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Track: Nicolas Jaar – Fight (Nymphs IV)
Chilean born, New York based producer Nicolas Jaar is back with the latest in his Nymphs series – “Fight (Nymphs IV)”. It follows (unsurprisingly) his Nymphs I – III 12″, and comes in the wake of his Pomegranates album. Describing the track only as “This nymph swam to gent”, it opens with these slightly watery …
Feature: I was a Manumission Robot! Plus ’98 club anthems soundtrack
It was May, 1998. I was 34 and jobless, my girlfriend had left me, and my band of twelve years was imploding before my eyes. The dry-rot on the bedroom walls of my rented flat had reached a state where it was hazardous to sleep in there. Rock bottom had begun to sound like an …
News: Soundcrash and DJ Yoda announce Halloween night at Rich Mix, 31.10.15
This Halloween, get ready for the scariest (and possibly grooviest – do people still say groovy?) party around as Soundcloud and celebrated DJ, DJ Yoda take over the performance space Rich Mix for a monumental party, including hair-raising audio and spine-chilling visuals. As ever with Yoda, aka London turntablist Duncan Beiny, expect the unexpected – …
Track: Rainer Weichhold – Bamboo 2015 (Sacha Robotti Giant Panda Remix)
Out right now on Rainer Weichold’s Gold Records is a new remix from Sacha Robotti of the head honcho’s track Bamboo, a 2015 version, rather than the original that dropped some eight years ago. In the intervening period Robotti has honed his craft, following nigh on ten years in the game working both as a …
Track: KPT – Descent
Taken from KPT alive by machines, the upcoming full length release from Minneapolis producer KPT, new single Decent opens with this almost industrial sounding drum crashes. As it begins to unravel, so the electronic hue that provided its backing comes to the fore, along with these almost static baselines and increasingly elaborate drum patterns. Over …
Track: Siege – Crunk
Up and coming Belgian producer Siege, aka Sieg Motmans , has a new single, Crunk, out digitally on 21st September on legendary house label Azuli. Taking cut ups from Mary J Blige’s vocal from Family Affair, Siege has peppered it with pads, 808s and these pulsating synth lines to make something that’s going to be …
EP: Myles Bigelow – Turning Pages
Out already on vinyl and available on download on August 10th comes the new release from Yoruba Records. Called Turning Pages, it’s from label newcomer Myles Bigelow, who honed is craft as a student of Berklee College of Music, and is known for his releases on his own Deep Culture Music imprint, which see Bigelow …
Track: Touch Sensitive – Pizza Guy / Show Me
You might recognise the title of the song Pizza Guy. Released by Touch Sensitive aka multi-instrumentalist / producer / synth freak Michael Di Francesco back in 2013 in his native Australia -the track became the 3rd most played track on Triple J (the countries no.1 radio station) and has currently racked up over 2 million …
News: Kompakt spreads its wings to Ibiza and Glastonbury this Summer – Full details
There’s not many things that legendary label Kompakt hasn’t done, but its going about filling any gaps in its impressive CV this summer. Its almost incredulous to think that a label that has been at the forefront on electronic music for so long hasn’t held a residency in Ibiza, but not only is it true, …
Track: Jean Tonique feat. Dirty Radio – What you wanna do
Taken from the forthcoming Partyfine labels 2nd compilation is a new track, titled ‘What you wanna do’, from Paris DJ/Producer Jean Tonique. Making his mark remixing the likes of Lana Del Rey and Outkast, he’s been a regular in the Hype Machine top ten with his classic slices of funky house. What You Wanna Do …