Dubstep single of the month in DJ Magazine!

KING CANNIBAL CELEBRATES…

B-Side wins again!! Remember folks- its out August the 17th along with the original instrumental version of Dirt which is more on a voodoo tip then the Daddy Freddy vocal cut.

King Cannibal at The Secret Garden Party

Anyone at this years Secret Garden Party can catch me playing on The Remix Vs Ninja stage from 2am – 4am Saturday night / Sunday morning. At two hours it will be a pretty long set taking you from King Cannibal brand dancehall through re-editted bass heavy floor filling party dubstep, techno, some lighter sounds with new material and remixes from myself  and finally drum & bass.

The Prodigy – Take Me To The Hospital King Cannibal Remix

KING CANNIBAL TYPES…

This is a radio rip of my remix of The Prodigy’s Take Me To The Hospital remix from a couple of months back. I was asked to do it ‘on spec’ (words that make me shudder) and got played out by Eddy Temple Morris (who’s Losers remix can be found on the digital release) on The Remix on XFM.

It has come in for a fair amount of hate from hardened Prodigy fans, as a lot of remixes of them seem to do, and didn’t get picked up for the official release.  Maybe i could have done things differently but what would the point be of remixing a big act and watering down your sound. Yes it may get picked up, your wallet a little fuller but a large amount of people would get their first listen to a diluted version of the sound you are offering – this is my eyes is not making a good first impression. 

On the other hand though i’m proud to say i have completed a remix of Two Fingers ‘Bad Girl’ featuring Ce’cile and Sway which will be out in a few months. Its very much a continuation of the bass heavy hiphop exploration i took with my Qemists remix.

A Cannibal in Cardiff – 30th July 09

KING CANNIBAL SAYS…

This is going to be a noisy one! With Punchdrunk and Grim Dubs artist ATK12 and ALKEMY from one of my favourite party throwers’ [Dissident].

Private Passions in Clash Magazine

KING CANNIBAL SAYS…

Check out this months edition of Clash magazine to find an article written by myself on Japanese ‘pink cinema’. I often think if i had more time on my hands i’d like to set up a film blog taking about bad films i’ve seen and the odd obscure gems. Who knows maybe if this all goes to pot i may well do, but until then these are my first cinema thoughts to hit the printing press.

So..Embrace The Minimum / Dirt 12″

‘So… Embrace The Minimum’ 
Release date: 17th August

Not for nothing has Radio 1’s Mary-Anne Hobbs has already declared the music of Dylan Richards aka King Cannibal “too dark!” But with ‘So… Embrace The Minimum’ Richards takes a step back from the intensity of ‘Aragami Style’ and ‘Murder Us’ with a tune which uses its considerable energy for upliftment. “It’s really my take on what artists like Martyn are doing with dubstep,” Richards explains, “combined with my love of Detroit techno.”

Following on from the inner-city claustrophobia of ‘Murder Us’, ‘So…’ Richards tells us, is about taking “refuge in small pleasures in order to make the every day grind seem bearable. The ‘minimum’ of the title, he points out, “also ties in with the experience that gave birth to ‘Murder Us’ – the Berlin minimal techno scene.” It’s a superb tune and one which will give early adopters of King Cannibal’s trademark sound a little pause for thought. The darkness and paranoia is still there, but it feels more like dawn than pub chucking out time!

Over on the B, Richards calls in the considerable vocal talents of Daddy Freddy. This is maybe more what people expect from King Cannibal: “I ended up using a lot of static and noise weaved into the track to give it that grubby feel!”. As for Daddy Freddy, he took this deconstructed dancehall skirmish and its voodoo feel for “an exploration of violence” which sounds shockingly real.

When Eddie Temple-Morris heard King Cannibal’s debut single, “Aragami Style,” he loved it so much he added an section to his XFM show and called it “Remix Darkside” in his honour. Championed by The Bug, Bong Ra, Jagz Kooner, Strictly Kev, Kid 606, Knifehand Chop and Ebola, King Cannibal was recently personally requested by Liam Howlett to remix the Prodigy. His debut album, ‘Let The Night Roar’ is due Autumn ‘09 and the ground is already rumbling as it approaches. Get dark.

ZEN12248 (12″ released 17th August)

A 
So… Embrace The Minimum 
B 
Dirt ft Daddy Freddy 
Dirt (original mix)

King Cannibal – So… Embrace The Minimum by Ninja Tune

King Cannibal – Dirt (Original Mix) by Ninja Tune