24/03/2010 by admin.

We’ve listened to this guy’s demos for a couple of years via the now-arguably ‘Ghost-town’ of MySpace and have always been into his work. Rarely within the realms of the phenomenon known as hip-hop in the UK do we find a lyricist who emits a sense of universal truth yet maintain musical accessibility. Justifiably, he has been compared to Mike Skinner.

From his smooth conversational rhythmic flow to his talented sparse melodic productions, Ghostpoet (born Obaro Ejimiwe) has caught the ears of London-based musicians and DJ’s including The Golden Silvers, Micachu, new soul singer Rox, enigmatic producer Kwes and the legendary Radio 1 Gilles Peterson to name a few. Ultimately, this has lead to collaborations between Ghost and the aformentioned. Ghostpoet has made appearances, live at The Golden Silvers clubnight and on Micachu & Kwes’ mixtape release.

Ghostpoet has kindly curated a mix for SomeThinkBlue which is available to download off his very own blogspot (click on the image below).

There’s no tracklisting but hey - that would be telling. The London-bred Coventry-based vocalist is expected to release his debut single on Gilles Peterson’s very label Brownswood (home to Jose James!) this Spring.

Ghostpoet’s MySpace

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18/02/2010 by admin.

Before the addition of The xx, Fever Ray and Richie Hawtin, we were convinced that Rob da Bank’s Bestival MAY contain the best line up for any festival to be held in the UK this year. Now with the addition of these three deservedly acclaimed artists, it’s safe to to say that Bestival contains the best line for any festival to be held in the UK this year. Keep the 9th - 12th September 2010 free for this…

Taken from the Bestival website…

“Staying on course to deliver the closest thing to festival nirvana this side of rock ‘n’ roll heaven, Rob da Bank and the Bestival crew are just too excited to be able to hold in the latest mega-mungus line-up announcement for our seventh outing any longer. With the likes of Dizzee Rascal, Flaming Lips, Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem and Gil Scott Heron already out of the besti-bag, we have got some absolute belters joining the bill for the first Robin Hill Country Park adventure of the teenies!

Rob da Bank says: ‘OK, check this out for a triple whammy - my joint favourite band of last year The xx playing what will be a very rare UK festival appearance on our very own Isle of Wight, the audio-visual phenomenon that is Fever Ray with her ONLY UK festival this year and to cap it all one of the most important electronic wizards about, Richie Hawtin bringing his Plastikman guise to the Big Top. Selfishly these are three of the most played artists round the da Banks’ at the moment and if you don’t already own all the music get it now and get ready for September!’
Winners of a truck load of coveted accolades, including The Guardian and Rough Trade Shops’ Album of the Year, for their sublime debut album The xx will be taking the ferry to the Isle of Wight to blow you away with one of only three UK festival appearances this year that will see them baring the spellbinding lyrical interplay and evocative riffs that have deservedly made the masses fall head over heels for them. Aside from blowing us all away in the Big Top on Friday the band will also be loading Saam Farahmand’s groundbreaking, super-future ‘xx: a Sculpture of the Album’; a 3D physical interpretation of their music, into their van. Utilising film, light and sound via three specially created audio-visual units this will play all weekend in Bestival’s very own permanent cinema onsite … and you won’t see it at any other UK festies!”

The festival is to be held at Robin Hill Country Park, Isle Of Wight.

Visit the Bestival website for more information.

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19/12/2009 by admin.

Welcome, please, Andreya Triana. The Brighton-based singer whose past credits include work with Mr. Scruff, Flying Lotus, Theo Parrish and Bonobo releases the first single from her forthcoming debut album, “Lost Where I Belong”.

Andreya Triana - “Lost Where I Belong” - Video Directed by Daniel Chester and Dave Prosser

“Lost Where I Belong,” like the rest of the album which will follow, is produced by Simon Green aka Bonobo, this track being co-written with Fink. The album came about before Bonobo and Triana worked on a track for his lastest album and ended up touring the US together. A beautiful, subtle slice of jazz and folk-inflected soul, “Lost Where I Belong” is, Andreya explains, a microcosm of what her album is all about. “The underlying theme of the song is even though we can strongly and clearly know what our purpose is in life we can still get a bit lost along the way and struggle sometimes.”

Bonobo builds subtle live strings, brass and effortless-but-understated drum work around the gorgeousness of Triana’s voice and lush harmonies. The remix comes from sometime associate and collaborator Flying Lotus who takes the original vocal out into the (LA) galaxy – all space fizzes and filtered drums – before Andreya roots it right back down again with an acoustic version which shows just how affecting her voice is, with Fink and Bonobo both lending a hand on guitar and double bass.

No diva-histrionics here – just an attempt to let the melody and lyrics do the talking.

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15/12/2009 by admin.

Undoubtedly two of the finest producers straight from Los Angeles, Nite Jewel and Dam-Funk have had quite the successful year. Both being admirers of each others work, and similarly inspired by chord structures and synth sounds of a half-remembered past of the 80’s, one could only imagine how the two together would sound like… until now.

Nite Jewel + Dam-Funk on XLR8R TV

With help from XLR8R TV, the two finally pair as a duo completing a remarkably mesmerising tune named ‘Am I Gonna Make It’ - think dancefloor ethereal funk with a purple sound. Cole MGN of lo-fi band Haunted Graffiti assists on bass guitar duties.

Nite Funk - ‘Am I Gonna Make It’ - click to download

We at Some Think Blue adore this track, and for you purple music lovers out there, if you tuned into Benji B’s 1xtra show on the 29th November, you also know that Dam-Funk will make collaborative links to the UK via man of the moment in the ‘Dubstep’ region - Joker.

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02/12/2009 by admin.

There are very few that can actually justify asking for up to £50 for tickets, but in what will no doubt be one of his most spectacular gigs, Paul Weller will now play a further third date at the Royal Albert Hall on the 26th of May, 2010. This event will follow the highly anticipated new album which will be released in the coming Spring on Island Records.

See Weller’s website for more details, live performances of 22 dreams and a preview of his forth coming track,  ‘7&3 Is The Strikers Name’.

The Mod Father is back.

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30/11/2009 by admin.

Blue. Blue. The word evokes something inside of us. A feeling. A thought. A sense of something that you can’t quite put your finger on, but it’s there. What is it? What does this colour, mood, movement, music or feeling represent?Scientifically speaking, blue the colour is evoked by the perception of a spectrum of light dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nanometer. Spiritually, it is symbolic to the fifth throat chakra. It is also said to be the aura colour shown when someone is oriented toward spirituality and is used to represent peace.Once considered a hot colour, it is now an icy, cool, calming, cold colour, said to help the perception of time pass more quickly, yet too much blue can make you feel dejected. Non can better describe this feeling than that of the Blues. No other label of a genre of music has been able to amalgamate everything that it has ever stood for or represented. It was something special, taking from its origins of European and African music yet retaining a completely new identity, one separate from either of its parent traditions. The American writer, Washington Irving is credited with coining the term ‘the Blues’ as it is now defined in 1807. From the expressive words of deprivation, extreme suffering the

“field holler” and spirituality all created a road from the fields to the towns for the Blues. The singer would speak of their blues and the guitar would answer back. Learning to make the guitar talk would enable them to give feeling that would travel through the most coldest of veins to the most hardened stone hearts and break them. Its a certain feeling that hits when you put on a blues track, you may lie back and ponder upon some of life most elusive answers. Looking up at the clear cloudless day-time sky while the molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun as demonstrated with the Tyndall effect in 1859.But Blue hasn’t just been in our minds, it has been a part of our language for many centuries. The modern English word ‘blue’ comes from the Middle English, ‘bleu’ or ‘blwe’, which came from an Old French word ‘bleu’ of Germanic origin. Though it started almost totally absent from ancient Western art and language, it is now formidable in everyday language, familiar phrases present us with both positive and negative aspects of the descriptive word blue. To be a ‘true blue’ is to be someone loyal and faithful. Out of the blue - unexpected (positive or negative). Yet it seems ever present that blue is just that feeling of being slight, one piece missing, feeling blue, blue Monday and of course having the Blues.

We can all feel blue, but only some think blue. It’s a state of mind, a way of life; it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re unhappy, it allows you to be in tune with your surroundings and their vibrations. You give though, like blue, to the different shades of life, sometimes you’re as blue as they sky, giving light with a smile, other times, you’re a deeper shade like Sapphire, finding it hard to retain your way.

We all think blue. I’m just the first to admit it.

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