After a 11 year hiatus from R&S Records the ‘godfather of techno’ Juan Atkins returned along with Mark Taylor, DJ Skurge and Mike Banks for a ‘comeback’ EP last year under the infamous moniker Model 500. Having been out of the game for song, you could say that bars were set pretty dam high. So […]
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With Ill Blu’s debut release on Hyperdub being one of the most anticipated releases on their label last year it’s no wonder their follow up has garnered a rightfully earned amount of hype. With remixes for Cheryl Cole, Shystie, Hot Chip, Roll Deep, production work for Princess Nyah and being one of the forefathers of […]
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Now we here at TRUANTS are major fans of Super Recordings having mentioned and posted about their releases on a number of occasions so it’s always a pleasure to find emails from them in my inbox. The 4th release on their label comes as a debut from London producer Photomachine whom you may have previously […]
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With S-X’s Woo Riddim and Spooky’s Spartan showing that Grime Instrumentals are as strong as ever at the moment it’s great to see a flourish of new producers breaking through. Step up a new release from the Oil Gang crew who drop a range of four different grime instrumentals from the likes of Darq E […]
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Sorry for the slight decrease in posts lately but sorting out university applications and graphic portfolio’s has seriously damaged my tired soul and made me incapable of doing anything else the last week. I also cut my finger on some glass. I almost died no joke (yes joke). Amidst all of this commotion in my […]
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Hyperdub may be renowned for its high quality output but they seriously upped their game with their first release of 2011. Like seriously upped. Now London based Morgan Zarate is defnitely no newcomer to the scene for those who haven’t heard of him. Long time member of electronic trio Spacek, producer for Ghostface Killah, Dizzee […]
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I’d like to think if this guy hadn’t named himself Com Truise my eyes would have haplessly just glanced over this EP whilst searching for new stuff on Boomkat. Goes to show a good name will get you places. I’m so glad I came across him as his Cyanide Sisters EP, previously available on AMdiscs […]
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I love dinosaurs. I really do. I don’t know what makes millions of year old extinct animals so fascinating but they have to up there with some of the coolest shit ever to have been on the planet. Even cooler than pints of beer that fill up from the bottom? So much cooler. Yes Jurassic […]
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Up bright and early tomorrow for a day in London and hitting Fabric for the first time so I’m a little bit excited and yeah sleep right now is easier said than done, so just dropping a post off to tell you about this guy Phaeleh’s most recent single out on Skream’s label Disfigured Dubz. […]
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Applepips has come long a long way since being launced in 2009 by Bristol based Appleblim and has arguably been on the forefront of forward thinking music exploring areas between Dubstep, Garage, House and Techno. A label which doesn’t like to use the word ‘genre’ but instead read between the lines and push the very […]
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People often say too much of a good thing can be a bad thing but when the ‘good thing’ is John Roman’s output over the last year I honestly don’t know how the words ‘bad thing’ even come into the equation. I promise I will never ever use the words good/bad thing more than twice […]
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A lot of time it can be quite disheartening looking through emails only to find tracks from people stuck in the post 2006 electro era but every now and then you come across a a little gem and today this comes in the form of a free EP from Aloo. Looking into who Aloo is, […]
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