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mark stangroom

Wind It Up

October 20, 2009

On Hyperdub, this one is a corker.

I Can’t Believe Its Not Butter

October 20, 2009

Out next Monday on Warp Records, it’s the debut long player “Butter” from Hudson Mohawke. Check the sampler , including an introduction from none other than 80′s soul diva Whitney Houston (or maybe not). Click here for the Hudson Mohawke page on Warps website http://warp.net/records/hudson-mohawke Joy fantastic.

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More Doom

October 19, 2009

Coming up from MF Doom and sounding essential, here’s a sneak. Click here for the microsite

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The XX

October 13, 2009

The XX are a band that make you want to stop whatever it is you are doing and write about them on the internet. Having heard the name thrown around over the last few months I finally managed to sit down and listen to them today. When I say sit down, I guess the next

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If Dolphins Were Monkeys

October 1, 2009

This week scientists announced the discovery of Ardi, a partial skeleton of the oldest ancestor of man ever discovered. Ardi walked on two legs and swung through the trees of Ethipoia. Roughly 4.4 million years later Ian Brown released his new album “My Way” and played an intimate gig in front of a few hundred

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Bandwagon

September 25, 2009

Everyone else seems to be raving about South London’s Joy Orbison, and never one to want to miss a bandwagon as it rolls by, here’s my contribution. It’s a link to a video.

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Black Friday

September 25, 2009

Black Friday is what the Americans call the day after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving, for those of you that don’t know, is the day the USA celebrates the pilgrims slaughter, rape and pillage of the indigenous Indians of America back in the 17th Century. It’s called Black Friday because its the start of the shopping season, gearing

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The Message

September 19, 2009

Acclaimed producer J.Period and rising MC K’Naan present their latest mixtape project, “The Messengers”. J.Period has remixed the likes of Kanye, Mary J, The Roots and worked on mixtapes with Q-Tip in the past. K’Naan, Somalian born and now based in Toronto has released two albums so far and collaborated with Mos Def and Damian

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Tenorvision

September 19, 2009

How do you describe Jimi Tenor? Finnish jazz terrorist? Afrobeat astronaut? Psychedelic shaker? Who knows, in fact, it’s probably easier not to try. Here’s a taste of his sound, an album recorded with legendary drummer Tony Allen, aka Fela Kuti’s drummer. The result of the collaboration, “Got My Egusi” is in the Inspiration Information series

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Too Good To Be True

September 18, 2009

It was 10.57am on Friday the 17th of September 2009. The place was London, England; outside it was overcast and threatening to rain. I was sat in the office on my black leather, executive style swivel chair (you know the type, spring-tilt mechanism with adjustable tension control and tilt-lock) and trying my best to look

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