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1. How did you get into 31? Midnight Juggernauts. I have no idea. No, seriously, I don't remember! :S

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? Goose. 'Black Gloves'

3. What's your favourite lyric by 29? Tiga. "One word can break your heart, but one kiss can make it right"

4. What is your favourite album by 49? Yuksek. 'Away From The Sea'

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? Zero 7. Two

6. What is your favourite song by 50? Peter Bjorn and John. 'Young Folks'

7. Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad? Röyksopp. Nooo! These guys always make me smile

8. What is your favourite song by 15? Queens of the Stone Age. Dunno, they have plenty of songs I like

9. What is your favourite song by 5? Dub FX. 'Love Someone'

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? Kasabian. 'Fire'

11. What is your favourite album by 40? AGF/Delay. 'Symptoms'

12. What is your favourite song by 10? MSTRKRFT. 'Heartbreaker'

13. What is a good memory you have involving 33? Modeselektor. Umm, there isn't such, or at least I just don't remember

14. What is your favourite song by 37? Booka Shade. 'Dusty Boots'

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? Fink. Not really. I just feel very calm while listening to him.

16. How many times have you seen 24 live? Datarock. Zero

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? Ellen Allien & Apparat. 'Way Out'

18. What is your favourite album by 11? Bashy. 'Catch Me If You Can'

19. Who is a favourite member of 1? Tricky. Oh well, Tricky himself!

20. Have you ever seen 14 live? Groove Armada. Nope

21. What is a good memory involving 45? MGMT. Lemme think.. No, there isn't such

22. What is your favourite song by 16? The Presets. 'My People'

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? Death From Above 1979. 'Blood On Our Hands'

24. What is your favourite album by 21? Fischerspooner. 'Odyssey'

25. What is your favourite song by 18? Telefon Tel Aviv. 'Your Mouth' ♥

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 38? 80kidz. 'Frankie'

27. What is your favourite lyric by 3? UNKLE. Hmm.. Honestly, nothing comes to my mind now :S

28. What is you favourite song by 2? Air. 'Sexy Boy'

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? Télépopmusik. 'Breathe'

30. What is you favourite song by 8? Burial. 'Archangel' ♥

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? Justice. Zero

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? Amish82. Nope, the effect is similar to Fink - the songs are very soothing

33. What is you favourite album by 12? Wax Tailor. 'Tales Of The Forgotten Melodies'

34. What is the worst song by 46? Bonobo. :S What a silly question. From all that I have heard so far - NONE.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? Mylo. ' Paris Four Hundred'

36. What is you favourite album by 42? Moderat. Self-titled, like, TOTALLY ♥

37. How many times have you seen 39 live? Kleerup. Zero

38. What is your favourite album by 36? Portishead. 'Third'

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? I Monster. 'Daydream in Blue'

40. What is you favourite album by 7? The Killers. The very first one, 'Hot Fuss'

(Left)
David Guetta
Taio Cruz
Speech Debelle

(Rightt)
DJ Magic (Grime Mix)
Bashy
Tinchy Stryder

Speech Therapy is the debut album by London MC Speech Debelle and yes, I decided to buy this CD after reading the news that it won Britain's biggest popular music prize by beating down all the other rockband nominees. I saw some morons comparing her to Lady Sov just because both of they are British female rappers, but Speech's music is much more chillin' and organic and something that the audience of a wider range of age would love. Now after actually listening to the album, I think she's more like a rapper equivalent of (Corinnie Bailey Rae + Lily Allen)/2. Anyway, this is great.

I've recently found out that Taio Cruz is not just a singer-songwriter but also a talented musician who produces, performes and mixes all his music, and then I started being interested in his own materials. I decided to check out 2008's debut album Departure at first, but also the sophomore effort, which has been led by the latest single "Break Your Heart," seems to come out very soon. (The Japanese edition of Departure contains "I Can Be (Remix) (feat. Estelle)" as the bonus track.


As I've been a fan of British dance music since the acid jazz/jungle era, it's quite interesting to me that a number of grime artists have gone crossover and achieved major success with more pop-oriented dance tracks in the last year or two. Despite the enthusiastic receptions from the audience and critics for years, grime seems to have been an "underground" genre of music with just lukewarm success in the pop field. But now that some of the genre's prominent acts have spawned big hits, it's proved to the whole world that it was not because those MCs were unappealing, talentless or only-for-maniacs but just because the music was a bit too "grimy" for the pop audience.

For the sake of the grime culture, however, it may not necessarily be a good thing to cast aside the basic grime style and get on other styles such as electro-house and dance-pop. In my opinion, their recent crossover efforts should be something for new fans to start with (and for old fans to breathe fresh outside air) and lead them the way to the essence of grime music. Anyway, now that Tinchy has become this successful, all that we can do next soon is just to see how big Dizzee's upcoming album will be.

A few clips shot @ RISE, before Boris Johnson became Mayor of London this year always known as London's *anti-racism* festival.



Ty speaks out against reports that Boris Johnson plans to pull the plug on the RISE festival next year. Previously, Ty explained that he had seriously considered withdrawing from the festival when the Johnson administration removed its anti-racism message - a message never more important at a time when a BNP member has been elected to the GLA - but that he decided to use the stage to speak out against the dumbing-down of the message instead.



Ty performs Oh You Want More.



Ty's set also included cameos by rising UK hip-hop singers Bashy (above) and No.Lay (below). Both grabbed the opportunity with both hands.



I've been impressed by everything I've seen of No.Lay so far - just take a look at this on Westwood TV on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1W5goDzZ5U.



Other highlights included Terry Hall and Lynval Golding, both ex-Specials, joining the Dub Pistols for a lively version of the Two-Tone classic, Gangsters



and a set by upcoming trad rock n' rollers Kitty, Daisy & Lewis.

All video shot on a Canon Digital IXUS 850 IS compact - stills to follow

Some of my fav artists that i've seen live over the years...(in no particular order)

Lethal Bizzle x2
Bashy x4
Chipmunk x2
Common
Ruff squad x2
Sway
Dizzee Rascal x2
Ghetto x10
P.Money x4
Little D x2
Sway
Jamelia
Kelis
No.Lay
John Legend
Double S x2
Kano x2
Griminal x7
JME x3
Skepta x3
Tinchy Stryder x2
Ludacris
Busta Rhymes
& Spliff Star
The Thirst x2
Fuda Guy x2
Wiley
Mikey J
Wretch 32 x2
Wizzy wow
marvell x2
Mercston
The Movement
Sincere
MPHO x2
Cherri V
Young Nate
Boy Better Know (Ayia Napa '09!) x2
J2K x2
Tempa T x2
Dirty Danger
Frisco x3

Today I have been listening to a few new albums that I got recently. Thought they were worth a mention!

Sheila
Jamie T
Panic Prevention

Panic Prevention is an Alternative Pop album by Jamie T. The stand out track for me was the tune Sheila. It was the most radio friendly track perhaps, and shows off his Kate Nash style music.

I Need A Fast Car (Ft. Tracy Chapman)
Example

I Need A Fast Car is a stand out track from We Didn't Invent The Remix Bootleg by Example. The mix tape is solid, feature many recognizable tunes and fun stories by E. Definitely worth looking for!

London Underground
Bashy

London Underground by Bashy from The Chupa Chups Mixtape is the stand out track. The entire mix tape is fire, but this track is a BIG TUNE! FInd this one NOW...

Various bands and artists I have seen over the last 5 years at fesitvals and gigs. :)

Babyshambles x 10
Radiohead
Blur
Dirty Pretty Things x 5
Morrissey x 3
Peter Doherty x5
Carl Barat
The View x 3
The Fratellis x 2
Larrikin Love x 3
Spinto Band
Jamie Tx 3
The Hollowaysx 2
We Are Scientistsx 2
The Enemy
Paolo Nutini
Pop Up
Regina Spektor
Figure 5 x 2
The Paddingtonsx 3
Last Project
Down And Outsx 6
Boy Kill Boy x 2
The Strokes
Editors
Snow Patrol
Muse
Mystery Jets
Primal Scream
Mando Diao
Captin
Bloc Partyx 2
Magic Numbers
Captin Black
The Law
Will Young
Gareth Gates x 2
I Am Kloot
Lemar
Patrick Wolfx 3
The Noisettes
Odean Beat Club
Errors
The Hedrons
The Twiglight Sad
The Cribs x 3
Pavilion
Sons and Daughtersx 2
Good Shoes
Vincent Vincent And The Villiansx 2
Bee Bee See
Jeremy Warmsley x2
Viva Voca
The Shins
The Maccabeesx2
GoodBooks
New York Howl
Bright Eyes
Albert Hammond Jr
Arctic Monkeys
Kate Nashx 2
Franz Ferdinand
The Cinematics
Lily Allen
The Coral
Blood Red Shoes
Cansei de Ser Sexy
Remi Nicole
SERGant
Kid Harpoon
Operator Please
Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
Amy Macdonald
Scouting for Girls
Lupen Crook
The Who
Richard Ashcroft
Peggy Sue and the Pirates
The Slow Club
Fionn Regan
Yeti
British Sea Power
The Foxes
Annie Mac
DJ Yoda
Pendulum
Noah and the Whale
The SheBeats
MGMT
Nattyx 2
Adam Green
Drew McConnell + Fionn Regan, The View, Ed Larrikin, Fyfe Dangerfireld, Polystrene, Jon Mcleure, Mik Withnail
The Good,the Bad and the Queen
Bashy
Jerry Dammers
Alexis Blue
Parka
The Wallbirds
The Shermans
Bats for Lashes
Laura Marling
of Montreal
Casiokids
Dot Allison
Graham Coxon
Pete and The Pirates
Doll And The Kicks[

Better late than never I've joined the world of podcasting. A selection of my favourite tunes from the last month and a bit. Excuse the terrible mixing, i haven't quite got my head round the new software yet :-s

musiclikedirt.com to download (and subscribe when I work out itunes

Tracklist:
Erykah Badu - “Amerykhan Promise”
Mighty Mo & The Winchester Seven - “The Next Message”
Bashy - “Black Boys (feat. Ty)”
Estelle - “American Boy”
Spank Rock & Benny Blanco - “Bootay Bitch Beat (Megasoid remix)”
Cabide DJ - “My Neck, My Back (Remix)”
Primary 1 - “Hold Me Down (The Shoes remix)”
Pase Rock vs. Holy Fuck - “Sexy Holyfucker”
Comanechi - “My Pussy”
Julian Cope - “Soon To Forget Ya”
Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - “Look For The Woman (Live @ Maida Vale)”
Gonzales- “Working Together (Akira The Don remix)”
Jamie Lidell - “Wait For Me”
Funk Against Junk- “Rusty Fingers”
Kelpe- “Skylla”
The Opiates - “I’m Not Simone Choule”
Dave Q - “Legalize It”
S.K.G- “Needles & Suspenders (Stuart James remix)”
The Crimea - “Loop-A-Loop (Stuart James remix)”
Death Set - “Intermission”
Young MC - “Know How (Aaron LaCrate & Debonair Samir Gutter mix)”
Cadence Weapon - “Unsuccesful Club Nights”
Portishead- “Machine Gun”
Voltaire Brothers - “Which One”
Gonzales - “Apology“

Here's a concept!
Busdriver is like grime, done by americans! No really hear me out here;

-Novelty diahrrea speed rapping.
-Unimaginative, derivative lyrical themes.
-Whacky, sometimes embaressing, vocal tones.
-Straight forward, aesthetically appealing production.
-Enjoyed by people who don't really like rap.
-Avoided by people who do.

Breakthru! Busdriver is the first black astronaut to do GRIME OUTSIDE THE UK!

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