The Retrospective

The nation of Sweden is not made up exclusively of blond haired, blue eyed guys and gals named Sven and Elkie. Perfect example is rocker Adiam Dymott. Named after an African queen, she was born in 1982 to Eritrean parents who fled their war torn nation,  and raised their daughter in the city of Uppsala.

25 year old Vanessa “V V” Brown hails from Northampton, England and derives her inspiration from soul legends such as Aretha Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald. She turned down admission to Oxford and Cambridge while in high school to focus full time on her music career.

Dominating club playlists in their native land are The Wong Boys. The duo is comprised of Stefan Kvamm and Frank Ziyanak, two DJs who have spent over a decade attempting to establish themselves on the scene.

Overall you get the feeling this is the kind of stuff that Benzi and Diplo love to hear when they’re not being music icons; a CD they’d throw in at their own pool party in between the Baltimore Bass (which, let’s face it, we all love).

Good news travels fast on the interweb. This week, the powers that be dropped Theophilus London‘s “This Charming Mixtape”  on my desk. I heard his name dropped  before by the various crews he rolls with such as, A.L.I.E.N and GFC, but I never had a proper introduction to his music. Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, Theophilus […]

Thursday’s 5th studio album, “Common Existence”, has nailed setting a tone of urgency, and excitement almost down to a science. Everything about this record resonates exponential growth. Their years of touring and countless influences has culminated into what I dare say is the group’s finest effort to date.