As another Truancy Compilation Two prompt, we’d love to introduce you to the gifted Swiss producer Timnah Sommerfeldt, who will be providing us with two tracks: one under her solo project entitled “Feel One’s Way”, and one with a consort under the alias a e named “Be Strong” (previews of both will go up over the next few […]
Read more“I make music as Darling Farah, I’m from Detroit, and I make electronic music,” are Kamau Baaqi’s first words of introduction. The young producer released a triplet of releases on Civil Music last year, the most recent one being his “Division EP“, and you might also remember his track “Varsity” from our compilation that came […]
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R&S Records, the influential label that originated from Belgium in the early 80’s, has continually been a precursor in all junctions of electronic music, being at the helm of putting out paramount classics by the likes of catalysts Aphex Twin, Kenny Larkin, Joey Beltram and Human Resource, to name only a few from their overwhelming […]
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The North-London based Eglo Records imprint, which is ran by Rinse presenter Alexander Nut and producer Floating Points, has had the steady habit of releasing a unique soulful hybrid of smooth house, hip-hop, dubstep and many other influences from the very beginning of their label two years ago. Setting everything in motion with two releases […]
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London city-based producer and DJ Maya Medvesek can look back at a rewarding year. A name change from 8Bitch (the moniker under which she released her debut almost exactly one year ago) to Nightwave became fact in the Spring, to prevent any possible commotion that came with the old alias. Armed with this new epithet she […]
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Earlier today, the cable television network Adult Swim (who have been running the Single Series in the past where they gave away unreleased cuts by people from Brooklyn rapper El-P to the metal outfit Mastodon) and the more logical dance music platform Scion A/V teamed up to give away a compilation of “eighteen rare or unreleased” tracks for free. By no […]
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One of Clone’s sublabels, the Clone Basement Series imprint that has been running since late 2009, has always been a sterling retreat for good music. The start of the series administered us house and techno tracks in the main, produced by the likes of Mike Dehnert, Conforce and 2562’s moniker A Made Up Sound. Over the […]
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As is the custom, James Blake’s long-awaited essential mix for BBC Radio 1 aired at an ungodly hour yesterday night but since we live in times where everything is archived in the nick of time, today the showcase is available for anyone to fix in mind. Despite having gained immeasurable amounts of exposure in the […]
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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 […]
Read moreStraight lean, Helix, patron. There are a lot of planetary and mathematical puns one can apply to Georgia-based producer Beau Thigpen, known under his moniker Helix. Such as, no wonder he likes loops, or, his tracks are like smooth space curves, or, something about how many parsecs he’s away from Berlin. “I mean, I’m Helix?” is […]
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The track “Swish” by the highly influential and adept Bristol-bound dubstep producer Rob Ellis, also known as Pinch, came first into hearing after it was featured in his own FACT mixtape and showcased by the likes of Youngsta and other dubstep figureheads through different channels over the last year. The dense track found its way slowly but surely into a few […]
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The Glaswegian Numbers authority and dance floor dynast Jackmaster is next in line to release an installment of the FabricLive series. It’s an emotional one. Compromising 29 tracks in a little over an hour, Jack Revill takes us on a trip through several big booty hits, a little bit of garage, Detroit house classics and some present-day tidbits […]
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