The flux of tempo trends is one of the most fascinating narratives woven into the overarching chronology of dance music. At times steady and predictable, at other times erratic and unexpected, the constant push and pull between high and low BPM’s yields such microcosmic – and ultimately volatile – scenes as moombahton and juke. One […]

There’s been a recent surge in the blending of those fabled genres. That old chestnut eh? Whatchu call it – 2 step? Whatchu call it urban? No? Garage? Enough already. We generally dislike getting too caught up in categorising music, because it can so often become a neeky and reductionist route to analysing music. But […]

Boston’s finest unsung hero is back with his latest offering ‘Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme’. The criminally underrated Bostonian emcee wields an unrelenting flow that would rightly put a host of more commercially successful rappers to shame, no throwaway cliches or parvenu posturing, even a proclamation that boldly eschews the transient in favour of the essential akin […]

“Ripe Banana,” Bok Bok’s 2009 atomic bomb of a production, was a musical revelation for me – ever since I first heard the track it’s been difficult to talk about Bok Bok (aka Alex Sushon) without turning the conversation into a game of superlatives. He’s at the helm of one of today’s best labels (Night […]

3024 is one of those prolific labels that you could file under “needs no introduction.” But since we’re not in the business of condescension or alienation, let me speedily touch on all the important points. Straight from the label’s website, “3024 is a Rotterdam zip code, and also an independent record label founded in 2007 […]

Whenever I write a post about an artist I try and read as much about them as I can and listen to as much of their back catalogue as I can find. In this case, it just isn’t possible. Some 15 or 16 years ago, All City co-founder, Irish DJ Splyce was in New York […]

Out of the long list of upstart imprints to take the UK scene by storm last year, T. Williams and S.E.F.’s Deep Teknologi emerged as one of the most consistently rewarding and appealing. Boasting memorable releases from artists like JTRP, J. Bevin, and T. Williams himself, the label has secured a spot as one of […]

With the throngs of self-important, untalented DIY producers occupying the channels of music distribution these days, it’s really refreshing to hear music from promising new artists that actually back up their promotional claims. Such is the case with Fullfridge Music, a fledgling imprint out of Grenoble, France. They recently sent us the first releases from […]