Cargo was host to Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide awards once again this year, and once again, it was a leftfield music gathering of ‘mamooth’ proportions. High fives to everyone backstage and behind the bar for making the whole shindig flow so smoothly. You can listen to some of the show of Mr. Peterson’s Radio one show here.

The Broad Casting night opened it’s 2009 account last Thursday night with Tony Allen being joined by a whole host of billed and unbilled guests. The Hypnotic Brass ensemble absolutely rocked the spot. Again you can hear the whole set streamed from the Red Bull Music Academy’s radio. (Link coming soon.) and listen to an interview with the one man drum whirlwind himself on BBC 6′s Music Week

Speaking of BBC 6, their new TV trail is such a blantant rip of of Blu’s MUTO animation piece, it’s jaw dropping. But it would be naive of us to think that Advertising companies ripping of ideas from artists is a new phenomenon and doesn’t happen day in day. Since the advert uses (without permission!) one of the walls of Cargo, we just want to say that Cargo in no way condones this advert made by ad agency Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R and would also like to reiterate the words of the great Bill Hicks: “if anyone here is in advertising or marketing, kill yourself.“ 

Here’s the original MUTO piece from BLU. Brilliant, confounding and in all it’s glory. And not selling anything.