Friday 1 July 2011

First Post- Artist of the Week: SBTRKT


First a little bit about me; im a 22 year old university graduate living in Carlisle, I've always been a big music fan and enjoy talking about it and sharing it. So i thought I would start this blog to share the music I like. Bare with me on the design for a couple of days, I'll sort it out when i have a bit of time.

Anyway first post, first artist of the week. I'm going to try and make this a regular thing (I guess the title implies weekly) but I may miss the odd week at some point.

SBTRKT is starting to get a decent bit of play on the radio, but he's been around for a while, hiding behind his mask and remixing the likes of MIA and Basement Jaxx. I'm not really sure about his remixes, but his album came out on June 27th, and I cant stop listening to it. I really like how he has managed to make music between genres to make an album which is diverse, but still sounds like the same artist, I'm also a big fan of the vocals he's brought in on a couple of the tracks below. I've heard a couple of people describe him as this decades Timberland, personally, I think his sound is fresher and better, and he hasn't taken his name from a shoe....

Wildfire: love the song but the video is also worth a watch, so here it is:

Never Never: Has much less of a dubstep feel, but shows how versatile SBTRKT is

Living Like I Do:

So I hope you like his music and I would encourage you to listen to more of his stuff. Any advice or tips for the blog are more than welcome!