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Archive for the ‘Event’ Category
Kutiman
If you read my Best of 2007 post last week you would have noticed that I included Kutiman‘s self titled album. His soulful afrobeat creations, with a hint of Tel Aviv goodness, had those in the know grooving to the funk since the first 12″ (“No Reason For You”) dropped on Melting Pot Music last March (or maybe even the 45 (“No Groove Where I Come From / Chaser”) on Afro Kats back in 2006!). The full album then dropped … [read more]
Twelve of Twelve
So here is December – a symbolic month if nothing else. The last month of the year, an opportunity to look back on the last twelve months. I will write an obligatory “best of 2007″ style post, but most likely in January – before then I have a bit of catching up to do, or more specifically, I need to help you do some catching up! I’ve been so busy of late, but I have listened to so much good music, I just need to … [read more]
Alice Russell – Live In Paris
I’ll cut to the chase, this DVD is an absolute must for all Alice Russell fans. Due for general release on 11th June, this 79 minute long presentation shows Alice and pals in all their musical glory. Recorded live in Paris last year it is set in a spacious, yet intimate, venue, jam packed with faithful fans from France (don’t try and say that a few times after some drinks!).Alice is accompanied by a fantastic band that includes TM Juke, Michael Simmonds, Benjamin … [read more]
Rawville
As promised, here’s a full review of the upcoming album from The Bamboos on Tru Thoughts: Rawville. The album will be available from all good retail stores on 7th May, just over a year after they released their debut album Step It Up. Rawville features twelve tracks that span a total of just over 48 minutes – each staying true to the Bamboos’ patented funk sound, but with a few twists this time round.Things kick off with The Bamboos Theme, a … [read more]
Breakestra @ The Columbian, Brisbane
First off, sorry (sincerely) for the lack of action lately, I think I’m slowly getting into the swing of things with this new job and managing my “me-time” – plus I was reading issue #10 of the incredible Wax Poetics magazine on the train home today, and it really inspired me to get writing again. I don’t want to be rigid and make promises I wont keep, so for now let’s throw out the window all talk of doing certain things on certain days – … [read more]DMC World DJ Champs
This doesn’t exactly get much press here in Australia, but excuses aside, I forgot bout the DMC World DJ Finals that happened in September… doh. Anyway, I wont bore you with the extensive details – if you have no idea what I am talking about then check out this entry I wrote a while back, should explain all.
Anyway, I’ll cut to the chase; Netik from France won the solo event, he is the World Champ. The Battle For World Supremacy was won by Japan’s … [read more]
Parklife 06 – Brisbane
This past Saturday I went to the one day Parklife music festival in Brisbane. Essentially it was a dance festival, but they had some pretty diverse offerings, from hip-hop to breaks to dub to rock, a good selection indeed. I’d been looking forward to this for a long time, mainly for three main acts – these were; Cut Chemist, Coldcut, and Mixmaster Mike. It wasn’t actually until I got to the festival that I realised not everyone was looking forward to the … [read more]Urban Bourbon Party Time!
As I mentioned briefly last Friday, I went to the Brisbane launch of McKenna Bourbon on Thursday night. For any readers familiar with Brisbane, the party was held in the Valley. As a blogger based in South East Queensland I was invited along to see what all the fuss was about, and this opportunity was orchestrated by the wonderful Paul Francis at Zealot.
I dragged my Brother along for the ride and when we got there we were met by what seemed like hundreds … [read more]When Alcohol Strikes!
Thursday didn’t really get a blog entry, well…this is it, I guess. The reason for the apparent absence is that I was invited to the launch party for McKenna Bourbon in Brisbane last night. Was a fantastic party, and the drink was pretty damn good too! I might try and do a proper write-up of the party on Saturday, for now I think I should rest my fragile frame. This song is very fitting for my current state…
Sigur Ros – O Fridur
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