A fitting tune to post on a Friday because most of you are probably going to be drinking a few of these (or another drink of choice, ‘Brandy & Coke’ is on the flip) while you’re out later. If you have no friends and tend to spend Fridays alone however, then I recommend you drink a few by yourself….a homeless man once told me that alcohol remedies all and rolled off a bench onto the floor without spilling his beer. I can only hope that one day I reach level 99 like him.
As for the actual tune, it’s a funky/garage cracker from Radio 1Xtra’s DJ Q featuring vocals from Brandy that makes me want to shout things like “mash up de place”, wear a thick gold chain and pretend I can afford champagne. I would dance, but I’m clearly too cool to go beyond some carefully rehearsed raised hand movements.
While half the world is out there doing important stuff like having a job, raising children or helping the homeless — big deal, right? — the rest of us are waiting in huddled groups for a new Burial release. Well, the time to rejoice is now because news surfaced earlier this week via Kode9 on Twitter that a release dubbed Kindred EP is imminent and set for both a vinyl and digital outing. Additionally, and more relevant to those of us with shallow pockets, it will also “def be less than 25 quid”, a comment referring to the inflated price of the recent Massive Attack remixes.
Anyway, my initial reading of the news was more exhilarating than the time Tommy Tucker told me Brucey Wammond had broken his arm playing hockey and therefore wasn’t able to beat me up after school, but it was nothing compared to this morning when I woke up to receive a clip of a tune from the EP titled ‘Ashtray Wasp’. Played last night on Hyperdub’s Rinse FM show, it’s only a snippet of what Scratcha DVA assures us is an 8 minute track, but it’s still exciting to hear. I’m sure there will be people telling me not to wet my pants just because it’s something by Burial, but seriously, have a listen and get back to me.
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People may walk past our window and scream “Scrooooge!” while shaking their fists, but we can be generous souls here at Box Musique and to prove it we’re giving away 2 pairs of tickets to Triangle in London on December 2nd. Of course, in reality, it’s the guys over at Triangle who are giving away the tickets and we are merely facilitating such generosity, so don’t give us all the credit…but do give us some.
In terms of the actual event, Hyperdub’s Ossie is headlining proceedings with his blissful brand of organically-inspired house ready to get you moving like a centipede on a trampoline or possibly even a millipede on a trampoline. Alongside him is another purveyor of chilled yet optimistic vibes in Hackman, Take Record’s James Fox and the Triangle resident 2-22′s is the final piece of the beautiful puzzle. Basically, if you’ve got a place in your heart for the deep and groovy, then this is your thing. Or maybe I should change “thing” to “ting” to sound a bit cooler…and maybe not use the word groovy, ever.
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To enter all you’ve got to do is head over to that Twitter website and tweet a link to this post with the hashtag #wintriangle included before November 30th and then I’ll sift through all [4] of the entries and pick out one at random. If you’re interested in our ‘random’ method, last time we ran a comp Oldsy wrote everyone’s name on a grape and threw a bowl at me…I caught one in my mouth and BOOM. Winner. We’ll do something similar this time, maybe with knives and a spinning wheel. Why are you still reading this? Enter the damn thing!
Uploaded to his Soundcloud account earlier today, this Synkro remix of The XX’s ‘Night Time’ is an incredible specimen of beautifully nocturnal garage vibes. Deeper than James Earl Jones’ voice, it conjures images of fluorescent light trails and rain prismatically glistening under city illuminations. But that’s just me. For you it may evoke laughing clowns spinning disembodied on a swirling multi-coloured hypnotic background. Still, despite your deep-seated and bizarrely triggered childhood fears, I absolutely love it.
Last year saw the release of the first Dub Police My Style mix from Caspa and now the second installment is imminent, courtesy of D1. Due for release on October 31st, it’s an energetic exploration of a potent selection of tunes from the likes of Caspa, Matty G, Subscape, The Others, Redlight and D1 himself. Stick this on and you’ll be bouncing around like Rick James on top of broken washing machine or, I suppose, like a person dancing.
In terms of choice pickings, the ‘Ongie Bongie’ VIP mix makes me want to go as mental as the name suggests and Caspa’s ‘Minimal Movements’ is pretty catchy, even with the creepy, accented utterance of “minimal, minimal” occasionally popping up like a brain-damaged mole. Which, I guess, is understandable because people do frequently hit them on the head with plastic hammers…sick bunnies.
The tracklist lies after the jump and below is the closing tune of the mix, Subscape’s ‘Turn Me On’. It does exactly what it says on the tin.
This one actually came out at the end of March but you could easily mistake it for a deep ’90s tune where shoulder pads ruled the city and pirates sailed the airwaves. Hints of rave meet garagesque vocals courtesy of Shola Ama and J2K and it makes me regret being born so late in the 80s…not that I wish I had any control over it, that would just be weird. It’s early anyway and this has woken me up with a smile on my face so I’ll wish you a happy St. George’s Day before I deteriorate into my usual bitter self.
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