Bass Clef drops an incredible mix of African sounds for Fact Magazine's podcast series.
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Tego Calderón and M.I.A. rub up with roaming beatsmiths Maga Bo and Filastine as badman selector El Kano gets on a mutant ragga tip.
Baron of Braindance Bogdan Raczynski whips up a mouth-watering scooby snack of a mixtape flavoured with Thom Yorke, Floating Points, Skream and DJ Milton.
Dutch party crew Bomb Diggy pour out a large tropical cocktail of booming summer sounds.
Kid Kameleon returns to Spannered with another deep and diverse selection of bass-driven electronics — the first installment of a duel mix release with Mashit.
As Ninja Tune celebrates two decades of rewiring the electronic music scene, Mathias Kilian Hanf talks to Matt Black, label co-founder and one half of AV pioneers Coldcut.
The inimitable DJ Bus Replacement Service travels to the end of the internet to assemble another platter of freshly polished audio turds.
Two years after completion, Leandro HBL & Wesley Pentz's documentary on the sound of Rio's favelas finally sees a proper release. Greg Scruggs serves up critique and sociological context in equal measures.
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- Have Leandro HBL and Diplo created the most honest and important depiction of Rio funk yet made with their film Favela on Blast? Sem dúvida, says Greg Scruggs. 23 Aug 2010
- As the Ninja Tune label family celebrates its 20th anniversary, Mathias Kilian Hanf talks with Ninja co-founder, Coldcut's Matt Black. 17 Aug 2010
- Kone-R checks out the fractured and frenetic rhythms of new Rephlex signings Macc & dgoHn and the moody rave bangers of Posthuman's latest longplayer. 6 Aug 2010
- Take two crates of bananas, some pineapple juice, a bottle of Dominican rum, and 40 tracks of tropical bass, shake, pour and you have Bomb Diggy's summer mix! 2 Jul 2010
- The Heston Blumenthal of electronic music, Bogdan Raczynski, sautés together Thom Yorke, Skream, Floating Points and DJ Milton. 1 Jul 2010
- Spannered fave El Kano racks up a bruising set of ultramodern ragga blasters and other bassbin oddities from the likes of M.I.A., Stereotyp, Timeblind and Flying Lotus. 29 Jun 2010
- Kone-R reviews the latest lesson in techno excellence from A Guy Called Gerald and a summertime tip from The Simonsound. 27 May 2010
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