Author: Mr Margaret Scratcher

  • The Trammps – Rubber Band (scratchandsniffs stretched out re-rub)

    https://soundcloud.com/scratchandsniff/the-trammps-rubber-band

     

    This track has cropped up a fair bit for me recently, and lo and behold, here’s a nice edit from those lovely scratchnsniffs chaps…

    The original track was sampled by J Dilla for ‘Dilla Says Go’:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofzXS2VhBlg

  • Seagulls on Laxatives

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfIEPpIN_JM

    Nobody is safe.. Not even babies…

  • Cuthead – Everlasting Sunday

    artworks-000059735333-e583m3-t500x500YESSSS! Very much looking forward to this 9 track EP/mini album from German producer Cuthead, discovered him about 4 years ago via last FM, and this release continues in his mixture of ‘the-kind-of-house-that-i-like’ on the A-side, and glitched out bass heavy hiphop on the B-side.

    Favourite of the bunch of snippets up on soundcloud right now has to be this one:

    Full preview here:

    Vinyl: November 8th 2013
    Digital: November 15th 2013

    There we go again. Finally, Cuthead returns with the long awaited follow-up to his “Brother EP”. His new record “Everlasting Sunday” surely fulfils some dreams as it is packed with no less than nine tracks. Three catchy House tunes on the A-Side and six Hip-Hop-jams on the B-side make for a very extended EP or a mini-album … the choice is up to you!
    Right at the beginning we start with the sample-heavy “Maputo Jam”, a tune in classical Cuthead-manner with its irresistible drumming full of stumbling blocks and layers of sweet synth-melodies. “Nautic Walking” is a straighter House track with a guitar line and clapping samples but that bass line quickly reminds you whom you’re listening to. “Minerals” starts off pretty deeply before evolving from a jazzy House affair into an almost orchestral tune with opulent strings.
    The flipside is an extensive expression of Cuthead’s inexhaustible love for Hip-Hop. There is feel-good material like “Everlasting Sunday” and “Deep Shadows” as well as banging joints like “Calculator Watch” with all the typical Cuthead-trademarks: sick bass work, stammering drumming and imaginative sampling.

     

    While you wait for this release, why not download his two earlier albums for free   here and here..

  • FOOLS – Chairman Maf

    https://soundcloud.com/chairmanmaf/fools-chairman-maf

    Yet more gold from what has to be one of my favourite producers, Chairman Maf. If you’ve not yet done so, do yourself a favour and go get his 1976 album from Bandcamp. Seriously, it’s been the soundtrack to my summer..

  • Daptone Presents: The Poets of Rhythm feat. EDAN

    Directed by Chris George. ‘The Poets of Rhythm Anthology: 1992-2003’ on Daptone Records OUT NOW!! Place your order here: http://bit.ly/18vfE99

     

    A turntable routine *whilst* rapping over the top simultaneously?  That’ll be Edan then…

    PS The track in the video might well be familiar to anyone that heard my Christmas Mix last year… Almost time again… *shudder*…

  • Jester Jacobs – My Struggle

     

    Life’s a struggle… Stay strong…

  • Crumbs (Fingerman Disco Beatdown)FREE DOWNLOAD

    “Rework of Laura Lee classic. Upped this a while back but reworked it slightly. Enjoy :)”

    https://soundcloud.com/fingermanedit

  • Beamz by Flo Rida

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVQpaGeW3xo

    As incredible as it seems, this is not a sketch from the Tim and Eric Awesome show…