Only five songs deep on his Soundcloud page, Manchester, UK producer Werkha has created some Francophonic Brainfeeder-ish brilliance with his song “Le Roitelet.” It starts off simple enough, but it’s the Debruit-esque bass… Continue reading
The stunning vocal prowess of Alice Russell paired with the comedic greatness of Harry Shearer is a potent combination. Alice Russell – “Heartbreaker” (Official Video ft Harry Shearer) “Heartbreaker” is out… Continue reading
Future organic garage and dubstep rhythms from Leeds, UK live electronic seven-piece Submotion Orchestra. They join the ranks of my top-rated, best-loved Orchestras, which include Cinematic, Hidden, and BBC Concert. What Reprazent are… Continue reading
Couldn’t decide which new track I thought was more incredible from Ross Wakefield and Toby Vane aka London’s Part-Time Heroes, so I ended up posting ’em both! Taken from “Holy,” the third single… Continue reading
Glastonbury, UK drum ‘n’ bass producer Eveson laces his “Things You Say” track with a slowed-down Amen break to simultaneously create some beautiful downtempo jungle and some beautiful uptempo chillout. Eveson –… Continue reading
Bat for Lashes aka Natasha Khan’s latest parlor pop single “All Your Gold” mines and mimics the eccentric, operatic success of stars Florence and Marina (and their Machine and Diamonds respectively), but it’s… Continue reading
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
Nothing like a Rhodes-y stomp, scattered scat vocals, and shaking shakers coming together to literally make it good. An absolutely fantastic tune. Who is/are the White Lamp? Rumor has it that it’s… Continue reading
The dub reggae lilt of New Zilla’s Fat Freddy’s Drop vocalist Joe Dukie gets a propulsive bass-step boost from the Nextmen. The Nextmen vs Joe Dukie of Fat Freddy’s Drop – “When… Continue reading
Say hello to unsigned London beatmaker Warren Xclnce. Warren Xclnce – “Say Goodbye” (Free Download) More Xclnce here.
This voice! London’s Kwabs demonstrates his majectic vocal versatility at Buckingham Palace as part of the BBC TV series Goldie’s Band: By Royal Appointment, hosted by the renowned British drum ‘n’… Continue reading
The brothers from Surrey, UK return with “Latch.” Disclosure ft Sam Smith – “Latch” Disclosure’s production is enviably precise. … Continue reading
Free newness from the Slinger. Star Slinger – “Take this Up” (Free Download) Love the explosion of four-to-the-floor house sunshine at 2min 24sec.
Bristol, England goes boogie! Sure Thing is a live boogie funk outfit fronted by the legendary drum ‘n’ bass DJ and producer DJ Die (who also spins disco under the name Laminate Radio),… Continue reading
Joining the dots. To get familiar with East London MC and former Roll Deep member Trim, listen to his track “Confidence Boost” as excellently reworked by James Blake under his Harmonimix alias. Here… Continue reading
Dubstep-influenced bass and drum patterns are sneaking into every genre of music in 2012. Leeds, UK band Alt-J‘s video for “Tessellate” is a gangstered reversion of Italian Renaissance painter Raphael’s “The School of… Continue reading
Maximalist joy from a Prince-adoring bedroom producer from Leicester, UK. Great songwriting that injects some real heart and soul into the laser synth storm and dubstep bass wobble.
We’ve talked about Enjoyed‘s life-affirmed, sunshined housed beats on Neoned Milked befored, but that only means you should get even more acquainted with the talented UK producer and Shoes Off label boss by… Continue reading
I wasn’t sure at first but the filtered disco bleeps at 0:26 won me over. From Cornershop’s latest album Urban Turban. As solid gold as solid gold. As roller rink as the… Continue reading
Funny how Ben Westbeech’s funky, bass-driven throwback house output under the moniker Breach always sounds so much more confident than his singalong soul tracks recorded under his real name, given that he’s a… Continue reading
Orlando Higginbottom (probably the most British name since Nigel Tufnel or Armitage Shanks) is a dance music producer from Oxford, UK, who also calls himself Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs. “Well I say… Continue reading
Even caps lock can’t do justice as to how much I LOVE THIS. Death jazz (love that genre name) from East London’s Hackney Colliery Band covering the almighty Prodigy. Trumpets, trombones, saxes,… Continue reading
It was a delight to meet Seattle-based English author Jonathan Raban. I wrote about it for this month’s issue of City Arts magazine. You can read the story here.
Not a million miles away from “Marka,” but still plenty heavy in its own right. Amen break that cuts in at 2:20 is a nice touch. Interesting move filming the sequel to… Continue reading
Precise, lean, future bound d’n’b. Night music.
Click below to listen to “House” by Kindness. Kindness’ debut album World, You Need A Change Of Mind is out now in the U.K. and released May 8 in the U.S.… Continue reading
Squarepusher’s latest “Dark Steering” is the musical offspring of dot matrix printers, ringtones from ’94, 8-bit motorcycle gear changes, and winning moves in video games. Despite the fuzz and blur of the retro-synths… Continue reading
New clip for Benga‘s gently emotional dubstep choon “I Will Never Change” was created by the wonderful people at Us and uses 960 individually cut records to create a real-life, real-time waveform of… Continue reading
This is your brain on spicy food. (Honestly, how is it possible that Misters Burial and Four Tet sound like they’re just messing about with FruityLoops and GarageBand here and yet still… Continue reading
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
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
Pure Bristol vibes. Rave in peace.
Danger.
What a magnificent show! Beat weirdness from Spokane, WA’s James Pants, superb future soul from Jai Paul, brand new Geeneus and Ms Dynamite carnival vibes business, and Netsky’s d’n’b remix of Plan B’s… Continue reading
Big show tonight! Brand new music from Efya, Dub Gabriel, Mosca, Primary 1, and Kendrick Lamar. Plus we got in the mix with a special time-themed song showcase and got housey at the… Continue reading
Another big show! Brand new tunes from Roots Manuva, A Trak, George Lenton, Lee Bannon, Sepalcure, and Seattle’s very own Ill Cosby for our city’s Decibel Festival weekend. A great time at the… Continue reading
Hello friends. Bit of a tweak to Dig Deep this week: we’ve decided to drop the “U.K.-only” music tag for Dig Deep and instead welcome music from all over the galaxy to the… Continue reading
We got a lil bit laidback tonight as we spun our Autumn Mix: a fine, red-leaved, chill-in-the-air, pathos-driven, seasonal selection of brand new tunes and classics from the vaults. Then we got all… Continue reading
Another show jam-packed of new tunes from across the Atlantic and classic U.K. dance tracks from back in the day, eight hours ahead, as Seattle finally moves into summer proper and we get… Continue reading
Getting your Labor Day Weekend started right! Listen again to this show–two hours of the best in new U.K. beats and British club culture sounds–here and download it here. Here’s how we saw… Continue reading
It was a great one tonight. Listen again to this show–two hours of the best in new U.K. beats and British club culture sounds–here and download it here. Here’s how we rolled in,… Continue reading
2 hours chock-a-blocko-block of mostly brand new and some brand renewed UK dance music! Click here to listen again and click here to download this show. Here’s how the game was won. Dusky… Continue reading
Many thanks to all who tuned in for another two hours of big U.K. beats and Brit electronica this week! Click here to listen again to this episode of Dig Deep and click… Continue reading
Another stellar show of wall-to-wall brand new and brand classic UK beats and basslines! Click here to listen again to the latest episode of the show and click here to download it. Here’s… Continue reading
The best in UK electronica featuring brand new and brand old tracks from across the Atlantic that you need to hear. Click here to listen again to the show. Here’s how it sounded.… Continue reading
Special Mercury Music Prize shortlist rundown this week on Seattle’s specialist U.K. electronica show Dig Deep! Here’s how it worked its magic. MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE SHORTLIST All odds to win taken from the… Continue reading
Here’s how it spun. Zero dB – ‘The Snare’ Rizzle Kicks – ‘Down With The Trumpets’ (Star Slinger Remix) Kid Gloves – ‘Music Power’ (Original Mix) Dem 2 – ‘Long Shak Dodge’ (Original… Continue reading
Jungle! We kicked off the show tonight with the massive ‘Close’ by Derby’s Drumsound & Bassline Smith and followed with Bristol’s Loadstar mix of Jess Mills. Our PRODUCER IN THE SPOTLIGHT was grime/house… Continue reading
