Applescal – Dreaming in Key
It was Applescal’s ‘El Diablo’, centering around a pounding breakbeat and a simple synth melody, that first alerted me to the young Dutch producer. The track stood out as bold, promising and yet strangely familiar. …
Applebottom – All Nite
Another heady concoction of 90′s house and garage by way of Kerri Chandler’s MadTech Records. The title track is nothing new, in fact it’s achingly similar – in style at least – to the abundance …
Silicone Soul – Darkroom Dubs Vol.3 – Compiled & Mixed by Silicone Soul
“I am beginning to feel this nocturnal existence tell on me. It is destroying my nerve. I start at my own shadow and am full of all sorts of horrible imaginings…” This quote from Bram …
Damiano von Erckert & Tito Wun – Mr Pink, What Have You Been Smoking?
The playful album title of Mr Pink, What Have You Been Smoking? (a reference to Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs) is a sign of things to come on a record that positively beams with vintage soul. …
Bufiman / Tim Schumacher – Manifest#003
A five-track slab of wax lands from Dusseldorf-based imprint Verein Freier Menschen und Musik, a Terpsiton sublabel devoted to some seriously robust underground house music.
Jan Schulte (under his Bufiman guise) provides the first two …
Velour – Speedway / Dial
Following Velour’s debut on Night Slugs in 2010, Julio Bashmore once again teams up with Hyetal for an intriguing splurge of stomping electro-funk. ‘Speedway’ is one half tough, structured 808 drums and one half sleazy …
Hugo H – Chante vs James EP
The title track from Lumberjacks in Hell’s latest EP is one of those highly sought-after weapons, played out for years by just a handful of jocks, including Hugo H himself, Rahaan, Jamie 3:26 and, lately, …
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 …
∆ ∆ – 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 …
