The Dutch duo of rapper Pete Philly and producer Perquisite brought themselves to people’s attention with their debut album Mindstate a couple of years ago, providing a record where each track portrayed a different emotion. With that release they showcased their respective skills and Mystery Repeats takes those skills to the proverbial next level.
The track you can here on Crossfire is Q&A which features a nice bouncy beat, complete with a broken guitar hook and some exquisitely complimentary short bursts of piano. With this backdrop, Pete Philly’s chilled delivery flourishes and the catchy chorus rounds off a perfect example of how to make a summery hip hop track.
The rest of the album allows Perquisite to show his versatility be it the brilliant High Tide with its twists and turns ending in almost a DnB beat or the mostly sung Last Love Song with its occasional flute and staccato drums.
This record is one that you won’t immediately think about listening to, but after you’ve given it a couple of spins, you’ll realise that the potential for these two is enormous.
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By now we’re all well accustomed to underground hardcore and punk bands not lasting long. One album, a couple of 7″ and a couple of tours sleeping in a van and eating nothing but cheese and bread later and they’re gone, onto the next band or, worse still, the lure of a proper job.
It’d been a long four years since the last competition down at The Level, so there was certainly an air of high expectation surrounding this event. And it certainly didn’t disappoint. A combination of good music, a brilliant turnout, some amazing skating and some entertaining mic skills from Pasty made for an truly memorable day.
The unsponsored finals were up first. Mini gangster Ollie Chapman managed 3rd for his stylish run. Henry Kanning took second place for his effortless skating, cruising about the whole course ollieing and grabbing everything in sight. But it was young ripper Isaac Miller who took first place, getting a frontside flip over the big bank to bank gap, one of the most solid, nonchalant tre flips I’ve seen over the hip, and much more amazing skateboard trickery.
Firstly I’d like to mention that you know something is of some merit, when rottontomatoes.com give it 100% high quality rating. Perhaps because of how brilliantly and acutely a book has been adapted to work on the big screen. With British director Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice) at the helm, Atonement vividly transpires as a smart, lush and massively faithful adaptation of Ian McEwan’s 2001 successful novel. Set in 1930’s and 1940’s England, it flawlessly echoes the acting standards and romantic clichés of that era, down to the apt British accents. And right through to the wonderfully passionate and dark soundtrack.The first 50 minutes of the film is entirely based on the summer day that is reflected in the rest of the story. By simply replaying a scene over and over again, using a different perspective and detail, we get a very clever perpetual shuffling of time.
Having been sent to war, Robbie finally returns to England to visit Cecilia, who is now working as a nurse in London. However the visit is momentary, as he must return to France to fight in the Second World War, where he ends up as one of the thousands of soldiers deserted at Dunkirk, waiting for the fleet to ship them back home to England. Cut to London, and Briony is now older and also working as a nurse, in what appears to be some sort of guilt-ridden quest to eradicate the shame she now feels, and the hurt she caused as a child. The final emotional 45 minutes of the film are fuelled by Briony’s pursuit for atonement, for the opportunity to just speak to Cecilia and Robbie once again.
Jeans, we all love them, we all have a pair in the cupboard and we usually all treat them the same due to their durability.
Since joining forces as the Dresden Dolls at the turn of the decade, singer/pianist Amanda Palmer and drummer Brian Viglione have gained a deeply loyal following with songs like ‘Backstabber‘ and ‘Coin Operated Boy‘; a mix of art-punk and cabaret influences. Small wonder, then, that their fans are a gaudily dressed, oft-costumed bunch, whom can always be relied on to come out to play when the Dolls are in town.
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