Author Archives: plimsouls
I Wanna Get… Physical, Physical
Pretty much everyone knows about Get Physical. One of the outstanding labels of the past few years, they’ve released records by people such as Booka Shade, Samim and Tiger Stripes. Another fantastic artist that they put out is Patrice Baumel. Lots of people have been playing ‘Roar’ out in recent times… whilst its a decent [...]
Metronomy Vs Blackout Crew
If live in the UK, this probably means something to you. If you don’t, it probably doesn’t. Whatever the case may be, Metronomy have been remixed by Blackout Crew. There are other mixes from Sinden et al, but this is easily the best. Maybe. This is the good shit. xx
All The Small Things…
I couldn’t decide on something to do a long post about, so I thought I’d give a run down of little things that you can go find out more about yourself: 1) R.I.P The End. (Photo above, courtesy of Nicole at Popscene.nl) 2) Herve has done a rather good dubsteppy mix of the new Lily [...]
Serious Music for Silly People
A couple of months ago I had a realisation: Hypem.com no long catered for my taste in electronic music. I’d known the day was coming for a while, but I didn’t want to admit it; I’d imagined it to be akin to finding out your girlfriend was cheating on you, or discovering your cat had [...]
Et Justus Pout Tous
I was reading the new Malcom Gladwell book, Outliers, recently. It’s about how environmental factors play an important part in the success of people we commonly refer to as geniuses… whilst it hardly discredits the talents of Billy Gates et al, it’s an interesting read that suggests that the unbelievable achievements of some are perhaps [...]
Tales From My Inbox…
I’ve kind of been neglecting my posting duties recently, which is a bit shit… I’d hoped to get back in the swing of things with an uber-lazy post of the decent things that landed in my inbox over the past few days. Sad times, though, when I found that I haven’t really been sent anything [...]
Esau Mwamwaya + Radioclit are ‘The Very Best’
In one of my first posts I wrote about a guy called Esau Mwamwaya, a Malawian singer whose chance encounter with one of Radioclit turned into a musical adventure taking in all bongo-bothering things that Radioclit are known for plus a bit more on the side. Whilst an album is on the way, in the [...]
A Theory of Justice
Following in Luke’s footsteps, the picture has nothing at all to do with the subject matter of the post. If anyone is interested, the man in question is influential political philosopher, John Rawls. It has been a while since I’ve posted… sorry. Lots of strange and borderline exciting things have been happening both Plimsouls-wise and [...]
The Best Song In The World Ever, Part 1
I can’t even be arsed to explain why this is the best song in the world ever, you’ll just have to listen for yourself. Find out more about DJ Mujava here. The mp3 is 128kbs, so if you came from the Hype Machine looking to drop this in your next set, sorry. Seriously though, buy [...]
Casper C Mix
I was lucky enough to have Casper send over a mix the other day, and I figured I’d share it with you guys. You’ll probably know him from the blog-behemoth that is Fluokids or Adventures In The Beetroot Field, who’ve helped to break everyone from Klaxons to Crookers. The mix itself is definitely one for [...]
Stopmakingme Mix
Just a quick little post… I’ve asked a few people to contribute mixes to my other blog, TechnoJihad and I was lucky enough to get this little beauty from Stopmakingme. It’s absolutely awesome, as you might expect from the Kill Em All/AITBF/Fabric regular, one to get on the D/L for sure. As Dan himself says, [...]
Songs From 3 Continents…
First Africa. Discovered by Radioclit in a furniture or bike shop or something like that near their studio, Esau Mwamwaya (above with Radioclit) is a Malawian native that just makes great music. He’s already recorded his album, with guest apparences from M.I.A, Santogold, Bondo De Role and parts of Vampire Weekend… he is one of [...]
Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself, My Name Is…
Erm, Plimsouls. One or two of you might know me from my little forays into production/remixing. If you don’t, you’re missing out (I’d like to think); hit me up. I’ve also just started a blog, Techno Jihad. Ned got wind of it’s total freaking awesomeness, and asked me if I’d fancy doing the odd post [...]
Adventures In My Ego Part 1