Orquesta is the singular project of musical oddball Orlando FitzGerald. The eccentric Irishman has been making music for half a decade now, as well as DJing, curating and promoting, and launching his own label Meles Meles last year. His efforts have garnered interest and acclaim from local and international press. This year he is one […]
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Introducing: munno
In the spring of 2012 munno released his debut EP “Early Idle” through his Bandcamp. The EP received little fanfare initially but gained prowess as his name circulated among some of the breakout acts of last year, specifically Evenings and Ryan Hemsworth. With his “Based Remixes” – an impressive reimagining of some of the Based God’s […]
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Interview: Adam Marshall of New Kanada
Adam Marshall has been involved with music in one form or another since the late nineties. Whether trafficking records and Underground Resistance t-shirts over the Canadian border or throwing parties with a core group of friends in response to rave music, he has kept his feet firmly planted in musical soil. For the better half […]
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Interview: Nosaj Thing
At the beginning of the year, Nosaj Thing broke his three-year radio silence by releasing his much-awaited “Home” LP on Innovative Leisure after his first record “Drift” was released on Alpha Pup Records in 2009. In terms of how beat- and melody-driven “Drift” was, Jason Chung’s sophomore effort did not pick up where his debut left off […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 69: Elizabeth Merrick-Jefferson
Once again, Detroit shows the world it’s not void of new talent. After Kyle Hall unearthed the lo-fi sounds of Manuel Gonzales it seems fitting that Argot, a label based in Detroit’s sister city Chicago, would unveil the uptempo and manic synthesizers of Elizabeth Merrick-Jefferson. Last month she released her debut 12-inch, “Urban Off Road” […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 68: Samoyed
For our sixty-eighth Truancy Volume we are proud and blessed to bring to you the musical chameleon that is Samoyed. The Dundee based producer, otherwise known as Andrew Cook, will awaken your senses with harmonious sounds that flow through you with all the vigour of an electrical current. “I think I value emotional connection in […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 67: Dro Carey
Truants readers will be familiar with Dro Carey thanks to his impossibly good 12″ release on Templar Sound last year, which Simon Docherty reviewed here. “N.R.”‘s take on steely grime tropes summed up the essence of Eugene Hector’s approach to production, either as Dro Carey or Tuff Sherm. He delights in playful subversion, his take on the sacred totems of dance music simultaneously reverent and […]
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Interview: Gifted & Blessed
For a decade Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker has released music on labels such as Sound In Color, his own Gifted & Blessed imprint, Eglo Records, and more recently Wild Oats. On every record and with a multitude of names his work ethic and ability to carve out ear-perking synthetic melodies has shown through. Ahead of his appearance […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 65: October
There’s always that sense of hesitant laziness when asking someone what sort of music they’re into, only to have them reply with the slightly frustrating old “you know, a bit of everything.” However with Julian Raymond Smith, otherwise known as Bristol based producer October, a bit of everything seems like quite a fitting phrase to […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 64: Iron Galaxy
The democratization of the music industry should make it easier for talented artists to gain an audience, but if the last few years have shown us anything it’s that this was a blessing and a curse. There seems to be a constant flow of questionable and plain terrible music hitting the web daily, making it […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 63: Damu
The last few years saw a deluge of mediocrity in a scene describing itself as “UK bass music”, which drew together the politest bits of house, techno, garage and dubstep for a depressingly vanilla sound. Thankfully, the scene also yielded some real original talents, one of whom is Damu, an artist with releases that include an […]
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Interview: FunkinEven
Armed with a studio of vintage gear, FunkinEven’s productions have yielded music that acknowledges a long linage of funk and hip-hop, but is not captive to it. His music runs along the same timeline as his predecessors and influences such as Warren Harris aka Hanna and Big Daddy Kane. He regularly collaborates with the Swedish […]
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