Big Chill interviews Marsali & Huskiii

Posted on January 12, 2012 by fftang in Musings | No Comments

Ahead of tomorrow’s party. Big Chill quiz FFTANG! FFTANG!’s Huskiii and Marsali about this new darn fangled ‘Tropical Bass’.

Could you tell us a bit about Tropical Bass as a genre?
Marsali: Tropical bass is about taking the

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Gypsy Hill

Posted on January 08, 2012 by fftang in Events, Mp3s, Video | No Comments

The second act we’ve got lined up for Friday is the high octane Gypsy Hill. This band fuse together balkan, surf-rock, massive bass-lines, Mediterranean guitars and a whole heap of electronics, scratching and beats. Keep your eyes peeled for their debut album which is set to drop this year.
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Yaaba Funk

Posted on January 04, 2012 by fftang in Events, Video | No Comments

The headline act at our upcoming Big Chill House party comes in the form of the scorching Yaaba Funk.
Combining fat analogue basslines, blazing horns and gritty rock guitars this floor-filling ten piece play a red hot mix of Ghanian hi-life, afrobeat and low down dirty funk. Pure fire. Here’s them [...]

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Big Chill Live

Posted on December 21, 2011 by fftang in Events | No Comments

We got a massive party coming up in Jan. FFTANG! FFTANG! take over The Big Chill House in Kings Cross on Friday 13th and we’ve got a hell of a line-up, including a scorching headline performance from the amazing Yaaba Funk and live electronics, scratching and balkan surf-rock from Gypsy [...]

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Fela Soul

Posted on November 29, 2011 by fftang in Mp3s | No Comments

The pun’s so good I’m surprised no-one’s done it before: Fela Soul is an album of De La Soul vocals over Fela Kuti loops. The perfect salve after hearing the entire Beatles back catalogue played at the same time.
Download the whole comp (with liner notes) for free HERE

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Cumbia Gets Crunk

Posted on November 16, 2011 by fftang in Mp3s | No Comments

This is going straight into the sequel to No Sleep Till Bogotá.It’s got FFTANG! running through it like a stick of cumbia rock
MC Bener One – What up Ese (Prod by DJ Tranzo) by djtranzo

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FFTANG!Zine

Posted on November 10, 2011 by fftang in Uncategorized | No Comments

Yes, we’re so retro we’re future. The first issue of our FFTANG!zine has just been published and it lives beyond the www, in the real world. Come to Ginglik tonight to get your hands on one.

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Tropical Bass at Ginglik

Posted on November 03, 2011 by fftang in Events | No Comments

Next Thursday (10th) we go Westwards to our favouritest London venue: Ginglik.
We’ve been wanting to throw a party in this ex Edwardian loo since our very first night and it’s finally here. Huskiii, Subculture Sounds and Obee bring the tropical bass for these long November nights, whilst Paolo’s and [...]

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Mixcloud x Whosampled

Posted on October 26, 2011 by fftang in Events | No Comments

Come to the Big Chill House on Friday to hear a FFTANG! set from Huskiii, as well as a live interview with The Mohawks, and DJ sets from Mark Rae, Chris Read & the BBE boys.
Event info
Otherwise engaged? Feel free to bump round the living room to our promo mix [...]

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New FFTANG! mix on Synth Eastwood

Posted on October 19, 2011 by fftang in Exclusive Mixes | No Comments

Huskiii has contributed a new mix for art & music blog Synth Eastwood with a track by track breakdown. Read and listen AQUI

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