Q-tip remix free download

Here is a a Q-tip remix from Sai Love, it's a couple of years old, but only made available to download 4 months ago. Really like the track, perfect to listen on your ipod walking around on a Saturday morning! Nothing mindblowing, but worth having a look around his stuff on Soundcloud, definitely don't like the latest remix he's done, but the rest of it has something..

Gettin' Up (College Days Remix) by sailovemusic

Death Grips at Old Blue Last

I first wrote about Death Grips back in June, when I tried to find some information about the project but there wasn't much out there. Last night a friend called me to ask me if I would be up for going to a Death Grips gig... I was quite surprised; firstly I didn't know they were playing; secondly, I wouldn't have thought even if I knew they were playing that anyone would want to go with me!.. So anyway, I found myself at Old Blue Last! The gig was so much better than I expected! MC Ride was on the mic and Zach Hill on the drums, they played for 45mins and there was so much energy in the room. Old Blue Last is not a big venue, but it was pretty much full. At the beginning when I saw that they would play for less than an hour, I thought it was a bit poor, then again I think 45mins was more than enough! If they had played any more than that they would probably have had a heart attack and we would probably have gone deaf! And that is all positive! I loved it! You've never seen anyone as sweaty as Hill, you've never seen anyone screaming and dancing as frantically as MC Ride. Death Grips is definitely one to see live, rather than listen in your living room!..

Bestival 2011 - A Retrospective - Day 1

What an amazing time I had at Bestival 2011!!! I was there from Friday until Monday and then stayed an extra day at the beautiful Isle of Wight, it's always better avoiding the returning crowds after a festival... While at the festival we were quite lucky with the weather, it was raining a little bit here and there, but it could have been much worse. Overall it was a great experience!

I saw so many good acts! On Friday passing from the main stage I briefly saw Public Enemy, I don't think hip hop goes with festivals... My night continued with some really good techno from Justin Robertson and Lone at Rizlab, then an amazing set from Loefah at Roller Disco and ended up in Big Top to see Groove Armada. My highlight for the evening has to be Loefah! Although I did dance non stop throughout the whole time I was at Rizlab.

For Bestival 2011 videos click here.

Death Grips

I recently discovered Death Grips; a pretty hard hip hop / rap project. It's quite brutal and old school, not necesserily what I personally think is needed in the music scene at the moment, but there is definitely still an audience for this kind of stuff; and I include myself in this audience... I wouldn't necesserily play it first thing in the morning, although it was the first thing I played this morning quite loud while writing this blog. Not sure if my neighbours appreciated, but they should be at work anyway! I've been trying to find out more about the project, but there doesn't seem to be a lot out there, except Zach Hill's name that seems to be popping up a lot. Hill; an American drummer, is known to play noise, rock, experimental. I think Death Grips is his latest (or one of his latest) projects.



You can download the Exmilitary Mixtape and two tracks; Full Moon (Death Classic) and Face Melter (How to do impossible things).

DJ Qbert scratching

DJ Qbert scratching to DJ Design - Gather Round. He makes it look so easy...