With only two official releases under their belt Audio Culture is making a name for itself as one of our go to labels for mutated garage and techno. Last December they kicked things off with “Sweat”, a sub rattling floor filler, from Presk and Cinnamon. Keeping in the duo spirit this time around they’ve tapped […]
Read moreRecommended: Innergaze – Mutual Dreaming
No one can deny we’re living during a very exciting period in history, especially for music. Carrying the collective torch that’s helping push music forward are Jason Letkiewics, aka Steve Summers, and his girlfriend Aurora Halal. The pair has just released their sophomore album, “Mutual Dreaming”, as Innergaze on Minimal Wave sub label Cititrax. This […]
Read moreRecommended: Endian – Birdhouse / DBPLT01
George Levings or Endian is a name destined to become synonymous with gritty techno in the coming months. Much like his close friend Boddika he’s flying in from leftfield as he’s spent most of his musical career part of the drum & bass duo Commix. So what’s the deal? Well, his goal is to keep […]
Read moreStream: Charleston – Red Hearts Of Gold (Youandewan Remix)
Even though Youandewan has been releasing music for years he is still very much a mystery, which is something to be desired in a world where even your neighbor has DJ page on Facebook. It’s not as if he has no online presence, but he just possesses more restraint then most of us. His most […]
Read moreRecommended: 214 – Plastic Spokes
Fortified Audio is readying 214’s newest slab of savory electro for the masses and believe us, it doesn’t disappoint. With over a decade of experience 214 is no stranger in the game; his tracks are soaked in outlandish sounds and 808-beats and considering that his list of influences includes electro dons such as Drexciya and Cybotron, […]
Read moreIntroducing: Nice ‘N’ Ripe
This article is more like re-introducing rather than introducing; earlier this month the legendary Nice ‘N’ Ripe, responsible for a ridiculous amount of classic garage and house tracks from the nineties, relaunched. Based in the UK, it was originally created and run by George Power and Grant Nelson through a flat in London. Over a […]
Read moreReview: XXXY – Everything EP
Stream:XXXY – Everything EP clips (Well Rounded) XXXY’s first release since Kerpow comes via Well Rounded, a proven source for swung dance-floor killers. We saw him experiment a bit with two electro-tinged releases on Orca Recordings (“You Gotta Do You“) and All City Records last year, this time he’s seen returning to the time tested four-by-four […]
Read moreRecommended: Grinch – Chapter 1
If more proof was needed that there is a sea of undiscovered talent lurking around the internet, out of the woodwork comes Grinch. Not much is known about him besides that he has a background in techno and is from Connecticut, other than that he lets the music do the talking. His first solo outing is […]
Read moreRecommended: Gerry Read – Yeh Come Dance
There’s no questioning that Gerry Read made quite a stir last year with releases on Fourth Wave and 2nd Drop, which received acclaim across the genre spectrum. Read will delve further into the rugged, lo-fi house sounds he has become known for with an album due out later this year, but those plans haven’t stopped him […]
Read moreRecommended: Kim Brown – Spring Theory EP
Earlier this month German label Just Another Beat pressed up yet another crisp and sensual slab of house music, this time the from the mysterious Kim Brown. Almost no information is available on Brown, who knows it could be an alias, but either way the aptly titled Spring Theory EP acts as a bridge from […]
Read moreRecommended: Mess Kid – Sip Slow EP
Once again Freshmore has dropped a Southern leaning, bass heavy, hip hop EP. Entitled Sip Slow, this EP comes from Mess Kid and is a single track backed by three remixes by Morris, Cedaa, and Nikko. Kid’s original takes some time to get into the swing of things with a 2-minute long intro, which drops […]
Read moreInterview: Thefft
Over the past six months one name has been slowly cropping up on everyone’s radar, Thefft. His music revolves around rough low ends, euphoric stabs, and meticulous drum programming, which often creates music landing in the unclassifiable realm we’ve been stuck in for the last two years. Late last year DFRNT released his The Primer […]
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