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March 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Tenderlonious: Think Twice (ep)

Tenderlonious Think Twice (ep) 22a Music / 22a Ed “Tenderlonious” Cawthorne released a killer record last year called Hard Rain and he followed it up with this EP – another oblique  Bob Dylan reference… Flautist, saxophonist, bandleader turned label-owner, beatmaker and producer, Tenderlonious has parked his future-jazz 22archestra to the side and now seems more […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 22a, Album Review, Beatmaker, Dennis Ayler, DJ Rels, Ed “Tenderlonious” Cawthorne, Ed Cawthorne, EP, Funk, House, Jazz, Karriem Riggins, Madlib, Moodymann, Questlove, Techno, Tenderlonious, Tenderlonious: Think Twice (ep), Theo Parrish, Think Twice, Think Twice (ep), You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 399

Madvillian, Madvillainy (2004) So this guy buzzes me the other day, says “What do you make of this record, any good?” And I tell him that Madvillain – the pairing of MF DOOM and Madlib – was golden as far as I was concerned; like a really big deal for me. It arrived when I […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2004, 2xLP, Accordion, Doom, double-album, Great Day, Hip-Hop, LP, Madlib, Madvillainy, Madvilliany, MF Doom, Record, Rush, The Vinyl Countdown # 399, Vinyl ·

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November 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Back To The Future: The DVD Player as CD Player – Strange Revelation

Last night I found an old DVD player – I remember buying it a few years back, using it for a while, but it wouldn’t play any multi-zone discs and so it was tucked away in a cabinet. I bought an even cheaper model ($19.99 in a supermarket) and that one works brilliantly; plays everything. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Albums, Back To The Future, Back To The Future: The DVD Player as CD Player - Strange Revelation, Barb Jungr, Burns, Burnt, CD, CD Player, Christopher O'Riley, Copies, David Axelrod, Discman, DVD, DVD Player, Favourites, Felix Da Housecat, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers, LP, Madlib, Music, Music Collection, Nostalgia, Quasimoto, Range, Records, Strange Revelation, The Black Crowes, The Dukes of Stratosphear, The DVD Player as CD Player, Vinyl, XTC ·

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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 – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Beat Music, Beat Music Production, Beat Music Productions, Beatmaker, DJ Shadow, Heernt, Karriem Riggins, Madlib, Mark Guiliana, Moby, My Life Starts Now ·

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September 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Madlib: The Beats [Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton – OST]

Madlib The Beats [Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton – OST] Stones Throw Here’s Madlib’s first soundtrack – released on limited ed 10” vinyl (following an earlier cassette-only release). It’s the soundtrack to the Stones Throw documentary, Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton (see here for my review of the Wellington event where the film was screened […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], 10" vinyl, Album Review, Documentary, Film Review, Limited Edition, Madlib, Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton, Soundtrack, Stones Throw, The Beats ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 33 1/3, Beatmaker, Bloomsbury, Book, Book Review, Dilla, Donuts, Hip-Hop, Instrumental Hip-Hop, J Dilla, James Yancey, Jay Dee, Jordan Ferguson, Madlib, Music Book, Peanut Butter Wolf, Producer, Stones Throw, The Pharcyde ·

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July 28, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Peanut Butter Wolf + Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton (July 27, Wgtn)

Peanut Butter Wolf + Our Vinyl Weights A Ton documentary Meow, Wellington Sunday, July 27 Peanut Butter Wolf, born Chris Manak, is a hip-hop DJ and producer and the founder of Stones Throw Records. His show in Wellington, the final from a series of dates around Australia and New Zealand accompanied a screening of the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Tribe Called Quest, AV set, Chris Manak, Dam-Funk, DJ, DJ Set, DJing, Documentary, Film, Gang Starr, Gig Review, Hip-Hop, J Dilla, Live, Live Set, Madlib, Madvillain, MAZDEF, Meow, Music Doco, Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton, Peanut Butter Wolf, Prince, Review, Stones Throw, Stones Throw Records, Sunday July 27 ·

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July 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jet Jaguar: Hoops

Jet Jaguar Hoops Independent/Bandcamp Michael Upton has been making music as Jet Jaguar for close to 20 years now and after last year’s fun-stroll/troll, Five Production Mistakes Even Professionals Keep Making (They’re Not What You Think)  – one of a handful of EPs in a clear-out – he now offers up Hoops. It’s just four […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Aphex Twin, Bandcamp, Boards Of Canada, Christoph El' Truento, EP, Five Production Mistakes Even Professionals Keep Making (They’re Not What You Think), Hoops, Jet Jaguar, Madlib, Michael Upton ·

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January 31, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Madlib: Rock Konducta Vol. 1

Madlib Rock Konducta Vol. 1 Stones Throw Rock Konducta Vol. 1 is the latest in Madlib’s “Beat Konducta” series that has him making up imaginary soundtracks, and offloading beats and pieces from his archive. This one is strictly vinyl only, though it will be re-issued in 2014, released as Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (as […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alphabethead, Madlib, Rock Konducta Vol. 1, Turntablism, Vinyl Only ·

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December 3, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Quasimoto: Yessir Whatever

  Quasimoto Yessir Whatever Stones Throw Following a couple of albums – and a handful of singles – in the early 2000s Madlib put his Quasimoto character to rest. The side-project featured a pitched-up vocal, similar to Prince’s Camille alter-ego with a hint of the Gorillaz about the project too – an animated character, attempting […]
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September 5, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Booker T: Sound The Alarm

Booker T Sound The Alarm Concord Jazz Booker T. Jones has been the victim of a handful of “comeback” albums across the last two decades, including, originally, the re-billing of Booker T & The M.G.’s and then he recorded just as Booker T. Jones (including with The Roots backing him; no complaints there). This new […]
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