Daft Punk – Get Lucky (Drop Out Orchestra Edit)
Whatever you think about ‘Get Lucky’, Daft Punk’s first single in eight years, you can’t argue it ain’t catchy. And so we see the floodgates open to literally hundreds of crummy bootlegs and Youtube edits. The ever-reliable Drop Out Orchestra …
Mix Of The Week: John Swing
John Swing’s underground releases focus on down and dirty house music, and by that I mean raw and dusty not warpy and silly. You’ll be hard pressed to find his releases, all confined to limited vinyl runs. But his mix …
Joy Orbison – Donell
A freebie by way of Croydon wunderkind Joy Orbison, who rubs together two seemingly disparate elements: a sleazy, r’n’b acapella from Donell Jones and a concrete-hard techno rhythm. Together they work rather nicely. You can catch Joy Orbison at the …
Meet. Pelski: ‘a four hour tour’
Meet., a new club night nestled in the intimate basement of Plan B, Brixton, is gearing up for its second outing next week. With a concept that aims to put the music at the core, Meet. places a single …
Deep Space Orchestra – Outliers
An older one from Deep Space Orchestra, aka Chris Barker and Si Murray, is being thrown out for free on their Soundcloud page (limited to 150 downloads, so act quick). ‘Outliers’ is plucked from the first release on the duo’s …
Henrik Berqvist – Go For What Hurts
The debut of Stockholm’s Henrik Berqvist is, simply put, no-nonsense house music. And it also allows me to wheel out that much underused adjective in contemporary electronic music: ‘wintery’ (a welcome change from our usual …
The Whispers – It’s a Love Thing (Ruben & Ra’s Furry Lover edit)
An upbeat disco rework from Ruben & Ra, who go to work on R&B group The Whispers’ 1981 hit ‘Its a Love Thing’. The funk duo turn the track into a choppy, groove-laden disco stomper. Grab a free download below …
Endless Flight Edit – Three (Marvin & Guy Mix)
“Disco edit maestros Marvin & Guy are best known for their obscure and colourful disco edits on the Let’s Get Lost Series and Secret Mixes Fixes. Here they turn in a big, crashing club weapon for Japanese imprint Endless Flight.…
Record Store Day beckons
This Saturday is a momentous day in the music events calendar. Only in its sixth year in the UK, Record Store Day 2013 is set to be the biggest and best yet. Purveyors of music up and down the country …
Round Table Knights – I Just Want
The ever playful Round Table Knights have been around the block a few times to say the least, flirting with everything from hip hop to fidget (remember?) to gypsy to deep house – the one …
