Truants

Truancy Volume 98: Beneath

Another mad one for you: Truancy Volume 98 comes courtesy of Beneath. The depth and weight of Beneath’s output – initially released on his own white label No Symbols – always has us queuing up for more damage, and he’s found himself in the position of truly being a favourite of critics and punters alike. His […]

Chronicles, Releases

Chronicles: Kit – Lownt God Rising

Chicago upstart (how many times have we heard that since 2012?) Kit is something of an anomaly. At some point along the lengthy, recreating spectrum of hip-hop and R&B the Midwest provides us with year after year (and which enthusiasts avow to pick apart), Kit is situated at a very liminal position, owing his artistic […]

Releases

Premiere: Moist Ghost / The Range – Call Me Up / Over You

If you can pry yourself away from the World Cup on TV tonight (as I write this Arjen Robben actually just scored to take the Netherlands 2-1 up against Spain so we understand if you can’t) we’ve got something interesting for you. Tuff Wax, the Aberdeen/ Brighton based label, are back on the scene and […]

FOTN, Interviews, Various

Functions Of The Now VIII: SPF666

After revisiting Berlin to talk to M.E.S.H. in our last edition we move to Portland to meet another producer at the centre of an exciting party collective: SPF666. Together with friends Commune and Massacooramaan, Zak SPF666 runs Club Chemtrail, a party dedicated to the hybridised, angular dance music styles we’ve been following throughout this series. Previous […]

Releases, Various

Recommended: Kid Smpl – Silo Tear

Returning in a slightly disparate but no doubt fine form is Joey Butler, better known to us as atmospheric proficient Kid Smpl; this time on the label that he helped inaugurate. A Truancy Volume alum himself, Butler spoke of his sound as “super introspective” and “isolated,” at the time of our interview with him back in 2012 […]

Downloads

Download: Music For Your Plants – Paramilitary (Arkitect Remix)

We’ve got a bit of a special treat for you here today, Arkitect’s massive remix of “Paramilitary” from Music For Your Plants’ Humanity EP. Music For Your Plants are a new lifestyle option for lifted souls, we have spoken about them before. Arkitect is one of the brains behind Private Selection, a label that launched […]

Truancy Volumes

Truancy Volume 97: Pariah

When we say Pariah is one of our most favoured producers ever, we mean it; the quality of his output has always been unwavering. Needless to say, it has been a delight following him since his first release on R&S Records a couple of years ago. After his early interest in hardcore music and the […]

Releases, Seven Plays, Various

Seven Plays IV

For Seven Plays, each week one of our contributors will keep a personal music diary for seven days, then hands the feature over to another Truant at the end of the week. The idea is to keep sharing great music with our readers, but with a more individual touch than our more objective posts and […]

Interviews, Various

Interview: Russo

We have a series of firsts here. Next month audiovisual artist Ari Russo, who records expansive electronic music under his last name, will release the first record on Luke Wyatt’s Valcrond Video imprint not by the label boss himself. In another first Truants caught up with Russo for his first interview to coincide with this […]

Releases

Review: Sd Laika – That’s Harakiri

Sd Laika’s reemergence is a compelling and emphatic one, but it might not really be a return so to speak. Comprising of unreleased material created before conception of the album itself, That’s Harakiri is only the second release of Peter Runge, who’d first surfaced as Sd Laika with the Unknown Vectors EP for Visionist’s Lost […]

Chronicles, Various

Chronicles: Spring Fever

Spring is a great time of the year for hip-hop. It’s that time of the year when rappers start pumping out tracks to fuel your parties and act as your means of celebration. Summer albums are being revved up, singles are dropped like it’s nothing, and the internet waits to see which songs gain momentum […]