Sofrito’s ‘International Soundclash’: An Interview with Hugo Mendez
Sailing the seven seas to discover vinyl treasures all the way from Colombia to Africa to the French Caribbean to Panama, founder of Sofrito and DJ Hugo Mendez brings these sounds to European ears, to...
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We spent the afternoon chewing the proverbial fat with Joss Yerbury of Soundway Records and their newest recruit, the emerging Angolan/Portuguese beatsmith and purveyor of unique electro-tropical...
View ArticleThe House that Gerald Built: An interview with A Guy Called Gerald
More than 2 decades after ‘Voodoo Ray’ laid the brickwork for the pulsating acid house scene in late 80s Manchester, A Guy Called Gerald is still a genius of the underground. And if we were going to...
View ArticleRobert Glasper interview: Jazz, hip hop and the Experiment
To some, jazz and hip hop are kindred spirits; the cultural output of deprived black America. To others, modern hip hop’s chart domination and the jazz industry’s comparative demise means they’re more...
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