EPMD - Strictly Business

The exact mid-point between De La Soul's Daisyage sampledelia and N.W.A.'s gangsta tales of the street, East-Coast group EPMD influenced a generation of hip hop crews. Here's their first underground hit from 1988, Strictly Business, the title track from their brilliant debut album. Great lo-fi vid, too!

The Sonics - Shot Down/LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge (Live At Trash)

This superb slice of maximum RnB from Nuggets/garagerock legends the Sonics turned up on the James 'LCD' Murphy-curated Greenberg soundtrack recently and sounds as amazing as ever. Not surprising that James chose it as he namechecked (3 times) the Tacoma, WA 5 piece on his brilliant hipster-baiting anthem, 'Losing My Edge'.

Tavares - It Only Takes A Minute (Deep Sang's 7 Minute Edit)

Fantastic edit of Tavares' greatest tune (and possibly Take That's!) by D.C. DJ Deep Sang.

Tavares - It Only Takes A Minute (Deep Sang's 7 Minute Edit) by Deep Sang

Hit Or Miss @ Oxjam Kilburn Takeover

We are delighted to be taking part in the Oxjam Kilburn Takeover event next Saturday (23rd October). We'll be putting on an Afterparty at the excellent King's Head bar on Kilburn High Road bringing our regulation mix of the musical unexpected to this fantastic festival.  We're on 10-2. More details on our FB  Event page.

Tickets to the Takeover event are £10 in advance which gets you into the whole shebang (including our afterparty!).  Entry to our shindig is 3 quid. More details from the Oxjam Kilburn site.

To put you in the mood we've also put together a Spotify playlist of H.O.M. classics. Click here to listen.

Squeeze - Take Me I'm Yours (on Top Of The Pops)

An absolute stonecold classic. Dave Stewart & Annie Lennox were clearly taking notes ...

Maximum Balloon - Apartment Wrestling (prince klassen edit)

Have been really enjoying the Maximum Balloon album by TV On The Radio's Dave Sitek and featuring a cavalcade of guest stars including Little Dragon and Karen O. I particularly like David Byrne's turn on 'Apartment Wrestling' here in Prince Klassen edit form.

 Maximum Balloon - Apartment Wrestling (prince klassen edit) (114) by princeklassen