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The mighty Firemusic has posted the new disco jesus mix entitled ‘Summer’. The mix is a fantastic selection of rare and heartfelt black music and is the fruit of a lifetime of crate digging and clubbing.
It is all too easy these halcyon days of internet forums and obsessive beardy circle jerks to forget that for […]

Basilika favourites and ‘leaders of the true school’ Judah and Secret  have their incredible debut album Truth Syrum Vol 1  available as a download only exclusive from Soundclick.Not usually being one to overhype things I can honestly say this is one of the freshest and consistent british hiphop releases in years. I’ve been playing […]

Despite the fact we have been playing our own re-edits and basilika exclusives for over a year now, Friday was the first time someone came up and excitedly asked ‘what is this tune ?’ whilst we’ve playing one. 
Positive feedback !
The tune in question was brubekk’s mighty earthshaker which, as part of his ‘endless loops’ […]

Check out this wicked article about the roots of quannam/soulsides
http://www.cantstopwontstop.com/blog/2005/03/quannum-story.cfm
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BOOM, this is ian L winding up for the big comeback. respect to the Soulful slowness and the jack.

i’m playing a few gigs over the next two weeks so i can get mi box ready with the hottest tunes for the come back party. Expect new drum breaks, party hip hop and a few […]

The mighty brubekk (pictured here deep in the music) has a new mix on the ubiquitious firemusic. The selection is a typically classy blend that has been warming basilika towers over the winter months and we felt it was only fair that we spread the wealth.
The mix is called Soulful Slowness, get over there […]

"He was playing at a little club called McKees, and I got there early to see Elvin Jones nailing his drum kit to the floor. Then the quartet rocks on stage, and I wasn’t prepared for the intensity with which these guys threw themselves into the music - I had never seen men […]

Thanks to everyone who has checked out the site and the gigs this year. It has been cool to start something. Thursday is the last basilika of the year and to celebrate we are running a series of posts featuring the top ten for 2004 for all our dj’s, the first of which is the […]

Here’s a re-rub of aretha franklin’s respect, me and brubeq knocked out, almost by accident a couple of months ago. I was playing around with a loop and he took started playing the 7 over the top, keeping it intime with his finger. I put it into ableton and sync’d it up properly a few […]

The mighty Musicthing is running a week long celebration of dance music pioneer/disco’s Derek Smalls, Giorgo Moroder.All well as some fascinating articles about Giorgio’s contribution to the evolution of disco and house music there is a great interview from 1978 where he lays into Kraftwerk for being ’sellouts’-you can check it out hereBest of all […]