Forgotten Treasures: Romanthony “The Wanderer” (1993)
Romanthony has always been one of my favorite old school house artists, very original and instantly recognizable on any track. He is known for mid-90’s classics like “Let me show you love” and “Bring U Up” but my personal favorite by far has always been “The Wanderer”. I have a …
Forgotten Treasure: Pattie Blingh “Brother: The Point” 2562 Remix (2008)
What with Mr Huismans (aka A Made Up Sound / 2562) taking us on a tour of his favourite record stores (link to article), now seems like a good time to drop this Forgotten Treasure. Dubstep happened to me when I started uni in 2005. It involved spending hours in …
Future Classic: Vox Sambou “Dyasporafriken”
For those of you who don’t know, I’m a child from the Haitian Diaspora and though there is a strong delegation of Haitians in my city it was still hard to keep the connection between the culture I was being taught at school and the culture my mom was teaching …
Future Classic: Bunji Garlin “Differentology”
This past winter being what it was, only one thing helped me cope with the meteorological cruelty: Soca. Following some kind of Cosmic Alignment touched by the gaze of a loving Creator, our winter’s harshest month coincides with Trinidad‘s yearly Carnival season. If you ever find yourself in need of …
Future Classic: Big Dada presents “Grime 2.0”
Don’t look for braces in a gift horse’s mouth, they say! Along comes, in a nicely thumping gallop, the latest grime compilation from Ninja Tune‘s off shot Big Dada compiled by none other than writer / A&R extraordinaire Joe Muggs. Adding “2.0” to the title should set it aside from …
Future Classic: Rihanna “Cockiness” (Jonas LR remix)
For the record I’m not a big fan of Rihanna. I don’t really dig her voice and struggle with the sheer amount of radio play she gets. This Christmas, I bought my little sister a copy of Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange to try and wean her off a diet of …
Future Classic: Donald Byrd “Dominoes” (J Boogie Edit)
Here’s a super funky edit of the live version of Donald Byrd’s “Dominoes” by one of my favourite dudes from around the way, the one and only, J-Boogie. Mr. Boogie did a nice job of beefing up this timeless classic for the dance floor, making it a staple go to …
Future Classic: Outboxx “Outboxx” (Idle Hands)
I don’t consider myself a specialist of House music or assume anything about what I don’t recognize because most of it is new to me anyway. House is only a genre that I have recently begun to have a proper relationship with, so I am slightly clueless about where to …
Future Classic: DJ Mitsu The Beats “Beat Installments Vol 2”
Smooth like pouring custard, phat like The Biggest Loser cast, and crafted like a Renissance master. C’mon man, it’s Mitsu! Was it ever gonna be anything else? I’m not name checking any tunes here, as I’m into ALL of them, for different reasons. However, I will say this. ‘New Connection’ …