Big Dada
Track: Farai – Rebirth Remixed
“Bankers are gangsters” – that was the immortal line that beckoned listeners to the works of Farai late last year, as Big Dada released the producers work, Rebirth, to critical acclaim. “National Gangsters” happened to be one of the stand out tracks among the admittedly many great songs Farai and producer TONE dropped on their release, so it …
Track: Congo Natty – Revolution in Dub (DJ Madd Remix)
Out on November 13th via the legendary Big Dada label is Jungle Revolution in Dub, a rework of Congo Natty’s 2013 Jungle Revolution album. He’s enlisted the help of the great and the good of Dub, both from the Uk and beyond, including Adrian Sherwood alongside Mungos HiFi, Conscious Sounds, Vibronics, Jinx in Dub, King …
Track: Roots Manuva – Don’t Breathe Out
Who are we to comment on the God/forefather of UK Hip-Hop, Roots Manuva’s latest single Don’t Breathe Out, when he does it so eruditely himself, saying “Lyrical rogue values in neo-spiritual rare groove, rehash bash on the edge of the funk that made the soul, but seek to refine a modern approximation of ‘Gospel for …
Track: Wiley – From The Outside (Special Request VIP mix)
Grime superstar Wiley has just released a new mix of From The Outside, taken from his latest album Snakes and Ladders. It comes hot on the heels of fellow Ninja Tune/Big Dada stable artist, Actress. This time Special Request aka Paul Woolford has taken hold of it, and injected it with a little bit of …
Track: Mercury nominee’s Young Fathers release new single, Soon Come Soon
When this year’s Mercury nominations were announced, I don’t think anybody would have picked Young Fathers out as the winner. But that’s the beauty of the Mercurys. They don’t always pick the obvious choice, and often go for something a little more innovative and leftfield. But win they did with album ‘DEAD’. It brought the …
Album Review: Young Fathers – Dead
Living in Edinburgh but with the roots all over the place, but principally Scotland, Liberia and Nigeria, Young Fathers aka Alloysious, G and Kayus have made an album, their debut at that, that inhabits a musical world somewhere between hip-hop and indie, but taking in influences from all of the place, including their own heritages. …