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We catch up with longtime Delarge favorite, Mr. Cooper as his second full length album “What Else There Is” is released on the Project Mooncircle label.

For this release Mr Cooper has veered away from organic sounds of traditional, easily recognizable instruments into more electronic sounds of a darker, harder and faster nature. From a change of surroundings and listening habits to recording live, improvised jams under the name of Copermahks, we find out the latest in the world of Mr. Cooper, there’s also a free mp3 download waiting for you, track 8 from Cooper’s new album.

Read on for the rest of the interview and mp3 download »

California’s king of the beats Madlib has a new album out on the 29th September 2008 - ‘WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip’ which sees him easing up on the world rhythms and returning to his roots in the boom bap. To let us dip our toes before we jump in, we have an mp3 download of ‘The Ox (805) ft. MED and Poke’ for you to pump and bump:

Download ‘The Ox (805)’ (mp3 - 192kbps 4.2mb)

» Buy WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip online at Stone’s Throw Records

Photo by Moritz Guth

Join us as we take a listen to some upcoming releases from Bombay Monkey, Skilf, Gelka and Bomb the Bass.

Bombay Monkey - 130 Astronauts

Out on Lo Tek on 18th August

Listen to ‘Are the Stars?’ the lead track from 130 Astronauts:

Bombay Monkey’s new album ‘130 Astronauts’ is the third in a “trilogy of four parts” following ‘Vanish’ (2005) and ‘Time Travellers’ (2006).

Although ‘130 Astronauts’ is themed around space, the album title is actually derived from the number of space cadets that used to drop by at 130 St Johns Road in Tunbridge Wells, where Bombay Monkey first started making tracks together.

Read on for more music »

Listen to the lead track - ‘The Gathering’:
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Setting the pace for 2008, the entire Living Legends crew locked down at Encore Studio (Dr Dre’s The Chronic 2001, Eminem Marshall Mathers LP, etc.) to record ‘The Gathering’, out 28th July on Legendary Music, set for nationwide release on their own Legendary Music label. Each song in this brand new collection features every single MC on every single track, and it is definitely the most well crafted batch since their inception.

Read on for more and the ‘She Wants Me’ video »

We caught up with Slug from Atmosphere whilst he was on the ‘3 the Hard Way’ tour with Brother Ali to talk about live shows, hip hop & being a slacker amongst other things… (more…)