Spring has finally sprung. The bunnies are bouncing, the sap is rising and the tunes are filled with sunshine. Yes our favourite time of year has arrived and the soundtrack is glorious. No fillers, just spring thrillers. First up is the magnificent Joe Le Bon’ s House Music Love Music on Moods & Grooves. Take a journey onboard this stylish Berlin bound house train and you … Continue reading Wildblood and Queenie’s Gscene April Wonders
So that was the year that fabulously was. A year in the Ouch House we’ll not forget. And a year perfectly soundtracked by the understated but never underrated. So if you want to treat the ears of those you love, here are our wonders of 2014. Go get. Queenie insists. For those of you liking the kooky it had to be the majestic Metronomy’s Love … Continue reading Wildblood + Queenie’s Wonders of 2014
A little late…due to circumstances (and stairs) beyond our control. So that was that. 2013. Done and dusted. Glorious but gone. Time to, as Carole Sylan once sung, look ahead. First up is the gloriously kooky koolness of Various Artists fabric 72 on Fabric in which every element of electronica is represented with a chaotic charm that’s bound to enchant. So to will the sound … Continue reading Wildblood and Queenie’s (delayed) January Wonders
I’ve had to remain way too focused for my own good lately. Deadlines and essays and exams and exhibitions. Too much fretting and not enough partying. And definitely not enough perfect distractions. But this weekend I found time for one. The summer has finally started and Dirty Sunset Disco, a lass called Francesca Lombardo, at a perfect Moody Disco, with a very charming Luca C … Continue reading Perfect Distractions: Moody Disco & Francesca Lombardo
Wizz bang wallop sparkle. Time to ignore the brrr and sweat it off in a nightclub, a house party you said you’d leave before dawn or, and this is our fav, via those headphones as you wiggle your way through that Monday morning ride to work. First up are the Autumnal tones of ‘Above The City’ on Culprit. Straight outta LA this lovingly crafted compilation … Continue reading Wildblood and Queenies November Wonders: The Littlemen, Crosstown Rebels, Jonny Cade, Paul Parsons, DJ Sneak and Trentemoller
Today the Jack requirement is high. The desire to dance the damp rainy day away is massive. The tune needs to hotter than Queen Josephine on a sunlounger. The tune is Russ Yallop ‘Rock Me’ on Crosstown Rebels. An old fav first road tested when I played at Big Love last year and still making me and many of my fav lads grin. Delicious. Continue reading Perfection Distraction 21.09.11: Russ Yallop ‘Rock Me’
Today I’m writing about landscape. The visions before us and the way we read what we see, decode the messages, relate to the nature, find the human element and engage. And the soundscape to today’s landscape has got me more than inspired. You can’t help nut be impressed again and again by Crosstown Rebels and their label mates. Maceo Plex is one such wonder and … Continue reading Perfect Distractions: R.A.254 Maceo Plex Podcast
Today’s Perfect Distraction. If you ain’t checked into Art Department yet where have you been? Sign in and get lost in their perfect beats. Crosstwon Rebels deliver again. Favourite label of the year assured. Art Department Continue reading Perfect Distraction – I just can’t make it without Art Department
Ho! Ho! you homo’s, it’s that very berry time of year again. Here’s hoping this selection of December’s do them tracks provides an antidote to those X Factor Christmas dirges and those “gawd Elf us” looping soundtracks. First up is the genius of Maceo Plex’s ‘Life Index’ on Crosstown Rebels. Edgy yet slip in easy, this mix of g-funk and tech will grab you for … Continue reading Wildblood’s December Wonders
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