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By robd • Oct 6th, 2008 • Category: Blog, design, music

This is quite cute. Could be a little bit tighter, but hey. I saw this book ages ago too and now I want it even more. From here.
ABC 3D - Marion Bataille from Curtis James on Vimeo.



Mama!milk

By robd • Oct 3rd, 2008 • Category: Blog, music

Have a listen to this Japanese group mama!milk. Really beautiful, soundtrack-y, jazz-y, experimental accordion playing loveliness; the best new thing I’ve heard in a while I think. You can buy their LP directly from them, it’s not available yet outside Japan. I’d recommend you do so, immediately.



Ning NC Forum

By robd • Sep 30th, 2008 • Category: Blog

Go here and join. Pretty quiet at the moment. Bet it gets better though. Oh yes. YES.



NC vs Andrea Trout and Francine Hayron

By robd • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: Blog, events

October sees us baton down the hatches against the onset of winter by holing up at the Sally with good friends, good tunes and good women. Leave us here ’til spring and we’ll be happy. Brightening up the darkness we have selectors this month as easy on the ear as they are on the eye. [...]



The Motherfucking GasLamp Killer

By robd • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: Blog, mixes

From the Shilo - We Make it Good website:

The Gaslamp Killer sign, seals, and delivers installment number 5 of our We Make It Good Mix series. Made up of weird world psych, hip hop and grunge chopped up seamlessly and then perfectly adhesed to a tough as nails skeleton of chest thumping kick drums, machine [...]



Mr Scruff - Ninja Tuna

By robd • Sep 23rd, 2008 • Category: Blog, music

Hey yo.
The brand spanking new Mr Scruff LP was released yesterday, though if you weren’t paying attention it may have sneaked past you like a sneaky thing on a sneaky day.
Six years after the release of Trouser Jazz, NINJA TUNA, featuring Roots Manuva, Quantic, Alice Russell and others has been kept a secret from nearly [...]



Cheers to Darren Laws and Martin Brew

By robd • Sep 16th, 2008 • Category: Blog

Yo yo yo.
Cheers to all who came down on Saturday night, thanks for helping to make it another good un. Darren and Martin did us proud with some great 7’s, getting the dancing going early, and the weather held out too. Next one 11th October, details innabit.
More pics here
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Music lifts me up

By robd • Sep 15th, 2008 • Category: Blog, music

Video from the Scruff urchin - fruit take over Stockport!



Crate Digging - Don’t Do It

By robd • Sep 15th, 2008 • Category: Blog

These are ace - crate digging don’t do it from Stefan Glerum. I’d like these as prints please!



Q-Tip - Gettin’ Up

By robd • Sep 11th, 2008 • Category: Blog, music

Here’s the new video from one of the best voices in rap.



New Raphael Saadiq

By robd • Sep 9th, 2008 • Category: Blog

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Classic 60’s sound that’s for sure - you could call it a ripoff, but to be honest when it sounds this good, who gives a fuck?



10 best vinyl packaging designs

By robd • Sep 9th, 2008 • Category: Blog, design

Design milk, via Insound, with the top 10 vinyl packaging designs. Thought the heat changing Massive Attack boxset may have made it in, but no.
http://design-milk.com/insounds-top-10-vinyl-packaging-designs/