Don’t you just love those grinding technoid tracks that sound like gurgling machines that are trying to somehow make contact with us inferior beings as we reach for the lasers on the dancefloor? Okay, so maybe that’s not the best way for me to start off my TRUANTS career, but I guess it’s a bit […]
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Kamau Baaqi, the skilled Dubai-based, Detroit-born and Berlin-elect producer, who’s better known under his nom de guerre Darling Farah, has released his EP Berline through Civil Music earlier today. This release holds two tracks by his own handcraft; the title-track and one sweet club mix to go with it. The original version sounds big, in […]
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Sunday’s Best Pt.I. German philosopher Albert Schweitzer once said, Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan. Albie, we feel you man. Sunday is the only day that somehow justifies all of our procrastinating, postponing and lazing around because of the simple excuse that we need […]
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There are many songs, which remind me of a distant past, now long gone. Certain words, drum kicks or, in this case, synthesized notions appeal to an inner sense in my creative genes. This notion – so it seems -, sends a direct signal to my mind. This signal permits my memory to search for, […]
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Artist: Bastions Title: Island Living EP Buy: Bastions Big Cartel Release date: September 20 Label: Tangled Talk Records/Holy Roar Records The Isle of Anglesey hides a dark secret in amongst it’s torrent of natural history and arable lands. A dark, sonic secret that renders you incapable of doing anything other than beating your chest red […]
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Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once said. To celebrate these words, and to offer you something to wash away your hangovers with, your dearest Truants will be teaming up every weekend to offer you some exquisite free downloads they stumbled upon during the course […]
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how special a place the world actually is. It’s funny, cause in our limited lives we often only operate within certain spheres, but we never get granted the experience to visit the whole world. Time’s too short for that; and the little time we are given, we spend […]
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Mr. Mirau was a man of the world, a kind soul and tolerant of all things. He had a gift, the gift of inspiration, a muse as it were. Legend has it he is over 100 years old, some say even older, like 500+ years old. Rumours have it he had a hand in creating […]
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I don’t know about y’all, but when I’m out traveling by the public transport system, I prefer take my hyperactive music levels down a notch as there’s a limit to the soundproofing quality my headphones can provide outside. I’m usually able to live past it, but as the wise prophet K. West once taught us, […]
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When I first heard the name Paul Kalkbrenner, there was no particular “wow-effect” that struck me. Rather on the contrary in fact. I’ve always found it strange to heard artists, especially in the electronic world, stick to their original name. It didn’t feel right. I found it rather unappealing. I remember that evening where I […]
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When we sit in an empty room embracing the silence, we focus on nothing but the silence. Once we leave this zone, we step into the grounds of busy streets, with cars and lights shimmering everywhere. The movement, the footsteps, engines and traffic all contribute to what I like to call “the noise of society”. […]
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Now, I’d like to think if one of my best mates hadn’t introduced me to liquid drum and bass, I would most likely not be typing away here and not be interested in the music I like today. No Brodinski, no Martyn, no Flying Lotus, no Boys Noize, no Justin Bieber. No to practically everything […]
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