Being Slow…
July 15, 2009
Apologies for being a little slow at updating recently ladies and gents but it’s been a busy time at Test Pressing towers. Forthcoming will be an interview with the lovely Sheryl Garratt, a fireside chat with Green Gartside of Scritti Politti, some East London talk with Trevor Jackson and a lovely mix from Balearic Mike of Mancunia. Also, while I’m here, if anyone is in the Dalston-end of town this Saturday those top chaps from Bad Passion have Thomas Bullock of Rub ‘N’ Tug at one of the best venues in town for a heads-down-arms-aloft session, The Shacklewell Arms.
[Apiento]
Massive Attack once again showing us how it’s done, this time taking in Brand Nubian’s classic ‘Love Me Or Leave Me Alone’, Mr Fingers, Marvin Gaye, Fab 5 Freddy (sounding fresher than ever) and some feel good sounds from The Players Association.
Massive Attack – Kiss 14th September 1994 (Part Two)
Download
zShare Download
[Apiento]
London House Tree 1987 – 2008
July 9, 2009
Following the Face magazine clubbing tree Terry Farley kindly sent us the London House Tree that appeared in the Faith fanzine. There’s always a couple of clubs that get missed but it’s pretty much spot on. We’ll be speaking to Terry in the near future about the forthcoming Boy’s Own book and catalogue reissues. Looking forward to seeing all the fanzines in one place as they defined that era in such a fine style. Anyway, here’s the tree…
[Apiento]
Screening: Babylon
July 7, 2009
If you are in East London on Sunday (July 12th) you could do worse than to head down to Brick Lane where Soul Jazz records are hosting a free screening of the seminal UK reggae film ‘Babylon’. The film starts at 2:00 and is worth going to see for the bit with Jah Shaka and the dancers alone. Here’s the Soul Jazz guys on the film…
Directed by Franco Rosso in 1980, Babylon is a raw and incendiary film employing an effective mix of music and social commentary to recount the everyday experiences of a small group of working class black youths living in South London in the early 1980s.
Driven by a musical score composed and arranged by legendary reggae guitarist, former member of Matumbi and record producer Dennis Bovell, with additional songs by Yabby U, I-Roy, Aswad and many more, Babylon is a brilliant, breathlessly energetic, neo-realist snapshot of what it was like to be young, poor and black in early 1980s Britain. The film is rightly regarded as a cult classic and remains as socially relevant today as when it was made almost 30 years ago.
We will be screening a fully restored and digitally re-mastered copy of the film on a huge cinema screen, coupled with a Funktion-One sound system, in the main room at Cafe 1001 at 2pm. This is an amazing chance to catch a classic piece of UK Reggae history. This event is totally FREE so please arrive early to ensure you get a space on the sofas.
[Apiento]
Spotify Playlists 01 (Updated Again)
July 7, 2009
It seemed like there wasn’t a place to capture those Spotify playlists floating about so I thought I’d get a few together. You know what to do. Copy the link in your browser and off you go. It’s the modern C90.
Update: Just added a couple of lovely playlists from Manchester’s Jason Boardman – one of Aficionado favourites and also an Electric Elephant 2009 playlist. Better get the free music while you can as apparently Spotify are looking for a cash injection of up to £30M.
Jason Boardman’s Aficionado Classics
Jason Boardman’s Electric Elephant 2009 Playlist
Apiento playlist 01:12 (tracklisting above)
Wonderfulsound Libraries Spotify Playlist – The Harbour Mystery
Start of a Compass Point and related playlist…
Ripped In Glasgow Influences Playlist
Tim Hayter’s early disco playlist
Balearic beats from Jolyon Green and Moonboots
Low-down funky business courtesy of Rocky of X-Press 2 and Ballistic Brothers fame
Sweet Brasilian sounds courtesy of Russ F over at Brownswood
Send yours in if you feel like getting involved here. More to follow.
[Apiento]
Mushroom on the wheels once again showing us how to walk the genres in a fine style in this, the first part of the second week of Massive Attack’s promo shows for the ‘Protection’ album.
Massive Attack – Kiss 14th September 1994 (Part One)
Download
zShare Download
[Apiento]
The Face Chronology Of Nightclubbing
July 4, 2009
In the 100th issue of The Face magazine (September 1988), Dylan Jones, Sheryl Garratt and Robert Elms compiled a large article on 80s nightclubs and the cast involved. Here’s one part of it joining the dots between all the clubs of the decade.
Thanks to Phil Mison for the magazine.
[Apiento]
I know very little about this track. It’s from an early 90s CD called ‘Medicine Compilation from the Quiet Lodge.’ Wherever that is.
Nonetheless, it’s a lovely rolling track, some afrobeat touches and a flavour of New Orleans piano.
Haruomi Hosono: Aiwoiwaiaou
Download
[Tim Hayter]
Feet First
June 30, 2009
Emma Warren, one of the Test Pressing contributors has been producing various radio shows/podcasts for the Red Bull group, so we thought we’d post one here and ask a little about what the shows are about. Over to Emma…
I’ve been doing a monthly podcast for the Red Bull Music Academy since January this year. Each month I make my way up to Clerkenwell Green, clutching a handful of my favourite tunes of the day, ready to step inside the vocal booth and get recording. I’m working with the team who create content for the RBMAradio.com site which means that we get access to amazing people. So far I’ve had interviews with Baaba Maal, William Orbit and a customised jingle from Tippa Irie as well as full access to the catalogue of couch interviews that happen each year at the academy. But anyway, this is the current Wandering Feet podcast. It’s got music from Goldielocks (above) and Mark Pritchard, Sa Ra’s Om’Mas Keith and Debruit plus new school Portuguese techno boys Photonz as well as interviews with Subeena, Dirty Projectors and Baaba Maal. The one before had Musinah and a fab new tunes from kizomba hip hop duo Ritchaz e Keke and the next one, which I recorded this week, will have new music from Little Dragon and a TRG mix of Moderat as well as a super-sweet interview with dubstep’s Mala. Til that goes up next month, here’s Wandering Feet.
Wandering Feet – June
Download
zShare Download
(Image courtesy of Debbie Bragg/Everynight)
[Emma Warren]
Mix: Moonboots – Live At Afternoon Sessions (Cafe 1001)
June 26, 2009
Moonboots will hate me for saying this but as well as being a top bloke he’s a bit of a Manchester legend and along with Phil Mison, Baleric Mike and Jason Boardman has been flying the balearic flag for many a year. From supplying the Dust Brothers with the records that created their sound from behind the counter at Eastern Bloc for Naked Under Leather with Phil South (now Golf Channel in NYC) through to his lovely “Originals” with Mike on Mudd’s Claremont 56 imprint he’s always had an ear for the alternative, good and well very, very balearic.
This is the first in a series of mixes we will be posting from London’s aforementioned Afternoon Sessions. Afternoon Sessions started as Phil Mison and Steve Terry wanted to put on a party as DJ Hugh Herrera was visiting. From there, well, they just carried on really. For an afternoon of mellow music with lovely people it’s a great place to visit. This mix is from a few years back and hasn’t dated a jot. Hopefully Moon will be coming through with a new mix at some point but until then here’s something to keep us going.
Moonboots – Afternoon Sessions (Cafe 1001)
Download
zShare Download
[Apiento]
Click here for Test Pressing RSS