Tag: Def Pressé

  • Stro Elliot – Monday’s Generation – Def Pressé

    Stro Elliot – Monday’s Generation – Def Pressé

    This is about celebration and the joy of life as if the party never stops. On the other hand listening to Monday’s Generation begs the very real question: Are we missing something? Not (always) in life but something in music. When the innate power contained within this array of samples seems to capture unique moments…

  • Pan Amsterdam x Iggy Pop – Mobile – Def Pressé

    For the record Pan Amsterdam are everything I used to love about the spoken word. Clever, informed combinations of poetical polemics that sting, accompanied by music that twists and reworks old formulas into something excitedly defiant, screwing up the past, reflecting todays mood swings. And who else but the timeworn voice of Iggy Pop to…

  • Pan Amsterdam X Open Mike Eagle – No Snare – Def Pressé

    From the very opening bars of No Snare the stripped down yet resolutely beautiful trumpet by Leron Thomas intones a suggestion of what comes next. Of course this being Pan Amsterdam a nod to the past is employed and while you may recognise the vibe blown there is a timeless quality to both their definition…