Carol Vorderman, Mark E Smith and Gustav Holst walk into a bar

Anyone else noticed:

• The Countdown theme is basically a better-played instrumental rip-off of "Psykick Dancehall" by The Fall;

mp3: The Fall — "Psykick Dancehall"

• Both of them are basically rip-offs of the first part of Gustav Holst's "Jupiter: The Bringer of Jollity" (@ 01:51)?

mp3: Gustav Holst — "Jupiter: The Bringer of Jollity"

i feel a medley coming on.

Hip-hop production hypothetical

If Can had left an open bit in Jaki Liebezeit's drumming on "Halleluhwah", they'd have a break up there with "Synthetic Substitution" or "Impeach the President" on their hands. Discuss.



mp3: Can — "Halleluhwah"

Secret number fail.

Let's hope your patients don't own computers.

On the Radar Volume 4 out today!

Certified Banger writes:

So, it's here - for all of you who were waiting! 'On The Radar Volume 4' is available for your downloading pleasure and with over a dozen exclusives, Volume 4 proves that the series is going from strength to strength.

Volume 4 features 20 tracks of strictly British Hip Hop from rappers and producers from around the Kingdom. Certified Banger’s now cemented reputation in the underground and online UK rap scene means that UK artists , who are not yet on the radar, have a platform for their music – so long as it’s decent! Judging by the subsequent success of previous ‘OTR’ artists you can expect to hear much more from these names in the near future.

In summary then, as grime nutter Bruza would probably say, "WOT U WAITIN FORRRR?!?!?!!!"

1. Delusionists – "Parallel Worldz" feat. Invizible Frenz (CB Exclusive)
2. Chosen Spokesmen – "Mad Real" (Prod. by Chemo) (CB Exclusive)
3. C-Froo – "Financial Times"
4. S.Kalibre – "English" (Prod. by Mike S)
5. Instance – "Can't Get Down" (Prod. by Mike D) (CB Exclusive)
6. Vee Kay – "Backroad" ft. Dead Residents (CB Exclusive)
7. Rapskallions – "Battleslang" (Mr. Loop Remix) (CB Exclusive)
8. Runamuk – "No Gimmicks" ft. Unfriendly Neighbours & Blaze (Prod. by Terror) (CB Exclusive)
9. Lunar C – "Stop Stressin’" (Prod. by Ant Orange) (CB Exclusive)
10. Uncle Dicky – "Running On Fumes" ft. Nozeeny (Prod. by Lazyb0nes) (CB Exclusive)
11. Nutty P – "Why So Serious?" (CB Exclusive)
12. Leady – "Travelling Man" (Prod. by Irn Mnky)
13. Joker Starr – "Get Up" (CB Exclusive)
14. EdXL – "Crocodile Smile" (Prod. by Cranky Fatso)
15. 10Shott – "Soldier Salute"
16. Skinnista & Gadger – "Get Away" ft. Dvas & Reggiimental (CB Exclusive)
17. The Riddlah – "Mind Right" (Prod. by Nasty P)
18. Knew Jeru’slum – "Dreamcatchers" ft. JND (Prod. by Eliphino) (CB Exclusive)
19. 30KB – "Crewd Sons (Ghost in the Machine)" (CB Exclusive)
20. JVF Clique – "Lose The Chains" (CB Exclusive)
21. Bonus Track: Zion I – "Legacy" ft. Ty

DOWNLOAD IT HERRRRE

More info: http://certifiedbanger.blogspot.com/

Desert Island Dicks — "The Shades of Jazz to Come" (AMP005)

The new Desert Island Dicks album, released by Amoebic Industries (Unlimited) on 28 July 2009, is entitled The Shades of Jazz to Come, a dextrous play on the name of Ornette Coleman's seminal free jazz masterpiece The Shape of Jazz to Come.

The Coleman association is not merely a titular one; the album is also based sonically on The Shape of Jazz to Come. Six slices of the original Coleman album, each equivalent to ten percent of the length of each track, were extracted like biopsy tissue samples, re-stretched by a factor of ten until they arrived back at each track's original length, and post-effected as necessary. The record thus revisits tropes of both of the groups' previous albums, Bring Me the Head of Miles Davis... (use of the '50s/'60s jazz avant-garde) and Stretch Marks (vast expansion, post-production).

The cover was designed by Cliff Lipp for Dreamguts.

Vice magazine called the album "the year's primo meditation music for the discerning smackhead". NME failed to comprehend the concept in an entirely characteristic fashion.

Track listing
All tracks by Coleman/Dicks.

1. "Lonely Woman" — 5:02
   
2. "Eventually" — 4:22
3. "Peace" — 9:04
   
4. "Focus on Sanity" — 6:52
5. "Congeniality" — 6:48
   
6. "Chronology" — 6:03

Personnel

• Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
• Don Cherry – cornet
• Charlie Haden – double bass
• Billy Higgins – drums
• Desert Island Dicks – noises, post-production

DOWNLOAD:

The Shades of Jazz to Come (AMP005)

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– Desert Island Dicks @ last.fm
– Desert Island Dicks @ myspace
– Desert Island Dicks Facebook page

Desert Island Dicks 2009. Experiments can go down as well as up.

RIP John Hughes (1950 — 2009)

And so the familiar landscape of the eighties continues to seep slowly, inexorably, away.


(i know i should sort be obliged to feel a certain kinship for Ally Sheedy in The Breakfast Club, but Molly was like a perfect sonnet in female form in that film.)

"RIP 80s dreams of friendship crossing social strata" — Pip

RIP John Hughes.

mp3: Simple Minds — "(Don't You) Forget About Me" (YSI)

30KB on "On the Radar" Vol. 4 from Certified Banger

So the day we got back from Kendal, we also got an email from head-of-the-pack UK hip-hop blogger Certified Banger ("the top dog in this blogging phenomena... period!", says Taskforce's Farma G), to tell us that 30KB are one of 21 artists featured on the forthcoming fourth instalment of his winning On the Radar compilation series.

We're completely thrilled to feature on UK rap's premier contemporary showcase alongside people whose music we listen to regularly. Previous volumes of OTR have featured the likes of B'tol & Jagos, Grimlok, Skillit, Skandal, JVF Clique, The Three Amigos, Baron Samedi, Mr Loop, Dialect, Stylah and Delegates of Culture, as well as appearances from, among others, Sonny Jim, Kyza, Klashnekoff, Witchdoctor Wise, Ramson Badbonez 'n' the mighty Jehst. Not a roster to be sneezed at in any way, i think you'll agree.

If you've previously missed out on On the Radar volumes 1—3, you'll be pleased to know they are all still available to grab: just click the album covers above or hit up the CB rapidshare here for links to all three. You are well advised to cop 'em.

Anyway, here's our track, as well as a few more whose quality has stuck out after the mere couple of plays i've so far managed. The comp is officially released in a couple of days, so i'll no doubt write about it again then. Big props, Cee.

mp3: Delusionists — "Parallel Worldz" feat. Invizible Frenz
mp3: Runamuk — "No Gimmicks" feat. Unfriendly Neighbours & Blaze
mp3: 30,000 Bastards — "Crewd Sons (Ghost in the Machine)"
mp3: Knew Jeru'slum — "Dreamcatchers" feat. JND