the fakeRICH weblog!!! — I’ve been working on a downtempo/ambient mix with a touch of “proper” 2-step and dynamic dub step (in the vain of Joy Orbison), here are a few tracks off the mix to tickle your senses this rainy friday afternoon… SCHNEIDER TM – LIGHT 3000 ... more info

Guardian Music — This east London producer, listed in the BBC's Sound of 2010 poll, makes beautiful sounds from the detritus of discarded musicHometown: East London.The lineup: Derwin Panda (music).The background: We ought to be ashamed of ourselves, we really should... more info

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Guardian Music — The Guardian's music critic picks his soundtrack for the decadeDizzee Rascal: I Luv U Dizzee Rascal's debut single was a blackly comic tale of teenage pregnancy set to grinding electronics and related in an edge-of-panic scream. You can hear why, for... more info

Guardian Music — Believe it or not, pop got smarter in the noughtiesThere is a parlour game you can play to gauge how dramatically rock and pop music has changed in the course of a decade. Imagine a music fan from the start of the decade is transported to its end, an... more info

The Music Fix — Review: Buried as these songs may be, there's a throbbing heart beating beneath the surface of Amy Millan's second solo album. more info

Silent Uproar — Massive Attack will return on February 9th, 2010 with Heligoland, their follow-up to 2003's 100th Window. As previously reported, a remix album by Burial is already in the works. Check out the cover art, track list and the impressive contributor list... more info

Guardian Music — Post-jazz laptop maestro Four Tet looks back at the Noughties with Paul Morley What if there was an award given out for being the British post-jazz musician of the year, or the decade, or come to think of it the century, seeing as how whatever we thi... more info

Guardian Music — Ever wondered what Chris Martin would sound like singing over demos of the last Portishead album? Then you'd better investigate this electro duo ...Hometown: London.The lineup: Samuel Chase (vocals) and James Cameron (electronics).The background: The... more info

Guardian Music — Observer Music Monthly starts the countdown to the 10 best albums of the decade with this melancholic masterclass from dubstep's dark knightIn an era when musicians revealed their private lives to the public via MySpace and Twitter, when even the big... more info