Tag: Bugz In The Attic
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Bugz In The Attic live in Stockholm – free music download
Exuberant performance by a broken beat collective that included Kaidi Tatham, Daz-I-Ku and Mark Force Back in the early noughties broken beat collective Bugz In The Attic were, to use the parlance of their west London base, “runnin’ t’ings”. They had a record deal with Virgin and were in demand, particularly for remixes. A glance […]
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Broken Mix Vol 2 by Mark Force – free music download
Download a tasty bruk selection by a former Bugz in the Attic member who hails from scene’s birthplace Three years ago ex-Bugz in the Attic member Mark Force released Broken Mix Vol 1 as a prelude to the launch of Ten50 Records, a label he set up with fellow Bugz Kaidi Tatham and Matt Lord. […]
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Blu James album – Blu James
Broken beats, house and neo soul collide on Blu James, the self-titled album by the former Basement Jaxx vocalist If you google “Blu James album”, up pops listings for cheesy chart-topper James Blunt; not this Blu James album on Ten50, a label run by Bugz In The Attic trio Mark Force, Kaidi Tatham and Matt Lord. […]
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Broken Mix Vol 1 – Mark Force
Former Bugz in the Attic Mark Force has recently launched Ten50 Records, a label with fellow Bugz Kaidi Tatham and Matt Lord. Expect Ten50’s output to include plenty of broken beats from the likes of Blu James and Blakai. To get you in the mood, here’s a broken beat mix by Mark Force. The selection, […]
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Lovestep Vol. 1 EP – Daz-I-Kue
Former Bugz in the Attic Daz-I-Kue releases a dub-infused EP five years after the collective’s final release The last Bugz in the Attic release was in 2009 (Got The Bug 2: Bugz In The Attic Remixes Collection Pt II) and that was a compilation. In truth, the west London collective had disbanded long before, with […]
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Broadcite broken beat Carnival mix – Daz-I-Kue – free music download
Download this free Notting Hill Carnival broken beat mix, which will sound good long after the steel pans have packed up Back in the day, the only music you heard at London’s Notting Hill Carnival was calypso, soca and reggae. (Oh, and a sprinkling of rare grooves spun by DJ Norman Jay.) However, things have […]
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Blakai (Mark Force/Kaidi Tatham) mix
Fans of soulful house and broken beats will love Mark Force’s five-track promo mix of unreleased Blakai cuts Two former Bugz In The Attic members Mark Force and Kaidi Tatham occasionally produce music under the moniker Blakai and since 2008 there’s been talk of a Blakai album. In fact, look hard enough on the internet […]
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Got The Bug 2 album review – Bugz In The Attic
Like Domu’s One Offs, Remixes And B Sides compilation, which shows off Dominic Stanton’s talents better than his solo album, Got The Bug 2 does the same for this west London collective. Their 2006 album Back In The Doghouse doesn’t quite reach the heights of 2004’s Got The Bug compilation or this superb follow-up. From […]
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In Search Of Hope album review – Kaidi Tatham
Kaidi, like other broken beat practitioners, shuns the limelight. But if you’ve been paying attention during the past decade, you would’ve heard his Hancock-esque keyboard playing on tracks by Bugz In The Attic, 2000 Black, DKD and Silhouette Brown. In Search Of Hope is a departure from his previous work, being decidedly jazzier. Nothing wrong […]
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Back In The Dog House album review – Bugz In The Attic
Bugz in the Attic’s début album has been creating a huge buzz among those urban trendsetters who tune into jazz-dance shows such as Radio 1’s Worldwide. The west London producers are leading exponents of broken beat, an achingly hip niche that’s noted for its irregular rhythms which, as one DJ remarked, resemble ”the sound of […]