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The term “trip hop” turns 30 this month – but what does it mean exactly? 30 years ago Mixmag writer Andy Pemberton wrote an article on the growing phenomenon of hiphop-influenced dance music mushrooming up from the global underground. The original criteria of this new sound or style was that it was slow and (mostly) … Read more
Café Del Mar (Volume 1) – Released 6th June, 1994, React Records Café Del Mar Volume 1 is the first release from the popular Café Del Mar compilation series, originally released on React Records and compiled by Jose Padilla. Spanish-born Jose Padilla, who passed in 2020, was previously the resident DJ at the now world-famous … Read more
Haunted Dancehall – The Sabres Of Paradise – Warp Records – Released 28th November 1994 The Sabres of Paradise were an electronica supergroup in the early 90s consisting of the venerable Lord Sabre, aka Andrew Weatherall, alongside Gary Burns and Jagz Kooner. Haunted Dancehall was the group’s second album, it was bookended by the two … Read more