I Was Dreaming When I Wrote This

Shifty Rydoz “1999” – No, not a Prince cover.This is a flashback alllll the waaaay back to the year 1999, when Shifty Rydoz was just starting out and almost no one outside of the scene was taking UK hip hop seriously. There’s a great bit of the old “hip hop’s not a fad!” meme in the lyrics (“back then they said this was just a phase”), which seems kinda quaint given hip hop’s current pop cultural hegemony in the US and increasingly, around the world. (Click here to buy it from UK Record Shop.)

Vitalic “My Friend Dario” – Okay, so now we know what Ladytron or Chicks On Speed would sound like if they channeled ZZ Top. Pretty great, actually! I feel like I should be playing some kind of car racing video game while I listen to it, though. (Click here to visit the official Vitalic website.)