Island vibes

So you can have your own Notting Hill Carnival in Taiwan. They sell Red Stripe over there, right?

Pure vibes

Don't know what the weather's like in Shang-hai but spring has sprung in Paris and we are just months away from a summery utopia of pretty girls in shorts riding bicycles down boulevards and laughing.

As such, like a child with his fingers in the sweetie jar, I can't leave these bad boys alone right now.

Scurvy basslines: Get Moody

I'll Take Care Of You

With love from Paris... xx

Hey darling,

I think you're gonna like this:



Missing you and still dreaming of our Paris rendezvous this summer...

xxx

Straight inna di DJ bag! (Work those thighs, Grace.)

Happy New Year!

I got massively into dancehall over the summer, when gloomy dubstep didn't quite fit with the sweltering weather.  Here are some tunes that helped me get through my awful summer job.

Enjoy xxxx

1) Singalong!  (But overlook the chauvanistic rambling at the end.  Ouch.)

2) Did someone say 'anthemic'?

3) Head-nodder of a reggae / hip-hop crossover:

4) State of the nation track:

5) Baddest track ever from UK Garage legends:

6) I think I will try and finish every blog entry with a Ms Dynamite track. 

    It's the thinking man's end-of-the-night banger.

Further reading:
Oneman: Ragga Garage Hot Wuk mix (20 minute old-school garage / bashment melting pot)
Major Lazer: Essential Mix (Diplo & Switch do reggae-dancehall-electro-breaks odyssey)

TRACKLIST
Sketel Shadow - Beenie Man
Gyal A Mad Ova - Mavado
As We Enter - Damian Marley & Nas
Palance - JW & Blaze
Jump Around - Heartless Crew
Bad Gyal - Sticky feat. Ms Dynamite

Ghetto Maudlin

Happy reclining, Grace... xx

1) Open the Box:

2)  I walked along the banks of the Seine, almost skipping with contentment I loved this track so much.

3) Making Babies music:

4)  Arm-waving, bedroom dancing:

5) From the vaults, old Burial b-side:

6) End-of-the-night, sugar-sweet two-step:

7)  What's that they are chanting?  'One more tune'?  Well, ok then.

TRACKLIST

Rude Effort (Paul White remix) - Bullion

Money Box (Jamie xx remix) - Eliza Doolittle

Wayfaring Stranger (Burial remix) - Jamie Woon

At Least (Instra:mental remix) - Mount Kimbie

Shutta - Burial

Give You Everything - Skream

Wile Out- Zinc feat. Ms Dynamite