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October 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
DJ OBOE: DJ OBOE
DJ OBOE DJ OBOE (Independent/Bandcamp) Riki Gooch is a drummer, produce and beatmaker. He’s been both band-leader and sideman and a DJ in various guises. He’s been making music under various aliases (Eru Dangerspiel, Cave Circles, Nil-Nil) across the last decade and a half and has been behind the kit (and sometime the MPC/sampler) for […]Archive
October 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Jlin: Black Origami
Jlin Black Origami Planet Mu Records Ltd. Jerrilynn Patton has been making music under the moniker Jlin since 2008 – and after a few key singles in the early 2010s she made her mark with 2015’s debut full-lengther, Dark Energy. Twisting rhythms around themselves to create a sprawling, hypnotic prototype of trance and techno splices […]Archive
April 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 57 – Myele Manzanza
Welcome to episode 57 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, L’affare and Yeastie Boys. This one is a chat with musician Myele Manzanza. I first met Myele about five years ago when I interviewed him for this story around the release of his debut album. I knew he was […]Archive
January 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
J Dilla: Jay Dee’s Ma Dukes Collection
J Dilla Jay Dee’s Ma Dukes Collection Yancey Media Group/LLC/Official Ma Dukes J Dilla died 10 years ago. Aged just 32. He had released a handful of hip-hop masterpieces, some under his own name, many in assisting others. Since his passing there’s been no shortage of Dilla beats, mostly thanks – in dubious tones – […]Archive
March 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
J Dilla: Dillatronic
J Dilla Dillatronic Vintage Vibes Yes, yes, it’s starting to feel like Hendrix, or Jeff Buckley…and it’s felt that way a while, in fact, as we have just passed the 10th Anniversary of J Dilla’s death (he was just 32). But at least Dillatronic contains some actual magic – and more than that it’s reminders, […]Archive
September 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Mark Guiliana: My Life Starts Now
Mark Guiliana My Life Starts Now Beat Music Productions Mark Guiliana has been on my radar since discovering his old band Heernt, a jazzer with huge forward-thrust, a most musical drummer who you just knew, from hearing with Heernt and in backing the likes of Me’Shell Ndegeocello and Dhafer Youssef, collaborating with Brad Mehldau – […]Archive
July 31, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Jordan Ferguson: J Dilla’s Donuts (33 1/3)
J Dilla’s Donuts (33 1/3) Jordan Ferguson Bloomsbury Academic It’s sometimes worrying when a thoroughly modern album is approached as part of the 33 1/3 series. Maybe we’re more sympathetic with the passing of time, ready and open for nostalgia and of course, more simply, there’s more weight attached with the wait, the passing of […]Archive
May 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman