A Primer For July On This Wet June Night

Next month sees the release of the follow up to what I think of one of the best albums in my collection, and of 2004, October by Wasteland. The album itself merged so many genres into a melting pot that seemed to have hardcore structual backbone based in grime and somewhat loosely in crunk, yet had enough deep ambience and hints at both I-Sounds and DJ Scuds individual pasts that it made it a totally essential album for home listening, as well as one that had tracks that worked so well in a night environment it was untrue. Well now 2006 is upon us, the focus of 'urban music' has slightly shifted and so it seems has the focus of Wasteland from the one track that I've heard from the album before it hits the shops in July, Technology is a bass heavy, dark, judder monster that wears it's dubstep allegiences on the sleeve. I for one can't wait for the album.

Newcastle and Sunderland people beware DJ Marloboro is hitting World Headquarters on the 9th July as part of the excellent No-Fi series, bring on the funk carioca I will be there.

Doughnuts

I have to say that Lethal Bizzle although not my favourite MC has delivered a defence of "black music" in the wake of David Cameron's slamming of Tim Westwood's Radio 1 show and generally the presence of violence in lyrics. Its an age old accusation of culture creating a social problem, froms murders inspired by metallica to Cameron's current rage. My line on it is that targeting music is turning your eyes away from the causes of the problem and going for a target that doesn't require a great reassessment of the situation and the beliefs held by yourself and society at large.

Notice of Cancellation of Your Supply....and a few thoughts

So thats it until September, no more shows, but I shall survive somehow without a microphone near my mouth. Turns out that the streamer and playout computer in the NSR studio have had near fatal episodes in the past few weeks. I'd do a great job of explaining why, but quite frankly I think NSR overall doesn't deserve me trampling upon it, especially considering the last five years of broadcasting experience it's given me. I'm not sure if Forward Motion will return to NSR, we'll have to wait and see. Though fear not the show will be on Utopia in September all being well.
Not much to report at the moment, summer jaunts that have been planned seem unlikely to go ahead or will not go ahead. I'm definitley not going to Barcelona for Sonar or in fact the soot party in that fair city...I'm unlikely to be hitting London for FWD on Thursday, as much as I wanna go. In the meantime I'm currently setting up a documentary that will be looking at Dubstep and its roots...so people be wary I'll be hitting inboxes soon.
I'm currently listening to what I can only describe as a pleasant excursion into the country in the form of soft melting electronic loops, and folk elements, with lovely ambient samples all courtesy of a fellow geordie by the name of Matinee Orchestra, if you want what I just described for a bit of summer home listening I can't recommend enough if you wanna shock out and rave go pick up Kid 606's latest effort Pretty Girls Make Raves...a very true statement, it seems to be a recurring theme that to be a good night you need female presence...too many men spoil the party.