James Kumo has mentioned in the past that being part of a scene isn’t important to him, and that making music that can be appreciated by a wider audience, no matter who you are or where you live, is more in line with his outlook on music production. Now fully based in Manchester after a long-term move from London […]
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For our 145th Truancy Volume, we’ve brought in a DJ who has become a regular fixture in both clubs and on the airwaves in London over the past decade. A former Rinse FM DJ, who now finds herself hosting a regular show on Radar Radio, Tasha has been the mind behind London-based club night Neighbourhood. We caught up […]
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Coming up on their 25th release in a couple of weeks, Berlin-based label Killekilll, by now, has become a synonymous source for techno and electro in the German capital. Headed up by Nico Deuster, who’s been catering to the city’s party needs for almost twenty years, the Killekill brand has gone from a weekly club night at Berghain Kantine to […]
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Since debuting on Baud back in 2010 with his still much sought after Material Things EP, Tom Dicicco’s palette of dubbed out techno aesthetics has found a home on labels such Traut Muzik, Semantica and Stockholm LTD. The last two years have seen Dicicco’s label skills from running Inner Surface Music with AnD, translate to […]
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Since jumping into the scene back in 2012, Borrowed Identity has successfully traversed a huge variety of labels with his broad musical range and confident studio skills. Labels such as Quintessentials, Foul & Sunk, Mistress Recordings and even the close-knit Ostgut Ton have all taken interest and put out his music in the past. From […]
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There was a certain point in the last couple of years where people felt as if BNJMN had transferred into darker, techno territory from dreamier and more melodic house music. Releases on Delsin, Jericho One and his own label Brack seemed to imply this, but to him, all are just different aspects of his personality coming together as […]
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After two records from head honcho Volte-Face, as well as a collaborative effort with Daniel Avery under the alias Rote, BleeD welcome a new artist to the roster for their fourth release. Not a newcomer to the scene by any means, DJ Spider has been serving up uncompromising yet heady music for years. His label Plan […]
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Late last year, Rekids head honcho Matt Edwards (Radio Slave) teamed up with Francesco de Nittis aka Mr Ties and Spencer Parker for a new alias project titled B.A.D.S. (Berlin Amateur Dramatics Society). Made especially in conjunction for an appearance at de Nittis’ Homopatik party at Berlin’s About Blank last year, they debuted a track called “Hous-O-Matik […]
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Three years in and Berlin based label LACKREC have slowly carved themselves a set of 10 quality releases, ranging from an open approach to house, techno and electro. Headed by Claudio Banti, the label has had an assortment of releases from producers such as Jonas Palzer, 7 Citizens and D-IX, all whom make up the LACK […]
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We first came across Jordan Poling’s production when he shared a split release on L.A.G with the Point Break guys back in 2014. Prior to that, he had already contributed a track for Fred P’s Soul People Music label under the name JD, but the Jordan alias seems to be what he’s devoted his attention […]
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Following on from premieres from Guy Andrews and Samrai & Platt earlier this week, we’ve got another artist who has previously mixed a Truancy Volume for us since we started the series. Having teamed up with fellow producer and past collaborator Cromie for an hour long mix for us back in 2013, Sage Caswell has […]
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Having tapped Guy Andrews for our 28th Truancy Volume in 2011 on the brink of his first Hemlock release, we’ve been following his career closely and excitedly. This looks to begin a new chapter with the release of his debut album Our Spaces, which shows his maturity as a producer. Produced over a period of two years […]
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