Direct from the Midwest our latest Truancy Volume arrives courtesy of synth journeyman Steve Hauschildt. While prolific as a member of drone supergroup Emeralds – Discogs has the count at almost fifty releases in six years, his solo records have emerged at a slower pace. That extra time certainly wasn’t wasted. Wrapped in ideas from […]
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Thirty years on and records cut during house and techno’s foundational period still enthrall. Their sonic palate, formed as much out of necessity as of choice, were the by-product of recycled vinyl, secondhand gear, and 1980s DIY recording methods. Many musicians entranced with era take the grayscale route and zero in on the raw unpolished […]
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Addis Ababa is bumping. Ethiopiyawi Electronic, a hybrid of traditional and international sounds, is the output of a crop of young Ethiopians with open ears and serious production chops. One of the forefathers of the genre, Endeguena Mulu, serves as an ambassador showcasing the style across mixes, like this one for Dazed, and speaking to […]
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She’s travelled across many, but there are no borders in Maria Minerva’s music. Dub basslines cruise alongside rave stabs, YouTube rips, 2-step kicks and waves of noise. Even her vocals fluctuate track to track, slipping from spoken word into torch songs. Despite the dissonant sounds, nothing is out of place. There could easily be a “look […]
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You can’t throw a rock in a club these days without hitting a Kerri Chandler track, or one that sounds strikingly similar. While it’s no revelation that producers are strip mining the sounds of the 1990s, his brand of buoyant New Jersey House is in high demand. While his imitators are legion, there’s only one […]
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If you ever find yourself cruising through LA’s Chinatown with an itchy hand on the radio dial you may just land on pirate station KCHUNG. Like all broadcasters that skirt the guidelines, they operate from an undisclosed studio somewhere in the neighborhood. Thankfully if you’re not within their transmitter radius you can tune in online […]
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What do art installations, sound system culture and Marcy Playground have in common? Not much, except maybe this record by Marina Rosenfeld. Her latest release for Australian label Room 40 heavily blurs the lines between the gallery and the club. Often Rosenfeld is on the other side of the divide, bringing her dub inspired audio […]
Read moreYoung guns Cromie & Sage Caswell may call Los Angeles home, but their sound is truly global. Both together and solo they’ve crafted tunes that push the boundaries of house music at a time when too many record crates are filled with carbon copies of classics. As individuals they’ve left quite the trail of sonic […]
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19.454.18.5.25.5.18 is a man of few words. Well, technically this release is credited to The Artist Formerly Known As 19.454.18.5.25.5.18 but we’ll just go ahead drop the prefix for now. The moniker was bestowed upon him (we’re pretty sure it’s a him at least) by Horizontal Ground, a label that until recently only released records via coded aliases. 19.454.18.5.25.5.18 might be a […]
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Berlin duo Musk debuted recently with a handful of self released twelves. Their initial cuts trafficked in raw disco but this latest record skips a little farther down the timeline, landing right in the second summer of love. While their releases are currently only available on vinyl (with great art to boot), Musk know the […]
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New York is restless. After it’s club scene collapsed a decade ago under the weight of Mayor Giuliani’s thumb the city has just begun to regain it’s place as a force in underground dance music. An essential piece of this resurgence is the unique brand of analog jams popping up from local producers via labels like L.I.E.S., […]
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In a recent interview with FACT Lee Gamble elaborated on the underlying theory behind his celebrated record Diversions 1994-1996: “You know sometimes when you go to bed in the morning after a rave and you can ‘hear’ music in your head? Most of the time it’s a fragment or a rhythm or a phrase. Often you aren’t […]
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