get get gettin’ down.. back in the day…
Paul Johnson. Ring any bells? What about this: “Down-down-down-downdowndown…DOWN”?
Well I remember it well: ‘Get Get Down’ by Paul Johnson. It’s hard to forget how it was forever drummed into the back of our heads. The annoying kids at …
17 years and banging…
The Swedish are said to be diligent people – Pelski is, in fact, part Swedish (I know i promised to cease the third person self-referencing, but Pelski can’t help himself..). An antiquated stereotype sees the Swedes famous for their hard-working …
Do You Like Cliche Samples?
By now you’ve probably got wind of the excellent DJ duo Pirate Soundsystem who’ve been ripping up dance music in a big way, refusing to abide by any genre perimeters. So they’re hard to pigeonhole, but have a definite old-school …
Destined for Disco…
Tapedeck have been categorically defined as New Rave by NME. God damn you, NME, God damn you. Don’t run away – they are not New Rave, yes: they have a rocky vibe to some of their electro and …
Just when you thought it was safe in the club…It’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time!
Let’s get one thing sorted: Top Billin are good straight-up fun. There are no pretensions here. They operate under the previously underground hip-hop genre of “crunk”. It’s currently undergoing a bit of a revival, especially within the hipster-electro scene (namely …
Pelski’s Playlist – Pt. II
It recently occurred to me that I haven’t done a second Pelski’s Playlist, after pledging to post one of these assorted lists every fortnight. Admittedly, it’s a shameless method of attracting web traffic, but also enables me to post …
Touche + ex-Simian = ghostly electro
When the group Simian are mentioned, many people assume this is lazy-speak for Simian Mobile Disco. We forget that Simian was also that charming but short-lived indie-rock group (2000-2003). Simian Vs Justice is a Justice remix of a Simian track, …
A little Fake Blood never hurt anyone…
Fake Blood is, apparently, Boy 8-Bit. They are one. This conspiracy theory was promptly disaffirmed by Fake Blood on his Myspace – most probably for self-image reasons rather than anything else (have you seen Boy 8-Bit? He looks like a …
Mystery Jets vs Switch vs Erol Alkan…
Back in 2006 Erol was named by Mixmag as the DJ of the year, and, before then, a select few of us knew him from his residency at Trash, The End (now replaced by Durr Durr where he makes an …
