Stopmakingme is really living the life right now – he must be, otherwise I can’t explain how he keeps churning out impeccable tracks, remixes and mixes. On the back of his Wrapped In Plastic release for Kill Em All last year, his scat-heavy remix of Hercules and Love Affair and his genre-gliding, inspirational Dollars to […]
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After a 11 year hiatus from R&S Records the ‘godfather of techno’ Juan Atkins returned along with Mark Taylor, DJ Skurge and Mike Banks for a ‘comeback’ EP last year under the infamous moniker Model 500. Having been out of the game for song, you could say that bars were set pretty dam high. So […]
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Try finding good music on Sunday. We’ve already posted one remix of Lykke Li’s “I Follow Rivers” by Tyler, The Creator here on Truants, but earlier this week Stephen Fasano a.k.a. The Magician, formerly of Aeroplane, gave away his version as a Valentine’s gift and took it in a completely unique path, creating an upbeat jam […]
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If there’s two artists that I would never have linked up in my mind it would be The Beach Boys and Jay Dee, but somehow Bullion proved that seemingly mismatched names can work out into a perfectly balanced sound. It’s been a couple of years since Pet Sounds: In The Key of Dee was released on […]
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Before I get into this – does anyone else think that Canblaster looks like Paul Dano? Seriously though. Dude has been on some futuristic ’ish for some time now. He’s just put out the Master of Complication EP on Nightshifters, and if you ever imagined what would happen if he took all the different ideas […]
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With Ill Blu’s debut release on Hyperdub being one of the most anticipated releases on their label last year it’s no wonder their follow up has garnered a rightfully earned amount of hype. With remixes for Cheryl Cole, Shystie, Hot Chip, Roll Deep, production work for Princess Nyah and being one of the forefathers of […]
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Now we here at TRUANTS are major fans of Super Recordings having mentioned and posted about their releases on a number of occasions so it’s always a pleasure to find emails from them in my inbox. The 4th release on their label comes as a debut from London producer Photomachine whom you may have previously […]
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It’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow, and we’ve got our hands on a fairly appropriate track to kick off Sunday’s Best with. No depressed Drizzies doing their “Fall For Your Type” thing that is, or lascivious Robin Thickes singing about sex therapy. Although I am tempted to turn this into a collection of cheesy R&B tracks, we […]
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The first time I heard of The Dirtbombs was when I was making a film in my final year of university. Ironically, despite four years of Film Studies, the only film I directed myself was for a course in the Drama department. The film was a non-linear narrative which in short was about a guy […]
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With S-X’s Woo Riddim and Spooky’s Spartan showing that Grime Instrumentals are as strong as ever at the moment it’s great to see a flourish of new producers breaking through. Step up a new release from the Oil Gang crew who drop a range of four different grime instrumentals from the likes of Darq E […]
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Sorry for the slight decrease in posts lately but sorting out university applications and graphic portfolio’s has seriously damaged my tired soul and made me incapable of doing anything else the last week. I also cut my finger on some glass. I almost died no joke (yes joke). Amidst all of this commotion in my […]
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With Ice Cube they ain’t no telling. He might have one cocked and loaded, ready to bust. We might do the Sunday’s Best. Then let’s do the Sunday’s Best. The first tune is an edit by Kingdom of Jim Jones’ “Cinderella“. Jim Jones (not that one) was the is one of the creators of The Diplomats, […]
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