Releases

One On One: Yellow Magic Orchestra – Floating Away

“The ‘Net is a waste of time, and that’s exactly what’s right about it.” William Gibson’s cyberpunk novel, Neuromancer, follows the life of protagonist, Case, who is rescued from drug addiction by street samurai, Molly. Gibson, who actually coined the term cyberpunk, when talking about his artistic vision, said that “modern Japan simply was cyberpunk.” In ’80s Tokyo, […]

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One on One: Towa Tei – Future Listening!

Towa Tei is not a native New Yorker.  He moved to the city from Japan to study graphic design in 1987. A musician by night, Tei met Supa DJ Dimitry and Lady Miss Kier during his first three years of living there. They went on to form Deee-Lite, a dance trio that released the classic […]

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One On One Vol VI: Bugz In The Attic – We Made It

With the FabricLive series impressively about to hit its seventy first mix in the form of UK stalwart DJ EZ, Notting Hill Carnival pictures still floating around on Facebook and September seemingly giving us our last blips of sunlight in exchange for rain, we’ve recently found ourselves drawn to the music of past FabricLive 12 […]

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One On One Vol. V: Oni Ayhun – OAR003-B

“Drink in spectacular canyon vistas. Watch elk, deer, bighorn sheep and ranchers at work in this rugged habitat. Enjoy the relaxed pace of a free-flowing river with few rapids, stunning scenery, interesting geology and rich natural history.” This is a mere sample of Oni Ayhun‘s lengthy description of the track we’ve chosen as our latest […]

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One On One Vol. IV: InI – Center of Attention

Some not-so-underground hip hop for the latest installment of One on One. “Center of Attention” was originally the title track on InI‘s “Center of Attention” album, recorded back in 1995. For the uninitiated, InI were a hip hop collective composed of Rob-O, Grap Luva, I Love H.I.M., Marco Polo, and Boodakhan. Most of those names faded […]

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One On One Vol. I: Norma Jean Bell – Fun Coming On

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths. The ‘baddest bitch in the room‘ Norma Jean Bell has played quite an observable role in the Detroit music scene, but as low-key as she is it almost seems like she’s indeed a bit of a myth. Not only a momentous vocalist, but also an excellent saxophonist and pianist at […]

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