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I know fook all about folk. Any good ones to recommend? Ta.

This documentary about Oona King and the Bethnal Green byelection was made by a close childhood friend. One thinks it might be a complete whitewash, then, but on the other hand her friend was anti war, so it might be interesting. I wonder what Oliver Craner thinks? He might even be in it! I'm...

Just listening to them now on the new Futurism Ain't Shit to Me* compilation, and their track Set It is absolutely fantastic. I like the mix of Trigger The Gambler-like stuttery rapping and GZA-like rolling abstract lyrics. Anyone a fan of their albums and can recommend something? * isn't that...

This mix available on the Stones Throw site is awesome- a 50/50 split of Quasimoto tracks and tracks which he's sampled. If you like the idea of having someone break down the wonderful puzzle that is The Unseen, check it out. http://www.stonesthrow.com/quasimoto/

This guy seems to be involved in countless brilliant free-folky projects. A multi instrumentalist, his stuff with Hala Strana and Thuja involves countless layers of instrumentation, like layers of leaves in the forest canopy, incredibly lush and almost the feel of field recordings. Hala Strana...

Nice to see Hsu Hua bigging up Lord Willin' in his Wire hip hop column the other day. This is probably my favorite Neptunes thing, and although the rhymes are the most bankrupt pimp stuff, the deep, grimy hooks (both vocal and beat-wise) make it one of the most naggingly enduring albums of the...

I haven't heard much on the Leaf label for a while, but Colleen's albums on there are extremely beautiful. It's been described as Elizabethan ambient music, a goofy but rather attractive notion- harp melodies and cathedral echoes, and some delicate layering. This may sound all a bit 4AD, but not...

This is one of the strangest, most haunting musical things I've come across in quite a while. Solo harmonium improvisations by spiritual weirdo Gurdjieff- all minor key, very mournful, very soulful laments. Gurdjieff wasn't particularly virtuosic on the instrument, he just played it very slow...

Sorry, managed to delete legatastic's mix when I tried to move it- here it is again- Regal Players On Pirate Sessions 25/9/05 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For your listening pleaseure: Regal Players on Cameo Show last Sunday gone. Very...

Recently I've been listening to this fairly staggering 14CD compilation of wyrd folk stuff. There's your Wickerman and Pentangle stuff on there, but lots of more unusual stuff too. Really wonderful. Anyone else encountered this? I promised to do a copy for jwd, but I keep on losing one the CDs.

Can anyone ID a riddim for me from Cameo/Crazy T/Fury in Berlin? Wicked skipping bass, one of those cold but quick basslines Roni Size used to do back in the day. http://www.sendmefile.com/00050808

I've seen lots of intruiging references to this post-modern thinker while reading film books recently. Is he worth reading, and if so, what? Are there any major points of argument anyone has with his work?

Looking at the new 1xtra schedule , I reckon they've shed a couple of so-so shows from their roster (the kind of ruthless squad-selection that Liverpool would be well advised to apply in order to challenge for Europe this season). Excalibah's mostly UK hip hop show has gone (it was always...

Have we done this yet? It's very possible, apologies if so. Mixed feelings on this documentary, which can be summed up by pointing out that this bloke says "Original Nuttah" in a rather haughty, academic tone. http://www.nkhstudio.com/pages/amen_mp4.html

what is this dubstep tune that samples Dennis Brown's version of Only A Smile? It's good innit. Steppers style, with ridiculously ghostly echo. Digi dub step, or something.

Any opinions on this Wordsound veteran rapper? Now on his sixth album, he's still yet to complete his first rhyming couplet, which is something of a weakness. His boasts about "my flow's hot" are clearly nonsense, and yet I do like his beats a lot- getting tighter and weirder on the new album...

Sorry, very brief question. Anyone know if it's still out June 6th? I wouldn't clog up the board with this normally, it's just (a) their PR is bloody confusing and loads of reviews have already appeared (b) I really care about the album and want a review I'm doing to appear at the right time.

Is this the most annoying song of all time? Good god, it makes me want to hijack a plane.

My Jay-Z CD box is a contender- the peerless Reasonable Doubt, and the first two, rather indifferent CDs in the In My Life... series. But I'm sure somewhere out there is something a hundred times more rubbish. Suggestions?

I'm ridiculously late on this album- surely a sign that it didn't matter to me all that much- but finally listening to it, this solo LP from the Cannibal Ox guy is pretty darn fantastic. Any thoughts?