Photo by Ryan Walter Wagner Babe Rainbow, aka Cameron Reed, the man behind one of our favourite EPs of the year in the form of “Endless Path“, has been drip-feeding us with mind-bending music over the last few summers. We caught up with the Vancouver native and Warp artist when he was in Dublin playing […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 36: Darling Farah
“I make music as Darling Farah, I’m from Detroit, and I make electronic music,” are Kamau Baaqi’s first words of introduction. The young producer released a triplet of releases on Civil Music last year, the most recent one being his “Division EP“, and you might also remember his track “Varsity” from our compilation that came […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 35: Tessela
When we first came across the sounds of the twenty-two year old West County based producer Tessela in the form of his All City released debut “Slugger” EP in June, it was immediately evident that it was going to be one of those releases that’s in it for the long haul, losing none of its […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 34: Riffs
“Don’t leave your girl ‘round me, heartbreaker for life.” Murs’ vocal chops over the still unreleased track “Don’t Leave Ur Girl Round Me” remain chiming in our ears almost over half a year after we were first introduced to the Bristol newcomer we’ve come to know as Abiel Bailie, better known as Riffs. Combined with […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 33: Helix
Straight lean, Helix, patron. There are a lot of planetary and mathematical puns one can apply to Georgia-based producer Beau Thigpen, known under his moniker Helix. Such as, no wonder he likes loops, or, his tracks are like smooth space curves, or, something about how many parsecs he’s away from Berlin. “I mean, I’m Helix?” is […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 24: One Hundred And One
We here at Truants have an exciting weekend ahead of us, as we’re looking forward to co-hosting the upcoming mid-summer edition of the incredible Amsterdam-based clubnight Audio Culture this Friday in the Club Up! For the line-up, we’ve invited over two artists whose output we’ve continuously loved to extremes over time and that have contributed […]
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Mixes: Truancy Volume Trinity
As we’re reaching the landmark of bringing you over thirty Truancy Volumes we thought it would only be fitting to make it a 3 volume extravaganza, bringing you some of the finest mixes to date! For the 30th it could only be one name for us, none other than the incredible Grown Folk, who also featured […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 29: Panteros666
With 16 tracks in 35 frenetic minutes, Panteros666 (fka Kamel Toe) has killed it on this latest Truancy Volume. Within little more than half an hour this crazy moustached Frenchman has encapsulated the crazy noisy amazing exciting sounds coming out of his homeland (and beyond) right now. Focusing on his own tracks and some from […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 28: Guy Andrews
For our twenty-eigth installment of the Truancy Volumes series, we are proud to have the Brighton based Guy Andrews in the mix, a producer who seems to have mastered the craft of filling the spaces in between his mesmerizing beat patterns with a soulful type of ambience, that stay embedded with your emotions for the […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 27: Wildlife!
Our next Truancy Volume comes from Swiss producer WILDLIFE! whose ability on effortlessly mixing and combining dancehall and electronic music has garnered him huge support from the likes of Diplo, Sinden and L-Vis 1990 to many other musical connoisseurs. Having founded the now revered dancehall soundsystem Gold Rush International at the tender age of 19, […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 26: Broke One
Indulge me a moment if you will, and imagine the group photo of the Nu Skool Class of 2011 – the sparky young upstarts pushing through and poised to shake things up, the aural equivalent of a sharp slap round the face and a Red Bull shoved hastily down our necks. There he is, front […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 25: John Roman
After last weeks venture the Truancy volumes roll onto numero 25 and this time we’re proud to present a mix all the way from Canada. They’ve brought us Bieber, Egyptrixx, Drake, Neoteric, Jacques Greene, Milt Mortez and the beautiful Robin from How I Met Your Mother (small crush) but today steps up the enigmatic John […]
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