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FMB MIXTAPE 242 | ANISH KUMAR 

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On this weeks episode of the Feel My Bicep Mixtape, we welcome Anish Kumar, the British Indian producer whose duality underlies his artistry, having just graduated in Veterinary Medicine from The University Of Cambridge. His influences range from northern soul, disco, house to Bollywood making melodic, anthemic productions that are influenced by the culture around him and sounds from around the world. Let’s catch up on what Anish has been up to lately…

I finally graduated university (6 years) and played Glastonbury for the first time on the same weekend. I’m shattered but I’m ecstatic that I can move into the next phase of my life now, I was getting really frustrated at having to postpone studio sessions and other cool music opportunities because of my finals. That’s all done now.

I’ve got a few days off at home (Newcastle) before I fly out to the US for a string of shows. Having just moved out of university everything’s a mess and it’s weird having all of my belongings in one room. Obviously the decks were the first to get set up haha.

I actually wanted to do something that reflects this transitional phase in my life, which involves letting go of a lot of things and even relationships. When my laptop got wiped last year I lost a lot of my project files, leaving me to scavenge mp3s of demos I had been working on from old emails and USBs. It’s always funny looking back at old music and resonating with the idea there, but being horrified by the execution. Anyway, I found a few ‘lost demos’ from 2020 – 2021 that I still really like and wanted to cement them into reality in this mix, even though I can’t work on them or release them officially. It’s cool seeing how my influences and inspirations have evolved since then. I initially tried to do a full mix made up of only my old demos but it was too jarring. In a way, this is my way of letting go of that music as I move into something new.

Up next…

Shows, shows, shows – making up for lost time basically. US tour, Lost Village, plenty of UK stuff. Hopefully a headline show this year in London.

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MF DOOM’s widow has shared a message on what would have been his 53rd birthday, thanking him for “bringing so much joy and laughter to our lives”.

READ MORE: MF DOOM, 1971 – 2020: world-building rap hero who styled himself as a supervillain

The beloved underground rapper — whose real name was Daniel Dumile — died on October 31, 2020, aged 49. In July last year, his widow Jasmine Dumile confirmed that he passed away from a condition known as angioedema, a rare and severe reaction to his blood pressure medication.

Now, Jasmine has shared a heartfelt tribute to him on social media to give thanks on his “bornday”.

“Time has not gotten easier, we think of you and miss you tremendously every single day,” she wrote. “Thank you for your courage, wisdom, overstanding, patience, and strength, lyrical genius, and crazy sense of humor.”

Bornday Thanks

BEGIN ALL THINGS GIVING THANKS TO THE ALL!!!

Grateful rising,

Happy Bornday July 13, 1971, to my husband DUMILE, who transitioned, you would’ve been 53 years young this day. Sending Happy Birthday to grandma Ashlyn without you, your wisdom, love and… pic.twitter.com/udwNQS2x64

— DOOM (@MFDOOM) July 13, 2024

“Thank you for letting your light shine. Thank you for opening up your heart and letting us in to be a part of your world. Thank you for bringing so much joy and laughter to our lives. Thank you for showing us how not to take things so literally.”

“The children and myself will continue to make things correct,” she continued. “The best that we can. Solutions only. Continuing your legacy we will always remember and never forget.”

Last year, Jasmine sued the rapper’s former A&R. Alongside Gas Drawls, who control DOOM’s intellectual property, she sued Eothen “Egon” Alapatt for copyright infringement, fraud, intentional misrepresentation and unjust enrichment.

She claimed in the suit that Alapatt stole 31 of the rapper’s personal notebooks and was refusing to return them.

The issues with the rapper’s property began back in 2010 when MF DOOM travelled to the UK and was not able to re-enter the US due to immigration issues (he was born in Hounslow). According to the lawsuit, the 31 notebooks were left behind at his studio in Los Angeles and Alapatt “took unlawful possession” of the books about six years later.

In July last year, Leeds Hospital apologised to the rapper’s family after being questioned about the quality of his care prior to his death.

DOOM’s wife claimed that it was negligence by the staff at the Leeds hospital that led to his eventual passing, and alleged that those working at St James’ Hospital at the time failed to check on her husband frequently. She also claimed that the medical staff were two hours late when it came to administering medication for him.

In the time since his death, various figures from across the music industry have come together to keep the rapper’s legacy alive. This includes a posthumous feature on ‘Cheat Codes’ – an album made by Danger Mouse and Black Thought – and plans for a biography, called The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast, written by veteran music journalist S. H. Fernando Jr.

Thom Yorke also shared a remix of MF DOOM‘s ‘Gazzillion Ear’ in tribute to the late musician, and a street block in Long Beach, New York was officially renamed in his memory.

Marvel has also paid tribute to him in their latest DOOM comic book, the first in the series since 2000.

The post MF DOOM’s widow shares message to mark his birthday: “Thank you for letting your light shine” appeared first on NME.

Pohoda Festival in Slovakia has been cancelled midway through after one of its tent stages collapsed, injuring 29 attendees.

Nearly 30,000 were in attendance at the festival, which is held near Trenčín airport in the north of the country.

According to the Slovak Spectator, strong winds and a severe storm caused one of the festival’s large tents, Aréna Slovenskej sporiteľne, to collapse, with dozens of festival-goers inside. See footage of the accident below.

The festival’s chief physician Jaroslav Vidan confirmed that 29 people had been injured by the accident late on Friday night (July 12). “Twenty-eight injuries were minor, mostly lacerations, and one injury was of moderate severity, involving a hip fracture,” he said, before adding that all those injured had been taken to hospital.

The festival confirmed that it had been cancelled at around midnight on Friday, writing on social media: “Based on the available information, the inspection of all structures could not be completed sooner than within 24 hours, which makes it impossible to continue the festival programme.”

“After carefully considering the time required to inspect the safety of festival structures, we have decided that we must end Pohoda 2024,” the organisers added.

The festival was due to finish on Saturday, including sets by artists including Nia Archives, Black Pumas, Ezra Collective, Mount Kimbie and LA Priest.

The dramatic weather had caused disruptions earlier in the day on Friday, with performances by Morcheeba and Royal Blood not taking place for safety reasons. The festival was suspended at 20:00, before the decision was made to shut it down four hours later.

Festival-goers had been warned not to stand near the tent’s poles due to the threat of lightning, but many people were thought to be seeking shelter from the storm in the tent.

The Slovakian bank Slovenská sporiteľňa, which sponsored the tent in question, paid for extra buses to take people off site, and some of the artists including Fallgrapp opted to waive their pay to help the festival financially.

Slovakian police also announced on Friday night that they had begun a criminal investigation into the collapse of the tent.

It is not the first time that such circumstances have struck Pohoda Festival: in 2009, two people were killed and dozens of others injured when a tent collapsed due to heavy winds causing a thunderstorm.

The firm Laudauer-Weihnachtscircus, who built the tent that collapsed that year, was charged with public endangerment and was forced to pay £28,000 to the festival in damages.

The post Pohoda Festival in Slovakia cancelled after tent collapses, injuring 29 appeared first on NME.

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