Music and Richie Meldrum

Labels of love - Phuturelabs

19 Aug 2010

What started as an electronic music blog has now become a record label. Paul Reset, founding member of Phuturelabs, explains more. What is Phuturelabs? ‘Phuturelabs was originally a name myself and a friend used for some music we wrote at the end…

Xplicit welcome club favourites NOISIA

14 May 2010

Proving your old friends are your best friends, Xplicit welcome club favourites NOISIA back to the capital for yet another triple bill event at Edinburgh Uni’s Potterrow. ‘The first time they played for us was back in 2006,’ says promoter Simon McGrath.

Labels of Love: Restless Natives

31 Mar 2010

Established January 2004 in Edinburgh Roster DJ Kryptik, DJ Samurai, DC Breaks and Mazzini (pictured) Boss DJ Kid, aka Peter Symington In a nutshell Created and controlled by Scotland’s most vehement drum & bass ambassador, Restless…

Electric Frog Street Carnival

The Notting HIll spirit comes to Glasgow

20 Aug 2009

‘The Street Carnival came about from us deciding that we’re the north’s version of the Nottinghill Carnival in London,’ explains Jack Revell, aka Numbers DJ Jackmaster and one of the people behind The Electric Frog Street Carnival, a new all day event…

Aeroplane

28 May 2009

Location: Brussels, Belgium. Occupation: Cosmic orbiters of Planet Disco. Should I be excited? We think so. Having planted the magic beans in Glasgow with an infamous performance at H&P last September, Aeroplane return to spray their flourishing…

Sultans of swing - Pendulum Interview

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

22 Jul 2008

Hardcore drum & bass fans may have objected to the rockier feel of Pendulum’s new sound, but Richie Meldrum finds original member Rob Swire in no mood to apologise

Pendulum

24 Apr 2008

DRUM & BASS Carling Academy, Glasgow, Sat 3 May Pendulum, the drum & bass production trio from Perth, Australia shifted more than 200,000 copies of their debut album Hold your Colour. Like Roni Size, LTJ Bukem and a few others that had gone before…

Method Man, Redman and LuckyMe

27 Mar 2008

HIP HOP Carling Academy, Glasgow, Sat 29 Mar - RESCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY 20 APRIL ‘Change’ seems to be a popular word at the moment; politically, environmentally, it’s all about moving into something new. As always, you can rely on hip hop to reflect the…

The Cool Kids

14 Feb 2008

HIP HOP Ego, Edinburgh, Sun 17 Feb For the past few years hip hop in the states has been suffering. In 2007 album sales nose-dived and the ‘hip hop tycoon’ icon with clothing labels, butlers and perfumes finally crumbled under street level scrutiny.

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip

4 Oct 2007

King Tut’s, Glasgow, Wed 12 Sep Looking a bit like a geography teacher exiting a half-pipe, Scroobius Pip arrives on stage in Glasgow soon after the final whistle in Paris. ‘Four words,’ he calmly offers, ‘Scotland 1 – France 0,’ before adding…

Kraak and Smaak

Album

7 May 2007

HOUSE Apparently a reference to an old Dutch proverb rather than Pete Doherty’s breakfast, Kraak and Smaak serve up a double remix CD of jazzy house vibes and percussive, break-beat rhythms. Groove-led basslines are reminiscent of the US West Coast…