Gunfist

OK, poetry is probably even more scary than jazz fusion, but this is really rather good. Mr Wakefield has just signed to Sage Francis’ Strange Famous Records, and should be releasing a spoken word album sometime soonish. Presumably he’s not getting a million pound advance though.

This is a video of Nate Harrison’s art installation, mostly a recording, which charts the history of six seconds of audio – the drum break from The Winston’s Amen Brother. It is a classic sample (which I have jacked myself, for a high quality rap track about Quake 3) used in loads of hip hop, [...]