new Infinite Livez Just received an MP3 taster of Inf’s new LP with Stade, the brilliantly-titled “Morgan Freeman’s Psychedelic Semen”. First thoughts? Fantastic - bring on the LP! (0)
Siriusmo - All The Girls EP Ooof - LOVING the original and “Girlsrock” versions, and don’t start me on the Yuksek RMX. BLAOW! (1)
The Xmas Special with Wrongtom For those who’ve been asking, it should be podcast sometime after Jan 9th when Resonance returns to normal scheduling. (1)
Me and Wrongtom back on Rhythm Inc Tune in to Resonance 104.4FM this Friday (21st Dec.) a 4pm to hear me and Wrongtom’s Christmas Special! (4)
Jel rocks the MPC live Hell yes: Jel’s live MPC playing is rightly held in high regard. Now he’s looking for gigs. Watch the vid, then hook it up people! (2)
Aupheus remix: download here That Aupheus remix of Buck65 I mentioned (and played on Rhythm Inc) is now available for download here. Go get some! (0)
So, here it is folks: our final show of 2008 and our second installment of festive selections for you to indulge in. On this show we open with the rather offensive Judge Dread (and yes, Trick’s reaction to this might well be the same as yours), then take in BB King, Snoop Dogg, William Burroughs, Sufjan Stevens, the Flaming Lips and - fittingly - Harry Belafonte, pictured below with his harem of laydeeez:
HELLA FLOSSY.
As ever the conversation flows as plentiful as the music, but sadly doesn’t also benefit from editing, A&R, mastering or indeed any quality control whatsoever. So, same as usual then.
Welcome then our first of two Christmas Specials, in which the dynamic (*ahem!*) duo select a diverse bunch of yuletide-related cuts for your delectation. On this first show, tunes aired include some hawaiian guitar festivity, some midget-funk courtesy of The Purple One, two mighty soul legends in the form of Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye, Scandinavian Spector-ness from The Raveonettes and even the frankly rather grim tale of “Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa” from De La Soul. Matters discussed include Trick’s new Chesterfield armchair/sofa combo, the mighty port sipper glasses, Prince’s festive loving arrangements, the forthcoming Specials reunion and much more. One thing’s for sure: this isn’t the kind of festive drivel you see on MTV where Tony Christie palms you off with more bloody Cliff Richard. O Come All Ye Faithful indeed!
Yes yes - we continue our slew of shows with this gem that represents our first of the Christmas month. Is this a Christmas special? No - tune in next week and the week after for our two yuletide offerings. In the meantime, check out the metal funk of Fudge Tunnel, the soul stylings of Kylie Auldist, Maga Bo’s brutal fusion of “world” (hate that term!) sounds with modern beats, Mark Perry’s Good Missionaries project, the pseudo bass mysticism of Maggotron and the inimitable William Burroughs. In addition your presenters discuss Trick’s Buddha Machine, the Black and White Minstrels and whether or not one of the presenters is in the pay of Stone’s Throw. No comments from the peanut gallery please!
Good lord - 3 shows in a month?! You better believe it. (Not at all influenced by Trick being currently “between jobs” and therefore having far more time on his hands.)
Up on this week’s show: funk, sea shanties, Bay Area punk, dancehall drum n’ bass, Sonny and Cher and much much more. As ever, conversation remains at a premium, with such hot topics for discussion including “How Primal Scream Trashed My Car” from Tom, the pastiness of producer Toddla T (see pic above), the death of punk, Trick’s dubious claim to being co-creator of The Worst Christmas Song Of All Time and more. So, more of the same inane blend as ever then…
… aka “Tom, I’m Only Dancing” (with all necessary apologies to David Bowie fans there).
Yup, this is the show where Trick throws down the dancefloor action and unleashes some SERIOUS booty-shakin’ big dumb fun, which seems to make Tom rather jealous.
So what else is aired beyond mad 4/4 b-more buff hype? Hows about promising jazz styles from Tempa, described by Tom as “Saturday Night-era Tom Waits hanging out with Pharoah Sanders” (!!!), 80s dancefloor remix styles courtesy of Lesser Panda, insane original synth-punk from Los Microwaves and the truly beautiful Talk Talk with their much slept-on classic “I Believe In You”…
Once again, we go all over the place hoping to catch your ear with sonic treats. And you know what, we just might… go take a listen!
Also: keep em peeled for an all-singing-and-dancing Trick and Wrongtom website coming soon, featuring all our shows, reviews, video and no doubt large quantities of inane spewings as only we know how.
As we tumble towards the year’s end we thought it was high time you got your next fix of Trick and Wrongtom - especially after we promised to do shows with more frequency from now on.
Coming up on this show: two exclusive - EXCLUSIVE!! - tracks from Mr Chop’s forthcoming Lightworlds LP (er, or EP… we’re not actually sure at the mo), the track from Purple Rain nobody released before now, Clint Eastwood (the MC, not the actor/director), Trick’s favourite late-90s dancefloor smasher (aka “Killa” by Smith & Mighty), Stone’s Throw’s soul hope Mayer Hawthorne and - in a rare bout of continuity and forethought - The Blue Aeroplanes…
Given we’d been on something of a break prior to our last show, we felt it was time we stepped up with another show to make up for that. God willing (i.e. lives and work allowing) we’ll be bringing you shows fortnightly from now on…
Commencing with what can only be described as the kind of start to a show John Peel would have jealous of (i.e. technically risible), we step up with your usual selection of mostly slept-on classics, covering anything from punk funk from the early 80s to one killer remix courtesy of man-of-the-moment Nosaj Thing. Factor in some heavyweight digital dub, some insanely fonky Cambodian psyche (yes, you read that right) and some blistering 4/4 folk shuffle grooves and, well, you’ve got much the same as usual really: songs you might not know, but will surely want to know much better once we’re done.
Also, as you’ll hear on the show, we got talking about masses of superheroes or sci-fi characters. Tom once witnessed a horde of stormtroopers in NYC, whilst I witnessed a massed brass band of Spider-men in Bournemouth, of all places. So: can YOU top that? Let us know!
Anyone listening to our shows (or mixes, in my case) knows just how much we love the Mashit label. So, imagine our delight when we got an email through announcing that they were offering up for free a 17 track album of DJ C mashups and remixes. So, if for some reason you’ve had your head under a rock and have slept on both C and his mighty label, head on over there now to grab your free album. Go!!
My good friend and former Needlework Records partner Monk-A has dropped a new mix, entitled The Urban Ache. Rather than re-word his own statement on this one, I’ll let you read it yourself:
This is the first part of a two mix series, featuring some very down tempo Electronica, with the second part coming in a couple of months or so.
Basically Mr Trick is now taking this mix, and doing a dub version of it, using this as the source material. Continue reading »
It seems like an aeon since we did the last show - hell in between times Tom managed to nail and entire Roots Manuva dub LP and I conceived and devised an entire music service for someone. Hence it has been some 2+ months since me and Tom were in the studio, so we felt it was only right to double our efforts and record not one but two shows for this month. Here’s the first, and the second will go online in a fortnight.
So, what’s in store? Punk funk, digital riddims, African rumba, kiddie funk, and even - GASP - some shiny pop sounds for your lugholes. Plus a couple of new exclusives of course, including a Toddla T remix and a fresh-from-the-mixing-desk track from the mighty Pama International. HELL YES. And, as ever, this is all presided over by Trick and Tom, the radio equivalent of those two annoying drunks you see in the pub who should know better… but don’t.
Download the show now and get your fix… you know you want to!
