Download: Pastels Paints Pictures with Sound
It’s no secret that we Truants love our woozy electronica, those trippy, melodic hazy sounds just do something to us. The latest EP on Two Tap Digital, from Shells, is a gem, a perfect example of this delectable sound. His label draws comparisons with Four Tet and The Album Leaf, and for once such comparisons […]
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Stream: Depth – Self Like Ocean
Londoner Depth is a captivating talent, coming across his soundcloud was one of those chance encounters that leave you feeling like you’ve listened to something rather brilliant. This ability to charge his productions with emotion and soul is for all to see in his magnificent “Self like Ocean” that you find all his well placed […]
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Review: Voltron are the Freshmen
You know it’s a good friday when Discobelle put out a record like this. Past-Truancy contributors and Silverback bosses Voltron‘s “Freshmen EP” just dropped, and it’s a bit special. Two originals, five remixes, it’s a cliché to say there’s something for everyone but ain’t that the truth. “Don’t Stop” and “Be For Real” are from […]
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Download: We Need This More Than Ever
As David Brent would say, a good idea is a good idea forever. This Jamie Grind remix of Hackman‘s “More Than Ever” first surfaced a little over a year ago, but Mr Grind has just been so kind as to give it away for free. Sounding as fresh as did when it first appeared, this […]
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Recommended: Submotion Orchestra – All Yours
“Jazz, it goes into my coffee in the morning and my wine in the evening,” was an epigraph I’ve lived by for a considerable amount of my life. All-jazz-everything, and a great amount of cheesy pop. The jazz votarient in me slowly started getting into dubstep after hearing Loefah’s Jungle Infiltrator 12″, which held “Jazz Lick” […]
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Download: Skratch Bastid’s Careless Whisper
For my second UGK-related mashup post in less than a fortnight i’m pleased to bring you this, the unlikely pairing of George Michael (who’s no doubt enjoying a resurgence in popularity due to his recent appearance on Twitter) with UGK and OutKast. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the “International Whisperer’s Anthem” (Skratch Bastid’s Sexy Sax […]
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Download: Mike Din Remixes
By now, every single semi-popular track beloved by the radio has a ton of remixes to its name, which usually includes an ocean of edits that belong in a club that even members of the Jersey Shore house would side-eye. As a result, entering the unknown realms of the likes of Rihanna, Gucci, Soulja remixes […]
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Stream: Ghostpoet – Survive It (Koreless Remix)
Ghostpoet is an artist who we follow closely at TRUANTS, from his EP to LP, from solo work to collabs, we’re captivated by the Coventry born and London based MC Obaro Ejimiwe. So when it popped up on twitter than Boiler Room had uploaded a remix of “Survive It” by the brilliant Glaswegian Koreless to Soundcloud, we were […]
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Sunday’s Best Pt. XV
We might have been in bed all day every Sunday since the launch of Truancy Compilation One, but Grown Folk who brought us the introduction to our compilation (“Steady Moving” – ‘jewelry, chrome and stones’) haven’t. Neither did LOL Boys, who teamed up with Teki for our release. LOL Boys released a scroled up video […]
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Download: Benjamin Flocka
Flockaveli blessed us this week with a pretty big mixtape of crunk and trap music. I’m assuming the title, “Benjamin Flocka” is a money reference and not some strange Benjamin Button, young nigga reference. I’m always grateful for new Flocka but a number of these tracks have been around for awhile. Some without dj drops (exception […]
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Stream: John Talabot – Families (ft. Glasser)
As of late it’s becoming apparent that Spaniard John Talabot‘s quality will probably never drop, as he’s just that consistent. House is taken to its highest levels when he’s at the helm. Recently he transformed Teengirl Fantasy’s “Cheaters” as a vocal refix on Hivern Discs’ latest release, remoulding it as a wonderful old school styled […]
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 […]
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