Posted in Weekly Playlist on Sep 28th, 2009 2 Comments »
Fresh from his tour of Japan, Benji B was back live in studio this week with brand new music and exclusives.
Featuring a brand new track from Fatima produced by Dam-Funk alongside new music from Seiji, Drake, Mayer Hawthorne, Zomby, Alix Perez with the last hour dedicated to new music from Japan.
Listen back to the show [...]
Posted in Deviation Sessions, Videos on Sep 25th, 2009 No Comments »
Deviation Session #24 is also our 2nd birthday party. We’ve invited Dam-Funk back to the basement to spin alongside resident DJ Benji B downstairs with MC Judah hosting all night long. Upstairs we have Alexander Nut, Funkineven, Moxie, Mr Wonderful & Santi-San holding down the bar.
When we strongly advise you to get down early to [...]
Posted in Downloads, Exclusives, Music on Sep 24th, 2009 1 Comment »
Last week, Benji B did a 30 minute guest mix for Mistajam’s Mixtape show on BBC Radio 1.
Full of new music, we have exclusively have the full mix up for you to download HERE for the next seven days only. We have no tracklisting for you, but regular listeners to Benji B show on BBC [...]
Posted in Music, New Releases, News on Sep 23rd, 2009 2 Comments »
Blakroc is a hip hop album produced by The blues-rock banf Black Keys.
Set to features the vocal talents of Rza, Raekwon, Mos Def, Jim Jones, Pharoahe Monch, Q-tip, Ludacris, ODB, Billy Danze of M.O.P., Noe and Nicole Wray, the 11 track LP will be released on Black Friday in the States (the Friday after Thanksgiving). [...]
Posted in Deviation Sessions on Sep 21st, 2009 No Comments »
This week Benji B previewed tracks from Hyperdub’s forthcoming 5 LP, alongside fresh new music from Subeena, Zero 7, Alix Perez, Hudson Mohawke, Omar S and Zed Bias.
Listen back to the show for next 7 days on demand via Benji’s BBC 1xtra homepage and remember tune in every Sunday night 00:00 - 02:00am GMT.
NOTE: Benji [...]
Posted in Exclusives, Music, New Releases, News on Sep 20th, 2009 2 Comments »
After the success of the first Beat Dimensions LP, Amsterdam music label/record store, Rush Hour are set to release Beat Dimensions Volume 2 on CD/Digital download on 24th October 09.
Complied by Cinnaman and Jay Scarlett, with exclusive tracks from producers including Samiyam, Dorian Concept, Mike Slott, Dimlite, Ras G and Danny Breaks (to name a [...]
Posted in Music, New Releases, News on Sep 18th, 2009 2 Comments »
The last preview of the three biggest hip-hop albums to drop in 2009 is Raekwon’s Only Built For Cuban Linx PT II.
Almost 14 years since Only Built For Cuban Linx was released, part 2 came out this week. With the list of producers ranging from J Dilla and Dr Dre to Swizz Beatz to RZA. [...]
Posted in News on Sep 16th, 2009 No Comments »
To all our readers in Japan, you can catch Benji B on tour with Dam Funk for the next ten days.
In collaboration with Stussy & Stones Throw, Benji B & Dam Funk will be spinning alongside the guys from Jazzysport. Check out all the dates below.
Sep 18 - JZ Brad in Tokyo
Sep 19 - [...]
Posted in Exclusives, Music, New Releases on Sep 16th, 2009 2 Comments »
Q-Tip’s Kamaal The Abstract LP has finally saw a FULL release yesterday.
Recorded back in 2001, the 10 track LP is available in all good record stores now (bonus track, Damn You’re Cool Girl can be found via i-Tunes store) and is Q-Tip’s third solo studio album. Written and produced by Q-tip, it was released briefly [...]
Posted in Weekly Playlist on Sep 14th, 2009 No Comments »
This week Benji did a special ‘Midnight Request Line’ show and asked listeners to request what they wanted hear from the past few months.
Which resulted in show that will wet your appetite for the end of year review, with heavy-weight tracks from Jay Electronica, Q-Tip, Theo Parrish, SBTRKT, Madlib and Karriem Riggins. To Seiji, Jay-Z, [...]