Five Elektrik Gems

Two weeks ago I featured Carlos Nino & Miguel Atwood – Ferguson, Marissa, Anoushka Shankar and a Kneebody/Daedalus Collaboration. 

1. Shaun Sky ft. Wu-lu – Placebo Reflect

Perfect for a reflective moment. The London Hip Hop scene is extremely strong at the moment. Very excited to see what else is coming from Shaun Sky and Wu-Lu.

UK

2. Kaidi Tatham & Dego – Got Me Puzzled (feat. Face)

UK

3. Mark de Clive Lowe Unit 46 – Better Days 

NZ

4. Silhouette Brown – Pain

UK

5. Tempo – Move 2 The Light 

UK

An extra gem find, from last week is this little demo.

Bembe Segue – SpaceOdyssey (demo)

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Next radio show:

The Elektrik Cave | Roundhouse Radio | 6-7pm

7th March 2015

Elektrik TV – SunSplash Festival 2014

So I have some flipping flapping amazing news. One of the videos from SunSplash Festival, Turkey has been edited, and is going through its final tweeks.

Elektrik TV will be coming soon.

Just to get you a little bit excited. I caught up with the legendary producer that is Mark de Clive Lowe of Mashi Beats.

 

Five Elektrik Gems

I’m taking a month off The Elektrik Cave radio show, but blog posts will continue, as will pictures on The Elektrik Cave instagram, which I’ve become a major fan of (late. I know).

This week we have a proper mixture of genres and styles of music.

1. Carlos Nino & Miguel Atwood – Ferguson – Find A Way 

J Dilla produced it for A Tribe Called Quest, which also is a great track

America

2. Marissa – Saudade Fez Um Samba

Brazil

3. Anoushka Shankar – Lasya

UK

4. Anoushka Shankar – Metamorphosis

UK

5. Kneebody / Daedalus Collaboration

US

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Next radio show:

The Elektrik Cave | Roundhouse Radio | 6-7pm

7th March 2015

British Asian Sound System

A great documentary by Dazed and Confused, beautifully filmed. Produced by Shimmy Ahmed. Directed by William Williamson.

The documentary explores the use of conventional bhangra music (popular in Punjabi cultures) in the 90’s through to the early 00’s, and how sound system set up around West London and beyond was a way to say “fuck you” to everyone who had ever tried to make a young asian growing up in the 90’s define where they were from. Like with many cultures, the music was the link between many who felt alienated within a society that wanted them to define themselves as something other than British.

An absolute great watch.

‪#‎musicnation

The Elektrik Cave Tonight

On the show this evening we’ll be heading over to North America to explore some of the beatmakers and jazz guys over there.

Planning for this show has been harder than previous shows because there is so much.

As it’s J Dilla birthday, we’ll no doubt pay homage to the King of all beatmakers. Also, to celebrate Nas playing at the Roundhouse we’ll also have a couple of tracks from Nas. But aside from that you’ll have to keep up to date by following the twitter and instagram account.

See you at 6.