Functions Of The Now XVI: Rushmore
Functions Of The Now is a mix series charting modern developments at the innovative edges of dance music. Originally conceived in 2013 to shine a light on the once-again fertile grime production scene and its influence, the remit of the series quickly widened to incorporate all manner of interesting manipulations of existing club modes. Whether […]
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Premiere: Dan Beaumont – Spirit Talkin’ (Patrik Sjeren Remix)
Time management may well be a particular skill that London-based Dan Beaumont has successfully grasped and mastered over the years. As well as being the mind behind setting up clubs Dance Tunnel and Dalston Superstore – two of East’s most ventured nightclubs – he’s found time in the last year to focus on Chapter 10, a […]
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Premiere: Jack Sheen – Jupiter/Saturn
To many, classical and club music inhabit completely different worlds. For Jack Sheen, however, he brings influences from both in his own work. A recent transplant to London from Manchester, Jack is a classically-trained composer and conductor who has worked alongside the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra among others, […]
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Truancy Volume 128: Damon Bell
Based in Oakland, Damon Bell‘s sets of of nu jazz, 80’s boogie, Brazilian bossa and afro-beat has made him a much revered DJ in the state of California, holding down famed residencies at places such as Supper Club, Green Circle Bar and Bar Dynamite. Forming his still long-standing relationship with Deepblak in 2009 with his […]
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Functions Of The Now XV: E.M.M.A.
For the fifteenth edition of Functions Of The Now we’re extremely pleased to present a long time Truants favourite E.M.M.A. The world’s first introduction to E.M.M.A. came via clubnight-turned-label Wavey Tones’s inaugural release Rainbow Dust Part II, featuring the exceptional grime-gone-funky banger “Dream Phone”, but 2013 was the year her musical identity solidified. Appearing as part […]
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Truancy Volume 127: Samrai & Platt
If you’ve been reading Truants closely over the past couple of years, you’ll know we’ve sung Manchester-based collective Swing Ting’s praises on a number of occasions. Originally formed as a radio show, Swing Ting now manifests itself as a clubnight and a record label, championing their own productions within UK club and soundsystem culture. The […]
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Chronicles: Retch – Finesse The World
We usually shutter to ascertain authenticity in music, but Retch’s rap is such that his ability to seamlessly integrate his incriminating extra-curriculars into it makes it most tantalizing as a square outsider looking in. Among the preeminent rappers actively occupying the classically-oriented street narrative stratum, like the more popular Roc Marciano, Black Milk, and Meyhem Lauren, […]
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Premiere: Deep Space Orchestra – Let’s Save (Lord Of The Isles Remix)
Whilst quality over quantity usually reigns supreme, at the end of the day, what’s wrong with doing both? Putting out ten records in the space of one year in 2011, Deep Space Orchestra found themselves in the fortunate position of sitting on a large amount of built up unreleased music, with a variety of label owners […]
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Truancy Volume 126: Jack Murphy
Jack Murphy’s interest and love for music takes on a number of expressions: as a producer under his own name; as a meticulous chronicler of mixes and musical obscurities that has lead many to lovingly refer to him as The Techno Detective; and as a curator in the form of several excellent mixes. At Truants […]
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Functions Of The Now XIV: DJ NJ DRONE
DJ NJ Drone has been occupying precarious borderspace for some time, tip-toeing around genre in his production of frantic, hi-speed abstractions. Overdriven, overloaded, NJ Drone is like déjà vu, an anomaly simultaneously familiar and distant. Travelling through his ‘mind club’ at 150+ bpm gives the sense of breaking through space-time, of continuous momentum accompanied by […]
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Truancy Volume 125: Neil Landstrumm
With more than two decades of releasing and producing music under his belt, Neil Landstrumm’s long-term appeal has been a well documented one. Preferring to be an outsider and on the fringes of many scenes rather than directly in the centre of one, his unpredictability within techno and the broader fields of electronic music has […]
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Recommended: De Leon – /\\08
In an interview with French site Hartzine, the body behind the excellent US tape label Aught said: “This series of tapes is finite, one will soon be able to deduce the remainder of our release schedule for the time being.” Looking at its releases now it appears that that finite number is 10, with the second […]
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