Archive for the ‘Features’ Category

Albums of 2005

Monday, January 30th, 2006

Chimp DJ
There were one or two half decent slabs of wax released in 2005, find out funkdub’s favourites’ here

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Artist Feature - Lee Scratch Perry

Monday, December 12th, 2005

Artist Feature - Lee Scratch Perry

Funkdub Heroes - Part 1 in a series…
Dub, Scratch, and the Black Star
Lee Perry on the Mix by Erik Davis

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Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Bronx

Wednesday, September 14th, 2005

Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Bronx

Greg Wilson on the unlikely origins of the UK Hip-Hop movement…

Greg Wilson is generally acknowledged as the godfather of the early eighties Manc electro scene. He is one of the first British DJ’s to have used three turntables. Remembered for his nights at Legend and the Hacienda.The Face

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Vinyl is dead… or it will be !

Friday, July 15th, 2005

Did you know that vinyl will be dead by 2009? Apparently, the last company in the world still producing the chemicals are closing down in 2009… bad news for DJs and collectors, so, should we be embracing the future or is this final turn (get it? - Ed.) a crime against music?

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2004 the year that was

Tuesday, February 1st, 2005

Like women and the Clapham omnibus, some things are better late arriving than never (!? ed). So here’s the round-up of the things Gentleman Kush liked last year….

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Not down, Not out

Friday, December 10th, 2004

It would seem that of late, the inspiration-starved, lazy music hack has evolved. While a couple of years ago one could be sure of finding them theorising wildly over the impact of file sharing* and downloading, currently the popular no-brainer column seems to have become “dance music is dead”.

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