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You can tell that if an artist has been taken under the Gilles Peterson wing, then they are generally bound for success. Mo Kolours who was recognized for what I’m calling a Pacific Islander Future Funk Tropicalia blend, is no exception. With a Mauritanian Sega …
I’ll sometimes catch BBC 1XTRA’s UKG show but the beats they play sound nothing like those of the golden age gangstas in the video above. Step back to a time when Artful Dodger and So Solid Crew were doing something radically different from the …
I wasnt crazy about last years Billionaire Boys Club and Sk8Thing’s collaboration with Palladium. I felt it did an alright job of highligthing the two brands but I didnt feel like it really brought anything very new or special to the table, but that’s not stopping them from renewing the series.
However, I think that this 2013 season’s revision of the Richard Chai Pampa Tactical and Pampa Hi are pushing innovation and design to another level not seen in Palladium before. Check out the spacey Air Yeezy-esque space boots below.
Duke Slammer is the latest moniker from established techno maverick, Luke’s Anger. As he said in his BBC Introducing interview, he enjoys “looking for albums that sound like Prince but aren’t as good” to help create his electro-boogie, spandex-obsessed sound. You can hear ‘GO$$IP’ from …