Archive for the ‘Hip Hop’ Category

Naturally 7

By thatch • Feb 23rd, 2009

My first reaction on hearing Naturally 7 do their cover Phil Collins’s “In the Air Tonight” was “Where the hell are the guitars???”. Actually my first reaction was “damn they’re good”. Head over to http://www.myspace.com/naturally7 and have a listen.
The New York based group are all committed Christians and it is from gospel singing that founder [...]



Casual Projects

By thatch • Feb 10th, 2009

Casual Projects are a big band. No not that kind, I mean there are a lot of members - eight of em.
Pat Lillicrap - Vocals
Muchtar Johnson - Vocals
Julian Abrahams - Guitar/Vocals
Munro Melano - Keyboards/Vocals
Dan Bray - Saxophone/Synths
Nick Keeling - Vocals/Synths/Trombone
Kane Watters - Bass
Yen Nguyen - Drums
“Time” is the third single from the 2008 “No [...]



Alias - Well Water Black

By thatch • Oct 25th, 2008

Alias is Brendon Whitney,  and Well Water Black is an awesome amalgm of drum machine beat wrangling, real drums and some really captivating vocals. I could probably do with out the rap but it does work as does the bits of guitar that litter this track.
Dont get me wrong this is seriously well crafted and [...]



Highland

By jools • Aug 5th, 2008

With a name like “Highland” I think I could be forgiven for not expecting a German electronica hip hop band.
Add to the country of origin, they rap in english and sing in english, italian and latin. No lack of confusion there - hip hop meets Europop. What is clear though is that they are [...]



Grand Analog - Around This Town

By thatch • Mar 27th, 2008

Grand Analog have been classed as “rap ’n’ roll dub and soul”. It’s actually not a bad description. The band is fronted by Odario Williams. Members include Darcy Ataman, Damon Mitchell, Ofield Williams, Alister Johnson and Warren Bray.
The thing I like about them is the left of center take on urban music. Head over to [...]



Anchorsong - Breathe Breathe Me

By thatch • Nov 9th, 2007

Artist: Anchorsong
Website: http://www.myspace.com/anchorsong or http://anchorsong.com/top.english.html
Track Name: Breathe Breathe Me
Playback: flash
Download?: No

Anchorsong is the solo project by Masaaki Yoshida from Tokyo, Japan. He comes from Tokyo’s underground live music scene. Armed with an Akai MPC2000XL and a Korg Triton he builds up the songs layer by layer, right in front of the audience [...]



Cmy - The Truth & The Lie

By thatch • Oct 5th, 2007

Artist: Cmy
Website: http://www.myspace.com/cmyjazzda or http://www.last.fm/music/Cmy
Track Name: The Truth & The Lie
Playback: mp3/flash
Download?: Yes
I was wandering through Last-FM and clicking acts at random to see what happened (think of it as musical Russian Roulette… you never know which one is going to knock you out) and found
Polish foggy/jazzy duo: Milton Waukee (producer, instrumentalist) & [...]