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If Normski brought back Dance Energy, he’d ask Crazy P to appear
If you thought Normski’s days of watching a room of young people going wild to dance music were over, then you are mistaken.
By Emma Gritt | Music | Thursday, 8 March 2012 at 10:00 pm
Happy birthday and God Save the NME
It’s a republican nightmare, but Britain’s fortunes are inexplicably linked with our Queen’s. Whether it’s Elizabethan New World exploration or Victorian industrialisation, Britain’s might requires reginae tactus. Yet never has the realm’s cultural wealth coincided with the Monarch, than with our Lizzie and pop music.
By David Newbury | Music | Wednesday, 7 March 2012 at 3:00 pm
Skibadee: Drum ‘n’ bass can get even bigger than before
The mention of Skibadee in drum’n'bass speak is equivalent to that of MC royalty. As one of the true masters of the ceremony, he has been the main hype engine for many an underground rave since the embryonic stages of jungle and its superseding relative, drum’n'bass. Here, he divulges on the start of 2012 as well as touching on the state of a scene which he helped fortify.
By Errol Anderson | Arts, Music | Tuesday, 6 March 2012 at 3:57 pm
Mista Men: Up north just needs a new hub as a home for our sound
Having collaborated together for Detboi’s Curse of the Voodoo Drums 2 EP last year, Detboi and Mista Men are back – this time with the former returning the favour and collaborating on the latter’s release.
By Sam Moir | Arts, Music | Monday, 5 March 2012 at 10:30 am
Nordic Music Prize: Brightening up the most boring time of the year
My tickets to the Grammys, Brit Awards and even the NME awards were somehow lost in the post, so late last month in hope of airing my awards gown, I travelled to Norway for the Nordic Music Prize. Now in its second year, the prize (it’s 1 Million Kroner!) celebrates the best albums to come from Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden. Surely, I was in for some Scando glitz?
By Sian Rowe | Arts, Music | Saturday, 3 March 2012 at 12:00 am
Adam F: Collaborations and explosions
Once upon a time, there was a fair-haired DJ that loved nothing more than collaborating with some of the biggest names in hip hop and RnB to make global hits.
By Emma Gritt | Arts, Music | Friday, 2 March 2012 at 1:26 pm
Benny Banks: Music was a way out for me
With the infectious Bada Bing blaring out of speakers everywhere, Benny Banks discusses plans for his new album after signing to Warner, whether he’d sell out to the mainstream and why he quit crime for music.
By Jake Hanrahan | Arts, Music | Thursday, 1 March 2012 at 12:00 am
To take the flame is a massive honour, says Radio 1’s new drum’n'bass DJ
“There is pressure on me,” Friction says, “Because I’ll be responsible for telling the world what’s new with drum’n'bass and getting it out there.”
By Sam Moir | Arts, Music | Wednesday, 29 February 2012 at 2:15 pm
High Contrast: Dance music is sounding homogenised – we need more sonic variety
In 2002, High Contrast (real name Lincoln Barrett) signed to seminal drum & bass label Hospital Records and now, nearly one decade later, he returns with his fourth studio album, The Agony & The Ecstasy.
By Sam Moir | Arts, Music | Monday, 27 February 2012 at 4:05 pm
How easy is it to be a DJ? I went and found out…
As anyone who reads my blog will be well aware, I’m primarily into music that is DJ-based. From the very early days of my interest in electronic music I was always impressed with the skills that DJs have: being able to mix records in a noisy, busy club environment, to seamlessly thread together pieces of music, to be able to work out the right place to bring a new track in and get a good reaction from a large crowd of people and to be able to read your audience in order to keep them dancing all night – it really captured my imagination.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Monday, 27 February 2012 at 12:00 am
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