Sinjin Hawke is a #blessed individual with an ear for binding emotions within hip-hop and R&B. With an extensive output through the waves of his Soundcloud he’s a producer that is versatile to say the least, drawing his inspiration from a range of mixed sounds from mainly R&B, rap and hip-hop to the further likes of […]
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The regression towards the mean, the second album syndrome seems to be an obstacle for a lot of artists who reach that point in their lifework, and so it was quite plausible that Dutch producer Martyn (Martijn Deijkers) could’ve been prone to this sophomore blues after releasing his much acclaimed debut album, “Great Lengths” in […]
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London city-based producer and DJ Maya Medvesek can look back at a rewarding year. A name change from 8Bitch (the moniker under which she released her debut almost exactly one year ago) to Nightwave became fact in the Spring, to prevent any possible commotion that came with the old alias. Armed with this new epithet she […]
Read moreStraight lean, Helix, patron. There are a lot of planetary and mathematical puns one can apply to Georgia-based producer Beau Thigpen, known under his moniker Helix. Such as, no wonder he likes loops, or, his tracks are like smooth space curves, or, something about how many parsecs he’s away from Berlin. “I mean, I’m Helix?” is […]
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Over the past few years there has been a real surge of beatmakers and emcees who have taken the DIY approach like so many before them, but in a bid to be different they have contributed to some of the most interesting hip-hop we’ve heard for a long time. We owe a lot to the […]
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TJ Hertz has become one of the most admired artists of the year under his moniker Objekt, after the release of his first white label in January; two delectable slabs of techno-infused dubstep – wild, gurgling progressive works that build and grow from the simplest sounds to points of unimaginable intensity. This was furthered with […]
Read moreFor our twenty-eigth installment of the Truancy Volumes series, we are proud to have the Brighton based Guy Andrews in the mix, a producer who seems to have mastered the craft of filling the spaces in between his mesmerizing beat patterns with a soulful type of ambience, that stay embedded with your emotions for the […]
Read moreOur next Truancy Volume comes from Swiss producer WILDLIFE! whose ability on effortlessly mixing and combining dancehall and electronic music has garnered him huge support from the likes of Diplo, Sinden and L-Vis 1990 to many other musical connoisseurs. Having founded the now revered dancehall soundsystem Gold Rush International at the tender age of 19, […]
Read moreIndulge me a moment if you will, and imagine the group photo of the Nu Skool Class of 2011 – the sparky young upstarts pushing through and poised to shake things up, the aural equivalent of a sharp slap round the face and a Red Bull shoved hastily down our necks. There he is, front […]
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Bok Bok the proficient DJ, designer and producer, as well as the co-founder of Night Slugs, is currently locked up in his studio finishing the first release that he’ll put out through his own imprint himself. We caught up with him to ask how that’s going, talk the past and the present of the label as well […]
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Although it’s always a great thing to be out in the club and jam out to unknown music that you haven’t heard before, it’s an even greater thing if there are tracks that never lose their charm despite having busted your moves to them an infinite number of times before. London-based Optimum was responsible for […]
Read moreAfter last weeks venture the Truancy volumes roll onto numero 25 and this time we’re proud to present a mix all the way from Canada. They’ve brought us Bieber, Egyptrixx, Drake, Neoteric, Jacques Greene, Milt Mortez and the beautiful Robin from How I Met Your Mother (small crush) but today steps up the enigmatic John […]
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