As I’m going to be away in Dublin till Friday  - I thought I would leave a gift…after two housey mixes - a couple of people asked if I would be doing any mixes from my alter-ego - hip-hop loving BIGman…and here it is, my third podmix in as many weeks - beenalongtime brings you [...]

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I really like the idea of this - apparently uber-producer Timbaland, is going to be working on the new Coldplay album…which will follow X&Y and probably drop sometime in 2008. I heard a sort of bootleg of Chris Martin singing with Nelly Furtado during the making of her album, with Timbaland producing - there was definately [...]

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Bread of Heaven - feed me till I want no more

Originally uploaded by mattr.

I loved this banner at the Wales vs England Rugby at the weekend…I’m not sure I understand the origin onf the song that the welsh fans sing so well - but it [...]

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The last one seemed quite popular…so I thought I would put up another 6  of my favourite housey tunes for your listening pleasure. The tracklisting is as follows:
Sebastian Leger - Hypnotized
Delirium - Silence (Trentemoller Remix)
Africanism Allstars - Hard (Murk Mix)
68 beats - Replay the Night
Those Guys - I walk alone (Haji and Emmanuel Mix)
Basement Jaxx - [...]

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Just caught this in my RSS feeds - a nice video of Amy Winehouse singing ‘Love is a losing game’ at SXSW, its wonderful to hear this delivered in a stripped down acoustic style, and her voice is truly sublime. 

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 If you like your DJ mixes - you could do a lot worse than checking out discobelle.net - this is a standout music blog that highlights some of the best DJ mixes that I’ve ever heard, alongside some really cool and sometimes odd remixes  - I specifically recommend the Kid Fresh mix they posted recently which is [...]

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Its been a long time, since I left you,
without a strong beat step to,
think of how many weak shows you slept through
times up - sorry I kept you.
I’m back - delivering what I truly love doing…I’ve always wanted to find a way of doing this online - so heres the first of my new style [...]

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Its been a struggle - since I got my Zune - to establish a good, accurate and quick workflow for getting DVD content onto the Zune. I’ve settled on the Avex DVD to Zune converter - which seems to do a reasonable job - I’m still working on getting 100% right - but one thing [...]

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Its been ages since I started tinkering, but I think I’ve made my final change - but I’ve really been trying to get the right feel for my site - this is it, apart from some minor cosmetic modifications which I will try to get to this weekend (primarily fixing those links at the top - [...]

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