On Monday 13th February Ninja Tune is set to release a re-worked version of Bonobo‘s 2010 album Black Sands, featuring an impressive army of producers on remix duties including Lapalux, Floating Points, Mark Pritchard, Blue Daisy and more – full info on the release here. Brooklyn-based producer Machinedrum has remixed ‘Eyesdown‘, setting ghostly vocals against hyperactive, skittering percussion…and it’s dope as fuck. Listen here:
This Friday 11th November Tempo Clash is throwing a party in London to mark the launch of its new collective of resident DJs, consisting of producers Kutmah, Om Unit, Blue Daisy, Kidkanevil and Offshore. Hot Damn!
The night is taking place at Islington Metal Works and all of the new residents will be playing alongside headliner Illum Sphere (Hoya Hoya), fresh from his set at the Boiler Room‘s Radiohead Takeover (if you missed that, check it out here.)
Room 2 will be hosted by promoters and DJs including Pipedown, Naive Machine and Streets of Beige.
Epic new collaboration by Blue Daisy and his exciting new act that has had everyone talking, Unknown ShΔpes. Listen to it here:
And download a free EP by Unknown ShΔpes here
DOPE new mix by Kidkanevil exclusively for Sonar music festival, check it out here. Also make sure you get yourself down to the Nihon Kizuna London Release party that he is hosting in London on 20th April, with beats on the night provided by Slugabed, Om Unit, Blue Daisy, Throwing Snow, Danny Drive Thru and of course the host himself- this is a free event in aid of Japan, more details here.
Some very nice new bits from Blue Daisy featuring vocals form Anneka. I really like this stuff, Massive Attack meets Aphex twin, meets Burial, or something like that… Blue Daisy is one to watch, or has been for just over a year, his progress as producer has been remarkable, carving out a sound of his own whilst somehow maintaining a connection with the London bass scene. Every time this guy pops up on my Soundcloud dashboard I listen to his stuff, every time without fail. He really sounds like no one else at the moment. Hope you like it as much as I do.
Blue Daisy & Anneka – Raindrops by Black Acre Records
Blue Daisy & Anneka – Blood Petal Roses by Black Acre Records
On Saturday night I popped down to Corsica studios with a few peeps to see the Black Acre records show case. It was good to catch up with some heads that were lingering around and some that were playing on the night that you will see VERY soon playing for us too. The line up was ace and included Pariah, Greymatter, R1 Ryder, Dark Sky, Doc Daneeka and Julio Bashmore, very exciting indeed. One thing I wasn’t expecting was what I got from Blue Daisy.
I saw the engineers setting up on stage a couple of hours earlier and couldn’t believe my eyes, they were setting up an MPC (fairly normal) and a desktop PC, WTF?!?!?!? Later I realised it was for the guy in the gas mask, enter Blue Daisy.If you have ever seen any old school WARP acts and love Electronica or Techno then his performance would have been right up your street. He literally blew me and everyone else at Corsica away. I can’t tell you what he was playing or whether you will ever hear that set again but what I can tell you is he is officially my new favourite live act!
I love his productions and have been following him on Soundcloud for a long time, so if you don’t know his track, here they are…Well worth a listen.
PEACE&OUZO
