Last year was a pretty big year for Andre Crom and his label OFF Recordings, which saw itself become the 8th “Most charted label of 2012” and Andre Crom the 40th “Most-charted artists of 2012“ on Resident Advisor. Consistently churning out some quality deep house productions with iconic vocals, the label isn’t bringing anything groundbreaking to […]
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Until last month, Keith McIvor and Neil Landstrumm’s Doubleheart project could have been viewed as a one-off experiment with only one release to its name. Thankfully, they have decided this is the year to dust off the cobwebs and give the world some new material, the first of which was their “Roca EP”. Both of […]
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We’re at the end of the first month of 2013, and for some of us here at Truants HQ it was a slightly hectic one to say the least. Now that we’ve sobered up and started meeting deadlines again, we’re on the lookout for sounds that soothe our ears, minds and bodies. “Transformación“, the latest […]
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The multifaceted Liminal Sounds camp have most certainly put in the prerequisite legwork over the last few years to deserve debut full release success. Revolving around the movements of founder Sam (Elsewhere) and Sara Kabiri, pretty much everything Liminal related is dope, whether it’s the beats emanating from the crew, right through to the design […]
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If the titles of his last two albums are any indication Drew Lustman, aka FaltyDL, is a guy who is a little skeptical of love. 2009’s “Love is a Liability” and 2011’s “You Stand Uncertain” give you the feeling that FaltyDL might have an uneasy aversion to “the L word”. Don’t even get us started with his “Mean […]
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“Ain’t no fuck around mix blog.” Sonic Router has come a long way since its inception four years ago. Last year they took the bold but logical step of releasing records, physical artifacts in an increasingly digital world. First came the delectably languid and gloopy “Torus” EP, which was released on a limited run of […]
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Since 2010, the Birmingham based Texan known as Skirt has found a home for her abstract techno constructs on the Horizontal Ground label. In what might be considered as an unusual pairing due to Horizontal Ground’s focus on the foundational sounds of techno, Skirt has released three records on the label each exploring meditative and vault-like synthesis. […]
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For the last few years Wolf Music has been a safe haven for modern house music with one leg in the present the other in the early nineties. Even though there’s a general conscientious that organ chords and MK-styled vocals hit critical mass last year there’s still room for those who earnestly love that era […]
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Ever since Kingdom’s inclusion in the Night Slugs empire, the Brooklyn-based badman has been at his best while imprinting the signature UK label’s aesthetic on insular/regional North American club sounds. Just a few years ago, hyperactive scenes in Newark, Baltimore and Harlem were all but completely unknown to the general music listening public, but in […]
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Considering the diversity of sound that has come to characterise the LuckyMe collective’s output, identifying any one member as a wildcard might seem like a bit of a misnomer. But that’s exactly what Claude Speeed is. The jazzy hip-hop mutations from label mates Cid Rim and S-Type couldn’t be further away in style from his […]
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Three-Peat is our feature spanning genres and labels to bring you three select releases from the past – whether the past month or the past year – that still deserve your attention. 1. Mike Will Made It – Est. In 1989 Part 2.5 Atlanta’s Mike WiLL Made It, the producer behind “No Lie” and “Turn On The Lights,” […]
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There are a lot of reasons we like Jacques Renault – first off, he shares his name with a particularly insidious “Twin Peaks” character. He’s also responsible for some of our favourite remixes from the past few years, most notably his anthemic take on Midnight Magic’s “Beam Me Up” and the haunting revision of CFCF’s […]
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