So what, you though May had given it all you had to offer? Think again. Just when you were about to toss May aside like a rinsed can of Rubicon Mango, this absolute dream of a mix pops up, offered to us by the excellent bilinguals over at Playground Magazine. Of course, being Truants we’re […]
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“I would say a lot of my inspirations comes from walking around London at certain times of the day and night” stated London based producer Toby Ridler, otherwise known as Becoming Real in an interview back in 2010. From his debut outing on Tough Love in 2009 to his most recent release, it’s almost a given […]
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It seems like we can’t get enough of all things Japan these days, and who can blame us? Submerse is the 23 years old Rob Orme, a producer from Tokyo via Cheshire, and he’s making waves all over the place. Prolific as well as globe-trotting, he’s the man behind a slew of dextrously produced EPs. […]
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Up until now Gold Panda reserved his label, Notown, for his own releases, that’s finally changed with the release of Luke Abbott’s “Modern Driveway”. The entire record is on some extremely late night business, as in catching the subway at 5AM while asking yourself why you stayed out so late with work in three hours. […]
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Another week, another Irish producer making bleepy, buzzy electronica. Following in the footsteps of acts like Faws and Orquestra, KaraKara has caught our attention with his third release, the knowingly titled “Yet Another EP”. His track titles alone attract your attention – previous EPs “I Can’t Use Decks” and “My Laptop Just Broke” include such numbers […]
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Last year Fatima Al Qadiri simply blew us away with her Genre Specific Experience EP on UNO NYC. Five tracks that defied expectation and offered a truly unique listening experience, it was one of our favourite releases in a year of exceptional music. When UNO announced a remix EP, to say we were excited was […]
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Eager fans of Eliphino have seen numerous vastly different reincarnations of the London-based musician come to life as he’s steadily explored entirely different corners of sound over the years. It’s safe to say that he’s been efficacious in pursuing all of his deviating musical endeavours. While many saw the whirlwind of support for his 2011 effort […]
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Three-Peat is our feature spanning genres and labels to bring you three select releases from the past that still deserve your attention. 1. Felix Lenferink – Bouree (Fourth Wave) Felix Lenferink is a name that you may not be familiar with yet, but his remarkably strong debut on tastemaking imprint Fourth Wave will make him a name […]
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Guy Andrews, Brighton-based producer, Truancy Volume contributor and generally funny guy has had a pretty good twelve months. Following on from “Your Notion” and “Textures”/”Shades” last year, his releases for Discobelle and Hemlock respectively, not to mention appearances on Resident Advisor podcasts and any other number of popular online mix series, he’s been courted by […]
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Aside from skimpy clothes, day drinking, and road trips to the beach, summer is the much anticipated season of music festivals. It’s also the season of the anthem, as producers gear up for extensive touring and playing for hundreds of thousands of eager fans. And even though we still have to make it through another […]
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The name I:Cube might ring a bell with some of you from a remix of his track “Disco Cubizm” by a certain pair of French robots, used in their famous Essential Mix way back in 1997. Don’t get it twisted, dude has been grinding ever since with four albums, a remix collection and a shedload […]
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It’s been a little over a year since we’ve heard anything from Protect-U, but after having a few listens to their new “Motorbike EP” on Planet Mu we’ve concluded that it was worth the wait. The duo is made up of Mike Petillo aka Mondo, who is also one half of Future Times, and Aaron […]
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