Sam Billetdeaux

A few days ago the internet was blessed with two new tracks off of Mite & Ewalk’s forthcoming Body Tap EP on B.YRSLF division, the exciting French label that’s garnered some serious attention lately for its anything-goes approach to club music. Since its foundation last February, the label has put out a staggering 12 releases […]

The edit is a refreshing and appealing musical concept in today’s remix culture, as it places value in moderation instead of flashiness or vanity. It’s an art form that requires a particular combination of balance, restraint, and intuition that many producers simply lack. Venture too far from the original and you’ve lost touch with what […]

Out of all the great new artists and breakout producers from 2011, Dutch technician Pieter Willems, better known by his production moniker Presk, easily nabbed a spot as one of our favorites. He inaugurated Ramp sub-label Fourth Wave with the deep, meticulously-crafted “And Cut/Mold“, released the diverse four-track “Love Again” EP on Doc Daneeka‘s Ten […]

Berlin-based producer Lando Kal may be best known for his work as half of future blappin’ duo Lazer Sword, but over the past couple of years he’s been busy amassing an impressive body of solo work – including releases on Numbers and Rush Hour and remixes for artists like Sepalcure, Hovatron, Salva, and Doc Daneeka. […]

While we admit that we’re not ahead of the trend on this one, we can’t stop listening to Bang’t, the recent single from Geeeman on Clone Records’ impeccably curated Jack For Daze Series. Geeeman, the Chicago house side project of accomplished producer Gerd, made an impressive debut late in 2010 with his whacked out, raw-as-fuck […]

Last week FADER offered a free download of “Put Cha Back In It” by DJ Sliink, the Brick Bandits collaborator and already-prolific player in the New Jersey club scene. The track was released in anticipation of Sliink’s new Vibrate EP on Jerome Potter (of LOL Boys fame) and Samo Sound Boy’s Body High imprint.  As […]

Around here, a new Pelican Fly release generates a kind of vigorous, anxious enthusiasm that’s only matched by kids on Christmas morning. Since its inauguration last March with Richelle’s Mascotte EP, the Brussels-based label has impressed us time and time again by putting out fresh, original creations that don’t play by anyone’s rules. On his […]

Since the release of his debut album Shlomoshun a couple years ago, LA’s Henry Laufer, aka Shlohmo, has demonstrated a seemingly infinite reservoir of creative inspiration, allowing him to maintain his incumbency as a leading figure in electronic music without becoming too intrinsically tied with any particular genre. His constant artistic evolution thrust him to […]

Somewhere deep in the uninhabited tundra of northern Finland, there exists a secret underground fortress where a mysterious figure channels the powers of ice crystals to craft a strain of cold, dark dance music under the moniker Desto. Okay so maybe those details are a little bit inaccurate, but there’s no doubt that Desto has been […]