house/techno
REVIEW: Filtergeist’s ‘Invocation EP’ is one for the Chain Reaction heads
US BEATS stable Loot Recordings has welcomed Indian producer Aditya Prabhu to its roster. Recording as Filtergeist, Aditya has begun to carve out a name for himself in the past couple of years with a brace of mixes and a series of individual tracks for Quilla with trademark geometric videos. His debut release for Loot, …
News: Defected reveals news of virtual clubbing events for June / July
Defected has revealed plans for further virtual events, introducing innovations to build on the colossal success of its 9-week Virtual Festival residency. The new Defected WWWorldwide series will see three weekly events from Friday 19th June – 3rd July, reflecting the house music heavyweight’s summer of well-loved club events that have been postponed due to the global pandemic. Partnering …
EP: King Britt – Back2Black
Philadelphia’s King Britt has been busy on Monty Lukes Berlin-based label Black Catalogue label recently, releasing Chasing Rainbows under his Fhloston Paradigm alias, and working as producer on his label bosses Hard Work Not Hype LP, but now he’s back under his own name and steam with a two track EP ‘Back2Black’ Sprawling pads and …
TRACK: Park Hye Jin releases title track How Can I
Ahead of her highly anticipated new record – How Can I which is released June 26th on Ninja Tune, Park Hye Jin has shared the EP’s title track ‘How can I’. Unlike the dream like track ‘Like This’ released in May. ‘How Can I’ is more grounded with stronger rhythmic notes. It starts with a fairground sounding …
Feature: Smoove and Turrell give us an exclusive track by track breakdown of new album Stratos Bleu
Out today via the magnificent Jalapeño Records is Stratos Bleu, the new album from Newcastle’s finest electro-jazz/soul pioneers Smoove & Turrell, essentially producer Smoove and lyricist / singer John Turrell. At the helm of a formidable funk machine, Smoove & Turrell are capable of throwing out funk / soul / house mash-ups or quite as …
Track: Romare -Sunshine
Taken from his forthcoming new album ‘Home’, out on July 31st via Ninja Tune, Sunshine is the new single from Romare aka Archie Fairhurst, and is a follow up to his recent Gone / Danger 12”. With inspiration taken from a move to the country, and settling down after a somewhat nomadic childhood, Home is …
See: Jayda G releases new video for ‘Both Of Us’
Jayda G has released a new video for Both Of Us, part of her new EP ‘Both of Us / Are U Down, which comes out on 3rd July via Ninja Tune. It’s her first new material since her 2019 debut album ‘Significant Changes’ and her first since moving from Berlin to London and immersing …
Track: KIDSØ – Childhood
Out right now is the new single from live-electro duo KIDSØ, out via Springstoff. It’s the title track of the German duo’s forthcoming album, out later in the year, and features African rhythms and a childrens choir. The band shared a little about the journey behind creating the track, saying: “The single ‘Childhood’ is the …
See: Disclosure reveal new video for Energy
Following on from their Ecstacy EP which dropped in February, Disclosure return with a new album ENERGY – released on August 28th via Island Records, and from it they’ve released the title track. It features cut up samples of Eric Thomas, the hip-hop preacher who appeared on their 2013 Where the Fire Starts to Burn …
See: Encore release new video for ‘Manger Techno’
French duo Encore – aka Clément Chanaud-Ferrenq and Maria Laurent have released a new video for their new single ‘Manger Techno’, taken from their forthcoming EP ‘Autobahn’ out on June 12th via Machette Prod. Manger Techno is pretty much what it says on the tin, with lines of synth and this edgy bass intertwining with percussive …