Neem twee bands en zet die bij elkaar en laat ze samen een nummer wat jij hebt uitgekozen spelen. Als je klaar bent kijk je tevreden naar een heerlijke stukje muzikale hipheid, en doe je het gewoon nog een keer (maar dan wel met het zelfde nummer anders kan je het publiek niet gek maken [...]

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.. but if you do remember them, you sure as hell will remember Raphael Saadiq. Not by name, but his part in triple T. Yesterday I was enjoying a bit of sunshine and heard ’100 yard dash’. I couldn’t resist but smile and relax a bit more. A lady next to me didn’t understand why [...]

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Selah Sue, a white girl that sounds like an Jamaican. And by no means I want to compare her to Ben Jammin, but she does make it sound good. My first encounter was in a bar/club in Gent, Belgium. It was okay, but still nothing special. Everybody could see she was searching for her own [...]

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The very first time I heard anything from The Herbaliser it was mixed away in a Ibiza-mix cd. A few words that stuck were “funky, jazzy, up-tempo, smile, happy happy joy joy!”. Now call me crazy, but that’s just about all you need. I can’t help myself! Now the Herbaliser has a full band, personally, [...]

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The Final Celebration Tour is underway. Pete Philly and Perquisite are going to end it all on the 29th of October in Amsterdam, Melkweg. On http://3voor12.vpro.nl/ is one of my personal favorites regarding music in the Netherlands. The amount of live recordings is staggering. Shows and songs by Pete Philly (the small sessions but also [...]

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