Nialler9 — Among the many worthy albums released last Friday was Kaytranada’s long-awaited 99.9% debut album on XL. On the LP, ‘Lite Spots’ is a summer jam, reminiscent of Cut Chemist at the peak of his powers of sample-alchemy, complete with Kaytra... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist at Irving Plaza in 2014 (more by Mathieu Bredeau) There are tons of dance/electronic shows happening in NYC all the time, but we don't get a chance to post about all of them. Here's... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DJ Shadow at Irving Plaza in September (more by Mathieu Bredeau) While his tour with Cut Chemist is over, legendary producer DJ Shadow remains busy. His new Liquid Amber imprint just put out Bleep Bloop's new EP 10 Watt Lazer, the label's... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Mathieu Bredeau DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist / Afrika Bambaataa himself [Everything] that went under the needle during Shadow and Chemist's propulsive 90-minute spree of old-school breakbeats and frenetic scratches, the disc came from Bambaataa'... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As mentioned, turntablists DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist will soon be out on the "Renegades of Rhythm" tour where they'll be DJing exclusively from Afrika Bambaataa's personal vinyl collection. (40k+ records!) There are still tickets for the September 4.... more info

Soul Sides — Shades of Soul EP 2.8: The Cut Chemist Interview by Oliver Wang on Mixcloud This one had been in the works for a minute but with his touring schedule, it was hard to fit in until now. Me and Cut Chemist sat down and chopped it up for nearly 90 minut... more info

Nialler9 — The LA old-school rap group Jurassic 5 featuring Cut Chemist, Nu-Mark, Chali 2na, Akil, Zaakir and Mark 7even recently announced a London gig after last year’s Coachella show and this summer, they’ll play Vicar Street on June 17th. Nice. Tickets... more info

XLR8R — Admittedly, we haven't checked up on veteran turntablist and producer Cut Chemist (a.k.a. Lucas McFadden) in a long time, and today the artist has released a somewhat unexpected mix for Dutch label Field's Field Surroundings series. read m... more info

DrownedInSound — Jurassic 5 formed 19 years ago, releasing their eponymous debut in 1998. It shone on the radio waves as the now famous duo of Cut Chemist (Lucas Macfadden) and DJ Nu-Mark (Mark Potsic), fronted by the MC troupe of Chali 2na, Mark 7even, Akil and Zaak... more info

Soul Sides — Question from Tolo: “there’s a song that’s been hunting me for days, I think you wrote about it but my memories are hazy. It’s a funk soul number (early 70s?) that DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist used to play. I remember the lyrics saying somethin... more info