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Putting ‘step’ over ‘dub’

Since Sir Darkly’s been chewing up the blogosphere with his impeccable taste, smooth mixing and razor-sharp haircut… I thought I’d mark my territory with a dubstep post – with a selection of old and new.

Davinche’s ‘Phaze’ isn’t strictly dubstep,

In Pursuit of Wonky


In Pursuit of ‘Wonky’ Within the midst of bass heavy music genres today, the recurring word has and still is to an extent, ‘Wonky’. The last few years have seen some of the dance scenes most notable producers in search

And So It Was Done…

You can call him ‘The Bearer of Beats’, but some of you call him ‘Pelski’.
It is he who has wandered the way of the interweb,
where he has met the calling cries of praise and persecution
that the blogosphere

The Sound of the Pellegrino

Fidget’s long dead and gone – I said it wouldn’t last, didn’t I? Cast your mind back 8 months: all of us (pelski included) dizzy and high on a whim of wonky, buzzy basslines, with entire forums forged around this …

bongos, congos and Funky House

A remix I haven’t stopped playing is this Downtown re-edit of Mixhell’s Boom Da – it knocks Petit Pilous’ driving dirtier and Crookers bleepy rerubs out of the park. And who is Downtown? None other than one half of Renaissance …

July: Pelski Highly Recommends Chart

Remember to check out the April, May and June charts, with some choice tunes still smashing it. Buy all tracks listed from beatport, or hold tight for forthcoming releases:
1. Simian Mobile Disco – Audacity of Huge

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short and sweet Q&A with Digitalism

A couple of months back a handful of the best-of-the-best blogs were asked to compile a number of questions for a short interview with electro purveyors – and now stadium fillers – Digitalism, in promotion for 02 Wireless festival. Pelski …

Freedom fighters

Crystal Fighters first came to my attention a year or two ago with the weird and wonderful ‘I Love London’ – hyper-active folktronica enocorporating everything from cowbells, fizzing synths and crazy vocal calls. It’ll be receiving a re-release on Kitsune …

trendy and tribal, yeah?

I pined after it in my first pelski chart 3 months ago, waiting, with baited breath for a full version to drop. Now it’s here. And it’s nothing too big or fancy, but a solid, excellent re-edit that gives Jesse …

Pelski’s Playlist – Pt. VIII

It’s time, again, for me to post a number of miscellaneous tunes that have slipped through the pelski net over the last month or two. We’ve got growling electro, big house beats, some thumping breakbeat, one bassline remix, a …

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