Chase & Status innit tho!
Who doesn’t love a good movie? Well, we wouldn’t say that we’re big fans of the silver screen but there’s one film in particular that has caught our attention called Harry Brown. Michael Caine is the lead actor but it also features Ben Drew better known as Plan B. And no, it’s not the plot that’s gripping us but the theme music End Credits by Chase & Status featuring Plan B. Chase & Status first came to prominence with their remix of Capleton’s Who Dem entitled Duppy Man in 2005 and since then they’ve scored three No.1s on the UK dance charts with the double A-side Hurt You/Sell Me Your Soul, Take Me Away/Judgement and Pieces featuring Plan B in 2008. That same year they released their debut album More Than Alot, which has sold 60,00 copies and has led to remixing work for the likes of Jay-Z, The Prodigy and Snoop Dogg during the last 12 months. They’ve also been working on tracks for Rihanna’s forthcoming album out later this year…
Their new single End Credits is released on November 2nd. It features their trademark drum n bass sound coupled with some rather tasty acoustic guitar in the intro and outro as well as lush keys. The beat is incessant and the vocals perfectly complement the musical arrangement. You can also catch the boys live as they’ve just kicked off their first UK headlining tour. If you want to find out where they’re playing and get tickets click here.
Now watch the amazing video End Credits below…
Annie Mac Presents…
The Annie Mac Presents tour Autumn dates have been released and the following bands and DJs will be playing the tour - Major Lazer (live), DJ Mehdi, Buraka Som Sistema (live) Skream, Miike Snow (live), Fake Blood, Young Fathers, Rusko, Jackbeats, Toddla T and Delphic (live). You can find all the info for where, when and how much by clicking here.
Putting the K In Kraft…
Recently there’s been a lot of coverage concerning remastered classic albums with The Beatles grabbing most of the headlines with their mono masters 2 CD box set simply entitled The Beatles In Mono. Astralwerks have also released four early ground-breaking albums by Brian Eno called Original Masters and last week eight Kraftwerk albums were given the digital treatment resulting in The Catalogue or Der Katalog. All eight can be bought individually right now as we speak or as a box set from November 16th - the albums are: Autobahn (1974), Radio-Activity (1975), Trans-Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978), Computer World (1981), Electric Café (1986), The Mix (1991) and Tour de France Soundtracks (2003). Watch the promo for Kraftwerk’s The Catalogue above.
Jaxx To The Max
And last but not least check out the graphics above in this fantastic animated video for the Basement Jaxx track Scars featuring Meleka, Kelis & Chipmunk - taken from their recently released new album of the same name.
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