Outboxx – Sunshine Mills / Jaded
Up-and-coming Bristol-based house duo Jacob Martin and Matt Lambert have put out a number of breezy house productions that have so far been fairly low-key. The ‘Through The Night’ 12” on BRSTL, in particular, was …
Four Tet’s album ‘Rounds’ gets 10th anniversary reissue
In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Four Tet’s seminal Rounds album will be reissued by Domino on May 13 on double-vinyl, CD and digital formats. A second disc will contain a live recording from Copenhagen, 2003.
Rounds is Four …
Motor City Drum Ensemble – Send A Prayer EP
It is hard to review any release from Danilo Plessow without making mention of the Berlin house producer’s celebrated Raw Cuts series, a string of sample-heavy soul edits. ‘Send A Prayer’ is the 26-year old’s …
The Right Now – Call Girl EP
A slinky r’n’b offering from Chicago-based band The Right Now. The original cut is a sublime live disco recording that goes full whack: lush keys, guitar lines, zesty horns and a sugar-sweet female vocal. So …
DJ Koze feat. Caribou – Track ID Anyone?
The first thing that strikes you of course is the title, a reference to the trend of requesting unidentified track names on Soundcloud with a simple: ‘track ID anyone?’ You can only assume it’s a …
Chakachas – Jungle Fever (Greg Wilson Edit)
Greg Wilson doesn’t need to do much to this already floor-friendly 70’s disco hit other than extend it. Paul T. Anderson’s Boogie Nights reintroduced the modern masses to the Polydor disco hit in ’97; but, back way back in ’72, …
Pelski Podcast 001 – Slow Hands
The inaugural Pelski Podcast comes from none other than Slow Hands, the NYC-based producer who’s made a name for himself with his sunny, feel-good house tracks. There’s an irresistible charm to Soul Hands’ productions, warm, sweet and instantly groovy. Most …
Beatport and Shazam join forces
Avid music fans spend a lot of time searching for unidentified tracks. Just take a look at any mixtape on Soundcloud – peppered with hundreds of comments pleading for ‘track IDs’. Now all that hunting might be over with news …
Skream turns to disco
Skream, famously one of dubstep’s first and most prominent producers, has announced that he has a disco record in the pipeline. The record, due out later in the year, is written by Sam Frank and is closely aligned to the …
The XX – Coexist Remixes
The XX’s sophomore album Coexist is underrated; perhaps a result of impossibly high expectations or the fact that it wasn’t as immediately winsome as their first. Either way, both albums have at least one thing …
