Daniel Avery – Naive Response
One of many dark and bleepy highlights from Daniel Avery’s Drone Logic LP, released via Erol Alkan’s eclectic imprint Phantasy. ‘Naive Response’ is a schizoid sort of machine-funk gone haywire. Plug in.…
Baba Stiltz – Our Girls
The sometimes oddball, always interesting Studio Barnhus imprint turns in a typically colourful release. 20-year-old Stockholm native Baba Stiltz provides three versions of one track, playing around with the tempo and arrangement on each. Its …
KRL – Remember Donny (Greymatter Remix)
Initially released on what remains one of the strongest Wolf Recordings releases (Dancing In Outer Space), this remix is now being thrown out for free on Juno Download. A forceful, rusty snare kicks throughout as a swirling soul sample crackles …
Warehouse Project introduces drug testing
Following the death of a 30 year old and the hospitalisation of 12 others at the Warehouse Project in Manchester, a new drug testing scheme has been put into place.
When the term ‘drug testing’ is used in reference to …
Jon Convex – With You (Kid Drama Remix)
Production duo Instra:Mental were a breath of fresh air for the drum n bass scene a few years back. The genre, which had become saturated with monotonous jump-up productions, was gifted with some welcome originality …
Sound Stream – Love Jam (Maceo Plex Unofficial Remix)
Crosstown Rebels’ Maceo Plex aka Maetrik offers up an unofficial remix of Sound Stream’s classic house bumper ‘Love Jam’. Flooding the soundscape with rushing filters, his new version doesn’t quite compete with the pure organic simplicity of the original. The …
Mix Of The Week: Disco Delicious
There are only a few survivors from the ‘heyday of mp3 blogs’ (circa 2008): Keytars & Violins, Palms Out, Discobelle and a small handful of others are still going strong. Aussie-based Disco Delicious is another, and undoubtedly one …
Max Graef – The Love Tapes
Berlin’s rising star Max Graef hasn’t put a foot wrong yet. Earlier this year ‘Am Fenster’, a bold and brilliant excursion into stripped-down Detroit jazz, alerted us to the 19-year-old talent. Since, he’s had a …
Tom Noble Edit – Africa Bump
A funky, pulsing afro-funk edit from Tom Noble. Released in 2009 as a limited 12″ on Peoples Potential Unlimited.…
Beat-matching babies take DJ lessons
DJing is all the rage. Modern software means everyone from bedroom DJs to laptop whizzes are having a spin. You can now add to that growing list of superstar wannabes… babies.
A school teaching infants to DJ has recently opened …
