Aidan Hanratty

Koett is a Russian producer from Krasnodar, a city that was originally named after Catherine the Great, and subsequently renamed after the October Revolution, its present title translating as Red Gift. Having released under a number of names between 2005 and 2012, he’s refocused his efforts and consolidated his talents under the Koett moniker. Following […]

A lone trumpet over the crackle of vinyl, lustrous chords falling in underneath. This is how “Sunset“, from Blind Prophet & Hirshi opens up. The track, from the head of South Fork Sound and a member of Brooklyn trio Archie Pelago, respectively, has all the makings of the worst kinds of indulgent yet vacuous coffee-table […]

With the gothic pop of WIFE’s “Stoic” EP and Saa’s self-titled EP, one could be forgiven for thinking that left_blank was moving away from the more dancefloor-oriented styles it promoted with its first releases in 2011. One Circle’s “Flight To Forever”, the label’s eighth release, reverses that trend. The EP comes from a triumvirate of […]

“In the 90s … house music 12″s were generally populated by an original vocal mix, a radio edit, a club edit and the all-crucial ‘dub’ (or vox-less) mix. We launch our house music 10″ series by cutting out the dodgy vocal mixes and heading straight for the dub…” So read the press release for the […]

Sometimes an act’s nom de plume can work perfectly, aptly summing up their style and reputation in three words or fewer. This isn’t the case with Pedestrian. His “Hei Poa” release on Push Run showcased muffled terror and beautiful melody, “Hoyle Road”, replete with his own Sampha-esque vocals, was overflowing with shimmering emotion. His initial […]

When a legendary nightclub starts a new record label, it might be easy to assume that its output will be solely the stuff of late-night parties and dark, after-hours vibes. Not so with Houndstooth, the offshoot from London’s fabric. While its releases to date, coming from the likes of Call Super, _Unsubscribe_ and House of […]

Fuewa is the new project from Dorset native Chris Sallows, who’s previously released for Svetlana Industries as Microburst. His work under that name was fuzzy yet structured dancefloor music, combining crisp percussion and basslines with hazy atmospherics and found sounds. The “Birth Palace” EP, the fifth release on Sonic Router Records, sees him eschew any […]

“To me Broadcast was mainly glass and metal, large structures, the reverberant sounds of an empty city, most of it set at night. This one felt more like a view of that city from the surrounding dessert obscured by a red fog, with some day trips to the coast line.” So says Hyetal of his […]

New York label Let’s Play House is pretty adept at finding no-nonsense party music, solid house music without airs or pretensions, built to make you move. For their latest trick, they’ve paired two LA acts, Cosmic Kids and Fingerpaint, better known until now as Tyler Blake of Classixx. LPH015, or the “Reality On The Horizon” […]