February 2012
22 posts
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Union - Analogtronics
If you like your hip hop analogue synth laden, Detroit MC toting and distinctly French then you are in for a treat. Union are a pair of Parisian producers who just put out Analogtronics, an album of sample free hip hop featuring the likes of Guilty Simpson, Elzhi, Roc Marciano and MF DOOM to name a few. Listen to Wings featuring Elzhi below:
Even if the track above isn’t really your thing,...
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team donky @ glade festival
super pleased to tell you all that we have a wee showcase at glade festival this year. slugabed, ghost mutt, boss kite & myself all playing on the meteor stage, a 100ft wide, 30ft deep crater surrounded by trees with subs under the dancefloor. so that sounds well fun. plenty of other good peoples playing too…
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Ambassadeurs - Duke Red
It’s moments like this that make my heart melt. Without getting too personal and mushy, I used to work at the college where Mark (Ambassadeurs) was studying a year or so ago, and thinking about him making music like this in the studios I used to care for, just makes me feel all warm inside.
Here Ambassadeurs has managed to make something bigger than the sum of all it’s parts. For...
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introducing moscow...
here are the clips for the third and final part of our free ep series from brighton based producers. moscow’s ‘hyaline ep’ drops from our bandcamp page on 8th march
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main attrakions - chandelier [instrumental album]
some dope as hell instrumentals here. ‘cloud rap’ (minus the rap) hath consumed me, if that is your real name.
<a href=”http://executiveseries.bandcamp.com/album/chandelier-instrumental-album” _mce_href=”http://executiveseries.bandcamp.com/album/chandelier-instrumental-album”>Chandelier (Instrumental Album) by...
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keyboard kid interview on fact
check this interview on fact magazine with keyboard kid, and watch this space for more details about the 12” we are releasing. click pic for transport.
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Watchhere’s the podcast for our latest radio show. just myself and pete pitch playing great music.
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chesca - our sunday
chesca ches (aka one half of royalty) put this one up for free dl on valentines day. i found it in my in box just now, and it’s sunday. coincidence? no. but it is lovely. i just listened to it three times on the bounce.
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ital tek - up
sick lil freebie from ital tek. straight in the dj set.
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grimes feat. deniro farrar - genesis (ryan...
erm. core blimey. i posted this ryan hemsworth remix tuther day. and then this popped up on the fader. yes please.
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trim presents bandoolou
great free mixtape from trim featuring production from harmonic 313 and rudekid. click pic for dl
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boss kite live on nts [video]
i love watching boss kite play live.
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boss kite & grinel on nts radio with ysk [podcast]
myself and boss kite dropped in on the you’ll soon know radio show this week. boss kite played live, i played a dump load of forthcoming donky exclusives. full tracklist and streaming linkage below. skip to 46.30 mins for the label showcase and 1hr 20 for the boss kite live set. really worth checking the whole show though; tim knows his onions.
Tim
J Dilla - Welcome 2 Detroit
Unlooped...
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grimes - genesis (ryan hemsworth remix)
i just found this track sitting in the bookmarks on my phone and i’m blowed if i can remember when i did that? must have happened during one of my ‘wake-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-and-check-twitter’ weird moments.
anyway…
if i’m honest i know very little about grimes, or this hemsworth fella. but this track is real nice. those claps. them synths. free download...
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boss kite & grinel up on nts radio
myself and boss kite are on nts radio tonight with the you’ll soon know gang (that’s them below). the boss man will play live (an all new live set so i’m told) and i will be spinning some forthcoming (some never before heard) donky exclusives.
lock in 12-2am gmt here.
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bflecha - qvasi naves
great video for this new track from bflecha forthcoming on arkestra discos, which she runs alongside mweslee. the single drops some time in late march.
well worth checking bflecha live if you get the chance, she merked it at our label launch party a while back
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boss kite - comicon
here’s the second in our series of three free releases (try saying that fast and no ballsing it up), from long term donky family, boss kite. aka the rick james of brighton, aka ross the boss, aka the boss man. for the lovers, available from our bandcamp. the final installment of this series comes from brighton resident, moscow.
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shlohmo - wen uuu (teebs remix)
all i can say to this remix is just, mmmmm.
can’t reccommend enough that you go buy shlohmo’s vacation ep (here), plus there’s a rather amazing and exciting set of remixes coming on the vinyl in a couple. nico jaar x airhead x salva x d33j x groundislava?!?!?
for now just mmmmm
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new look
been caning this new look album over the last few days. essential listening. all cosy like a brand new pair of gloves. out now on k7
Evian Christ - Kings and Them
After attending the awesome Tri-Angle records showcase last night, I am inclined to share their latest signing. They’re giving his first EP away for free on their website, which is quite frankly criminal. Following in a similar vein to the drugged out r’n’b / hip hop / drone vibe that we’ve come to expect from the label, this release really brings another level to the...
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timewharp does it again
i’ve blogged about timewharp before, but this new ep for astro nautico (called the blk ep) really sets my nipples on fire. yrlyf and mdat are all killer. that slide guitar. ouch. + + great remixes and, as is the way with this nautico bunch, it’s free.
<a href=”http://astronautico.bandcamp.com/album/blk-ep”...
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photos from idle hands vs donky pitch
here’s a few snaps from our vs party (see the lot here) with the bristol family, idle hands. one thing i learnt… them kelly twins sure can dj. coming on after sluga at a donky night is never an easy ask. they flipped it, came with the garage and grime. crowd went wild.
