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With their second album, The Cinematic Orchestra formed the perfect match of name and music. »Everyday« builds cinematic shots through revelling jazz that hasn’t lost any of its magic 20 years later.
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With the labels Emotional Rescue and Emotional Response, (and three or four others), the hardworking Briton Stuart Leath is on the lookout for the subtle Vinyl records, old and new, forgotten and undiscovered. Sometimes to the point of self-abandonment. Now he is celebrating his 10th anniversary.
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For almost 13 years, Tampa Bay’s Vonne and Dre have been making music as rap duo They Hate Change. Now their album debut »Finally, New« has been released on Jagjaguwar. In addition to a collaboration with DJ Gay-Z, who grew up in Mississippi, the two musicians also like to jump back and forth between post-punk and krautrock in terms of genre. We had the opportunity to talk to them and introduce you to them today.
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Our columnist Florian Aigner has listened through current longplayers, experienced polyrhythmic headfucks, discovered his inner Kurt Vile, and incidentally debunked the Pizza Margerita of electronic music.
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Sunday after Sunday, listeners worldwide tune in when Lefto Early Bird goes on the air on Kiosk Radio from a park in the middle of Brussels. With an enormous range from Soul Jazz and MPB to gospel, disco, funk and acid house, the Belgian DJ has become something of the European conscience of world music-fed hip-hop.
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With »Paul’s Boutique,« the Beastie Boys entered the history of hip-hop. However, the record hardly sold. What to do? Back to the roots. With “Check Your Head” – which today stands on equal ground with its predecessor. Although this album is so fundamentally different.
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Olf van Elden has been releasing records as Interstellar Funk for a decade. He is a welcome guest at parties of the Dekmantel label. Now his album debut »Into The Echo« has been released there. We had the opportunity to talk to him.
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