Last update: 10 Janv 2009
Second album from the London-based MC, following up on 'GOB' from 2011, featuring production by Kwes, Micachu and Bonobo plus guest vocals from Tirza, Rosie Lowe and Kerry Leatham. While the music is rather warm, full of feeling & emotion, the global vibe is rather gritty, depicting the...
Thursday 06 November 2014 18:02
This year's best albums selection was the hardest one to make since we started being active on the musical web in 1996. There's a simple reason for that: we had never been that prolific as a label before. With 52 releases on Paris DJs (singles, albums, compilations or mixes) during the 52 weeks of...
Saturday 04 January 2014 11:22
With some funk and jazz reissues coming from Family Grooves Records, Sonorama or Tramp Records, new releases on friendly labels such as Tru Thoughts, Big Dada, Ninja Tune, or Mais Um Discos and few choice selections, Paris DJs' last playlist of the summer is as eclectic as ever, picking into the...
Wednesday 04 September 2013 19:14
April 2013 was not the most active month we've had so far on the CD and vinyl front from other labels and artists. Thankfuly Nik Weston sent us a trilogy of his latest and upcoming releases on Mukatsuku Records, Ping Pong Promotion in France fed us with news from the Ninja Tune and Big Dada labels...
Wednesday 08 May 2013 18:09
Elan Tamara - Organ EP (12"/Download) Big Dada BD182/BDDNL182, 2011-06-06 Everyone witters on about the latest female singer-songwriter to plop off the major label production line but the truth is this: most of them sound the same. Weak re-treads of classic soul or classic folk or classic this...
Tuesday 19 April 2011 21:45
Wiley - Numbers In Action (12"/Download) Big Dada BD181/BDDNL181, 2011-05-16 For the first time in his hyperactive career, Wiley returns to a label and the results are dynamite. Numbers In Action sees one of the UK's greatest producers and MCs doing what he does best - hooking up a minimalist...
Tuesday 19 April 2011 21:30
Paris Suit Yourself - Sometimes (Digital single) Big Dada BDDNL176, 2011-04-04 Paris Suit Yourself return with the third single from their explosive, divisive debut album, My Main Shitstain. Sometimes represents possibly the closest the quartet will ever come to a 'straight up' pop single -...
Monday 07 March 2011 16:03
DELS - GOB (12"/Download) Big Dada BD177/BDDNL177, 2011-04-18 DELS' next single, GOB (produced by Kwes. / [o=o].) will be available on 18th April with remixes by the legendary Dave Sitek (TV & The Radio/Maximum Balloon) & Untold. Video drops online very soon also. Continue reading...
Monday 07 March 2011 16:01
DELS - GOB (CD/2xLP/Download) Big Dada BD179/BDCD179/BDDNL179 , 2011-05-09 Kieren Dickins aka DELS is a new type of rapper (which is another way of saying that he’s more than just a rapper). Applying the kind of attention to detail, micro-management and macro-vision which Jay-Z used to build a...
Monday 07 March 2011 16:00
Wiley - 100% Publishing (album) Big Dada, 2011-07-04 Big Dada are very pleased to confirm that we'll be releasing another album by the brilliant, mercurial Wiley. The title, 100% Publishing, was chosen to reflect the fact that for the first time ever, the album is produced and vocalled entirely by...
Monday 07 March 2011 15:56
Ninja Tune XX - 20 Years Of Beats 'n' Pieces - The twelve inches Those who bought the incredible Ninja Tune XX boxset and registered their promo code on the Ninja Tune XX site were sent two exclusive Ninja Tune 12 inches. Four more 12 inches have just been released. Here's the lowdown on which...
Saturday 27 November 2010 13:40
Paris Suit Yourself - My Main Shitstain (LP/CD/Download) Big Dada BD175/BDCD175/BDDNL175, 2011-01-31 What do you want from the ideal debut album? That it excites you, intrigues you, sometimes confuses you? That it takes risks, is hard to place in terms of the records you already know, that it's...
Monday 08 November 2010 18:13
Paris Suit Yourself - Lost My Girl (Download) Big Dada BDDNL172, 2010-11-22 Paris Suit Yourself return with the second single from the forthcoming debut album, My Main Shitstain. Lost My Girl is a full-throttle, raging monster of a tune, which makes previous single Craig Machinsky seem a wilting...
Monday 08 November 2010 18:05
Dels - Trumpalump (12"/Download) Big Dada BD168/BDDNL168, 2010-11-29 The second single from his forthcoming debut album finds Kieren Dickins aka DELS collaborating once again with Hot Chip's Joe Goddard on a tune which throws all the rules about the correct structuring of a classic pop song...
Wednesday 13 October 2010 18:50
Bang On! - Hands High (Promo CD/Download) Big Dada BDCDS74P/BDDNL174, 2010-10-25 Straight outta Toxteth, 20 year old Elliott Egerton aka Bang On! is the next wave of UK rap. Coming hard, fast and funny in a thick Scouse accent, he first caught the attention a couple of years ago with his Scally...
Monday 11 October 2010 20:27
Jammer - Back To The 90's / Bad Mind People (Download) Big Dada BDDNL173, 2010-09-20 Jammer returns to the fray with the fourth single from his acclaimed and much loved album, Jahmanji. The anthemic, perhaps unusually positive power-grime of Bad Mind People has become a firm favourite in the clubs...
Monday 20 September 2010 00:17
Paris Suit Yourself - Craig Machinsky (Download) Big Dada BDDNL170, 2010-10-11 Hailing originally from Bordeaux and Arkansas, based - very roughly speaking - in Berlin and coming on like PiL reincarnated as a French psychedelic soul revue, Paris Suit Yourself are the first "rock" band...
Sunday 19 September 2010 14:23
Offshore - Aneurysm EP (12"/Download) Big Dada BD171/BDDNL171, 2010-10-18 After the critical success of his EP for the legendary Scottish label, Stuff, Ewan Robertson aka Offshore presents his first EP for new home Big Dada. Four tracks deep, the Aneurysm EP shows beyond any shadow of a doubt...
Sunday 19 September 2010 14:15
We're still celebrating 20 years of musical activism from the english label Ninja Tune! The huge boxset is now coming out very soon... Parties in Paris and London are starting to get sold-out quite fast, and french magazine Trax has released a special (Ninja Tune 20 Ans...), in which I've written 3...
Saturday 28 August 2010 12:44
Dels - Shapeshift (12"/Download) Big Dada BD167/BDDNL167, 2010-08-23 Dels has signed a three album contract with Big Dada. One of the true originals of the grime scene - both as an MC and a producer - Dels nearly signed with Big Dada two years ago (and actually played at their 10th Anniversary...
Monday 23 August 2010 00:48
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