James Murphy sues fellow DFA founder Tim Goldsworthy
LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy and his New York label DFA Records have filed a law suit against Tim Goldsworthy at Manhattan Civil Supreme Court last Friday. DFA cite failure to perform services promised, outstanding loans and improper use of the …
Eddie C – Country City Country
Eddie C’s 2011 album Parts Unknown displayed his fondness for eclectic crate-digging and a flair for manipulating obscure, determinedly warm samples. The Canadian’s follow-up LP, released on both vinyl and CD, is lighter on the …
Soulphiction – Lone Sun
Philpot head-honcho Soulphiction (aka Jackmate) hands out a tasty freebie on LWE from the forthcoming Connecting The Compass compilation on Roundabout Sound. Coming on like a forgotten Moodymann gem, its hazy disco intro starts slowly enough, with a fog of …
O B Ignitt – Oh Jabba
The latest on FXHE, the Detroit label run By Omar S, comes from the mysterious O B Ignitt. Could it be another alias for the label boss? It undoubtedly sounds like Omar S. Either way, it’s a deliciously crisp, jittery …
Sub-bass in a backpack
Getting your low-end fix outside of a club may soon finally be possible in a way that keeps your neighbours happy.
A KickStarter campaign has started in the US with the hope of well and truly bringing the club experience …
∆ ∆ – Skyway EP
By the time you’ve pressed play on the first track of ∆ ∆’s Skyway EP it’s already too late… you’ve seen those geometric shapes and prepared yourself for some sort of self-important witch/glitch post-blog-house indietronica. …
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 …
Avalon Emerson – Caroline
A marvelous freebie here from San Francisco’s Avalon Emerson; high-octane stuff – a gleeful thwack and clatter of percussion clamour over pummelling beats and a wiggling bassline – that wouldn’t sound out of place at a gritty early-90’s warehouse party. …
Skream – Kreepin’
We recently reported on the shock news that dubstep pioneer Skream has a disco album in the works. Well he is now handing out a decidely housey edit of Aaliyah – and is possibly a taster of what to expect …
Sarp Yilmaz – I Care Because You Don’t
Wistful jazz notes are strewn across this fantastically smoky, Detroit-indebted house EP from Sarp Yilmaz – a Turkish producer whose output over the past four years has been heavily characterised by funk and blues samples. …
