A couple of days before our birthday party last month Boiler Room invited us up to their intimate loft space to play some records. We kindly obliged and came down with Alien Jams, Disjecta, Moxie and Alex Chase… Charlie Bones even jumped on at the end for a bonus half hour of goodness. Watch and/or listen back below…

Alien Jams

Disjecta

Moxie

Alex Chase

Charlie Bones

NTS host and friend of the station Mr Beatnick has put together the latest FACT mix…it’s pretty great which is unsurprising. Have a listen below…

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Tracklist:
Typesun – Last Home (Dj Nature Remix) [FutureBoogie records]
UMOD – Unreleased beat
Kelpe – Answered [Drut Recordings]
Mr Beatnick – Symbiosis [Don't Be Afraid]
About Group – You’re No Good (Theo Parrish Remix feat. Andrew Ashong) [Domino]
Pepe Bradock – Lifting weights [Acid Test / Absurd Recordings]
James Blonde & Oliver Deutschmann – Milanese (Quarion’s Sicilia Profonda Remix) [Sweatlodge Records]
Levon Vincent – ??? [Novel Sound]
Walt J – Nite Gruv [FIT records]
Tinman – Tip The Acid [Keys Of Life]
John Heckle – Life On Titan [Mathematics Recordings]
Marcelus – Enlightenment [Singular Records]
The Reflektor (aka Gifted & Blessed) – Chicken Itza [Wild Oats]
JTC – Gallup [Hoya:Hoya]
Actress – Holy Water [Honest Jons]
Barker & Baumecker – Nobody (Machinedrum Remix) [Ostgut Ton]
Kingdom – Stalker Ha [Nightslugs]
Mr Beatnick – Parallax Scroll [Don't Be Afraid]
Samoyed – Sloe Eyes [Vase]

This will be a good one. Ikonika will return to NTS, marking her second appearance on Mamiko Motto’s Hepcat show. Expect a solid set of new and exclusive tracks from her next album.

Will Bankhead of the ever fascinating Trilogy Tapes is coming into to the NTS studio this Saturday to visit the guys from ‘Reverie’. If the music he plays is anything like his Open Deck from last year it should be a weird and wonderful couple of hours… Tune in from 2pm on Saturday (18th)

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Tune in to Open-Air at 10PM tonight. You wont regret it.

On Wednesday the 15th of May, 92 Points will be joined by founder of Fine Grains Records, Alexander Horne a.k.a Uraki Riddim. As well getting into the mix and playing some tracks, they will be talking music, design and the upcoming movements for Fine Grains.

Tune in from 3-5pm GMT on 15 May 2013 May and get involved.

NTS hosts Loose Bones have been working behind the scenes putting together a pretty promising band… based on Fish Island, the three piece heavy psych outfit have been rehearsing together for less than a year and the results already sound extremely promising. They have a D.I.Y 6 track EP entitled “A Prescription For Mankind” dropping immently so keep your eyes peeled for that. In the mean time, check out the trippy video for ‘Life’s A Cake’ below…

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This Friday afternoon, grime instrumental don Slackk will be in the studio for this weeks Open Deck. We asked him a few questions to find out what he’s been up to recently and what he has in store for us…

How’s it going?

Yeah man I’m good; working too much and losing my hair rapidly but can’t complain.

I always ask this and tend to get reluctant answers but do you have a desert island disc?

Oh yeah, no hesitation on this one- A Love Supreme by Coltrane. Might be a bit of a cliché but I love that album more than any other, really can’t count how many times I’ve listened to it.

What have you got coming up release wise?

Well, I just recently had an EP called Minor Triads on UTTU, that was out last month. Then I’ve got an EP coming out soon on Local Action called Failed Gods; that’s going to mastering soon so should hopefully be out sometime in June. Got another couple of things due after that but no dates yet.

How did Grimetapes begin and what made you decide to share your hordes of tapes?

It was really the fact that I had so many sets just sitting around and I felt a bit selfish hoarding them away for myself. Plus I wanted more and thought this would be a good way to get people to send them onto me. It was.

When you started Grimetapes were you already DJing and producing or did it kind of inspire you to get started?

Nah I had been producing for a couple of years before that, although not really taking it too seriously. The DJing, a few years longer than that. Grimetapes had been going for about a year when I really started to try and make music properly, and actually send music out to people as opposed to it just sitting on the laptop gathering dust.

I’m a big fan of your Patrice & Friends alias -where did the idea for fusing boogie and footwork come from?

Ah man to be honest I was just playing about with some drum patterns. I’d been listening to a lot of footwork and writing my own patterns alongside that. I had writer’s block at the time-all my melodies were coming out terrible, if they did at all- and so was just playing with samples. The boogie stuff just fit perfectly. There was a track called Mystery by DJ Manny that was in the same vein, too. I got sent that after I’d made the first couple and it just fit so well into all the stuff I was making. Still play that.

Also the artwork is hilarious/amazing – where did you find it?

It’s an old Diane Arbus photo called “Mexican Dwarf in NY hotel room, 1974”. I saw that and knew he was Patrice, basically. He’s kind of taken on a life of his own now though. I wish I knew who the real bloke was.

What have you got planned for the show on Friday?

I just want to showcase a bit of new grime really. The new wave of producers are doing some great stuff and that’s basically all I’m playing.

There seems to be some really great instrumental grime around at the moment – who do you think isn’t getting the attention they deserve?

Man, where to start. Samename, Mr Mitch, K-Ro, JT The Goon, Nammy Wams (terrible name though), Splurt, Sirpixalot. There are so many though.

Any final words?

Just listen to the show and I hope you enjoy it, ha. Oh and come to Boxed, 24 th May at Plan B in Brixton. That’s our grime night, that.

GETME! return to The Peckham Palais on May 17th for The launch of Pále and Joshua Idehen’s EP. Joining them are the likes of Dam Mantle (full live show), Stay Positive, Vondelpark, Sunless 97 and Mr Wonderful…

East London’s seminal post punk, no wave and synth night Restless Gesture, continues this bank holiday friday 3rd may from 9pm until 3am. Godsy (Brutal/NTS) Gary The Tall (NTS) and Idle Rich (Time signals) get with the gear downstairs at Alibi, 91 Kingsland Hight Street, E8 2PB. AND IT’S FREE!!!!
Facebook event HERE