According to Spin magazine, Todd Terje is one third of the Holy Trinity of Norwegian disco. The other two Nordic Nu-Disco visionaries Spin had in…
Tag: 00s
01/01/2021: “Love Dub” by Cooly G
Not many other producers have made this mellow, dubbed out garage sound quite as convincingly as Cooly G. Based on a simple, reverb drenched chord…
15/11/2020: “Boxing Champ” by Kaiser Chiefs
Some of the Kaiser Chiefs’ music hasn’t aged particularly well. It’s heavily invested in the noughties, in the same way as Nike astro trainers and…
14/11/2020: “Jah Is My Light” by Kyle Sicarius
I first heard this song at a reggae soundclash, played by Aba Shanti. When people say “that song took my breath away”, they mean that…
07/11/2020: “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor” by Arctic Monkeys
2005 is now 15 years ago. Long enough so that I can’t imagine a song like this going to number one on the UK Singles…
05/11/2020: “Thelonius Phunk” by Phuturistix
I’m not exactly certain what kind of music this is. Good music, of course! But beyond that, I’d say future jazz or breaks. Doesn’t matter…
14/09/2020: “Tonka (Menta Remix)” by Jammin’
Menta are a fairly obscure duo, making garage at the time (and place) which it morphed into dubstep. But actually, one half of Menta was…
10/09/2020: “Oh” by Ciara
I’m absolutely unapologetic for my love of this one. It’s Deep South, Crunk (Crunk&B apparently), 00s, and features Ludacris. But it’s a banger. Ciara’s performance…