Matoma & Notorious B.I.G “Old Thing Back” feat Ja Rule & Ralph Tresvant
23 year old music producer from Norway Signed via Big Beat/Atlantic has made his remix of Notorious BIG is a massive hit in Norway which has been seeded via Spotify to become a viral UK hit.
Just as Jamie Jones and the Hot Natured crew were branded as being the latest collective to mark the beginnings of House music dominating the charts, it seems we are now in a new era and theres one name that keeps popping up, KAYTRANADA. A young Canadian Hip Hop DJ & producer with bundles of talent!
Many of us DJ’s, producers, promoters & radio show hosts have been there, you spend an eternity uploading your new piece of audio only for SoundCloud to take it down immediately after for Copyright infringements. After clogging up your broadband for an hour there is nothing more frustrating!
As we leave winter behind us & welcome Spring, we have the perfect voice to welcome some early sunshine. Some of you music enthusiasts may have heard of him but otherwise Ady Suleiman (Soo-la-man) remains relatively unknown, so allow us to introduce him.
Astronomy is back with All I Need, the first single from his upcoming EP entitled “Not Into U”. A simple piano progression and Astronomyy’s signature guitar melodies create a beautiful canvas for London based artist Denai Moores’ vocals, and the track is laced with epic moments where the two sing in unison.
Not Into U will be out in April, via Lunar Surf.
Check out this spanking new remake of The Streets classic, Has it come to this. Back in 2002 when Chipmonk was leaving primary school, Mike Skinner opened up our ears to something so fresh, who was this cockney white guy trying to rap? Gill SCOTT Heron paved the way for spoken word artists and now we see George The Poet taking it to new levels but Mike Skinner certainly played his part.
A signature Snakehips sound across the EP and our pick is the title track which features vocals from the man who featured on the summer anthem, Promesses by Tchami.
The Forever, Pt. II EP was released on 10th March 2015 and is available on iTunes.
We have some more new & exciting UK Hip Hop to speak about, this time Jay Prince. With his much-talked about recent EP release – his debut headline London show was something we didn’t want to miss…
There is nothing that puts a bigger smile on our faces than to see a major record label recognise true, organic talent. Columbia Records snapped up Leon Bridges in 2014 after his song ‘Coming Home’ received worldwide recognition on Spotify.
On an ice cold Tuesday evening in London, me and three of the boys head for Camden to finally see JUNGLE perform at the well acclaimed, Roundhouse. This being our 3rd attempt at seeing the band!
