Showing posts with label Doctor Hooka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Doctor Hooka. Show all posts

Saturday, 22 December 2012

Tune(s!) of the year

This was a tough one. 2012 has been a big year for me and there's been so much quality music accompaniment, that really I could have picked loads of different tunes. So actually I will... well kind of...

Timeless masterpiece that never left my ipod

Ya'll should know this...
Lynn Collins - Think


The tune I listened to most in 2012

Perfect.
Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes - Wake up Everybody (Psychemagik Edit)

Prettiest little thing of the year

Prior to 2012 The XX hadn't really been on my radar. I'd heard their stuff but for some reason I just hadn't bothered to look up who it was (despite liking it, so slack I know...). The Coexist album though got my attention and most of all this.
The xx - Angels


Video of the year

OK, I am totally cheating here. This isn't from 2012 and it isn't even an official video. Meh, whatever. It was 2012 when i got to see it and I think it's just such a clever idea. It's also beautiful. Plus the track is fucking amazing. Gotta love Aeroplane.
Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Remix) ft. Au Revoir Simone


THE BIG WINNER!

2012's Funked Up Tune Of The Year

I'm big in to Featurecast's work, but this one in particular really did it for me. Featurecast does what he always does best with magical beats of magicalness and Greg Blackman lays down some sublime vocals. Funky soulful and just the proper good shit.
Featurecast (featuring Greg Blackman) - Get Lovely

Honourable mentions...

Doctor Hooka is a mixing machine of such immensely prolific proportions that I can barely keep up. Seriously bloke, I dunno how the fuck you do it. Thanks for tunes mate.

Here's almost 3 hours of electroswing he delivered recently.
Hookz & Swings



Chrispop brought us a ghettofunk classic that deserves a special mention :)

Digga Digga Doo


Also want to give a shout to Nolan Brown who introduced me to Daisuke Tanabe and sent me off on in new directions of musical discovery. ;)

Daisuke Tanabe - Artificial Sweetener

Friday, 21 December 2012

Ho Ho Hooka

Another Xmas mix for you...

Bonus points for getting DMX doing rudolph in there ;)

Stone Cold Steamed Ostrich (A Festive Turkey)

Monday, 29 October 2012

The Doctor

I listen to Doctor Hooka mixes a lot. A monumental amount. More than is probably healthy. In other words, A whole sodding LOT. In fact today my entire working soundtrack was a selection of his mixes... I'm a huge fan of his track selection, the leaping across genres and the defining themes that truly work without sticking to the obvious. "Is good init" as they say round here. Here's a few examples of why I'm gushing so...

Bit of a Halloween thing going on with this one.

Spaceport (Re-Edit)



I got a real thing for the electroswing scene, it's happy music. The world needs more happy. This delivers it.

Hookz & Swings


During the recent series of Doctor Who, our musical Doctor did a mix inspired by each episode. They're all worth grabbing, really great selection of tunes, but this one in particular tickles my fancy.

A Town Called Mercy



Also the Doctor providers other musical services with radio shows on:
Every 2nd/4th Thursday 3pm GMT www.nsbradio.co.uk
Every Monday 10pm GMT www.piraterevival.co.uk
Every Sunday 11pm GMT www.statichq.com

And there's this simple but effective classy thing....

Massive Attack/Everything But The Girl-Better Things (Hook-Cave Extension)



And a brief bit of extra Tardis action, Eminem style.

You Need a Doctor