“Who is Riffs and where did he come from?” are questions I’ve heard often these days, and to tell you the truth – I don’t know too much about this 22 y.o. producer from Bristol myself. Stumbling upon him during one of my many intriguing digital explorations for new sounds, I had a heightened “mind blown” moment when […]
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More Frank Ocean related SWAG here, but this time the spotlight falls on a trusty favourite of many a truant, Pional. A man whose productions have me swooning with excitement for summer to hear his jams in all their sunshine basked glory. Part of the Hivern Discs stable along side other Spanish talents such as […]
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(Click image to enlarge.) $in & Soraya – Dat Nolla Promo Mix by $in & Soraya Jeeze. Truants don’t just write. We also like to play out the tracks we talk about in different duo’s, because we’re based in different countries. Our Dutch delegation, $in & Soraya, have been booked to play Femme En […]
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Since James Blake first release came out through Hemlock Recordings, everything he touched turned into astatine. A gift many including King Midas envy, and a given that makes me wonder if he will ever do anything less than mind-blowing. Appearing on BBC1 yesterday night, some interesting Blake brass tacks surfaced, such as the peak of his […]
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Children rolling around supermarkets and shopping precincts on wheeled shoes, Vinnie Jones’ successful foray into Hollywood, World War I and the rise of the Internet can all be tagged in one vast, flippant sweep under the modern philosophical Theory of Black Swan Events – ie. The event is a surprise (to the observer) and has a […]
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House. Dubstep. Drum & Bass. Disco. Nu-Disco. Nu-Rave. Future Garage. Folkstep. French Electro-swing, Slovakian Hardstyle, Gypsy House, Crabcore and Post-apocalyptic BBQ Drumstep are but a smattering of often mind-bending categories plucked from today’s dance music genre tombola. ‘Belgian Disco’ doesn’t seem quite as specialised or exotic when stacked up against that rowdy lot, but underestimate […]
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The first thing I had ever encountered by Montreal-#based brainchild Lunice was a Everyday I’m Hustlin’ meets Final Fantasy 7’s victory anthem mashup on YouTube that I still can’t get tired of to this day. As if that Rick Ross = Barrett Wallace link wasn’t genius enough to keep me hooked, Lunice keeps the standards […]
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Last week, the good people over at Federation already took over our playlists by dropping Natalie Storm’s long awaited Songs 2 Fuck And Fight 2 mixtape. Before anyone even had the time to recover from its aftershocks, they’ve hit us hard again by getting at us through their latest weekly podcast with a brand new […]
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We’ve gotta hand it to Drizzy and his crew for tipping us off on some fresh Canadian musical blood that’s proving to be the best thing to reach our speakers this week. Hailing from Toronto, The Weekend is made up of Jeremy Rose and Abel Tesfaye, a young musical act that seems to be rather […]
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I rambled on about Drop Out Orchestra in a TRUANTS article a couple of months ago, in which they airlifted Rick Astley from the depths of naffdom and took him out for a sunset spin round downtown Coolsville with their slick, sexed-up re-imagining of ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, lovingly re-recorded in full aural splendour […]
Read moreWhen it comes to our Truancy Volumes we mean serious business and our entry into the twenties comes from a Swedish producer who’s managed to easily tackle the production barrier of releasing quality AND quantity this year with an extensive remix list for the likes of artists such as Brodinski, Para One, Djedjotronic, Miike Snow, […]
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After being offline for a little while, Belgian label Monkey See Monkey Do records surprised me with a nice little promo by US-based producer Wolfie. His latest, Moretto EP, is in my opinion very well produced and has a nice bossa-ish groove while maintaining the tech-house feel. The EP features remixes from labelowner Bongo, Hector […]
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