Some Reviews with Jimmy For Reals: Babe Rainbow – Falling Apart
It’s been a while, but Cameron Reed (aka Babe Rainbow) has re-emerged from the swirling fog of musical obscurity...
Some Reviews With Jimmy For Reals: Mikael Seifu – Yarada Lij
Not sure I’ve heard much if any Ethiopian music, but its probably safe to say that it doesn’t sound...
Some Reviews With Jimmy For Reals: Bugskull – Collapsed View
I picked up the first Bugskull album more or less a whim (it had really interesting cover art) and...
Some Reviews With Jimmy For Reals: El Mahdy Jr. – Gasba Grime EP
North African and Arabic music remains one of the few exotic frontiers yet to be heavily incorporated into electronic...
Some Reviews with Jimmy For Reals: Sully – Blue
Infrequent and sporadic though they may be, the arrival of a new Sully record always comes with pretty high...
Listen to SAMPOLOGY’s MIX from WEARE10
In classic SAMPOLOGY style, the Brisbane-based audio-visual DJ set the WEARE10 party off to an incredible start. With a...
Some Reviews with Jimmy For Reals: Alex Banks – Illuminate
Short of going into full blown hyperbole meltdown mode, I think it’s safe to say that this new LP...
Some Reviews with Jimmy For Reals: Air Max ’97 – Progress & Memory EP
Photo by Elliot Lauren Air Max ’97 appears to be making some of the most interesting electronic music in...
Some Reviews with Jimmy For Reals: David Douglas – Moon Observations
Photo by Victor Van Der Griendt Whilst it might be early days to make such a call, David Douglas seems...
Some Reviews with Jimmy For Reals: Low Leaf – AKASHAALAY
It’s pretty rare these days, amidst the incessant flood of music that assails you daily, to be absolutely captivated...
Flying Lotus at The Sydney Opera House
Photography by FBI Radio “It feels like everything has been building to this moment,” Steven Ellis says to the Music...
Some Reviews with Jimmy For Reals: Sd Laika – That’s Harikiri
When Sd Laika’s debut EP came out in 2012 I hadn’t really heard much if any of the new...
Some Reviews with Jimmy For Reals: Epiktan – We Come From the Trees
In an interview almost three years ago, Epiktan – aka Grimes of Brisbane-based duo Science Project and co-founder of Dub...
Some Reviews with Jimmy For Reals: Downliners Sekt – Silent Ascent
It’s been a fair while since Downliners Sekt closed out their outstanding run of breakthrough EP’s with 2011’s Meet...
Some Reviews With Jimmy For Reals: Green Nose – Ying Yang 666
If I had to describe Green Nose’s music to a stranger with the ultimate aim of getting them to...
Some Reviews with Jimmy For Reals: Wen – Signals
I don’t know if you heard, but Grime is amazing again. Of course you could argue that it was...
10 Years Strong Mix Series – #1 Sean Deans ‘Rhythm & Bleeps’
As part of the 10 Years Strong anniversary, the diverse and different artists from The Operatives collective have carefully...
Some Reviews With Jimmy For Reals: Puzahki – Minutiae
Brisbane’s Puzahki isn’t exactly a newcomer to electronic music, having peddled his wares for over a decade now, but...
Some Reviews With Jimmy For Reals: Clap! Clap! – Tambacounda EP
Some deft Afro-Futurism from Clap! Clap! this week, coming through like a lost-tribal savant being given sudden access the...
Some Reviews With Jimmy For Reals: Untold – Black Light Spiral
Since cutting his teeth in the outer vestiges of Dubstep, Untold has been carving out a singular space for...
I Don’t Want To Date A Majestic DJ
After reading Chris Tranter’s article ‘I Wanna Date a Majestic Girl’ yesterday on THUMP I couldn’t help but laugh....
Some Reviews with Jimmy For Reals: Brock Van Wey – Home
You might not have heard of Brock Van Wey, but chances are you’ve heard music from of one of...
Some Reviews with Jimmy For Reals: Lee Bannon – Alternate/Endings
It probably hasn’t escaped your notice that 2013 saw something of a renaissance for Jungle and Drum & Bass...
Some Reviews with Jimmy For Reals: Debruit & Alsarah – Aljawal
I’m probably not alone in saying that I don’t know much about Sudanese music, which considering the enduring popularity...
Latest releases from ABLE8
ABLE8 – as a DJ or producer – has to be one of the hardest working guys in the...
Let Them Eat Cake 2014 Review
With the radio blaring a soothing soul station, keep-cups full of champagne and clinging to cheeseburgers, we head West...
Review: AMIN PAYNE – George Benson Tribute
There are too few musicians whose releases are a sonic pick-me-up. A few minutes of soul-brightening funk that somehow...© THE OPERATIVES 2013 SITE BY NEWGEN STUDIO