now that the south african world cup events are over, we can move on without the much annoying vuvuzelas and make amends in the name of quality african sounds via this carefully curated spotify playlist. for this instance of the colectivo plays series, we weren’t satisfied with just including the already known big names of [...]
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this month’s colectivo digs section belongs to human beatbox and soul entrepreneur jamie lidell. born in huntingdon, england, jamie has just released his fourth solo album via the all important warp records imprint. “compass” as the album is titled, was recorded in LA, NYC and Canada, and includes collaborations with beck, feist, gonzales, chris taylor [...]
anders blickmann is the alter ego of portuguese radio DJ/broadcaster andrĂ© tejo. he considers himself to be more of a broadcaster and educator rather than your average DJ, which makes sense considering he’s been a part of one of portugal’s most important independent radio stations for quite some time now. as part of radio universidade [...]
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – THIS IS HAPPENING [DFA] we’ve never been huge fans of LCD Soundsytem or the DFA staple, but that has recently changed with the release of “this is happening”. kicking things of with dance yrself clean, you get the sense that this album is something special, as a long introduction preps things up [...]
if you haven’t heard mayer hawthorne‘s modern soul cuts, STOP! what you’re doing and go do so now, for your own good. having grown up just outside of detroit (ann arbor, michigan), mayer grew up surrounded by some of the best music ever made, including gems by isaac hayes, smokey robinson, and curtis mayfield, to [...]