This has to be one of the most exciting musical events that I have been to. The night was kicked of by the first set of James Holden, playing some great sounds of electronical madness. His second set really started getting the crowd moving rhythmically with the electronic bleeps & far out drone sounds. Big ups to Mr Holden for 2 fine dj sets.

The support act wasn’t all that so I’ll swiftly move on to the main act – Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid. What can I say? I was breathless for 2hrs of mad free jazz drumming mixed with Mr Hebden’s wild mix of electronical madness whipping the crowd up into a electrojazzology frenzy.

This has to be one of the greatest musical performances I have ever seen, and I’ve seen many. It is definitely the first gig in a long time were I’ve walked out of a venue afterwards totally buzzin’ from the performance and in awe of the music. Thank you very much Mr Reid & Mr Hebden for a fantastic night of great music.

So my tip of the week is go see these guys if you get a chance. You won’t be disappointed. Drop us a comment I’ve you were there too, or have caught the KH & SR experience…

It’s been a while since we covered a podcast with a Latin angle or a Brazilian flavour. In fact my apologies go out to you as it’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve covered any podcasts!

To make up for it I’ve found an absolute gem to proudly present to you this week. It’s all about Mr. Phipson’s Incredible Podcast this week!

The description goes like this: Sportive Baile Funked up jazzy audio joints. Berlin based Mr Phipson presents you an urban mixture of tunes from the past and future. Bossa Nova, Jazzed Up Beats, Electronica, Tropicalectro, Brazilian Beats, Tropicalia, Rare Grooves, Afro-Latinized Funk, Drums’n Breaks, Drum’n Bossa, Deep Beats, Baile Funk, Hippy Hoppy and other funky oddities.

From the good old times back in the days to the era of dual processor powered favela funk. The sound of shantytowns worldwide from underground to Roots Jazz and all the good things inbetween. Stay open minded, discover krazee urban soundtracks and tune in to Mr Phipson’s incredible Podcast!

After listening through a few episodes at Blunt Beats HQ, I was tasked with catching up with Mr. P for an interview. The following is the transcript of a Skype convo we had last week: Continue reading…

…No, not like that, you bunch of dirty ras’s! - I’m referring to our periodic blunted review of various outputs of film and tv that we’ve been casting our beady eyes over here at HQ.

We’ve got some very random bits and pieces for you this time (just like every other time) in this increasingly popular section. Big ups to everyone that enjoyed the last instalment covering everything from crack cocaine to Street Hawk. Anyway, on with our latest selection. Continue reading…

Well what can I say about the last “Over the Top”? For those who missed it - shame on you! And for those who attended a wicked night was had by all.

I was unable to record my dj set on the night so I have locked myself in my studio to do just that. Here is a souvenir for you to download and enjoy all over again. Continue reading…

I’ve just added a recent laptop mixtape to the Blunt Beats Radio loop, and to offer a little more info on it I’m posting up the tracklisting here along with a direct link to the mix.

It’s a recording from this month’s live Blunt Beats Radio session at the Hat Factory and it went like this: Continue reading…

I’m going slightly off topic here and posting bit of a linguistic history lesson today. However, in true Blunted tradition it’s a nugget of wisdom that’s high on satisfaction (e.g. wow, I never knew that), but low on practical use (now I know that what do I do with it?).

The @ sign. A character that, in this internet age of wireless connectivity and global communications, we use every day; dozens of times a week; thousands of times a year. Continue reading…

That’s right folks…..it’s that time of the month again….

The full Blunt Beats contingency will be in residence at the Hat Factory in Luton this coming Wednesday, doing their midweek radio thang. We’re live at the Hat Factory the first Wednesday of the month for future reference. Stick it in your calendar.

Sets this month from DJ Hughes and Agent M who’ve been on local lock-down, while international jet-setters Erbalist and Doug will fly into town on Wednesday afternoon.

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