We’re nice chaps here at Blunt HQ. Thoroughly good eggs. We’re like the Trevor McDonald’s of the webworld. Except, of course, that nobody in their right mind would trust us to read the news, and we haven’t got a knighthood between us.

Anyway, because we’re nice (or I am, anyway…), I’ve been through all the posts on the site, linking those applicable with a download tag. Put simply, you can now use the download tag (in the green column on the right, titled “Tags”) to bring up all the posts with mix download links for sets from all the blunt beats residents.

This will allow you to get to the tunes (which, lets face it, is what it’s all about) a little bit quicker. Gold star for me.

Well, that’s it then….The clocks went back last night, it’ll soon be fireworks night, and we’re exchanging our trendy windcheaters for heavyweight hoodies here at Blunt HQ. Autumn is surely upon us. But all is not lost. Oh no. Digging though our audio archives, we pulled out a couple of sets from our very own Marcus Hurley, that he played at Urban Picnic Sounds this summer. These are live recordings from the festival, and are certainly a nice reminder of sunnier days. Donwload and enjoy at your leisure. Continue reading…

Those of you who have been paying attention will be aware that we had DJ Nappa come to Blunt Towers on our recent Soul Food show, to play an exclusive funk-based mix for us. Well, this was too good to let go into the archives without a mention. Those of you who missed the 7 day download can now get the mix here. Tracklisting details can be found in the original post.There you go…don’t ever say you don’t never get nuthin’!

Quite a few of you good people out there in webland have been in touch to say that the last “Uncharted Territory” radio session was top quality. And you weren’t wrong. Continue reading…

We’ve recently uploaded a selection of live Dj sets from our recent outing at Urban Picnic Sounds, a 2 day festival affair that took place about a month ago (see the Urban Picnic Sounds posts for more info)

Anyhow, the Ras Pizzler was bang on it (and the audio! arf arf) over the weekend, ensuring that all the sets were recorded for the Blunt Archive. What I’ve done is post up the sets from our guest Djs over the weekend, to give you a bit of a taste of whats to come. The sets in question, and their descriptions, are below. Continue reading…

OK party people, the server glitch that put us out the game last week is now sorted. You’ll be happy to see that we’re back stronger and stranger than ever.

To pick up the slack on the audio side of things I’m proud to present the freshest mixtape from one of our best buddies, the mighty DJ Prolifik. Those of you who caught him at last year’s Urban Picnic Sounds jams at the Rhythms Of The World festival will already be scrambling for the download link. Those that didn’t will be equally impressed.

The man himself recently returned to the fair city of Edinburgh from a spell in Barcelona, and put together this tribute to the late, great, and sorely missed J Dilla. He introduces it like this… Continue reading…

After the fantastic success of the last drum and bass mix, here’s another joint of upfront and brand new white-label vinyl — placed in my hand by Nicky Blackmarket himself, right there in his record shop in Soho, London.

The track selection is a blend of jump-up, ragga influenced sounds and some real vocal pearlers. Most of the tunes on this mix will be big summer anthems on the d&b scene.

A couple of my favourites are “Crank” by Nicky Blackmarket which is a real bone shaker, “Just A Little Bit Closer” by Bungle — a lovely vocal liquid sounding track — and finally, Continue reading…

I was sorting through my vast record collection probably well over ten thousand records and came across some original rare beauties. This mix part 1 of 2 was inspired, by records left to me a few years back from my Granddad (he was a dedicated jazz funk record collector) sadly passed on to the big boss in the sky.

So I have complied large-flare, kipper-tie, fur coat wearing getups to take you back to the days when music was full of soul. Such artists as Herbie Hancock, Bobby Byrd, Jr. Walker and The All Stars influence most of the music with a cheeky blues number to finish, which is sure to have you donning a Chucky Berry air guitar and kicking your leg across the floor. If like this, then part 2 is a must. The tracklisting is below Continue reading…

Well it’s been a sweltering day today and summer has definitely arrived on the scene - some would say it’s too early, but hey. Weather like this is made for getting outdoors, finding a big patch of grass and kickin’ back in some flip flops.

I’m originally from the East coast of Scotland and now live in Newcastle, so sunshine is still a wee bit of a novelty. All that extra vitamin D has dispelled the seasonally affected disorder and inspired me to buy a pair of aforementioned flip-flops and throw this solarflarin’ 55min. mix together. It’s a bit of a sampler of things to come this summer from Blunt Beats, in the build up to Urban Picnic Sounds 2007 in July (Keep your eyes peeled for updates on here soon).

So, my recommendation is - jam this into the nearest iPod or boombox, go find as much open space as possible and soak up some rays. Tracklisting is below. Enjoy… Continue reading…

Agent M has been at it again. He’s recorded a tasty, organic, full-fat mix of quality music for you lucky people, entitled “Chicken Skin and Stash Tins”. The man himself goes on to explain…

“I got the notion to record this mix whilst taking a sunny drive through the wooded Bedfordshire countryside with the Erbalist and Ras Garvey in the speedy red bluntmobile, on our way to a shiny studio at a secret rural location.”

“We were on our way to see the notorious Northern Monkey, Ummbop, and all the crew at Carousel Sound Lab, for some early afternoon recording studio shenanigans, a bit of shop-talking, and general lounging business.”

“At the time I was busy munching on the colonel’s bucket, so to speak (I was enjoying a KFC), and had a Pete Rock beat called “Midnight and You” running around my brain. It was a pretty cool combination! Simple minds, simple pleasures and all that, I guess!”

“Anyway, I decided I needed to mix up some indulgent, mellow, and contented beats.”

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