s King’s Cross on 15 March, and thanks to our lovely friends at Soundcrash, we have an exclusive 2-for-1 offer on tickets for this event!

SPECIAL 2-for-1 OFFER: Tickets are ordinarily £14 each, but if you use our special link you’ll get two for that price. You’ll need to be quick though, … [read more]

RADIO: Jus Like Music Show w/ Medlar (07 Jan 12)

Our first edition of The Jus Like Music Show on NTS in 2012 featured house producer, Medlar, live in the mix for Wolf Music.

As well as sharing some exclusive Medlar, AND upcoming Wolf Music, tracks, we also had a brief chat with the mysterious Medlar and Stu from Wolf Music. Collectively, we experienced what some people might describe as “epic banter”, although I’m not entirely sure that I understand what that means.

Stream and download via the podcast…

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MIX: UKHH99-07 – A UK Hip-Hop Retrospective

UKHH99-07 is a mix by Jeej for Jus Like Music on Mixcloud, featuring UK hip-hop tracks which came out between 1999 and 2007.

I recently put together a sort of retrospective of UK hip-hop, spanning 1999 to 2007. It was a cathartic experience in a way, as I’ve not really followed UK hip-hop very closely for a while now. In fact, the clue is in the title; 2007 – that’s when I reckon I actively stopped following UK hip-hop. It’s hard to pin-point the … [read more]

RADIO: Jus Like Music Show w/ ATLASt (17 Dec 11)

Just before Christmas we had ATLASt in the NTS studio for our weekly radio show; The Jus Like Music Show. ATLASt was over visiting from Brisbane, Australia and played us a deep selection of beats-oriented music from artists and labels based in Australia.

We also had a chat on air with ATLASt, aka Warren Handley, about his involvement with the scene in Brisbane as a producer, DJ and multi-talented visual artist. We had a super fun time and stuff.

Stream and download via the … [read more]

VIDEO: Sarah Linhares – Only Human

This is the brand new video for the track, Only Human, by Sarah Linhares. The track is taken from Sarah Linhares‘ recent debut album, Messages From The Future, which came out on the Public Transit Recordings label earlier this year.

Only Human was produced by the fantastic Canadian producer, Moonstarr, and is pretty much one of the most soulful bangers you’re likely to have heard lately. The video, directed and produced by Brian Armstrong, is simplistic in as much as … [read more]

VIDEO: Pepe Deluxe – A Night and a Day

Pepe Deluxe are back with a fantastic video for their new single, A Night and a Day. The single is taken from their upcoming album, Queen of the Wave, which is due out via Catskills on 30 January. The single, itself, is coming out digitally and on limited edition 7-inch vinyl on 16 January.

Back in 2007, Pepe Deluxe released an album called Spare Time Machine. Seemingly overlooked by many of the buzz blogs and sites, it was actually listed by ourselves … [read more]

EVENT: Paper Tiger – Send Me Launch Party, LDN

In support of their upcoming new single, Send Me, the incredible Paper Tiger are playing a launch party at Floripa (formerly Favela Chic) in London on Thursday 1 December, hosted by Wah Wah 45s. Support comes from the Wah Wah 45 main guys themselves; Dom Servini and Scrimshire.

Doors open at 8pm and tickets are just £4. More info can be found over at Facebook.

As we mentioned last week, Send Me is out on our very own Jus Like … [read more]

RADIO: Jus Like Music Show w/ Zara McFarlane (26 Nov 11)

The most recent edition of The Jus Like Music Show on NTS is now available via our podcast feed to stream or download. Our very special guest in the studio was jazz singer Zara McFarlane, whose album, Until Tomorrow, dropped recently on Gilles Peterson‘s Brownswood Recordings. With BUG absent we had friend of the show, and previous guest, Nick Woodmansey (AKA Emanative) on co-host duties with Gav.

Nick spun a fine jazz set early on to set the mood before … [read more]

VIDEO: The Producers – Episode 3: Kwes

The latest epidode in Red Bull Studios‘ new documentary series, The Producers, sees Kwes grace the studio along with Micachu, Ghostpoet, Dels and Clout. We previously posted up about the first episode, which featured Benga and Youngman, but you can get the full lowdown on all the episodes over at the Red Bull Studios website.

Having previously worked with the likes of The XX, The Invisible and Damon Albarn, 24-year old Kwes has recently signed to Warp. In this video … [read more]