To represent our attitude going into the last quarter of the year we’ve chosen the brutal yet tender stylings of the latest ItaloJohnson mix. As a trio they’ve already proven that they see eye-to-eye with the dance floor, just have a listen to their last 10-inch “ItaloJohnson 05”. It’s slice of pure & stripped back […]
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We’re leaving our beloved Truancy chateau for a few weeks as the sun is out and we have festivities on dwarf planets, pittoresque cities and seasides to attend as well as a lot of mixtapes to catch up on. However, we’ll share our 50th Truancy Volume with you soon (TBA) as well as a lengthy conversation […]
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Elgato, a name which we hope is a portmanteau of the Spanish word el gato, has not released a lot of music, but what we have heard has certainly piqued our interest. This should not surprise anyone familiar with his work: he makes very good and very interesting music. So far, Elgato has only released […]
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“Drink in spectacular canyon vistas. Watch elk, deer, bighorn sheep and ranchers at work in this rugged habitat. Enjoy the relaxed pace of a free-flowing river with few rapids, stunning scenery, interesting geology and rich natural history.” This is a mere sample of Oni Ayhun‘s lengthy description of the track we’ve chosen as our latest […]
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Courtship, Patric Fallon’s playful side-project for writing sluggish, lo-fi pop music, has been unusually silent over the last six months and in a digital world where people move from project to project at an unholy rate this may have led some to believe it had reached its end. Thankfully this is not true, Fallon is planning to give […]
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“Sunday my off day, I ball all day, smoke all day and then stuntin’, all the Truants boys and girls gotta get up off the corner” – Gucci Mane. Another rest day and another couple of musical affairs we’d like to open to your view and hearing. How to simply describe the artist behind the first […]
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This new Mickey Pearce is giving us feelings. Serious feelings. Mainly the kind that give you night terrors, that you’re not too keen on sharing with your therapist because there must be a limit to how much they can stomach. Both “Softly Softly” and “Tempted” are frankly terrifying. The Artist formerly Known As Shortstuff has […]
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We’ve decided that we want to die and be reincarnated as this song, but we’ve listened to it so many times that we’ve probably imparted a good portion of our souls into it already. We’re not particularly interested in the Pet Shop Boys – who is? – but we’ve got a lot of time for […]
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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. Octo Octa – Oh Love The past year has certainly been a good one for Brooklyn’s Michael Morrison, aka 100% Silk mainstay Octo Octa. A largely unknown producer prior to the release of […]
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Some not-so-underground hip hop for the latest installment of One on One. “Center of Attention” was originally the title track on InI‘s “Center of Attention” album, recorded back in 1995. For the uninitiated, InI were a hip hop collective composed of Rob-O, Grap Luva, I Love H.I.M., Marco Polo, and Boodakhan. Most of those names faded […]
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Awkwardly named experimental rock duo 2kilos &more is made up of Hugues Villette and Séverine Krouch hailing from Paris, France. The band published their third full-length album “kurz vor5” via Audiophob just recently, following “entre3villes” on Optical Sound and the excellent debut “8floors lower” through Jeans Records. 2kilos &more combine trippy drum machine wizardry with hypnotic […]
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A seamless mélange of new and old that can be offered up by more well-versed DJs is a skill only accrued through years of dedication to their craft. We’re lucky to currently have so many DJs that are ready and able to share with us their favourite selections from the musical era that keeps on […]
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