FREE NIYI TRACK

There's a few things we're into on this blog, and as a result, they crop up again and again. One of them is Burial. And the other .... is the Eternal Optimist, Niyi.

To commemorate his place in musical pantheon, we have here, for a limited time only, a high-res version of his latest track, Amelia. Click here to get your portion.

It marks a slight change in direction, away from the synth heavy, sweetboy grime-esque, honest talking "Poached Egg Phase" of his music making. It's more about tight piano loops (a la old skool rave) and pining love lyrics. Except it doesn't sound whiny, and it really works. Think The best of 90's Dance, meets Kc and JoJo. 

BIG UP NIYI ! kEEP pLIMPIN !

!! Thomas !!

The long awaited ... is still awaited

Ok, so the album I've been waiting for since late last year is the next installment in the DJ Kicks saga, which comes courtesy of Burial.

Dates have been all over the place for this one. First we were told July, then late July, then early August. And so on ... Similarly, the amount of fake tracklistings that have been doing the round on the message boards is just absurd. So much so, that the static state of Burial's myspace was briefly changed and he was forced to make this announcement.

" DJKICKS

fake djkicks tracklist got put up somewhere i got messages from people & producers thinking it was real

if i do djkicks it will be mostly old jungle tunes & new tunes

big up "

Soooo ... I've spoken to the people who should know - mainly label peeps, and they are covinced he hasn't come close to finishing it yet, so we're going to be waiting for a little while yet. 

Oh well. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Feverishly so in this case. 

Thomas