Monthly Archives: May 2011

All posts from May 2011

Mixes

Guest Mix – Mike Falvey

It’s time again for that most sporadic of series I’ve got going on where I’ve been asking some local Irish Djs to do up a mix for the site. We return again to County Kerry for this one, courtesy of the amiable Mike Falvey, who’s been plugging away at this djing malarky for some time,…

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Records

Spring ’11 New Records Pt. 2

So this is part two, just trying to keep the focus on a couple records per post! Here’s some ill Detroit, Chicago, and NYC records I’ve picked up recently…. Any time Reggie Dokes releases a new record, it’s a good thing! When he is starting a new label, you know it means he’s gonna bring…

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Records

Spring ’11 New Records Pt. 1

So yeah. I’ve been slacking yet again on new record posts, and it has really backed up enough that I’m not even gonna try to do them all in one go. I imagine this will take two or three posts, so bear with me. Pictured above is Chancho Via Circuito at his debut Pittsburgh appearance…

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Gigs, Mixes, Music

Sun Ra Promo Mix

Here’s a short Sun Ra mix I did as a promo for this weekend’s Sun Ra Birthday Celebrations with Mike Huckaby (see previous post). It focuses on the late 70s and early 80s period which was probably his grooviest period, should serve as a nice primer for those unfamiliar with his work. 1 Sleeping Beauty…

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General

Guest Mix: Scott Ferguson

It’s been some time since we last had a mix from Mr Ferguson and for this instalment he’s back rocking the Hip Hop for us after this killer mix he did for us back in early 2010. Again it’s on a mostly 90’s tip and contains a few personal favourites of mine in there, so…

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