Hannah Peel’s Mary Casio makes a return journey
Hannah Peel’s third album, ‘Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia’ - a seven-movement odyssey comp...
Fri, 31 October 25
Society of Sound: Blue Lab Beats
Blue Lab Beats are NK-OK, aka 18-year-old electronic beats programmer Namali Kwaten, and Mr DM, aka multi-instrumentalist David Mrakpor, 23. A double act with a combined love of hip hop artists J. Dilla, Public Enemy and a Tribe Called Quest; jazz heroes Herbie Hancock and Roy Ayers; soul legends Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield.
They pair fuse minds as well as genres. Their new Society of Sound release, Xover, captures their sultry mish-mash, with its American source and London attitude – the duo neatly side-step the clearance problems that beset so many of their hip hop heroes by cutting up live music made especially for them, effectively sampling themselves.
The album was recorded at Real World Studios.
"We just do what we love doing. Whenever we're together the work flows really fast."
Further reading
Hannah Peel & Beibei Wang – new collaboration
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Spafford Campbell: Erasing genre and finding gold in the embers
Jane Cornwell talks to Spafford Campbell about new album Tomorrow Held.
Wed, 10 September 25
‘I’m really moved by people’s response to it’ – John Metcalfe discusses the album Tree
John Metcalfe releases three new remixes of tracks from his album 'Tree' and brings a special perfor...
Wed, 24 July 24