Posts Tagged ‘Phonica’

Event: Aloe Blacc in-store at Phonica TODAY!!!

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Phonica are taking it there! Fresh from our collaboration with the One-Handed family last week (many thanks to all who graced the space), we’ve landed a last-minute instore with Stones Throw’s Aloe Blacc who’s hit the UK to spread some love.

Although the confirmation was last-minute, I’ve managed to out-slack everyone by leaving it till four hours before the event to drop this post. Hopefully, the RSS junkies amongst you will get it in time & i’ll see you down there….

Proceedings begin @ 6pm. Phonica Records 51 Poland Street Soho W1F 7LZ. More details here.

For those who don’t know, here’s Aloe doing what he does:

 

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Download: Cooly G in Brazil

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

cooly-g

Anyone that has heard me play out or tuned into my radio show/podcasts recently will know that the house bug has bitten me hard. I guess working at Phonica is more than partly to blame. Before I started there i’m ashamed to say I was showing no love to the <115 BPM offspring of Chicago/New York/Detroit or their cousins. Things have changed though and soon enough you’ll see that change represented in these pages.

Although most of my four to the floor acquisitions aren’t from these shores, the tides are changing and for me it’s artists like Cooly G who are changing them. I was talking to Jez @ Shook the other day and he cussed me, reminding me how much I was hating on the UK Funky thing a year ago. He’s right, I was, and it was mainly because most of it sounded budget at best. I’m still not convinced  about the standard of UKF production now but there are a few artists that make it bump the right way. Enter Cooly G.

Enough pixels have been dropped about her already so i’ll save the repetition. Here’s a mix she did for MTV Brazil/Tranquera so you can decide on your own adjectives:

Download Cooly G MTV Brazil Tranquera Mixtape

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