Well, hello and welcome to the Beat Poetry blog. This post is a bit out of date now as our April night at Gramaphone has now passed. However, better late than never as they say, so here's the little mix we put together for this month. It was recorded live down in Hither Green in Ally's flat whilst eating a whole packet of Cheddars. At the time, we only had 2 guinea pigs and Cat (Ally's cat) for an audience so we hope you enjoy it as much as they did. April MixxxTracklisting:
1. Intro - Jack Kerouac
2. Good Rockin Tonight (Rmx)- Elvis Presley
3. Psycho - The Sonics
4. The Lollipop - Delicious Allstars feat. Jocelyn Brown
5. Drop It Down (B rmx) - The New Mastersounds
6. Foxy Girls In Oakland - Rodger Collins
7. I Got Soul (Smalltown DJs rmx) - Eric B & Rakim
8. I Just Want To Celebrate - Rare Earth
9. Killing In The Name - The Apples
10. The Seed 2.0 - The Roots
11. Sergeant Peppers (reprise) - The Beatles
12. Looking Out My Window - Tom Jones
13. Get Ready For The Young Folks - Conroller 7
Ninja Tune is far and away my favourite record label of all time. If only every music company nowadays was run with so much passion and commitment to innovate. Ninja recently released a three-CD collection of its current output called You Don't Know featuring, among many others, Diplo, Spank Rock, Roots Manuva and The Heavy. It contained some fantastic stuff but, due to its size, was difficult to fully digest. Helpfully, Ninja's mixmaster in chief Strictly Kev (aka DJ Food) has stepped forward with a 50-minute 39-track mega-mix of the collection, which is a simply stunning demonstration of the man's considerable DJ skills. I wholeheartedly recommend you buy it now and check his MySpace to find out when he's next playing in your town.
