By tubbs | Published:
April 25, 2012
Occasionally it seems the slightly more advanced DJ slash producer (in years and taste) feels a need to be true to his roots and and release something that strays from the 120bpm four-to-the-floor template. If you’re Eric Duncan or Harvey (Rub N Tug live and Map Of Africa respectively) this seems to be an OK [...]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks | Also tagged andy neal, balearic, blog, christopher tubbs, cosmic, daniele baldelli, Disco, freaks, funk, heads down, luke solomon, mother rose, soul |
By tubbs | Published:
March 15, 2011
It’s been a good while since I’ve had my head turned by a rock record, but I’m totally seduced by this stone-cold badboy: ‘The Fool‘ by Warpaint. The four-piece from oh-so-hot-right-now Silverlake are creators of druggy, woozily psychedelic records about longing, isolation and possessiveness (amongst other things). Andrew Weatherall‘s one of the producers behind the [...]
Posted in Basement Sessions, Interviews | Also tagged allsaints, allsaints basement sessions, andrew weatherall, blog, california, christopher tubbs, cosmic, heads down, interview, psychedelic, rough trade, roughtrade, the fool, warpaint |
By tubbs | Published:
February 25, 2011
I’ve ranted and raved about Stones Throw many times on Heads Down; the sheer breadth of their sonic remit is frikkin awesome. Their past as a purist underground hip hop label seems such a long time ago, yet you can still smell the Polo aftershave in everything they do. I heart them, in other words. [...]
Posted in Christopher Tubbs's Hit Pick Heatrocks | Also tagged beats, blog, christopher tubbs, classical, folk, funk, heads down, hip hop, la la, psychedelic, soul, stepkids, stones throw, the stepkids, usa |
By tubbs | Published:
February 22, 2011
Due to the surprising (read astonishing) number of you who showed interest and appreciation for part one of my interview with Zane, here’s part two. I have to say I’m quite astonished by the reception… I was expecting a barrage of vile comments and ticking mail; I guess there’s still time though. vimeo Direkt
Posted in Interviews | Also tagged all saints, basement sessions, bbc, blog, chase & status, christopher tubbs, clothing, Dance, dave grohl, Disco, drum and bass, heads down, hip hop, interview, nirvana, radio 1, run dmc, video, zane lowe |
By tubbs | Published:
February 15, 2011
Recently I’ve been hard at work in the basement of AllSaints clothing, not in a janitorial role as you might imagine, but rather as part of the music team putting together interviews and sessions with new bands, interesting DJs and pioneering producers for the new music page on their website. I’m going to post my [...]
Posted in Interviews | Also tagged all saints, basement sessions, bbc, blog, chase & status, christopher tubbs, clothing, Dance, dave grohl, Disco, drum and bass, heads down, hip hop, interview, nirvana, radio 1, run dmc, video, zane lowe |
By tubbs | Published:
February 19, 2010
James Pants makes me want to make more music, period. His productions have a level of joie de vivre and straight joyfulness that most music makers I know would give their left testicle (or ovary for that matter) to maintain. He wears his influences on his sleeve: post punk, disco, hip-hop and rock all get [...]
Posted in Interviews | Also tagged 808, christopher tubbs, Disco, heads down, hip hop, instruction, interview, james pants, james pants interview, juno, Post Punk, production, red bull music academy, roland, seven seals, stones throw, video |
By tubbs | Published:
December 12, 2009
Christopher Tubbs presents another hour of post punk excursions, cosmic rock, jazz futurism and 21st century disco. Check out the new Red Rack’em on Untracked and the Ron Hardy edit of Jamie Principle… Badness! Tracklisting: 1. The XX ‘Basic Space’ (Jamie XX Space Bass Mix)(Young Turks) 2. Nite Jewel ‘What Did He Say’ (Italians Do [...]
Posted in Heads Down Radio | Also tagged acid, christopher tubbs, cosmic, Disco, heads down, Heads Down Radio, house, jazz, november, podcast, techno |