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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. […]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
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 […]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
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
September 5, 2013 by Simon Sweetman