Releases

Recommended: Black Orange Juice – Alone

Anyone with any knowledge of the UK underground house music scene will have heard of Ossie; a more than promising producer with some hefty releases under his belt to boast about; most notably ‘Supercall’ on 2020 Midnight Visions, ‘Tarantula’ on Lightworks, and his ‘Set The Tone‘ and ‘Ignore‘ EPs on Hyperdub. Now, we know what you’re thinking, you’re hyping […]

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Releases

Recommended: Kelpe – Monte Verita

“In the 90s … house music 12″s were generally populated by an original vocal mix, a radio edit, a club edit and the all-crucial ‘dub’ (or vox-less) mix. We launch our house music 10″ series by cutting out the dodgy vocal mixes and heading straight for the dub…” So read the press release for the […]

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Downloads, Releases, Sunday's Best

Sunday’s Best Pt. XXIX: 2013 Downloads

Welcome to another edition of Sunday’s Best! Today we’ll be discussing some of our favourite downloads from this year so far. Light a candle. Enjoy your stay. Cassie’s eponymous debut positioned her as r&b’s ingénue –barely twenty years old at the time, her voice trembled across slow jams like “Kiss Me” and “Not with You” with […]

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Releases

Review: Moderat – II

When Sascha Ring, Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary, also known as Moderat, speak about themselves they try to emphasize that they’re just three guys making music. Unfortunately, when you’re three guys that are some of the most influential in the Berlin electronic music scene, your past achievements tend to come up often. Bronsert and Szary are […]

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Releases

Review: Ciara – Ciara

It’s no secret that the music press tends to draw comparisons between female artists regardless of how much (or how little, as is more often the case) they actually have in common. We’ve seen it with the endless female DJ thinkpieces and the lazy cliché that any emerging female rapper is coming for Azealia’s throne […]

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Releases, Various

Recommended: The Artist Formerly Known As 19.454.18.5.25.5.18 – Spadesdance

19.454.18.5.25.5.18 is a man of few words. Well, technically this release is credited to The Artist Formerly Known As 19.454.18.5.25.5.18 but we’ll just go ahead drop the prefix for now. The moniker was bestowed upon him (we’re pretty sure it’s a him at least) by Horizontal Ground, a label that until recently only released records via coded aliases. 19.454.18.5.25.5.18 might be a […]

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Chronicles, Releases

Chronicles: Yung Lean – Unknown Death 2002

The first thing you should know about Yung Lean is that he was 16 when he made “Unknown Death“. The second thing you should know is he’s from Sweden. Some readers may automatically be turned off by his age and brush him off as illegitimate but separate his young age from the music, as one would with an […]

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Releases

Recommended: Pedestrian – Kalakuta / Ndizi

Sometimes an act’s nom de plume can work perfectly, aptly summing up their style and reputation in three words or fewer. This isn’t the case with Pedestrian. His “Hei Poa” release on Push Run showcased muffled terror and beautiful melody, “Hoyle Road”, replete with his own Sampha-esque vocals, was overflowing with shimmering emotion. His initial […]

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Releases

Recommended: Snow Ghosts – A Small Murmuration

When a legendary nightclub starts a new record label, it might be easy to assume that its output will be solely the stuff of late-night parties and dark, after-hours vibes. Not so with Houndstooth, the offshoot from London’s fabric. While its releases to date, coming from the likes of Call Super, _Unsubscribe_ and House of […]

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Releases

Recommended: Special Request – Hardcore EP

Paul Woolford has no fear; this is a man who simultaneously has one of Ibiza’s tunes of the summer and spends his free time experimenting with rave influenced sounds of nineties. Not to mention, he is responsible for one of the noughties’ most pulsating and noise-laden big room tracks, “Erotic Discourse”. Last March he christened […]

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Releases

Recommended: Ten Walls – Gotham

Innervisions certainly know a thing or two about good house records. Since co-founders Dixon and Âme began the label as an offshoot of their popular Berlin club night “Innercity” back in 2005, a steady output of consistently excellent music has seen Innervisions become one of the leading purveyors of quality house and techno. The latest […]

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Releases

Recommended: Pangaea – Viaduct EP

While at the moment new labels seem to be popping up left, right, and centre, quite a few of them will undoubtedly be slipping through our pretty wide-cast musical net. Not Hadal, however. When one of the Hessle Audio boys announces something new, we here at the Truants mansion sit with our ears pricked and our headphones […]

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