New Wiley... 'Numbers in Action'

Feast your eyes, ladies and gents, on the brand new video for Wiley's 'Numbers in Action.' Undoubtedly the ultimate video by the grime godfather, and in his own words 'the best video I ever done,' it's a superb visual accompaniment to the minimal bounce of the song.

Numbers in Action will be released on the 16th May and is the first single from the brand new studio album '100% Publishing,' due for release on the 4th July on Big Dada.

Read the Guardian article here

Flowers for Jun - Nujabes Tribute & Hope for Tommorow Tsunami Fundraiser

When browsing the pages of word is bond, one of the internet's best underground hip-hop blogs, i stumbled across their collection of the various tribute tracks, and reinterpretations of tracks, in memory of Nujabes; the Japanese producer who so effortlessly fused jazz and hip hop with such tenderness & subtlety - who sadly died last february in a car accident. Various producers & composers including collaborators, hydeout productions artists & underground Japanese instrumental beatmakers reinterpret Nujabes' nostalgic compositions or create original works in memory of one of the finest & most important hip hop producers of all time, well for me anyway. 

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01. Eternal Soul - Ruto
02. Homeward Journey - Uyama Hiroto
03. Tribute to Nujabes - Kondor
04. Hope Springs Eternal - Witness
05. In Memory of Nujabes - Blazo
06. Long Live Nujabes - Marcus D
07. ヌジャベスへ(To Nujabes) (Interlude) - KUROISOUL
08. Soul Departure - Mark Meronek
09. Nujabes Tribute - Jason Yang
10. Keep Moving - Nak x Michita x Evan Awake
11. The World Loves You - FreshGalaxy
12. Seeking - Otso
13. Autumn - ВАНЯ
14. Stairway to Heaven - Ajay
15. Poem of Sky and Sea (Robotaki Remix) - Tenmon 天門
16. L'Ange Dans Le Ciel - Rookie
17. Counting Stars (Nujabes Tribute) - Freddie Joachim
18. A Verse For Life - Ash Day


Below is a sequence from the Japanese anime series Samurai Champloo whom the brilliantly scored soundtrack was (mainly) produced by Nujabes. enjoy. 

all these tribute songs were already posted for free. big up to word is bond & check out their (amazing) tribute compilation 'Hope For Tommorow'  put together to help raise funds for the Japanese relief efforts, as a result of the devastating Tsunami & earthquake which struck Tokyo last month. The album includes brilliant tracks & remixes from producers & beatmakers from all over the world (Australia, Japan, Canada, Poland..). all showing their support. 



Buy the album here (and preview listen)

 100% of the money will be given away and shared between the charities Save The Children and GlobalGiving.

Tracklist:

1. Kyoko's Break - Ljones (US)
2. In Due Time - Blazo (Poland)
3. All We Got Is Us ft Jas Mace, Nieve & Nicholas Wonder - Thomas Prime (US/UK)
4. One 4 Awer - Dela (France)
5. Worlds End - SoulChef (US)
6. Prelude - Tsunenori (Japan)
7. Awake for Life - Kondor & Avens (Poland)
8. I Think I Need  You Now  (Prod. by Kondor) - Landon Wordswell a.k.a Youngs (US/Poland)
9. Eternal Life Melody - Reki (France)
10. Beyong the Road - Hiro a.k.a Melodiverse (Japan)
11. Voyage - Thaory Pan Demic (Japan)
12. Gentle Light - Niha (Japan)
13. [en]strumental - LEMS (Japan)
14. Tokyo Twilight (Neoson-Ichiban Remix) - Bop Alloy (K-Murdock Remix) (US)
15. Faith - Marcus D (US)
16. Hold On - Fresh Sly (US)
17. Hope in a Cold World - Trebles and Blues (US)
18. No Good - La Fine Equipe (France)
19. Life goes on - D.N.S. (Moldova)
20. What i Said - Ta-Ku (Australia)
21. Vision - Ackryte (US)
22. Bullsh*t - Häzel (France)
23. Painted Lady - bugseed (Japan)
24. Love Japan - Kyo Itachi (France)
25. Flye - Stro the 89th Key (US)
26. Before Tomorrow - Gowe (US)
27. Vespers - Phish aka Soundzimage (France)
28. Ali Pali Lunar ft Radimo - Hey!Zeus of Obaa Supa (UK)
29. Picture Fell pt2 - B.Lewis (US)
30. Geoscream - The Loop Commission (Japan)
31. The Memo (Esbe Remix) - Substantial (US)
32. Since you've been gone - Josh Furey (Canada)
33. Dark Before Night - Suplington (UK)
34. Let me show you - BAHЯ (Germany)
35. Ez Does It (feat. Sónin') (Cuts By Abstrakt Idea) - DJ Ezasscul (US)
36. Sentimental Antiques - BeNeVoLeNcE (US)
37. When the Storm Comes - Navid B (Australia)
38. Tsunami - Ian Keteku (Canada)

RIP Nujabes 

& god bless all the people involved in the tragidy which ravaged Japan so severely last month! 

Read W.I.B article here 

About Group - 'You're No Good' [2011]

Above is the recent single from About Group (featuring Charles Hayward, Pat Thomas, John Coxon and Alexis Taylor), who released their second record 'Start & Complete' on Domino Records. The track takes inspiration from 'Terry Riley's landmark 1967 track, on which the minimalist composer took Harvey Averne's latin-tinged soul track, You're No Good, and turned it into a free flowing piece of tape loop improvisation. Running two copies of the track alongside one another, Riley weaved between the tapes, dropping out and slowing down the song'.


Harvey Averne Dozen - 'You're No Good' [1968]



The group's first record was subtly released under the moniker of Hayward/Coxon/Thomas/Taylor in 2009, simply titled 'About' on Treader. The album is the product of one day's improvisation by the group, resulting in 4 tracks, including 'Forgacs' which you can hear below: HAYWARD/COXON/THOMAS/TAYLOR “ABOUT” - #2: Forgacs by charleshayward

'Start & Complete'

Read a Guardian interview with members of the group here

Wagon Christ - 'Chunkothy'

Taken from the new Wagon Christ album 'Toomorrow', out now on CD, LP and download: http://bit.ly/hWkL1n. The one and only Luke Vibert returning to the fray - the king of stoned exotica, ridiculous vocal samples, toothsome puns, swinging rhythm and the psychedelic groove, Vibert has never been one to take himself too seriously, but his music continues to delight.

The 'Chunkothy' video is directed and animated by Celyn Brazier at Nexus with Beccy McCray providing invaluable production skills. Bali Engel helped colour and provided the beautiful animated sequences for the insect loop and fishes. Margot Tsakiri-Scanatovits and Manav Dhir also provided colouring skills and contributed to the animation of the insects. Steve Mc Inerney constructed the final edit with perfect timing and imagination.

The animation was created in Photoshop, with most sequences on one layer. It was as simple as that really. No gimmicks, no tweeny motion tricks, no cgi. Celyn created small beat guides for reference, sometimes following the rhythm, for example on the bouncy ball loops, but mostly as many random patterns and as much weird sh*t that she could possibly make in six weeks.

Look out for the Mexican cat!

Smashing Promotions Presents ... CABLES CAUSE FIRES @ Royal Park Cellars - Sat 19th March '11 - £2

Smashing Promotions Presents...

CABLES CAUSE FIRES
www.cablescausefires.co.uk
"...Sharp, edgy... and most importantly cool..." - The Rewind Podcast
"...guitar that would make Johnny Marr swoon..." - Tasty Fanzine

NOT GREAT MEN
www.myspace.com/notgreatmen
"...a sound which borrows from hard-edged post punk and modern guitar led indie..." - Leeds Music Scene

EMPIRE SAFARI
www.empiresafari.co.uk
"...There's something in this band that is pretty exciting..." - BBC Introducing 
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SATURDAY 19TH MARCH 2011 @ ROYAL PARK CELLARS.
ENTRY IS JUST TWO POUNDS ON THE DOOR.
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FREE YOUR MIND & Your Ass Will Follow!! @ Hyde Park Social Club - FRIDAY 4th MARCH '11

Disco Stew Presents... FREE YOUR MIND & Your Ass Will Follow!!

Spinning the records between 8.30 and 11 @ Hyde Park Social Club for £2 is Disco Stew’s Funky residents;

- Dr Funkenstein
- The Watermelon Man
- Uncle Jam

And providing funk from 11 till 1 are guests;
- Staviola
http://soundcloud.com/staviola
- P Nuts
http://soundcloud.com/p-nuts


As it is written henceforth… that on the Fourth Day, the cosmic strumpet of Mother Nature was spawned to envelop this Third Planet in Funkadelical Vibrations. And she birthed Apostles Hendrix, Sun Ra, Stone & Clinton to preserve all funkiness of man unto eternity… But! Fraudulent forces of obnoxious jivation grew; Sun Ra strobed back to Saturn, to await his next reincarnation, Jimi was forced back into basic atoms; Sly was co-opted into a jester monolith… and only seedling Clinton remained! As it came to be, he did indeed, begat Funkadelic to temporarily restore Funk Within The Universe… but out of the temporal vacuum rose Disco Stew’s ferocious funk & stone-cold soul to conquer & envelop funky disco forevermore… The plea: Free Your Mind, and as a result of grooveation & Funkadelic causation; Your Ass Will Follow! 


Expect to hear: The JBs/Booker T & The MGs/Rick James/Speedometer/Jimi Castor Bunch/Kool & The Gang/Parliament-Funkadelic
/The Haggis Horns/ Brother to Brother/James Brown/Sly & The Family Stone/DOOM/ Earth, Wind & Fire/K.C & The Sunshine Band/J Rocc/Fela Kuti/Aria Afrobeat Archestra/Aloe Blacc/RJD2/Michael Jackson/Ebony Rhythm Band/Maeco And All The Kings Men/US3/Guru/Fred Wesley/The Incredible Bongo Band/Lee Dorsey/The Roots/Herbie Hancock/Kashmire Stage Band/Talking Heads/Don Blackman/Gil Scott/Erykah Badu/Mayer Hawthorne


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CARIBOU // FOUR TET

Four Tet, Kieran Hebden to friends, has always been a personal favourite of ours over here at Hydrogen Jukebox. Even if some of us don't always step up to the plate soon enough when tickets for a local show are going fast (Fred...), thus missing a great show. And it was a great show.

Caribou is a Canadian glitch magician, in a similar vein to that of the afore mentioned Mr Hebden. Despite a name change from Manitoba in 2004, Daniel V. Snaith has been releasing bubbling electonica with softly-sung melodies ever since. His 2010 album Swim garnered universal acclaim, and is undoubtedly one of the best records of last year.

In honour of these guys, we're putting up a few of their harder to find/more recent tracks for your enjoyment, some of which feature on their upcoming split 12" to be released on Text Records, as well as a namesake classic at the bottom. Enjoy!

Four Tet - Angel Echoes (Caribou remix) : http://www.mediafire.com/?5vtuezmmnjm
Bonobo - Pick Up (Four Tet Mix Edit) : http://www.mediafire.com/?xg4e92pptll04wc

Pinnacles by Four Tet

Daphni - Ye Ye by Caribouband

Pixies - Caribou : http://www.mediafire.com/?urz7ffvxrjosovj