At the very end of February, the Californian duo Rainbow Arabia is releasing their debut full length through Cologne imprint Kompakt. Putting stamps on music has never been a hobby of ours, but the inspiration they draw from world music as labeled ~ethnotronica~ by some of the genre adventurers, matches well with the ~tribal touch~ Nguzunguzu possesses. It is no secret that […]
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Regina Spektor once told us to wear flowers in our hair, when going to San Fransisco. The producer Worthy, who is from the same city Regina sang about, is now telling you to “shake that big perm“, as some kind of tech-house reply to Regina and Willow Smith. Worthy released his Big Perm EP through Discobelle Records about […]
Read moreBoys and girls, this Truancy Volume is a very special one. The guys behind it, TWR72 (real names Roger van der Zwan and Tom Doorschodt), are two of the most exciting producers on the block right now and have a lot in store for the near future. On top of that they are also the […]
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For as far as long I can remember my dad has always been fighting every record I ever bought with old funk and jazz records, harpsichord music (Scarlatti doing my head in) and the odd Joni Mitchell. He was having none of my Aftermath records, and I would have NONE of his sneering Allegreto sonatas […]
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Slowly but surely everyone is recovering from their December comas. Alas, a quick summary of 2010. UK Funky became a name for everything with bass and a touch of house, and people started labeling music “future-garage” and “post-dubstep”. I’m not even sure if I want to continue running Truants anymore if this continues. Lest we forget the wonderful […]
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Drake edit, after remix, after hit, after remix after edit afterhitafterremixafteredit and still nobody seems to tire of mister Aubrey Graham’s vowel-chime and harmonies, due to the alarmingly good Drake-related quality floating around on the double. One of these aforementioned edits that caught our immediate attention and stole our hearts is the rather unheard-of edit […]
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Birmingham’s best. Seriously, how good is Mike Skinner? A Grand Don’t Come for Free is one of the albums I’ve listened to the most times in my life, ever. Which brings me to the gospel truth that The Streets is also one of the most woebegone live acts I’ve seen in my life, ever – […]
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HOT DAMN, Local Action Records, we love you so. The new London-based label run in the company of Phonica kicks off December in such good style it would knock both Don Draper and Amber Rose off their feet. Earlier this year they released T. Williams self-titled EP, another one by Svpreme Fiend and a wonderful collaboration between […]
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A while ago we had the pleasure to giveaway Square Mode´s track Klezmer – see here if you missed it. The thing is, Square Mode are Anonymity itself. We didn’t really know who precisely we were writing about. As we can’t go on any longer writing about these two guys without knowing anything about the faces behind this project, […]
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We are pleased to introduce you to the proficient Glasgow-based sound sculptor Calum MacRae, who is better known under his moniker O’Jay Boulevard. The producer caught our eye not too long ago after previews of his precious songs Scarlett and Cerulean House came forth. His output is staggering: it’s melodious and soulful but still keeps its fortitude. He was […]
Read moreIt is Manaré’s 19th birthday! And although it doesn’t make sense for the birthday boy himself to be the one handing out gifts, the Parisian does it anyway because he keeps it real. Alas, to celebrate his birthday, here’s Truancy Volume 18: Manaré! The first Truancy Volume ever was a gem of a Truancy volume, […]
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You feel that? It must be love, yeah. It feels like a whole lot of love for Jacques Greene, the skilled 21 y.o. Canadian producer that popped up earlier this year, and has two forthcoming releases planned to come out on LuckyMe (preview) and Night Slugs (12″ featuring Optimum). Expressing his love for The-Dream to Dazed […]
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