Our extra fun Death Jazz-ers from Japan are about 4 weeks away from destroying Europe AGAIN ! Kicking off on July 3rd at the glorious Worldwide Festival in Sete, the mighty Soil & “PIMP” Sessions take on Roskilde, the North Sea Jazz in Rotterdam, a romp through Germany and a WW10 Celebration at Koko in [...]

Talk about a Sportswide lifestyle ! – Gilles P curates, spins and hosts the recent Mulatu & The Heliocentrics sensation at London’s Koko followed immediately by his Going Downtairs club night and direct into broadcasting his Worldwide radio show. Come morning he’s off on the road to DJ in Nice, Marseilles and Paris and still takes in time to hit the Grand Prix in Monaco – bet he also makes it for some of the tennis at Roland Garros in between a couple games of footie :

It’s heartwarming that London continues to give love and respect to the Classic and timeless artists that roll through. This past Wednesday was no exception when Ethiopian legend Mulatu Astatke, performing together with The Heliocentrics, was ecstatically celebrated by a capacity crowd at Koko. The diverse mix of musos, new converts and London based Ethiopian allowed for a whole lot of shaking and quivering goin’ on as Mulatu effortlessly strutted his Ethiopiques magic together with the dynamic Heliocentrics crew.

Our Sportswide don Gilles Peterson leaves no ball unused when it comes to his sports reporting, as this time he waxes passionate about a ‘classic’and underated sport, cricket. You can catch Gilles’ very own top ’spin’ when he hosts the Mulatu & The Heliocentrics event May 20 at Koko in London…..let the games begin:

you’ve got to love Test Match Special on BBC Radio 4. its about as eccentric and extreme as any sports commentary can be anywhere on this globe. I mean to have a bunch of raconteurs just letting off verbal gas around a five day game of cricket is about as indulgent and beautiful as radio can be.

I’m totally psyched to try on this crazee elooooongateddd version of the Classic – this one is number 4 in the ongoing series of Remasterings and is by mixed media artist Oscar Peters, who usually creates moving sculptures and explores the violence in humour or is it the other way round ? His approach for the ‘Classic Remastered’ is somehow scientific yet extremely groovy at the same time.

It’s only one week to go for the Mulata with The Heliocentrics show at Koko in London and we highly recommend that you do not miss it ! You can also enter here to WIN a pair of tickets to the show (if in London) or a signed copy of the album ‘Inspiration Information 3′ just released on Strut, by simply answering which movie has Mulatu’s music been featured in.

The remastering of the Classic continues at K-Space Amsterdam in all it’s vibrance and glory ! This 3rd interpretation in the ongoing series is by illustrator and designer Yvo Sprey and now up on display for all to see. Yvo can only be described as a drawing monster, a paper hunchback, the idiot captain of his own graphic world. His style is influenced by comics, south american artisans and other pagan arts. For his version of the ‘Classic Remastered’, Yvo started out painting the discobolo statue and the Classics themselves and seems to have ended up with a great “Jackson Pollock on Crack”! we love it thanks Yvo.

Our friend Serkan’s Sunsplash Antalya debuted in Turkey this past week (3-10 May) and the roving Pure Evil was there to spread mayhem and joy and reports on how festivals can and dare we say should be :

Anyalya bloody brilliant !!!!! – Just got back from Yoga with Jamie Liddell…. dancing with Gilles P and chillin’ in the sun with Stomin’ Norman Jay MBE. AMAZING event and amazing hotel.. it sure knocked spots off a muddy tent in Glaso fo’ sho…

Roving Sportswide reporter Gilles Peterson gives us his latest sports update and the trials and tribulations of finding the time and a great place to enjoy the games – this time whilst DJ’ing at the debut of the Sunsplash Antalya festival in Turkey:

Of my most constant challenges is finding feeds all around the world to watch my beloved Arsenal whilst on my DJ travels – this has been made easier in recent times through the web and its countless links to ‘unauthorised’ broadcasts of live matches

I certainly had planned on being at the magnificent Worldwide Festival in Singapore this year cause i am such a fan of the Worldwide Festival that happens in Sete south of France each year. Well as it turns out KSPACE.TV is on a bit of West Coast USA Tour right now, but that does not mean that you cannot take my place ! You can win a pair of tickets for WF in Singapore kicking of with it’s bangin’ lineup this week 7 -10 May. Just give us 5 reasons why you should be there and you could be the winner (sorry we do not provide flights).