And yet more good reviews come in for 'Proper Horror Show', Prince Kong's quintessential dosage of dub grime nastiness.
From Boomkat.com...What do you get if you cross the DJ Producer with Diplo and The Bug? Maybe something close to Prince Kong on 'Proper Horror Show'. After a couple of storm-troopin ragga cuts for Alphabet Set and !Kaboogie Records he's made an even more uncompromising effort for the newly minted Ghetto Quietly label, reeling between bushwacka Ragga-gabber on 'Angsta' feat Jah Balance, to hyper-Soca rinseouts featuring MC Quilombola on 'Whailt' and 'Cazz'. It's fair to say there's not really owt around like this so it's the finest example of this style that you're going to find.boomkat.com... and Kong also has several other releases on the go at present.This is what the nice chaps at Wire magazine had to say about one of these in the October '09 edition..."Cool single mixing classic reggae topping with a screwed up industrial underlayer. The tension between the forces is hypnotic."Proper Horror Show is available as download and 2x12 inch vinyl from all good stores.
MMR's new sister label Ghetto Quietly launches in Dublin this weekend with a rock solid line up of Prince Kong, Bluefood and A-Force peddling their sonic wares along with various MCs.
Prince Kong's 'Proper Horror Show' on 2 x 12 inch vinyl will be the label's first release and expect much of the material from this release to feature in Kong's set.
Dublin based Ghetto Quietly will concentrate on limited runs of vinyl for local artists... thus far: Prince Kong, Bluefood and A-Force. Expect GQ vinyls to coincide roughly with MMR digital download releases for these Irish artists.
Perhaps not so much a sister label as a bastard cousin.. the one your Mom never wanted you to hang out with as they were from the wrong side of the tracks!
This ones been in the works for a long time!!Phylum Sinter will be releasing his long awaited MMR debut release in November. 'Detroit Nocturnes' is a fitting tribute to the city that shaped the electronic music revolution that twenty eight year old Christopher Todd grew up to be a part of. Watch this space for further details.
It's time for the next episode of my radio show 'Kick Down The Statues'. This will be broadcast on Proton Radio this Monday, 5th October at 10am EST/7am PST/3pm GMT on the excellent B-Sides show hosted by DJ Chloe Harris from Seattle.
The show features everything and anything; something old, something new; and a load of exclusives from forthcoming Middle Management Recordings artists and releases. No rules, no boundaries... just great music.
The first half begins with truly amazing Scottish band The Aliens and finishes with major label catastrophes, Mumm-Ra. No stronger argument is needed for the current deconstruction of the mainstream music industry - both these bands should be/should have been massive. The Aliens are currently working on LP number three right now and Mumm-Ra sadly split last year. 'She's Got You High' has to be one of the most perfect indie-pop records ever made - and if anybody at their label had any clue as to what they were doing - this should have sold by the bucket load.
Sticking with the Seattle theme... this is also the debut outing for new MMR artist, nineteen year old Holly Prothman. Expect her debut solo release sometime next year... and she will also be fronting and providing vocals for my own project under the 'Aviatrix' moniker.
Elsewhere, there are more exclusives from MMR in the shape of Phylum Sinter's 'Ansi Ansios' from his forthcoming 'Detroit Nocturnes' ep expected in November... and hot on Prince Kong's heels out of Dublin - the amazing Bluefood with his stunning 'Beau Breaks'.
We conclude with some peak time mayhem - CDJJJ's 'Fencing' and Acid Girls "The Numbers Song' providing the hands in the air and rump shaking moments.
Hopefully there's a little something for everyone here.
Kick Down The Statues.
Lorin MMR
Part 1 (Everything But The Kitchen Sink)
The Aliens - Rox (Pet Rock) The Aliens - Robot Man (Pet Rock) David Holmes - Yen On A Carousel (Warner Bros) Holly Prothman - Solid Ground (MMR demo) Ulrich Schnauss - Einfeld (Domino) Holly Prothman - Lost Love (MMR demo) Phylum Sinter - Ansi Ansios (MMR promo) Mumm-Ra - She's Got You High (Columbia)
Part 2 (Booty Shake)
Bluefood - Beau Breaks (MMR promo) An-ten-nae - Warning (feat. Bucanner) (Muti Music) Stormboy - Chrome (Summer Rain Recordings) CDJJJ - Fencing (Super 6) Acid Girls - The Numbers Song (iheartcomix) Arthur Oskan vs Spiral - Sun Squall (unsigned)
Middle Management Recordings are delighted to welcome Holly Prothman to our family. Nineteen year old Holly is a multi-instrumentalist from just outside of Seattle, WA... and has been producing her own music and writing since the age of fifteen. Her amazing vocal talent has already appeared on several club tracks and her songwriting talent goes from strength to strength. Holly will be releasing her first music via MMR in 2010.
To hear a taste of Holly Prothman's music and voice, check out Kick Down The Statues Radio Show, Episode 2 - coming shortly.
We will be releasing Ian Neal's impressive LP 'All In The Golden Afternoon...' on Tuesday 29th September, 2009 (via IODA distribution, USA). The kind people at IODA have already given it 'featured release' status on their Promonet site. If you haven't heard about this then sign up... it's a great source of new music and free promo tracks whether you are a DJ, blogger, podcaster, promoter, music biz person or just a complete music head. Check out MMR releases and thousands of others here...
Another great review for Prince Kong's latest release 'Proper Horror Show' mini album... this time from Superfan2009.com.
"Dublin, Ireland’s Prince Kong delivers a dancehall smasher with some tight verses and inspired dub style madness. Touching on various stages of UK underground club music evolution, this emerges as an original statement – relevant, compelling and raw. And in the best tradition of reggae’s myriad sub-genres, you can move your feet to it, as well as your mind. GO deh!" Thanks Superfan!
Ian Neal now has his own fan page on myspace. The new page can be found at...
http://www.myspace.com/shiningreallybrightly Also, Ian's own myspace page can be found at http://www.myspace.com/ianneal Here is a free promo track from Ian's forthcoming album "All In The Golden Afternoon..." which is due out very shortly on Middle Management Recordings. "Kingdom Of The Birds" has already been played on UK national radio (BBC Radio 1) and appeared on the highly acclaimed compilation "A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind - Volume 1" by DJ's Amporphous Androgynous a.k.a. Future Sound of London. ["Quite simply the best compilation album ever!" TIME OUT, LONDON.]
Sir Sandy Macara, former chariman of the BMA has caled forcompulsory MMR jabs for all children before they go to school. He argues that 1 in 4 children now have not had both injections required to make the immunisation effective and this has led to a significant increase in measles cases.
His suggestion has, as you'd expect, caused a bit of an outcry - both violently for and against (see Guardian comments section here).
It's a difficult question for both the left and right alike to answer as it can be portrayed as both controlling and liberating.
On the one hand, telling parents to immunise their children on pain of them not being educated is very interventionist. Central control at its most interfering - challenging as it does the most personal of personal decisions.
On the other, liberty is only as good and strong as its weakest link. Liberals argue that freedom can only really be expressed as a function of what you can do without hurting others and giving another person's child a potentially serious disease because you don't believe in immunisation is pretty harm-inflicting!
On balance, I think I side with the interventionists on this one...
