El Tipo Este – “Si Esta Es Mi Mamá” (Official Video)
This Cuban grandma got bars. Puts the “g” in “g’ma.”
Dig Deep Tracklisting: Friday Night/Saturday Morning April 7 2012 1am-3am PST on KBCS Bellevue-Seattle 91.3FM & www.kbcs.fm
Dig Deep is your one-stop shop for beats, bass, hip-hop, and electronic soul, broadcast each and every Friday night, 1am-3am on KBCS 91.3FM Bellevue-Seattle and kbcs.fm. Ever so much goodness tonight from… Continue reading
Oscar and Martin – “What I Know” (MP3)
Former Psuchers Oscar and Martin wonkify your pop-infused r’n’b on a Thursday. Oscar and Martin – “What I Know” Love the analogue production on this one. Also, need that sweater and… Continue reading
Killbot Kindergarten – “Be Defeated” (MP3 from the “Killbot Kindergarten” EP) (Free Download)
Soulful electronic’n’b (that’s a thing, right?) from Australia’s Killbot Kindergarten, which is either a school for three to five-year-old sentient death machines or the first and last name of an elderly Dutch gentleman.… Continue reading
Bad Bad Not Good ft Leland Whitty – “UWM” (MP3 from the “BBNG2” LP) (Free Album Download)
Jazz (We’ve Got). Bad Bad Not Good are no strangers to the shores of Neon Milk, and they’re back with their second full-length LP BBNG2, where James Blake, Gucci Mane, and Kanye West… Continue reading
Cut Copy Bassist Ben Browning’s New Single – “I Can’t Stay” (Official Video)
Cut Copy bassist Ben Browning snips highlife guitar tinkles, splices mournful indie-pop vox washes, and pastes disco sheen on the lot to create the best aftershave commerical/French New Wave film that never was.… Continue reading
Hiatus Kaiyote – “Mobius Streak” (Taken from the “Tawk Tomahawk” LP)
Grab your ears and stick them on this Aussie future soul shimmer and r’n’beats glimmer from Melbourne. Hiatus Kaiyote is their name, which still has me thinking of a… Continue reading
Hudson Mohawke & Lunice are TNGHT – “Introducing…” (Official Promo Video from Scion AV)
TNGHT (which, in this crazy, topsy-turvy, let’s-omit-all-the-vowels 3.0 wrld, I’m guessing stands for “Tonight” and not “TongueHate”) is the new partnership between the immensely talented Glaswegian maker-of-the-warped-beats Hudson Mohawke and the immensely talented… Continue reading
Jai Paul – “Jasmine” (Demo)
Very excited for new this Jai Paul demo that surfaced yesterday. Been a fan of the Rayners Lane, north west London producer’s output ever since his future soul track “BTSTU” with its signature… Continue reading
Dig Deep Tracklisting: Friday Night/Saturday Morning March 31 2012 1am-3am PST on KBCS Bellevue-Seattle 91.3FM & www.kbcs.fm
Throwback tracks and brand new beats all in the mix tonight! Here’s how the sound got wound around. LET’S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD SHALL WE Christophe Beck – “Dolby’s… Continue reading
Gilles Peterson’s “Music Missionaries” BBC Radio 1 TV Ad from 2001 (Video)
Check out this TV ad from way back in 2001 for Gilles Peterson’s BBC Radio 1 show featuring his one-time producer Benji B here. Viewing notes: 1. The kick on St… Continue reading
Homeboy Sandman – “The Miracle” (Official Video)
Like pouring six bowls of Cap’n Crunch in your ears. Love it when hip-hop just gets plain weird.
Dig Deep Tracklisting: Friday Night/Saturday Morning March 24 2012 1am-3am PST on KBCS Bellevue-Seattle 91.3FM & www.kbcs.fm
Hip-hop, house, drum ‘n’ bass, and sounds future and classic all in the mix tonight. Raw, whole, fresh, and organic. Good for your health. Here’s how we got them beats sliced and… Continue reading
REVIEW: The Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Bilal at Neumos Seattle: Eclectic Relaxation (Friday March 23, 2012)
“His mastery of musical astronomy created constellations where there had once only been lone stars. The orbits of the planets Coltrane, Hancock, Dilla, Yorke, Morello, and Cobain were shifted and new asterisms formed.… Continue reading
Funkommunity – “Dandelion” (Official Video)
Loving this Nu Zealand nu soul with a groove that’s heavily indebted to the L.A. beat scene. Must be something in the sunshine.
B.Traits ft Elizabeth Troy – “Fever” (Official Video)
Equal parts 90s UK house, 90s UK garage, 90s UK drum ‘n’ bass, 90s UK rave, 90s UK diva vox. 100% joy. A decade of British dance music expertly distilled into 3… Continue reading
REVIEW: Skream & Benga at Neumos Seattle: Why Seattle Does Dance (Thursday March 22, 2012)
“The sonic assault emanating from the two CDJs and a mixer upon which Skream and Benga tag-teamed throughout their set was like a sea monster with severe indigestion from eating an alien spaceship.… Continue reading
Julia Stone – “Let’s Forget All the Things that We Say” (Oliver Tank Remix)
5:04am music. Released nine hours ago from man of the lushly-stringed nocturnal moment Oliver Tank. (I’ve banged on before about Mr. O.T. being a James-Blake-soundalike-Aussie, primarily because it sounded like a cool… Continue reading
Crazy P – “Changes” (Behling & Simpson Remix) (Free MP3 Download)
When I saw there was a new Behling & Simpson remix up, such was my excitement that I clicked on “Download” just a little bit faster than the time it takes a hummingbird… Continue reading
Dig Deep Tracklisting: Friday Night/Saturday Morning March 17 2012 1am-3am PST on KBCS Bellevue-Seattle 91.3FM & www.kbcs.fm
Brand new beats in the form of hip-hop, house, and drum ‘n’ bass tonight! Here’s how it stopped, dropped, and rolled. Mos Def vs Flying Lotus – “Mathematics” (Duncan Gerow Remix) DAN DIGS… Continue reading
One Little Plane ft Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood – “She Was Out in the Water” (Produced by Four Tet)
Every once in a while I’ll take a dive head-first into the weird and wonderful gym-bag that is “folktronica” (see Beth Orton and the Chems’ collaborative output, see also the rather excellent Perfect… Continue reading
Dig Deep Tracklisting: Friday Night/Saturday Morning March 10 2012 1am-3am PST on KBCS Bellevue-Seattle 91.3FM & www.kbcs.fm
Remixes tonight from NZ’s Adi Dick, LA’s Jeremy Sole, UK’s Ghostpoet, and a welcome return for the Prodigy. Plus Michigan hip-hop from 14KT, new Damon Albarn-produced Bobby Womack (going strangely dubstep on the… Continue reading
Mary Anne Hobbs at TEDxManchester 2012 (Video)
Inspiration with no expiration from Xfm (and former BBC Radio 1) DJ and champion of all future sounds of greatness Mary Anne Hobbs. “Charge at your dreams and never look back.”
14KT ft Tony Ozier – “Width” (Official Video)
Thursday feel-good song. “When can they measure the width of our love?” “Never a time.” Find this track and more from Ypsilanti, Michigan’s 14KT on his latest album A Friendly Game… Continue reading
Dig Deep Tracklisting: Friday Night/Saturday Morning March 3 2012 1am-3am PST on KBCS Bellevue-Seattle 91.3FM & www.kbcs.fm
Too many good new tunes tonight. New beats from the 2 Bears, Yuna, cody chesnuTT, Mo Kolours, Part-Time Heroes, and Sweatson Klank aka Take! Plus locally grown produce from THEESatisfaction, Shabazz Palaces, and… Continue reading
Joker ft Buggsy & Otis Brown – “Lost” (Official Video)
Big look for Joker on this one. Pathos is as heavy here as his signature synths.
Nina Kraviz – “Ghetto Kraviz” (Official Video)
Nina Kraviz here with a late-night haze of rhythmic 909 kicks that kick you in the shins and claps that clap you across the face. Slurred, talk-in-your-sleep talk is ladled over the top… Continue reading
Every BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix EVER from October 1993 to April 2011
Words cannot describe my excitement over this. Forget every book about electronic music and club culture you’ve ever read or wanted to read, this is the definitive guide to dance music’s evolution… Continue reading
Richard Swift – “Broken Finger Blues” (Free MP3 Download)
The perfect rainy day song. The Shins’ Richard Swift sounding not completely unlike early Mayer Hawthorne sounding not completely unlike the large majority of the Motown greats. Although when your full name… Continue reading
Dig Deep Tracklisting: Friday Night/Saturday Morning February 25 2012 1am-3am PST on KBCS Bellevue-Seattle 91.3FM & www.kbcs.fm
New music tonight from Geoff Barrow from Portishead’s new hip hop project Quakers (will someone please tell me how I can get a hold of the stupendously good sample that sounds like a… Continue reading
Ifan Dafydd – “Treehouse” (Official Video)
There’s plenty of moody and introspective vocal electronic music out there right now with the “post-dubstep” or “sounds a bit James Blake-y” tags. The music of Ifan Dafydd is far better than those… Continue reading
Die & Break ft MC Fats & Buggsy – “Peace & Dub” (from the Grand Funk Hustle EP ) (Official Video)
Pure Bristol vibes. Rave in peace.
Dig Deep Tracklisting: Friday Night/Saturday Morning February 18 2012 1am-3am PST on KBCS Bellevue-Seattle 91.3FM & www.kbcs.fm
New music this week from Jakes, Teebs, Gummy Soul, Shlohmo, and WhoMadeWho. Plus classic tracks from Mark de Clive-Lowe (his first ever remix!), Photek, Armand Van Helden, and local Pacific Northwest sounds from… Continue reading
Thavius Beck – “Thanks”
Morning tune. L.A.’s Thavius Beck comes correct with some lush, cinematically-orchestrated strings. “Thanks” is perfect pre-noon listening. Thavius Beck – “Thanks” Grab… Continue reading
Quadron – “Day” (Official Video)
To me, Quadron’s band name will always sound like a black metal outfit formed by Harvard mathematicians. Who knew they would actually turn out to be an easily-lovable Danish duo fully capable of… Continue reading
Photek – “Into the 90s”
Woke up with this super-relaxing-times Photek tune in my head this morning. Which is strange because my wake-up alarm ringtone is usually Three 6 Mafia’s “Poppin My Collar.”
Dig Deep Tracklisting: Friday Night/Saturday Morning February 11 2012 1am-3am PST on KBCS Bellevue-Seattle 91.3FM & www.kbcs.fm
New music this week from Dam-Funk, Mux Mool, Homeboy Sandman, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, and Sophia Knapp! It really just might be too perfect. Plus we spin SertOne’s J Dilla tribute track, L-Vis 1990’s… Continue reading
Enjoyed – “Paws” (Official Video)
The UK producer’s lush, Balearic, synthpopped, chillwaved track “Paws” finally gets the video treatment. The result is exactly what you’d expect this sound to look like if you could see it: multiple dream-like… Continue reading
Dig Deep Tracklisting: Friday Night/Saturday Morning February 4 2012 1am-3am PST on KBCS Bellevue-Seattle 91.3FM & www.kbcs.fm
Dig Deep is back from a two week hiatus! Brand new and bangin’ tracks from the Funk League, Mike Skinner, Giraffage, and DJ Format, plus we pay tribute to J Dilla, we… Continue reading
A. R. Rahman, Suresh Peters & Shahul Hameed – “Urvasi Urvasi” from the movie “Kadhalan” aka “Humse Hai Muqabla” (1994) (Official Video)
Viewing notes: 1. This is some of the greatest dancing since MJ. And one of the best music videos ever. 2. I actually and involuntarily “laughed out loud” at 0:23. 3. Defying death… Continue reading
Dig Deep Tracklisting: Friday Night/Saturday Morning January 14 2012 1am-3am PST on KBCS Bellevue-Seattle 91.3FM & www.kbcs.fm
What? Two full hours of a Tribe Called Quest, Common, Rustie, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Nicolas Jaar, Cornelius, The Weeknd, and Baba Maraire? 1970s Indian psychedelic rock, 1990s drum ‘n’ bass, Ghanian hip-hop, all… Continue reading
The Skints – “On a Mission” (Katy B Cover) (Official Video)
East London ska-dubsters The Skints take on Katy B’s “Katy on a Mission” and expertly execute a smooth, blissed, dubstyle reggae version of the original. Things to enjoy: 1. The slow nod of… Continue reading
Rage Against the Machine’s “Bulls on Parade” and “Killing in the Name of” as Covered by George Mason University’s Green Machine (Video)
The girl in the red shirt is LOSING IT. After listening to this, you’re ready for anything.
LCD Soundsystem – “Shut Up and Play the Hits” Trailer (Official Video)
The band that brought together the rock crowd and dance crowd in a way and on a scale that only the Prodigy had managed to do before and only Radiohead continue to do… Continue reading
Dig Deep Tracklisting: Friday Night/Saturday Morning January 7 2012 1am-3am PST on KBCS Bellevue-Seattle 91.3FM & www.kbcs.fm
Getting 2012 started right! New music from Cassia, Robert Koch, Time Wharp, and Robert Glasper, plus Charles Bradley-sampling hip-hop, murky late-night Austrian beatscapery, Polish jazz-step (seriously), and stadium rave! My goodness! Here’s how… Continue reading
Three Hypnotic and Oddly Compelling Yet Simple Music Videos Featuring Views from Moving Trains (Video)
Sometimes the best videos are the simplest. First up, Brenk Sinatra’s “Perdido.” Sampling Arthur Verocai’s “Dedicada a Ela” from 1972. Which is very similar to the video to Four Tet’s “She Moves… Continue reading
Atomic Forest – “Locomotive Breath”
My new favorite 1970s Indian psychedelic rock group. Atomic Forest also may just be my new favorite band name. At least for this afternoon.
Dig Deep Tracklisting: Friday Night/Saturday Morning December 31 2011 1am-3am PST on KBCS Bellevue-Seattle 91.3FM & www.kbcs.fm
What other radio show gives you deep future garage stylings from Brackles, Russian beatsmithery from Nocow, instrumental-in-every-sense-of-the-word hip-hoppery from Clams Casino, le French filter business from Onra, the one and only Mr. Scruff,… Continue reading
Korean Girl Covers Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” on Korea’s TV Singing Competition “K-pop Star” – (Video)
Things to love about this video: 1. The silent vow of competitive resolve by another contestant at 42 sec. 2. This stage of the singing contest is called “Survival Audit.” 3. The fact… Continue reading