Diggin’ This: Bonobo – “Rosewood” (Ninja Tune)
Bonobo is back! And it’s one of his best. Need, need, need to find the source of that “I won’t leave you” sample! Bonobo –… Continue reading
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Diggin’ This: Sofia Kourtesis – “La Perla” (Technicolour Records)
Ascendant house rhythms filled with life-giving synth progressions from Berlin-based Peruvian artist Sofia Kourtesis. Sofia Kourtesis – “La Perla” “La Perla” is taken from Sofia… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Machinedrum ft Jesse Boykins III – “Wait 4 U” (Ninja Tune)
Crystalline drum ‘n’ bass from one of my favorite producers. Machinedrum ft Jesse Boykins III – “Wait 4 U” “Wait 4 U” is featured… Continue reading
Listen Back to Loops + Dots Episode 12 – Music from Flying Lotus, Shuggie Otis, Jan Hammer, Stereolab, Cheflee – Special Guest & DJ Mix with Unreleased Music: Salami Rose Joe Louis
Show number 12! This week we welcomed the wonderful Salami Rose Joe Louis to the show! I had a chat with Salami Rose over the phone from Columbus,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Yu Su – “Watermelon Woman” (Technicolour Records)
New sonics for September. Starting with a slinky beat and kaleidoscopic synth cascades, “Watermelon Woman” by Vancouver-via-Kaifeng, China artist and classically trained musician Yu Su steadily progresses into an airy… Continue reading
Listen Back to Loops + Dots Episode 11 – New Music from Joe Armon-Jones & Georgia Anne Muldrow, Godtet, Jamila Woods, Ivy Lab, Kiefer – Special Guest: Sampa the Great – Ras G Tribute
Show number 11! The eleventh installment of my Loops + Dots radio show on Dublab aired brand new newness from Joe Armon-Jones & Georgia Anne Muldrow, Godtet, Jamila Woods,… Continue reading
Listen Back to Loops + Dots Episode 10 – New Music from Brittany Howard, Black Midi, Michael Kiwanuka & Tom Misch, Yakul – Special Guest: Jordan Rakei
Show number 10! The tenth installment of my Loops + Dots radio show on Dublab aired brand new hotness from Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard, math-rock-prog-jazz-band-of-the-moment Black Midi, the winning… Continue reading
Listen Back to Loops + Dots Episode 6 – New Music from Sweatson Klank, J-E-T-S, Kazu, JohnLukeIRL – Special Guest: Machinedrum
Show number 6! The sixth installment of my Loops + Dots radio show on Dublab aired brand new sonic greatness from Sweatson Klank, Travis Stewart (aka Machinedrum) and Jimmy Edgar’s project… Continue reading
Listen Back to Loops + Dots Episode 5 – New Music from Loyle Carner & Sampha, Szjerdene, Reginald Omas Mamode IV – Special Guests: The Cinematic Orchestra
Show number 5! The fifth installment of my Loops + Dots radio show on Dublab aired brand new audio excellence from Loyle Carner & Sampha, Szjerdene, and Reginald Omas Mamode… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: The Cinematic Orchestra ft Roots Manuva – “A Caged Bird/Imitations of Life” (Ninja Tune)
Finally. One of my very favorite musical outfits, the Cinematic Orchestra make a welcome return in 2019 with “A Caged Bird/Imitations of Life,” taken from their first album in 12… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Steve Spacek – “Carnival Nights” (Eglo Records)
The perfect combination of spaceship soul, digital doo-wop, bleepy blip-hop, astral bruk business, and satellite scat. It’s hard to pick just one, but the infectious yet delicate post-broken beat… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Bonobo ft Rhye – “Break Apart” (Ninja Tune)
“Break Apart,” the latest single from Bonobo, threads together rainy ukulele strings, sombre pianos, stop-start snare rolls, stainless steel percussion, and the cherubic vocals of Michael Milosh aka Rhye. Track… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: The Cinematic Orchestra ft Moses Sumney – “To Believe” (Ninja Tune)
Unbelievable. Fragile yet flawless, “To Believe” is a delicate demonstration of the immense musical talent possessed by both Moses Sumney and the Cinematic Orchestra. Track of the day. … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Jay Daniel – “Knowledge Of Selfie” (Ninja Tune’s Technicolour Records)
Shades of Theo Parrish’s Sound Signature imprint’s hypnotic drums and Eglo’s otherworldly synth swirls on this new rustic house cut from 25-year-old Detroit producer Jay Daniel. Track of the day.… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: The Invisible – “Life’s Dancers” (Floating Points Remix)
Luxurious audio in the headphones. This remix of “Life’s Dancers” is pure FP; you can hear it in that tapestry of strings, those suspended synths, that occasional swell of… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Letherette – “Rayon”
A perfectly charming house groover from the Wolverhampton, UK producer duo of Richard Roberts and Andrew Harber, collectively known as Letherette. Track of the day. Letherette – “Rayon” … Continue reading
Diggin’ This: The Invisible – “Easy Now”
Dave Okumu, Tom Herbert and Leo Taylor are The Invisible. Describing “Easy Now,” Dave Okumu says: “George Clinton once said, ‘funk is anything you need it to be to… Continue reading
The Dan Digs Show 044: New Hot Chip, Jungle, XXYYXX, Odezsa, Tirzah – Special Guest: Dorian Concept (Live Set)
Show number 44! As always, the latest and greatest in leftfield beats and electronic soul, plus interviews with my favorite artists for your listening pleasure every Sunday night on Dash 1 at DashRadio.com.… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Szjerdene – “Find Me”
Having previously provided vocals for the likes of Bonobo and Lapalux, Amsterdam-via-Hackney, East London songstress Szjerdene recently teamed up with NYC producer Quays to pen this ominous, skeletal, synth&B excursion. Track of the… Continue reading
The Dan Digs Show 024: New SBTRKT, Ben Khan, Bok Bok, Tourist, Fono – Special Guest: Andreya Triana (Live Acoustic Set)
Show number 24! As always, the latest in my favorite new leftfield beats and electronic soul, plus interviews with my favorite artists, for your listening pleasure every Sunday night on Dash… Continue reading
Win Two Tickets to See Machinedrum Live at the Roxy in Los Angeles on Sunday March 1, 2015 + 30min Best of Machinedrum DJ Mix by Dan Digs
Travis Stewart aka Machinedrum is bringing his incredible Vapor City live show to Los Angeles! We’ve got two tickets for one lucky winner and a friend to see Machinedrum with special guest Objekt… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Odesza ft Zyra – “Say My Name”
After igniting the world’s interest with the release of “Memories that You Call” a month ago, Seattle duo Odesza again come up with the goods on brand new track “Say My Name.”… Continue reading
Kelis – “Bless the Telephone” (Trinidad-Senolia Deep Remix)
Shouts going out to all producers and remixers using phone noises in their music. If you need a refresher on the best telephone tones used in modern music, there’s this.… Continue reading
Royce Wood Junior – “Nuff”
Really cannot get enough of this latest wave of late-night electronic soul transmissions that seem to be dominating my headphones at the minute. Ed Thomas, Erik Hassle, Perera Elsewhere… all of these mightily… Continue reading
Listen/Download the Latest Episode of the Dan Digs Podcast: 120 Minutes of Beats, Bass, Hip-hop, & Electronic Soul. Sun, Sep 29, 2013.
Say hello to a brand new edition of the Dan Digs DJ mix podcast radio show broadcast session! It’s an eclectic, fast-paced blend of everything I’m digging at the moment in… Continue reading
Listen/Download the Latest Episode of the Dan Digs Podcast: 120 Minutes of Beats, Bass, Hip-hop, & Electronic Soul. Sun, Aug 25, 2013.
Welcome to the latest edition of the Dan Digs podcast radio show DJ mix! 35 of my favorite tracks of the moment all blended up nice. Unfortunately this episode… Continue reading
Listen/Download the Latest Episode of the Dan Digs Podcast: 120 Minutes of Beats, Bass, Hip-hop, & Electronic Soul. Sun, Jul 28, 2013.
Two hours of my favorite latest and greatest beats, bass, hip-hop, and electronic soul cuts! Unfortunately this episode is no longer available. Head over to iTunes here to listen to new episodes… Continue reading
Listen/Download the Latest Episode of the Dan Digs Podcast: 120 Minutes of Beats, Bass, Hip-hop, & Electronic Soul. Sun, Jun 30, 2013.
Stoked, hyped, and generally ex-ci-ted for this week’s brand new show! Hope you’re all doing well. Special shouts going out to anyone tuning in for the first time! … Continue reading
Listen/Download the Latest Episode of the Dan Digs Podcast: 120 Minutes of Beats, Bass, Hip-hop, & Electronic Soul. Sun, Jun 9, 2013.
Welcome to the latest mix! Unfortunately this episode is no longer available. Head over to iTunes here to listen to new episodes of the Dan Digs music podcast. … Continue reading
Listen/Download the Latest Episode of the Dan Digs Podcast: 120 Minutes of Beats, Bass, Hip-hop, & Electronic Soul. Sun, May 26, 2013.
Welcome to the show. Unfortunately this episode is no longer available. Head over to iTunes here to listen to new episodes of the Dan Digs music podcast. … Continue reading
Listen/Download the Latest Episode of the Dan Digs Radio Show: 120 Minutes of Beats, Bass, Hip-hop, & Electronic Soul. Sun, May 5, 2013.
Brand new London hip-hop from Hawk House, a future funk remix of “No Diggity” by Bondax, Copenhagen folk from the White Album, New Zealand bedroom beats from Samuel Truth, dusty jazz from Eric… Continue reading
Listen/Download the Latest Episode of the Dan Digs Radio Show: 120 Minutes of Beats, Bass, Hip-hop, & Electronic Soul. Sun, April 21, 2013.
Two hours’ worth of my favorite sonic nutmeg ground straight into your ears. Unfortunately this episode is no longer available. Head over to iTunes here to listen to new episodes of… Continue reading
Listen/Download the Latest Episode of the Dan Digs Radio Show: 120 Minutes of Beats, Bass, Hip-hop, & Electronic Soul. Sun, April 7, 2013.
How’s it going? Hear the latest two-hour mix of my new favorite beats, ditties, ballads, and jams of the week for your listening pleasure. Unfortunately this episode is no… Continue reading
Listen/Download the Latest Episode of the Dan Digs Radio Show: 120 Minutes of Beats, Bass, Hip-hop, & Electronic Soul. Sun, March 31, 2013.
My very favorite 42 songs of the last seven days lovingly blended into an eclectic two-hour music mix. Unfortunately this episode is no longer available. Head over to iTunes here to… Continue reading
Listen/Download the Latest Episode of the Dan Digs Radio Show: 120 Minutes of Beats, Bass, Hip-hop, & Electronic Soul. Sun, March 24, 2013.
A two-hour selection of the finest in box fresh beats, bass, hip-hop, and electronic soul. Unfortunately this episode is no longer available. Head over to iTunes here to listen to new episodes… Continue reading
Listen/Download the Latest Episode of the Dan Digs Radio Show: 120 Minutes of Beats, Bass, Hip-hop, & Electronic Soul. Sunday Mar. 17, 2013.
“Erm, it really has been quite a long time, hasn’t it? One does apologize, one shouldn’t have left you without a dope beat to, indeed, step to. So sorry.” – British Timbaland. The… Continue reading
MonkeyRobot – “Brick Stomach” & “Rose Gris”
Brussels-based production duo Eric P & LuiGi are MonkeyRobot. I like how “Brick Stomach” sounds like the sound of 1980s Detroit as reworked by Orbital if they were signed to Ninja Tune. I… Continue reading
Letherette – “Shoo Be Doo”
Tell me this ain’t a dope loop. Taken from the Chi-Lites’ classic “I Just Want to Hold You.” Listen to the sample lifted from the original at 3:05. More beats from the… Continue reading
Caught in the Middle of a 3-Way Mix: Ninja Tune’s Solid Steel Radio Show – August 31, 2012 – Part 1 & 2 – DJ Cheeba, DJ Moneyshot, and DJ Food Mix the Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique Album Using the Original Sample Sources (Free Download)
DJ Cheeba, DJ Moneyshot, and DJ Food get it together to mix a very special radio show for Ninja Tune. Taking its name from a track on the Demos & Outtakes compilation, Caught… Continue reading
Emika – ‘Drop The Other’
Dubsteppy pop (but definitely, definitely not popstep because that is not becoming a thing, okay?) from Germany’s Emika. Almost-frozen, brittle, mumble-sung vocals with gentle but bass-forward beats and a video that can only… Continue reading