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    Retro and progressive electronica

    There's a lot of (new) music out there trying to sound like old BBC soundtracks, 90's electronica etc. Who are the names / labels trying to move the music forward today? Was impressed by the likes of Telefon Tel Aviv, Apparat etc a while back...
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    50 Years Later, Is There Anything Left Of Hip Hop?

    https://defector.com/50-years-later-is-there-anything-left-of-hip-hop what do you think?
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    Roger Waters

    Is he antisemitic? What do you think?
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    The Canon of the Overrated

    I would like to propose: Chemical Bros DJ Shadow Fat Boy Slim APhex Twin (has a couple of great songs but remains v.overrated imo)
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    Musique sensuelle et érotique

    add on
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    French hip hop

    The top two at the moment to the best of my knowledge
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    well kept secrets

    was lucky enough to find out about singer-songwriter Reg Meuross this weekend
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    price of cds

    new depeche mode album (single cd - domestic release - not the fancy packaging version which costs £22) £18 in both HMV and indie store I checked the other day...
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    Music is Vast: A Tribute to the Music and Legacy of Vangelis

    Czech out my musical efforts on tracks 18, 41 & 65 - all profits from this album go to The Trussell Trust
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    jungle + techno

    Anyone got any recommendations for dnb which still mixes the jungle + techno elements? I like what Loxy and Resound do...
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    Out of Tune Songs

    Apparently the bassline on is out of tune on as is the guitar on but it all works doesn't it?
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    Simon Aldred

    aka Cherry Ghost - the "most known unknown" songwriter of the modern age? Avicii, Rag and Bone Man etc.
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    Surprising musical facts

    The singer of New Model Army with his flat Northern vowels was from Buckinghamshire. When Stevie Wonder was potentially leaving Motown in his 20s, his mother was kidnapped (saw it mentioned in a TV doc on Bowie) Add on.
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    dub music that sounds like natural phenomena

    like thunder and lightening etc. any recommendations pls?
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    Tribute bands

    In my bit of the Home Counties, the program at some arts / entertainment centres seems to be 50% + tributes / covers bands. Any thoughts? We used to have a thriving live music scene round here with bands doing their own thing.
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    Hip hop tribute bands

    It's a bit antithetical to hip hop but there's 2 Beastie Boys tributes. Any others?
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    Okuda Hiroko: The Casio Employee Behind the “Sleng Teng” Riddim that Revolutionized Reggae

    https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/g02027/okuda-hiroko-the-casio-employee-behind-the-sleng-teng-riddim-that-revolutionized-reggae.html?fbclid=IwAR2Ey5r0GQuMt96jiMAnDMQKTpaUZY9TzFd6Snyn9w5Gkzq-zbelooszaTI
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    Magic Moments from Jool's Boogie Woogie Wonderland

    Remember watching this sat in a house on the North Hull Estate on the evening of my graduation day - knackered from working nights in a factory
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    Amazing (& relatively unknown) uses of the Amen Break in Jungle

    Just discovered this... J & J - 100 Tons Of Bass (Overweight Mix) Please add on
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