Here’s a mix I did last weekend (slightly hungover, which is my excuse for some sloppy mixing). It’s pretty eclectic, ranging from 70’s/80’s funk and boogie, through house and electro to techno, and the tempo goes up and down a bit, but I think it’s pretty funky throughout, at least that was the intention. 1….
Waving Not Drowning
Once again, it was festival time last weekend, this time no running around chalets on the west coast of England or hanging out in downtown Detroit. London would be the latest location for some weekend long musical shenanigans, with the Magicwaves party taking place. Calling it a festival is probably stretching it a bit, as…
Norm Talley mixes
I’ve been having a sort through some of the huge piles of CDs in my loft and came across a couple of mixes that Norm Talley did for a monthly radio show I hosted up until a couple of years ago. I think they were just about the last show I ever did and don’t…
Thomas Cox and Jwan Allen Live on WRCT Pittsburgh 6-26-09
A few weeks back I made a post about Jwan and I playing records on the local college station WRCT Pittsburgh. I thought the mix was pretty good at the time, and thankfully it was recorded so I was able to go back and check it out. It turns out that it is a damn…
A Ton of Good Music
The past week and a half or so has really been an outstanding week for new music for me. From brand new joints, to reissues, to finds in the used shops, shit’s been firing on all cylinders. Let’s get down to brass tacks. The “Vertical Ascent” LP by Moritz Von Oswald Trio is everything I…
Guest Mix: Scott Ferguson #7 – Unreleased FPR Tracks
Man. Just when I thought Scott couldn’t possibly touch the collection of mixes he had already done for us, he comes through with this. Celebrating the repressing of the early Ferrispark Records catalog, he went through some of his old joints and broke us off with a mix of mostly unreleased deep house bangers. These…
Some summertime fun
Here in Dublin we are currently experiencing what one could call a proper summer, as in the sun is out and it’s actually warm, unlike the last few years. Even us nerdy types here at ISM aren’t immune to the ability of the sun to perk us up and I for one have been waiting…
My first trip to Detroit
Not sure how I’ve not gotten around to make a post about my little holiday over to the States for DEMF, but I thought I’d say a few things about it now.
Deep Frequencies
Simon and Guillaume have been working with the Lucky Cloud soundsystem for some time, putting on some great parties including hosting David Mancuso’s London Loft sessions. More recently the guys have also been running Deepfrequency.com – an internet radio station par excellence. ISM caught up with them to talk about some of the history and…
Radio Action Tonight in Pittsburgh, Streaming Worldwide
Tonight Jwan Allen and I are taking over the Re-rewind radio show on WRCT 88.3 FM with our man Jake the Snake. We’re gonna be bringing all the illest new shit, plus classics and lesser known jams from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s. You can definitely expect to hear the Disco Nihilist record as…