I am confused as to why I haven’t got a photo of Marv, Litts and I. Weird.

Anyway! Bladed was recorded relatively early in the ATD16 recording process. It was pretty much instantly awesome. That Litts doing the “on the rooooads!” Bon Jovi stuff. Oh, Marv’s got a new mixtape dropping any day now, keep em peeled at his website…

Download and acapella after the jump.

10 days left to get your remix comp entries in!

Stream: Akira The Don ft Marvin & Littles - Bladed

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So, I have written an article on the carreer of Lil Wayne for The Quietus. Check it here.

In other news, Adam Walton interviewed me and Littles about ATD16 for his BBC Radio Wales show last week, and that will be running on Sunday. Adam says:

is a *special edition* of the programme.

That’s a nice way of saying that it is pre-recorded because I will be in the middle of a week off*.

However, there will be much to marvel at: Huw Williams recounts the time he became the first person on the radio, anywhere, to play Stereophonics [from their original demo]; we have the first Unsigned Advice Panel, featuring the Green Man Festival’s Jo Bartlett, record producer Greg Haver & Huw Williams [again, with a different hat on]; Peppermint Patti will be in to enthuse about their favourite music of female origins [but let’s not use the term ‘mofo’], Akira the Don expounds on the glory of his latest mixtape, ATD16, and we have a raw and ace session from The Clay.

It’s going to be full and ACE.

You will be able to hear that here.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!

POW!

Third remix of the year from San Francisco’s own DJ Cityscape! Listen to more of my boy’s work at www.myspace.com/djcityscape. Geotechnic is particularly ill, and Neospondant is just plain awesome.

The remixes you’ve been doing this year have been on a whole new level of greatness. With that in mind, I’m gonna be dropping a zip of all the acapellas from ATD16 next week, and kicking off a competition - the best remixes will end up on a remixed version of the whole mixtape. That’s gonna be amazing, I am sure.

Anyway:

Stream: Akira The Don ft Littles - My Life (DJ Cityscape Remix)

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Akira The Don ft Littles - My Life (DJ Cityscape Remix)

Tego writes:

DUDE THE FUCK!?!?!?!?!

You’re on Nahright!!?!?”??!?MTODANGLNAKSFR

Cotdang! That was one of my ambitions!

Whoo!

That’s a hot song too, if I do say so myself. Littles got geoosebumps listeng to that, I saw them with mine yes. Big up Littles! If you haven’t already, listen here.

ATD16 nearly done! OMFG! ETC!

Photo by Adam Walton

Brand new music for you from ATD16. You’ve got till the end of the week to get your preorders in. And i’ve got till the end of the week to finish it. It’s getting pretty epic, I have to say.

Stream: Akira The Don ft. Littles - My Life

Download, clean version and acapella after the jump.

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Monday

Akira The Don & Son Of King Rebel rock the Rock Gardens!

Well. We drove to the other side of the country to find the venue in dispute with the promoters and the gig cancelled. Still, we got to see what Weston Super-Mare looks like. And eat some chips. Whoo!

Tuesday

Worked on some conceptual music to an advertising brief with BJ via ftps. Spent the rest of the day recording piano, brass and guitar parts for Son Of King Rebel’s EP. Very satisfying, although recording the trumpet gave me a migraine. At 2 am the electric ran out so we went to bed in the dark.

Wednesday

Woke up at half six to record James Chitty Harrison’s guitar parts for the conceptual ad music. Worked on another song about not being broke forever till Martin and Mary turned up in the late morning. Martin made us a hearty breakfast, and Mary showed me video footage of the tiny Martin spawn rolling around in her belly.  At this juncture I shall let Martin tell the story:

Marylou and I spent thursday morning at Akira’s house singing and playing guitar on this big song he has called ‘The Answer to the Anti-life Equation’ a composition that veers from melancholic introspection to big beat hip hop and a strange bit that I haven’t got me head round yet. Sounds like something off ‘OK Computer’ which is not what you’d expect from Adam which is always what you can expect from Adam. Jeres came round to work on his Son of King Rebel album and we sang harmonies on ‘I Don’t Love Jesus No More’ which has an ace chorus, I can’t wait to hear the finished thing. Adam works hard, I think he had three or four sessions going on that day. Respect. I made everyone breakfast and Adam poured scalding coffee all over his hand and cooker. Sweet.

I am a liability in the kitchen, it has to be said. Anyway, we receorded Jeres‘ vocals for I Don’t Love Jesus No More and Dustin Hoffman, which was a lot easier than I expected. Jeres’ voice has matured and grown rich and raspy since he quit booze and went batshit on the ciggs. The songs sound brilliant.

The boy wonder Narstie showed up with Nathan and Legend at about 7, and we cranked out another three songs for his album, which is sounding so, so mega.

Thursday

Wrote a new song for ATD16. Four minutes of straight rap. Drew some cartoons. Did another four joints with Narst in the evening. Read The Boys. Collapsed.

Friday

Wrote another song for ATD16. This one was pretty deep. Glacial horror stuff. Littles came by for a zoot and a catch up after the fuckery that was Nappa, and its rotten aftermath. Littles has some shit to deal with, but he’s coping admirably. Dude has a kid on the way and everything. Anyway, we ended up doing a song, which is very moving and will be on ATD16 as well.

Hi gang!

I have a gig in Chester tonight. James Harrison, Narstie and Littles are coming too.

“The incredible Akira the Don will blow minds and burn soles at Telfords Warehouse in Chester, *THIS* Friday night,” says Dr Adam Of Walton, whose night it happens to be. “So, join us for a night of eclecticity and not-to-be-missed entertainment at Telfords Warehouse, Chester on Friday 20th June 2008 from 8pm - 2am. *FREE* before 9pm & £4 afterwards.”

YOU HEAR THAT? THAT’S TONIGHT! FRIDAY JUNE 20th!

Are you fed up of getting ripped off by bumholes like British Gas making you ring ridonculously expensive phone lines all the time??????

So are Narstie, me and Littles!

Shit, who ISN‘T, apart from rich folks, and who gives a crap what they think anyway?

Poor > Rich.

Fact.

Anyway. All those 08 whatever numbers your broadband supplier and your electric company and the council or whatever make your ring, they cake up like Kippling off of those things, leaving YOU with a crazy phone bill and not enough money to go to the cinema. Well screw that for a game of Twister!

My Ma just put me onto this excellent website called Say No To 0870 Dot Com. Turns out, all those people giving you 08 whatever numbers, they got regular landlines too. And this website has those numbers! So next time Virgin start throttling your broadband, don’t give them 25p a minute to sit on hold for half an hour waiting for them to lie and say there’s no problem! Go to Say No To 0870 Dot Com! Stick it to the man!

These pictures, by the way, are from that Karaoke thing lats week, I just got sent them, I think they are beautiful. Look how happy Pix is!

Speaking of Pix, his mixtape is nearly done and its ACE on STILTS.

Tomorrow night!

Myself, the Why Lout? boys  Littles & Big Narstie are gonna be hosting a room.

Watch me kill it with Moonriver.