Stream: Shakarchi & Stranéus Bring the Summer
Oh my, it may be the sunstroke I’m experiencing from this sudden burst of summer we are having in Britain or it could just because this is one of the finest records I’ve come across in a long time. The pianos! Oh the pianos! This gem was released by Studio Barnhus in January of all […]
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Download: IL – Apollo1ne3thee
Came across this guy working under the name IL yesterday and it took me quite a while to find any information about the guy. All I know is that he hails from Illinois and this 17 track EP on Error Broadcast is his debut release. No idea how long it’s been in the making, but […]
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Stream: Pional’s Lovecrimes
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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Stream: Laberge’s Latest Diamond
For the last few years Canadian wunder-kid Laberge (is he even a kid any more?) has been putting out blissed-out disco tunes that seem to evoke an imagined perfect summer. If that sounds clichéd, well go and listen to him. He’s got a huge amount of stuff on his Soundcloud, much of it free to […]
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Traunts Present: Dat Nolla Promo Mix
(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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Sunday’s Best Pt. XIII
It’s Sunday, literally on the verge of Monday, but we weren’t going to to miss out on another Sunday’s Best! Here is the 13th edition consisting another collection of tracks that have been tickling our fancy the last week, starting off with the wonderful New York based Deniz Kurtel. Wolf & Lamb affiliate and lady of […]
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Review: Outboxx – Kate Libby’s/Bertie’s Groove
I think we can all unanimously agree that good music is in abundance at this moment in time. The dumbfound selection of debuts coming out is staggering and they all seem to be astonishingly great. Glaswegian Koreless recently proved how much hype a first release can bring and I’d like to imagine Outboxx will reach similar […]
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Download: Big K.R.I.T. – Returnof4Eva
I wasn’t a huge fan of Big K.R.I.T’s first lp, “Krit Wuz Here“. Just being honest. Krit is talented and his production was doing him a lot of favors but I wasn’t drinking the kool-aid like some folks. “Hometown Hero” was the real standout track off that first album, even if that Adele song has […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 26: Broke One
Indulge me a moment if you will, and imagine the group photo of the Nu Skool Class of 2011 – the sparky young upstarts pushing through and poised to shake things up, the aural equivalent of a sharp slap round the face and a Red Bull shoved hastily down our necks. There he is, front […]
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Recommended: Frank Ocean – Novocane / The Weeknd – Wicked Games
The last few weeks have been fantastic. The mixtape “Nostalgia, ULTRA” by the OFWGKTA delegate Frank Ocean dropped, which was shortly followed by Toronto-bound singer The Weeknd‘s mixtape “House Of Balloons”. Although Frank Ocean’s relation to Odd Future may not lead to believe the following, both records are extremely soothing and unique debuts with incredibly tight productions, filled with […]
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Truancy Compilation One
Truancy Compilation One features fourteen tracks from a mixture of both upcoming and established artists based from all corners of the world, something we consider to be an important and essential venture with our first release as it embodies our ethos on music as a blog, having talked and written about DJs and producers from […]
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Interview: Bok Bok
Bok Bok the proficient DJ, designer and producer, as well as the co-founder of Night Slugs, is currently locked up in his studio finishing the first release that he’ll put out through his own imprint himself. We caught up with him to ask how that’s going, talk the past and the present of the label as well […]
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