Tag Archives: Jazz

Bored In The Crates Homage

Once again, Kankick is back all up in this piece as I tell it so – the BTS Radio crew have remastered and re-upped his Bored In The Crates Mix from back in 2006. If you liked House Shoes’ Loungin’ Vol.1 that I posted a few months back then this mix will please you greatly. Kankick spins what is sure to be just a fraction of his collection, selecting an eclectic selection of latin, jazz, funk, and soul music for your ear holes. This mix sounds like pure inspiration, click on the image below to download.

If you have yet to check out BTS Radio then do it yesterday. Founder Andrew Meza broadcast the first Beneath The Surface Radio show all the way back in 2003 and has since then played host to an astounding list of guests, including Jneiro Jarel, Kankick, Flying Lotus, Dibia$e, Paul White, Ras G, Hudson Mohawke, Rustie, Nathan Fake and Eric Lau to name a few. If this isn’t enough to get you to check them out then I’m confused as to why you are reading this blog. High-Rise favourites include Kankick’s 2003 show and Jneiro Jarel’s appearance in 2007, but it’s well worth working your way through the entire backlog of BTS Radio mixes and guest spots. It really is one of the finest stations on the face of the planet, one that truly deserves your support for putting out a torrent of highly enjoyable music. They have a 12″ available to pre-order from March 15th that features music from Dibia$e, Letherette, S.Maharba and Jed & Lucia. Make sure you hit up btsradio.com for more information on this and to find their full archive of mixes, merchandise and news. Stay tuned to @btsradio for the latest.

A Journey Through Jazz

What you have before you is the heady blend of a talented jazz musician and a bag of mushrooms. While the outcome of this could have easily been a series of frightening revelations and incoherent babbling, Ruff Snippits has actually managed to produce something rather wonderful…

A Journey Through Jazz

When not invoking the spirits of dead geniuses through the consumption of hallucinogens, Ruff Snippits also finds time to produce fine hip hop music. To check out a selection of his beats, head over to his Myspace page.

Sunday Steely

I have been having a bit of a Steely Dan revival over the last couple of weeks and, inspired by the raft of Sunday songs people have mentioned today, I though I would post up my selection. It is a bit of a cop out as this particular tune has been getting a battering all week. Enjoy.