house/techno
Album Review: Alex Smoke – Love Over Will
Mendelssohn just wanted to be Mendelssohn. So said my essays at University. All of them. Admittedly in a music degree where performance and composition were given (at least by me) more credence, there wasn’t an abundance of them to do, but after discovering the line in my first essay and liking how it made me …
Track: Timcantswim – Breathing Underwater (Vinci & Darrell Remix)
Timcantswim, aka Los Angeles producer Tim Wright, released his electro-house floor filler ‘Breathing Underwater’ last Summer, and Teknofonic Recordings are releasing a new tech-house remix by Brazilian duo Vinci & Darrell digitally on January 26th. It’s got this heavy, deep groove about it, permeated by these old school house stabs and piano led melodic features, …
Track: Andrew Weatherall – Confidence Man, Plus Album News
Anyone of my age will know Andrew Weatherall best as being the man who took Primal Screams indie rock track ‘I’m Losing More Than I’ll Ever Have’ and turning it into the anthem that was ‘Loaded’. It was a career defining moment for Bobby Gillespie and the boys, and gave them one of their biggest …
Track: TWINS – You Take Two (Scott Fraser Remix)
TWINS, aka Atlanta DJ/Producer Matt Weiner, has released a new and essential 12″ called ‘Standard of Truth’ on Scott Fraser and Timothy J Fairplay’s excellent Crimes Of The Future imprint. The four track release features three originals and a deep remix from label co-boss Fraser. TWINS has previewed the remix and it’s dark, Chicago house …
Album Review: UNDERWORLD – ‘Second Toughest in the Infants’ Re-issue
Following on from the groundbreaking Underworld Mk 2 album ‘dubnobasswithmyheadman’, 1996’s ‘Second Toughest in the Infants’ just kept running with the template of hypnotic dance/rave/techno/acid house/pop its predecessor had alchemically distilled from the ether. The bold 16 minute opener ‘Juanita: Kiteless: To Dream of Love’ comes out of the trap like a greyhound, cramming a …
See: beGun reveals new video for ‘Dora’
Ahead of his January 2nd appearance at XOYO in London with Booka Shade amongst others, Barcelona producer beGun, aka Gunsal Moreno has released a new video for his single Dora, which drops on December 18th via Ham House Records. Explaining the African influence behind the track, Moreno says “As with my previous releases, the song …
Track: Human Movement – Robots have a voice
Australian duo Human Movement, aka Blake Gilray and Edward MacDonald have unveiled a second track from their debut EP, following on from title track Dancing Girl, which dropped last week. The track, Robot have a Voice, is this pulsating house tune that fuses these sizzling percussive sounds along with the kick drums, and moulds shards …
See: FaltyDL releases new video for “The Ah Track”
Out last week on the brilliant Ninja Tune label was the new 12″ from Brooklyn-based DJ and producer Drew Lustman, aka FaltyDL. It follows on from his recent Rich Prick Poor Dick 12″, and featured two tracks, The Ah Track and Visceral. He’s now released a video for the former track, a real dancefloor filler …
Track: Vimes – Kyra
German duo Vimes have a new track ahead of their “Nights in Limbo” album due in February next year. Starting a lot like LFO, Kyra builds into a seven minute squelchy slow burn, backed by synths, industrial fans and mumbled, mournful vocals. A tour is promised in the spring. One to keep an eye out …
Track: Crookers feat. WILLS – Withdrawals
Out digitally via the legendary Defected Records on November 30th is the new single from Italian producer/DJ, Francesco ‘Phra’ Barbaglia, aka Crookers. He’s already released records on labels such as Southern Fried and Mad Descent, and he returns to a Defected for his new released Withdrawals, for which he’s enlisted the vocals talents of WILLS. …