PRAGMATIC THEORY - HORIZONS (COMPILATION) + NZ BEATSCENE FEATURE

Something utterly amazing happened on the 7th December 2013. Pragmatic Theory, "a collective of artists from around the world", released an astonishingly extensive compilation of some of the most exciting artists in the current beat scene movement, including B.Lewis, Ta-ku and Amin Payne to name only three of the thirty eight different talents displayed here. The best part? IT'S FREE!!! What more could you want? More free stuff? Ok, fine, just head over to their bandcamp site where you can download another six albums, all for sweet nothing!

All this 'music gratis' may seem daunting at first, because let's face it, who has time to listen to that much music in just one sitting (besides nerdy music bloggers...)? But, if your current iTunes library is feeling rather stagnant, why not give it the boost it needs by injecting it with some excellent new artists you might not have heard of otherwise?

Click the image below to kick start the festive season with some musical freebies.

As previously mentioned in an earlier blog post, I've started writing for an awesome new website called The Shirker. These guys have been cool enough to publish a feature of mine on a subject that is very close to my heart. It's all about the New Zealand beat scene, introducing five truly inspiring artists* as well as providing a link to one of my all time favourite playlists available right now.

Check out the feature by clicking on the picture below.

*Artists include - Electric Wire Hustle, Benny Tones (who seemed to like the feature, retweeting it and sharing it on his Facebook page!), Samuel Truth (also retweeted!), Si Res and Paddy Fred.