Beats are life. Marco “Polo” Bruno, by way of Toronto and now making his home in Brooklyn, lives by this mantra. In a few short years the T. Dot native has gone from green producer with a new MPC 2000XL to a highly sought after purveyor of boom-bap, laying down tracks for the likes of Masta Ace, Boot Camp Clik and Sadat X. Now the 27 year-old production wunderkind is set to release his own debut album, Port Authority on Soulspazm / Rawkus.
My Man DJ Analogue has come up with the goods again and has delivered part 2 in his series of Straight Out Leodis Podcasts. An absolutely storming selection of new and not so new bangers showcasing the best of Leeds and wider UK talent all with a touch of choice cutting thrown in. So over to Analogue...
Due to phenomenal public demand, critically acclaimed French DJ Crew 'C2C' arrives for the first time in Maidstone. After wowing crowds at DMC competitions all over the world for the last 8 years this outstanding group of dj's has now set about blowing the UK club scene to pieces.
The Dirty Diggers have not been getting enough love around these parts. I have to confess I started a review of their first LP – Freakishly Strong, but they fell foul of my dwindling work ethic and multifarious demands on my time. Maybe I’ll finish it one day.
This is a 1959 retelling of the Greek Legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in Rio at the time of the carnival and directed by French director Marcel Camus.