ACID WASHED – SNAKE (FUTURE BEAT ALLIANCE REMIX) (320 kbps) The debut album of the Parisian solar duo Acid Washed is due in a couple of weeks, on which you can read more on TRUANTS at a later time. To reassure you that everything is going to be more than alright and not keep you […]
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Monarchy – Gold In The Fire (Screendeath Remix) Andy Caldwell – Scream (Screendeath Remix) Ryan Thompson (also known as Screendeath) and I have been friends for a while now. Well actually, that’s kind of a lie. We’re more like internet buddies. In this modern day and age it has become quite commonplace to make an acquaintance […]
Read moreWhen Andrea Starosse and Julien Salman met at a Renaissance Man gig, it was a match made in heaven. The two men from Reims decided to create music together which resulted in their project called Art Nouveau (not a reference to the art movement but it was chosen for its meaning and the sweet ring […]
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I might have expressed my love for Manara (Who, on a side note, is making a Truancy volume soon! Yes!) and L-Vis 1990 numerous times on TRUANTS. I also might have expressed my love for their label Night Slugs on Rinse.fm, possibly. Fact is that I’m absolutely loving what these little Night Slugs are doing at the […]
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Oh, I’m very delighted to tell you about the creative process behind Nightcall, Kavinsky‘s new EP that will be launched on 23rd April through Record Makers. I think it will be in favour of all the readers who are planning on setting up a label to tell you step by step how to come to […]
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I’m sorry dear readers, but I have some bad news. I hate to break it to you but the glory days of our beloved Truancy Mixtapes have just come to an end. You know we’ve done silly things a couple of times before, but we’ve always managed to land on our feet – however, after […]
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So, following some perhaps justifiable criticism from much-valued TRUANTS reader, ‘Eric’, I’m going to take the time to go back to disco roots. Before the music even started – this might shed some light on the many stereotypes and supposed urban myths surrounding the genre! If you want to see this criticism from Eric it’s […]
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Upon listening to Connan Mockasin’s album for the first time, the strangest sensation overcame me…I smiled. This rarely happens, being the angsty young male that I am, but such was the power of this gorgeous music that it actually forced my lips to purse and raise into a grin for the first time in years. And […]
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Kia Ora, let me introduce myself! My name is Louis Helliker-Hales, I’m 21 years of age and live in the beautiful (however somewhat boring) city of Auckland, New Zealand. I’ve been meaning to contribute towards a blog for some time now but unfortunately I’ve never really found the time or place to do so. TRUANTS […]
Read moreIt wouldn’t hit you like a thunderbolt when I tell you that Paris-based DJ and producer Qoso is one of the most exciting and captivating artists out there at the moment. You have known this for a long time already. Qoso has been on the move since we spoke to him. After some excellent remixes […]
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Three out of four readers of this interview must have disco-moshed to the music the Age of Consent band members put out not too many years ago. They are two out of four men who wrote you the hymns about lovers of others, three-dimensional sex shows and Chinese martial arts, that needled your inner ADHD […]
Read moreIt’s always an easeful thought when Sound Pellegrino releases a new track. The original idea for the upcoming Teki Latex‘s new release was to have Mowgli and Zombie Disco Squad’s Nat Self both produce a rap song and get them to remix each other’s. The project took a complete unexpected turn and Teki decided to abort […]
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