Releases

Recommended: Primitive World – Danceteria EP

Despite the title, the “Danceteria EP” is a record you likely wouldn’t have heard at the legendary New York night club, a bastion of both New and No Wave. However, Primitive World’s debut 12-inch possesses many off-kilter sensibilities that its regulars would have appreciated. This slab of vinyl arrives via Black Acre, the most recent […]

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Recommended: DIVA – NK38 EP

For all the labels that shroud themselves in secrecy nowadays, none of them seem to keep themselves off the map quite as well as New Kanada Recordings. The label has put out nearly 40 releases over the past six years, but trying to find much more information than that is nearly impossible. Each release posted […]

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Review: Kevin McPhee – In Circles

2011 proved to be Kevin McPhee’s breakout year and branded him as one of Canada’s new school house poster boys. Up until now he had the tendency to take the core elements of house music, throw them in a slow dysfunctional blender and sprinkle distant bleeps & edgy bass tones on top. Out of the […]

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Review: Dro Carey feat. Merky Ace – N.R.

Sydney-based Templar Sound might be located on the opposite side of the world to Bow E3, but a new white label series is set to place the label at the forefront of a slew of new movements in the grime scene. Tenaciously committed to the unbeatable 2003-2005 era, labelhead Aidan Bennison is embarking on a […]

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Recommended: Throwing Snow – Aspera EP

London-based artist, label boss and general man-about-music Throwing Snow has been busy this year, from the further development of his left_blank label to the establishing of new label Snowfall. “Clamor”, the label’s inaugural release, was a delightfully chaotic affair, and the label’s second offering, his own “Aspera”, is just as exciting. Jumping to life with […]

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Recommended: Leeon – A New Chapter EP

We could make you an extensive list with things we love that come from the land o’ the leal, but to keep it brief we’ll disclose that the Glasgow based label Seventh Sign Recordings would be on top of that list. In their ten years of existence the label, founded by Sub Club’s Domenic Cappello […]

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Review: Gerry Read – Jummy LP

Much of the talk surrounding the release of 20-year-old Suffolk-native Gerry Read’s debut album “Jummy” (out now on Fourth Wave) has revolved around what he has said in interviews and/or the relative lack of interviews he’s submitted to. Since the “Patterns EP” arrived in late 2010, he’s been called the UK house version of (the […]

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Recommended: Moody – Why Do U Feel EP

Where to start with this one? First, we’re sorry we didn’t post it sooner – the timing of its summer release so perfectly suits what’s found within. Under his Moody guise, Kenny Dixon Jr has crafted a trio of songs for late afternoons with warm breezes, though as the seasons change we’re just as happy to […]

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Recommended: Andrés – Second Time Around

Since the winter chill has descended upon us, we’ve been searching for the right thing to warm us up. Sometimes that warmth comes in the form of a hot cup of cocoa and crackling fire, other times it’s hi-hats and string samples. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, you’ve probably […]

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Chronicles, Downloads, Releases

Chronicles: Real Trap Shit!

Over the last ten years, trap music has been leading a life of its own within rap circles: though the developments in production and rap style have seen a lot of changes over time, the genre is still making headway and remains fortifying, all while rejecting the idea of being bound to just one era […]

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Recommended: Lucy – Finnegan EP

To say Stroboscopic Artefacts boss Lucy has had a pretty good couple of years is an understatement. His debut album “Wordplay for Working Bees”, was one of the strongest techno full-lengths of 2011, with its broad spectrum of moods and styles and impeccable sound design, and a subsequent EP, “The Banality of Evil”, was a […]

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Three-Peat Vol. VII: Deeply Rooted House

Three-Peat is our feature spanning genres and labels to bring you three select releases from the past – whether the past month or the past year – that still deserve your attention. For this edition, we’ve chosen three releases out of many that we’ve loved from the past and the present of DJ Deep’s label Deeply Rooted House. […]

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