Akira Kiteshi might sound more like a Japanese film director then a production duo based in Edinburgh, but a closer listen to their glitch riddled mutations of Hip-hop, Dubstep and Broken Beat shows that it is more than slightly fitting. The tracks carry the kind of juxtaposition between beauty and brutality that can be found in any Beat Takeshi film, the disjointed twisted lunacy of a Takeshi Miike movie and the eeriness at times of Hideo Nakata.


Plus if you played their album in a ‘Pink Floyd / Wizard of Oz’ type unison (if you haven’t done this already and don’t know what I’m on about, you can watch some of the Dark Side of the Rainbow here) you might find a similar synchronicity, especially the bit at the end when Tetsuo starts mutating. Do not fret however if you are unfamiliar with Japanese films, anybody with a taste for digitised, bastardised beats and bass should be more than satisfied. Here’s a taster to whet your appetite for their forthcoming EP on Black Acre Records, which will also feature Mike Slott (Heralds of Change / LuckyMe) and Clouds remixes.

(YSI) Akira Kiteshi - Albino Egg

(YSI) Akira Kiteshi – Style Hoppin

(YSI) Akira Kiteshi – Tea For Shree

The future is not bright. It’s a place where fantasy and fury combine as post nuclear life becomes more brutal the further we send our machines to seek out more habitable environments underground. As they dig deeper into the realm of myth and legend, there must inevitably be a showdown between a vicious reality and the dark corners of imagination.


I think High Rankin might just be getting ready for that future, if he’s not there already. His latest EP on Suicide Dub – ‘You Me & The Devil’ has some of the toughest and grimiest dubz this side of Satansville and for those who didn’t grab a free copy over at Palms Out last month. Here it is in full flaming glory for you now.

Direct Links:

High Rankin' - Control Room
High Rankin' - Sulfur Tears
High Rankin' - We're All Dead
High Rankin' - The Airloom
High Rankin' - Assault Weapon Religion
High Rankin' - You, Me, and the Devil

(ZShare) High Rankin – You Me & The Devil EP (ZIP)

Ratatat give ABBA a twisted make-over in their new video for the track Shempi from their excellent LP3 out on XL Recordings.



And for those who might have missed their last killer remix mixtape, here's a few of our favourite cuts...

(YSI) Saigon & UGK - We Gon' Ride (Ratatat Remix)

(YSI) Young Buck, TI & Ludacris - Stomp (Ratatat Remix)

(YSI) Notorious BIG - Party & Bullshit (Ratatat Remix)

Cyko Logic has been holding it down on the UK Grime scene for some time now with collaborations alongside artists such as Gappy Ranx and Tinchy Strider, regular DVD, Radio and Mixtape appearances plus video rotations on MTV Base and Channel U.


However, despite all this he is still yet to drop an official release. Hopefully that will soon change with the well overdue but ‘soon come’ release of his Down Wid It (also the name of his clothing label) Mixtape, possibly on the North London label Alwayz Recording. For now though you can download his ‘Listen Up Before You Get Down’ promo release here or check out a couple of our choice tracks below.

(YSI) Cyko Logic – 1234

(YSI) Cyko Logic feat. Juvee & Gappy Ranx – They’re Like

(YSI) Cyko Logic feat. Strata G – Get To Know Me

Was hoping to put up the two exclusive sessions from this week's Mary Anne Hobbs show separately both of them were killer slices of dirty grimed out Garage Zed Bias w/ Broke N English and MRK1 w/ Virus Syndicate. Unfortunately that didn't happen (though it still might later), but here's a link to the whole show. Should last longer than the 7 days usual 'listen again' that the BBC give.




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Don't really know much about The Cutler except that they consist of Steve Cobby (Fila Brazillia / The Solid Doctor / Heights Of Abraham / J*S*T*A*R*S) & Porky (Head Honcho of Pork Recordings) and they produce the kind of easy yet epic and edgy (entertaining, esoteric, extraordinary and exceedingly good would have simply been too many Es for a Thursday afternoon) type of tracks that Pork have been excelling at for years. Think I might have come across them by accident on Myspace but they were kind enough to send me a couple of tracks to share, so here goes.

(YSI) The Cutler - Weltschmerz

(YSI) The Cutler - Scimitar

They also have an album out on Steel Tiger, buy it here