ewen's sounds

2025-09-12

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100

A Side Missions production feat. Peter Mandelson, Central Cee, PinkPantheress, AJ Tracey, Mark Fisher, Peter Rosenberg, Elijah, Jme, Duval Timothy and Ambush.

How the so-called “Special Relationship” has blessed us with British album roll-outs that are giving Bake Off meets Bridgerton.

Intro music: pentagon - Heal

Sources:
Vassal State: How America Runs Britain
Adam Curtis - Shifty
How Ed Sheeran’s spectacular ‘Sheeranville’ Suffolk estate has grown over the years
Calvin Harris ‘turns quiet Cotswolds village into Calvin Country
Where Does Adele Live?
PinkPantheress, the 2000s, and British Cultural Emblems in Fashion and Music
The inside track on Central Cee’s ice cold Queen Elizabeth II chain
Central Cee’s Guardian Interview
Skepta on Real Late with Peter Rosenberg!
Bagel And Shots: Stormzy & Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg
HCPOD: RADIO w/ Elijah
Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist
Jme ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
There Is Nothing Duval Timothy Can’t Do
Sister Midnight
White Van Summer w/ Ewen
Calvin Harris’ pub helps his hometown’s music scene
Little Simz - Blood feat. Wretch 32 & Cashh

Music used (chronologically):
Shoji Meguro - Aria of the Soul
Koji Kondo - Inside the Castle Walls
PinkPantheress - Stateside (American Version)
AJ Tracey - Imposter Syndrome
AJ Tracey - West Life
Kazumi Totaka - Wii Shop Channel Main Theme
Akira Yamaoka - Heaven’s Night
Akira Yamaoka - White Noiz
John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players - The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
Central Cee - LA Leakers Freestyle
Light Club - She Meditates
David Wise - Aquatic Ambiance
Sakai Asuka - Silhouette Dance
Norihiko Hibino - Alternative Mission ~Photo Shoot~
Toronto - Electric Tooth Brush
Yuu Miyake - Lovely Angel
Ambush - Friendly Fire

2025-05-16

Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100

A Side Missions production feat. Lao Tzu, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ricardo Villalobos and Theo Parrish.

How to carve your own meaning from ancient philosophy, sprinkle over some Theo Parrish, then imbue your craft with it. Set to one take on a pair of Technics 1210s.

Intro music: pentagon - Heal

Sources:
Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way (Ursula K. Le Guin translation)
Theo Parrish | Red Bull Music Academy
No Tags #45: What makes the perfect night out?
EX.763 Theo Parrish

Music used (chronologically):
Loidis - In The Place I Sit
Junes - Second Wind
Baby Ford - Dead Eye
Villalobos - Detroit Heroes
Christian AB - Freedom’s Echo
Clark - Clip

2025-02-09

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A Side Missions production feat. Izumi Suzuki, Holly Herndon, Mat Dryhurst, Goldie, Mozart and Lupe Fiasco.

How technophobes harnessing the first Digital Audio Workstations, aristocrats ripping off epoch-making composers and god MCs arguing with Google Devs help me to imagine an AI artistic practice with soul.

Intro music: pentagon - Heal

Sources:
Izumi Suzuki, Night Picnic
Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst: The Call
Snatch (2000)
Eastenders
1987: GRAFFITI - Is It ART, CRIME… or Both?
Goldie ‘Inner City Life’ | The Making Of A Drum & Bass Classic
Goldie talks Timeless and The Journeyman
Rob Playford: Producing Goldie
Goldie webchat – as it happened
Idris Elba’s How Clubbing Changed the World
Ghost producer, or studio collaborator?
Mozart’s Requiem
Lupe Fiasco x Large Language Models | Google Lab Sessions
Lupe Fiasco - Glass of Water - My first song co-written with AI
AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably
How Did You Do On The AI Art Turing Test?
Global economic study shows human creators’ future at risk from generative AI

Music used (chronologically):
Phantom Orchard - Night Picnic
HIVE Choir - Rise
Goldie - Inner City Life
Rob Playford & Goldie - The Shadow (Process Mix)
Goldie - Terminator
Mozart - Requiem
Lupe Fiasco - Glass of Water
Holly Herndon - Jolene (feat. Holly+)
Leeds Vocal Movement - Fhir A’ Bhàta

2024-11-03

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A Side Missions production.

Ever wondered what the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has to do with the development of UK Grime? This essay joins those dots.

Intro music: pentagon - Heal

Special mention:
From Cool Japan to Cold Japan: grime cyborgs in Black Britain, Warren Stanislaus

Sources:
JME & Elijah live
Gillet Square Stories
Street Fighter II - Ryu Theme (flute cover)
Wiley talks Punk, inspiration, politicians
Kano, Ghetto, Skepta and Logan Sama Set
A Postcode-Scale Genre: Grime’s Scale as ‘Level of Resolution’, Phil Dodds
Tony Blair - Inaugural speech from the Aylesbury Estate
The Urban Injustices of New Labour’s “New Urban Renewal”: The Case of the Aylesbury Estate in London, Loretta Lees
A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain, Owen Hatherly
Terraformed: Young Black Lives in the Inner City, Joy White
Stand Up Tall: Dizzee Rascal and the Birth of Grime, Dan Hancox
Japan’s Gross National Cool
The world’s ‘first’ grime instrumental has been found in a ‘90s Wolverine video game Kode9 - Sinogrime Minimix (2005)
Eski Beat: An interview with Wiley
Sinogrime Explained
Goku Goes Super Saiyan for the First Time
D Double E Reload — Boiler Room
Wiley vs. Kano – Lord of the Mics 1
Fighting Words Ep 7 Featuring Logan Sama and F Word!
Logan Sama KISS PRESENTS ft Boy Better Know
Resident Advisor EX.727 James Massiah
JME - ‘Street Fighter 4’ Freestyle
Elijah & Skilliam and Japanese Grime Collective | STUDIO SESSION: SBTV
Japanese Grime Allstars - Jan 2016
Full Circle: Grime In Japan
Upfront 083: Chocola B
Benga makes a Grime beat on Playstation music 2000 - BBC 2003
KIBO PRESENTS EFFUM FM: EP 03 | BIRTHDAY SPECIAL | POUND AND YAM RADIO

Music used (chronologically):
Street Fighter II - Ryu Theme
Youngstar - Pulse X
Roll Deep - When I’m ‘ere
Dizzee Rascal - Brand New Day
Dizzee Rascal - Stop Dat
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Riot In Lagos
Macabre Unit - Lift Off
Wizzbit - Grand Theft Auto
Devlin - London City
D.O.K. - Chemical Planet
Champion & Terror Danjah - Bowsers Castle
Dot Rotten - Real Talk
Dylan Beale - Tri-Fusion
Jammer & Wong - Chinkrasta
Wiley - Crash Bandicoot freestyle
Jme - The Very Best
Mz Bratt - Get Dark
Jme - Man Don’t Care (feat. Giggs)
D Double E - Street Fighter Riddim

Additional music and sound effects from Freesound

2024-08-18

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0100

“Heatwave” themed mixtape for NTS radio, originally aired 18 aug. 2024

When the sun’s bursting, London’s car windows start winding down. Those stereos soundtrack the city. 2 step rushes into my veins from a white van, signalling the first day of summer. Bang this one out in the motor, with tinnies and pals in the park or just skanking solo on the kitchen tiles.

https://www.nts.live/shows/heatwave/episodes/heatwave-white-van-summer-w-ewen-18th-august-2024

2024-03-08

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

on solo duties for the Cloud 696 show on Aaja radio, originally aired 28 mar. 2024

tracklist x

2023-10-26

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0100

on solo duties for the Cloud 696 “yard” show originally aired 26 oct. 2023

tracklist x

2020-10-21

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0100

setting pace in the guestmix for brunch + kamilla on foundation fm, originally aired 21 oct. 2020

DJ Trystero - ___ [The Trilogy Tapes]
IZCO (feat. Dochi) - Gifted [Rinse]
FAUZIA - berceuse [self-released]
Bored Lord - happiness and love [self-released]
TYSON - Good Company [self-released]
Time Cow, Shokryme & RTKal - 32 [Equiknoxx Musiq]
Mez - Mr Dash freestyle [self-released]
Loraine James - Mmm [self-released]
Underground Resistance - Orbitals In Motion [Underground Resistance]
TAH - Mo’s Eat the Two [HAUS of ALTR]
A2A - Lilac [Local Action]
Azealia Banks - Fantasea [self-released]
Jay Daniel - Muse [Watusi High]

2020-03-05

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

I recorded a new mix last nite! Nothing intellectual really, just pure funky energies for dancing/healing to. Get it in ur cups…

DJ Lostboi & Torus - Open World [Queeste]
UNIIQU3 - Go Dumb (BITCH I TWERK) (Ft. Addy OMG) [Juke Bounce Werk]
Roska - Pree Me (Ft. なかむらみなみ) [RKS]
Ikonika - Psoriasis [Hyperdub]
Jam City - arpjam_VIP 1 [Self-released]
Mind of a Dragon - Born Ready [Self-released]
LOFT - Maida Leng - gabrielspractisehour (2014) [Self-released]
Herron - Billy´s Walk Home [Peder Mannerfelt Prod]
Ahadadream - Melty [R&S x More Time]
Kirk the Flirt & Peter Pressure - Teddybear [1080p]
D.O.K - Look Uno [Oil Gang]
Pop Smoke - Christopher Walking [Victor Victor]
DJ Plead - Baharat [Nervous Horizon]
Pearly - Polar [La Souterraine]
Gallery S/MoMA Ready - We Could Have Been Better [Self-released]
DJ SWISHA - High With U [Self-released]
Joy O - Yl She’s Away (Ft. Mansur Brown) [Hinge Finger]
East Man - Selector [Padre Himalaya]
escha - TOPPER TOP (ESCHA’S FUCKING REMIX) [Self-released]
MMM - MMM Meets Tshetsha Boys [Honest Jon’s]
Izco - Tempi [Astral Black]
A2A - Lilac [Local Action]
Kush Jones - BLACK MAN STUDIO [Juke Bounce Werk]
Ariel Zetina - Compact Mirrors At The Bottom Of The Sea [femme culture]
MHYSA - BELIEVE Interlude [Hyperdub]

2019-05-17

Fri, 17 May 2019 00:00:00 +0100

I recorded this mix at home today, on some straight sugary, rave-tinged selections for a fun-sized (~50 minute) bliss-out. Joy is best sparked through a good system! Run the sounds + peep the tracks below + bandcamp links below below…

Magic Mountain High - All Aboard [Future Times]
Sinjin Hawke, CanBlaster - Monolith (Overture) [Canblaster Remix] [Fractal
Fantasy]
Sunshine Productions - Take Me To The Top [Just Another Label]
LTJ Bukem & Peshay - 19.5 [Good Looking]
Jonny L - Tychonic Cycle [XL]
Suzi Analogue - WAY LIVE ft. ZenSoFly [Never Normal]
Sully - 368ft high and rising [Foxy Jangle]
Toxe - Perfect 2 [PAN]
Anz - No Harm [2 B Real]
Chrissy - U Can’t Stop [Chiwax]
Flora FM - Storm Cleaned [Kalahari Oyster Cult]
Tygapaw - Bag Juice [Fake Accent]
Borai & Denham Audio - Make Me [Higher Level]
Sharda - Like You [Kiwi]
Ikonika - Bodied (OG Mix) [!K7]
NA DJ - rave slaps xtarri [Self-released]
India Jordan - DNT STP MY LV [Local Action]
Violet - New Visions [Paraíso]
Lone - Pulsar [R&S]
Scratcha DVA - Airstrike [Self-released]