house/techno
Premiere: SUUNS’ Ben Shemie previews his new experimental acid EP, 303 Diary; take an early listen, here
Out on Monday (29th March, 2021) is the new EP from SUUNS Ben Shemie, via French Label NAHAL Recordings. Called 303 Diary, the EP was constructed around the TB-303, which Ben dreamed about owning and finally acquired during the first lockdown. Using the 303 and his voice – altered in various psychedelic ways, alongside a …
Meet: Electronic artist Llyr on his new EP 3D Reworks, and working with Max Cooper
Llyr, aka Gareth Williams has just released his debut EP on Mesh, following on from Reid Willis’ in the 3D Reworks series. The series is aimed at challenging artists to express their work and expand their creative awareness through high definition immersive audio, and Gareth’s EP, particularly through headphones, is as astonishing and beautiful as …
Track: Nicky Elisabeth reveals new single, the gorgeous techno of Celeste
Despite the lack of dancefloor action, other than in our own kitchens, front rooms and gardens, there’s still some incredible music being released with a new track from Kompakt stable Nicky Elisabeth out now. For the uninitiated, Nicky Elisabeth resides in Amsterdam and is one of the resident DJs at De Marktkantine, and has been …
Track: Martin Gore reveals mesmerising ANNA remix of Howler
Speech Mode mainstay Martin Gore has recently released his new EP The Third Chimpanzee, on the ever brilliant Mute Records. Howler, taken from the release, has now been remixed by Brazilian DJ ANNA, who’s been busy recently remixing the likes of Grimes (on the Miss Anthropocene(Rave Edition) album and Jon Hopkins’ ‘Singularity’. All sweeping electronics and …
Exclusive: Backseat Mafia Takeover Mix: BTRAX label boss Rob Malone
Ahead of his latest release ‘Bravery’ on his own BTRAX label on March 26th, head honcho Rob Malone has agreed to do us a Backseat Mafia takeover mix. His new release, out on March 26th, features remixes from Visillusion label boss Thomas Barnett and sometime Juan Atkins and Blake Baxter collaborator Orlando Voorn. The Parisian …
Her Voice : A playlist for International Women’s Day 2021
Although it has it’s beginnings way back in 1911, International Women’s Day has an increasingly important role to play in our society. Every March 8th, the day is an important day to celebrate Women’s achievements, equality, gender parity and also to fundraise for female-focused charities. This year the focus of the day is #choosetochallenge – …
Feature / Playlist: Factory Records – A complete Spotify discography
FOLLOWING the success (well, relatively) of our John Peel playlist, in which we compiled all the Festive 50 tracks for every year John ran that feature all in one place (well, the ones from Spotify anyway), we’re delving into the catalogue of Manchester’s Factory Records. It’s a story that’s been well told in lots of …
Premiere: Third Culture Kings release new single/video for Lucid Dreamer
Third Culture Kings are a Copenhagen/NYC duo featuring former dälek man Alap Momin plus Jan Johansen of Glorybox and Ring Them Bells. Describing what they do as Womb music, they pull in elements of psych, indie, techno and bass music. They’ve a new track ‘Lucid Dreamer’ out tomorrow (12th February) and we’re delighted to be …
Exclusive: Backseat Mafia Takeover Mix – Mura
On the back of his debut on Patrick Toppings Trick label – ‘Check it’, which dropped last week (February 5th) São Paolo’s Mura has followed it up with a Takeover Mix exclusively for Backseat Mafia. Including the track in his mix, it’s a incessantly joyous catchy thing, with raps and synths the order of the …
EP: Jamie Fielding – Mind 3
Out now is the new EP from Clacton-based DJ and Producer Jamie Fielding, out on Jamie Jones’ Hottrax label, featuring three welcome doses of late night house music. It’s almost ironic that Fielding was inspired to take up DJ-ing / producing by a set from Jones back in 2018. The title track opens proceedings with …