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KOMADOSE - Beta One

By the early 00's, the indie rap scene was so crowded that only a few critics had identified this album. Like so many others, Komadose got lost among the multiple Company Flow clones flooding the underground of these […]
Published on Monday 1 November 2010 at 23:02 in Albums

CESCHI - The One Man Band Broke Up

Over the last few years, Ceschi has never stopped being a hyperactive man. He contributed to several records from others. He finally released Toca's album. He mocked the crunk subgenre, with his Knuck Feast parody. Also, […]
Published on Saturday 11 September 2010 at 22:17 in Albums

HIEROGLYPHICS - Third Eye Vision

Considering the Hieroglyphics background, and the critical success they encountered with records like I Wish my Brother George... (1991) or Fear Itself (1994), and of course 93 ‘til Infinity (1993), big magazines like […]
Published on Saturday 3 October 2009 at 12:50 in Albums

SONIC SUM - The Sanity Annex

It is, in some way, a forgotten classic. This album didn't really make its way, beyond a small clique of rap connoisseurs. Music critics, including the generalists, have been quite positive when The Sanity Annex was […]
Published on Thursday 1 October 2009 at 23:01 in Albums

SHAPE OF BROAD MINDS - Craft Of The Lost Art

Shape of Broad Minds, Craft of the Lost Art… No less! The name, the album title, the sophisticated cover art, the simple fact that it is released by Lex Records, and finally, just listening to it: everything confirms […]
Published on Saturday 27 December 2008 at 23:55 in Albums

OMID - Beneath The Surface

The reason why Beneath The Surface is so crucial a record is, primarily, historical. Discovered by many on the same websites that, by the end of the century, offered illegally music from the likes of MF Doom or […]
Published on Tuesday 17 June 2008 at 13:37 in Albums

JUGGAKNOTS - Re:Release (Clear Blue Skies)

The Juggaknots are hip-hop's best kept secret. Some discovered them by 1999, through the Weathermen, or Breezly Brewin's contribution to Prince Paul's A Prince Amongst Thieves album. Some others, thanks to the fiery […]
Published on Thursday 12 June 2008 at 22:06 in Albums

SEBUTONES - 50/50 Where It Counts

50/50 Where It Counts is a crucial record. It counts, indeed, for the Halifax scene, for Canadian rap in general, and for the late 90's indie hip-hop movement. By this time, in 1998, both members of the Sebutones are […]
Published on Saturday 3 May 2008 at 23:17 in Albums

DALEK - Interview

Dälek is not a newcomer. The group has sent us its impressive rap discharges for nearly 10 years. But as 2007 seems to be a busy year with the releases of the excellent Abandoned Language and the Deadverse Massive Vol 1 compilation, it was time for us to disclose this interview we recorded with the MC in March.

Published on Thursday 20 September 2007 at 21:43 in Interviews

GRUF - Druidry

Among the great records released by Peanuts & Corn between Mcenroe's Ethics EP and his definitive Disenfranchised, the first album from Gruf deserves some special attention. In 2001, after he collaborated with […]
Published on Friday 11 May 2007 at 20:29 in Albums

RADIOINACTIVE - Interview

Radioinactive isn’t your average rapper. It’s been a while since we became interested in the unstoppable rap of this unusual MC who reinvented his music formula record after record. From the first recordings of Log Cabin […]
Published on Tuesday 6 March 2007 at 21:49 in Interviews

BUSDRIVER - Interview

It was difficult to catch Busdriver this day. But finally we did it. I interviewed him with the help of a German journalist after his concert on the last day of the Nördik Impakt festival in Caen, Normandy. Busdriver was a bit tired after a whole week of shows in France, but he was kind enough to answer each of our questions.

Published on Monday 20 November 2006 at 21:25 in Interviews
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ASTRONAUTALIS - Interview

"Astronautalis is definitely a rapper who sings the occasional chorus, as opposed to a singer who dabbles in rap". This is the much relevant way the Floridian guy is introduced in a review from the All Music […]
Published on Wednesday 25 October 2006 at 22:19 in Interviews

THE AUTOMATOR - Interview

Dan The Automator is Gorillaz, Deltron 3030, Dr Octagon and many other things. He is a music star, then. He is a very busy man. When someone tells you he is available for an interview, obviously, this does not mean he’ll share a whole afternoon with you. And you finally end up with answers that are even shorter than the related questions. And you don’t learn anything new. Anyway, let’s publish it. That’s Dan The Automator after all.

Published on Friday 20 October 2006 at 21:38 in Interviews

SHIN OHSAKI - Interview

Hue is already our favourite hip hop label for the year 2006. There, in Japan, on the other side of the world, some people have decided to propose us a kind of best-of of Canadian and Belgian rap. Shin Ohsaki is the […]
Published on Monday 9 October 2006 at 21:35 in Interviews

COURDEK - Interview

For most of us, Arizona’s hip hop scene is still to be discovered. This year, our entry point to all the exciting and promising artists from Phoenix and its neighbourhood was Avenue of the Arts’ rapper and producer Courdek through his excellent Synchronicity record. A first contact has been the opportunity for us to discover a bit more about his past, musical tastes, projects and fellows rappers from the AOTA crew.

Published on Tuesday 19 September 2006 at 21:18 in Interviews
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