Dec
11

Joker + Skream Bring (Tropical Fruit) “Skittles”

The dubstep of 04-07 has gone the way of rap made exactly a decade prior, but that doesn’t mean that it still can’t deliver a frozen rope smack to the nostrils. Hence, Joker and Skream form as Parma Violets (this is or will be a new Sativa strain?) to bring the candy-colored bass assault that… Continue reading »

Nov
09

Sach O: Joker – The Vision (Free Instrumentals)

Sach O is currently wearing a purple T-shirt. Reactions to Joker’s debut album haven’t matched the thunderous of his early singles but this isn’t necessarily as dramatic as some would have you believe. Yes – he took a risk and it didn’t quite work out but why release an album otherwise? Underground dance music lives… Continue reading »

Oct
11

Double Vision: Joker & Freddie Gibbs Square Off

Bristol and Gary might be polar opposites, but purple connoisseurs like Gibbs and Joker can easily find common ground. Between “The Vision” and “Highway to Hell,” the former is fast becoming the go-to vanquisher for these electrocution bass cuts. The reasons are pretty simple. You need a wrath of God voice to cut through the… Continue reading »

Jun
23

Space Boy Goon Music

Joker holding a seance to the spirit of Roger Troutman. Brit MC Buggsy turning in the anti-”I Used to Love H.E.R.” over some space boy goon music that sounds like the evil Anglican twin to the Shady Bambino project. Cosmic quasar rap. Call your Cosmonauts. Download: MP3: Joker & Buggsy – “Untitled Track”

Nov
01

Gorillaz-”Doncamatic (Joker Remix)

“The song is not the same when we’re all played out… played out..played out,” sings Daley, a recent recruit to Damon Albarn’s arsenal of primates. But though he’s released roughly one album a year for the last 17, the Gorillaz mastermind has artfully eluded overexposure, He keeps a reasonably limited media and online profile, except… Continue reading »

Aug
20

Joker on Mary Anne Hobbs

A stream of Joker’s 45-minute “Ghetto Clang” mix has been circulating on the Internet, but you don’t want a stream, you want to be free to download the entire mix and get loaded. It is Friday and hopefully you ain’t got nothing to do.  And Joker’s electrocution G-funk is a measured and sane response to… Continue reading »

Oct
20

In New 1Xtra DJs We Trust: Joker Mix

In ongoing proof that the British are a superior culture contrasted to us benighted Yankees, the BBC 1Xtra station has started a new show hosted by Redlight entitled “In New 1Xtra DJ’s We Trust.” Rightfully, they entrusted Bristol bass behemoth, Joker with a slot on the first program, and midway through the three hour show… Continue reading »

Sep
29

Joker- The “Kapsize EP”

For those interested in the burgeoning Bristol Purple scene, Richard Carnes’ Resident Adviser piece provides the most in-depth look at Joker, Guido, and Gemmy yet. I wish that the crew didn’t have names that read straight out of a never-aired “Batman Goes to Italy” episode (60s camp-edition), but I’ll manage. The piece confirms that a… Continue reading »