An Interview with… Seams

Posted in New stuff with tags , , , , on February 8, 2010 by Chapperdeemus

The other day, I got hold of Hotcakes favourite Seams to find out his inspirations behind his work, his hotly tipped artist of 2010 and to find out any news about his upcoming projects.

The london glitchy soundscape artist, who likens himself to Four Tet, has had quite a bit of attention from the Blogosphere lately, and has even caught the eye of NME, thanks mainly to his great follow up to his first album, the brilliant 7 minute belter, ‘Nightcycles‘.

Seams, aka Jami Welch, has got two london dates lined up this month in London, one on the 24th February at the Amersham Arms in New Cross, a few days before The Big Pink are playing at the same venue. So get down there if you like what you hear.

Here’s the full interview with Jami where he reveals who he thinks is going to take 2010 by storm.

Underneath that is a great new remix of ‘Nightcycles’ by Shells, and I think you’ll agree that there is an element of Four Tet to his sound if you listen to this gem of  his as well. My personal view is that he sounds like a more chilled out version of scottish band Errors.

Hotcakes Seams Interview

Seams – Nightcycles (Shells Remix)

Four Tet – She Just Likes to Fight

The Hangover – Strippers and Cocaine

Posted in Downloads, New stuff with tags , , , on January 30, 2010 by SimR


The Hangover was undoubtedly one of the funniest films of 2009 and now Chicago-based DJ Jem has come along and remixed one of the funniest scenes (Alan’s wolfpack toast) into a dance banger.

Comedy and dance music hand in hand, love it.

The Hangover – Strippers and Cocaine (DJ Jem remix) [alt]

via White Folks Get Crunk

The Knife stream new album in full

Posted in New stuff, News with tags , , , , , , on January 29, 2010 by SimR


Swedish electronic duo The Knife have released their forthcoming album, Tomorrow, In a Year on Soundcloud which means we can all stream it for free. Brilliant.

The album makes a departure from their previous material: it’s an opera. A beautifully dark opera in true Knife style but an opera none the less. Collaborating with Danish theatre group Hotel Pro Forma, Mt. Sims and Planningtorock, Tomorrow, In a Year, is apparently inspired by the work of British naturalist Charles Darwin.

New Skream Tracks

Posted in New stuff with tags , on January 28, 2010 by SimR

Dubstep supremo Skream has added a load of new material to his Soundcloud in anticipation of the release of his second album later this year. Bangtidy.

Give You Everything (ft. Yasmin) [TEASER]

Cluck Cluck

Blaster Master

Back from the Zoo

More tracks at: soundcloud.com/skreamizm

Aeroplane January Chart Mix

Posted in News with tags , on January 27, 2010 by SimR

More awesome disco demons from the Belgium duo.

Zinc + Ms Dynamite – Wile Out video

Posted in News with tags , , on January 25, 2010 by SimR

The Protist

Posted in Downloads, New stuff with tags , , on January 24, 2010 by SimR

Had some good material sent in by Californian indie/electronica band The Protist. Fans of M83 and Animal Collective should take to these like a duck to water and with two EPs already out and a debut album being recorded, there are high hopes for the brothers Kleiner.

The Protist – Dissolution [alt]

And the winner is…

Posted in News with tags , , , , on January 24, 2010 by SimR

We’ve selected a winner at random and the first name out of the hat was:

Mike Manger!

Congratulations! A free, limited edition Filthy Dukes t-shirt courtesy of Topman will be on its way to you shortly!

Thanks to everyone who entered via the website or through Twitter, we appreciate your support and better luck next time!

Preview of new Zinc material

Posted in News with tags , , , , on January 21, 2010 by SimR

Jungle turned house producer DJ Zinc has released some teasers on his Soundcloud including a track with dubstep meastro Benga and a revitalised Ms Dynamite. Following the radio coverage of Wile Out at the end of last year, his new longplayer is taking shape and looking rather tasty. It’s due out 8th Feb.

Zinc + Benga – My DJ (ft. Ms Dynamite) [clip]

Zinc – Wile out (ft. Ms Dynamite) [clip]

Zinc – Music makers [radio rip]

Gorillaz unleash first single from ‘Plastic Beach’

Posted in Downloads, New stuff with tags , , , on January 20, 2010 by Chapperdeemus

Gorillaz have finally shown the world the finished version of Stylo. A year after hearing the demos of Stylo, Electric Shock and the brilliant sounding Broken, we finally have the real deal.

The Album is out in March and will be the first since 2005. They’ve got a job on their hands if they are going to better the likes of Dare and Feel good inc.

There’s always one thing you can rely on when it comes to Gorillaz though. And that is a brilliant bass line. Feel Good Inc. had it, Clint Eastwood had it. And Stylo has it.

Damon Albarn + Bobby Womack + Mos Def is certainly a random selection of artists for a collaboration. But it works pretty well. Getting well excited for this release.

Check out the track, courtesy of the very on-the-ball Spine Magazine.

Gorillaz – Stylo