Amsterdam Jam

Jon Hopkins

Temporal — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:06:32 +0000

Some beautiful ambient music to chill you out after the recent sub tropical Amsterdam weather. Jon Hopkins is a classically trained composer who hails from the UK and makes music that has influences from Brian Eno and Global Communicatios to Boards of Canada and Henrik Swartz. His live shows boast big beats, throbbing bass and stunning [...]

Tortoise

Temporal — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:21:28 +0000

I have to admit that I have been mesmerised by the latest Tortoise album, “Beacons of Ancestorship” (their sixth). Its their first release in five years and it goes off like a bomb. At heart an indie outfit the band cross genres with reckless abandon, from Jazz to Rock, Punk to Hip Hop, Dub [...]

Black Milk

Temporal — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:31:45 +0000

Black Milk is back this week in Amsterdam playing the small room of the Paraidiso on Friday night. We’ve covered him when he played last year here. If you feel like seeing a talented hip hop artist this weekend check this guy out. Black Milk - “Losing Out” featuring Royce Da Share on Facebook

The Cat Empire

Temporal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:15:05 +0000

The Cat Empire are from Melbourne Australia and this year they are bringing a bit of summer sun to Europe. This band has been around for about ten years and have released four albums so far. Their sound jumps between reggae, ska, jazz, hip hop, pop and funk with some elements cross over into the sound [...]

TAKE

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:21:12 +0000

TAKE (aka Sweatson Klank) is on Pooh Bah records hails from the LA beat scene. He released his debut album a couple of years ago and has put out numerous singles and 12′ over the years. Recently he has done remix work for artists such as Flying Lotus. He played in the Bimhuis last summer [...]

Atmosphere

Temporal — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:47:27 +0000

Atmosphere are an indie hip hop duo from Minneapolis, Minnesota. They have been together for 11 years and have six album releases under their belt. Last year they released an excellent album titled “When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold” that featured heavily on my playlist. On that album tour they played [...]

Joker

Temporal — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:46:33 +0000

This morning when I was reading about the latest release from Bristol’s Joker I realized that that I had not yet written a recommendation for his upcoming gig. 19 year old Joker is on the Hyperdub label which should be enough of a clue to hint at the diversity and quality of his music. For the [...]

Disrupt

Temporal — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:47:47 +0000

photo by Matthias H. Risse Disrupt hails from Leipzig Germany and is a music project of the producer Jan Gleichmar. Jan runs a netlabel called Jahtari that specializes in electronically made dub and reggae music, which he calls “digital laptop reggae”. Disrupt puts out 8bit digital dub bass monsters. I particularly like the aptly titled “Bomb” [...]

Nomo

Temporal — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:45:44 +0000

photo by Doug Coombe Nomo are an 8 piece afro beat/funk band from the Detroit area of the US. There is something deeply infectious about the music that they make. Creating their own instruments gives them a sound like I have not heard before in any other band. Old fire extinguishers are used for percussing, they [...]