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 […]

When I realised the first thing I would be writing about after holding sloths and being washed naked in rivers by old tribal ladies, since coming back from Colombia would be something from Saigon Recordings, I chuckled to myself profoundly. This may just be a joke between me and my brother but over the month we […]

Even without knowing it, I came across Vessel‘s work last year. Under the name Baba Yaga, alongside Kähn, the hypnotic grooves of Effigy featured on the sixth A Future Without sampler. That label is run by Ross Tones, aka Throwing Snow, and now he, together with John Connon, has started a new label called Left_Blank. […]

A couple of days ago I spent more time than I really should have staring into space, compiling a detailed mental list (indeed like a mentalist) of my favourite tracks of 2011 thus far for no good reason other than to appease the manic list-fetishist deep within me. This is merely an off-shoot from my […]