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Scuba’s Brighter Side

Scuba’s decided to give away a 160kbps of his contribution – in my opinion, the pick – of Sistol’s ‘Brighter Side Remixes Vol 2′. Never one to stick firmly to a dubstep template (or any, for that matter), this time

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A trip to the Zoo

At the beginning of the summer we posted the now renowned Catz N Dogz edit of Bibio’s Lovers Carving. Now they’ve got another stripped back rerub that’s again goes for some simple but effective tinkering. Catz n dogz also

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Caribou. Remixed.

A gentle, yet forceful momentum is provided by an unrelenting rattle of purposeful percussion, whilst snippets of yearning vocals are slotted sparingly between the slow-building drum beat. This mp3 has been thrown out as a taster for the incoming Swim

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October: Pelski Highly Recommends Chart

This month’s chart is a bit of a mixed bag, ranging from ‘orchestral’ UK funky to 2-step-fixed indie to straight-up vocal house. Remember all of these tracks are available (or forthcoming) from beatport, juno or boomkat:

1. Doc

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Somethin’ New

A friend of mine, Stripes, has sent over one of his first productions: an energetic, punchy drum workout with a cut ‘n looped female vocal sample. The flurrying, lively staccato beats provide some real punch; the clattering percussion faintly reminiscent

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Midland interview

Midland’s been getting some serious hype: in just half a year he’s released a slew of top-notch remixes as well as two outstanding originals on Phonica and Aus, each receiving rave reviews across the board. And, of course, we

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Boston’s finest with another free EP

If you haven’t heard of Soul Clap you’ve either been living under a rock for the last year or you simply don’t ‘get’ disco (and you certainly haven’t been reading this blog – shame on you). It’s ok, I didn’t …

The Man Who Would Be King (of Detroit)

Model 500 AKA techno pioneer Juan Atkins returns with some additional members: Underground Resistance’s ‘Mad’ Mike Banks, Mark Taylor (i.e. Vintage Future) and Dj Skurge. The new Model 500′s first EP together is a stormer: Huesca serves up some big,

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David and Goliath

Last week an email dropped into my inbox notifying me of a new blog run by the demi-god musical behemoth that is Fabric. And, it is, unsurprisingly, a good blog. Rather annoyingly, a very good blog.

This is good news,

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Moscow Extra

Archie Hamilton co-founded the up-and-coming house label Moscow Records. The output of which has been nothing short of stellar – I highly recommend you check out Bengoa’s Make This Happen EP, a stripped-back ode to the early days of Chicago

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