Downloads, Interviews

Interview: FunkinEven

Armed with a studio of vintage gear, FunkinEven’s productions have yielded music that acknowledges a long linage of funk and hip-hop, but is not captive to it. His music runs along the same timeline as his predecessors and influences such as Warren Harris aka Hanna and Big Daddy Kane. He regularly collaborates with the Swedish […]

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Recommended: Hav Lyfe – Hav Lyfe LP

“Ain’t no fuck around mix blog.” Sonic Router has come a long way since its inception four years ago. Last year they took the bold but logical step of releasing records, physical artifacts in an increasingly digital world. First came the delectably languid and gloopy “Torus” EP, which was released on a limited run of […]

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Recommended: Skirt – Bitten By The Black Dog EP

Since 2010, the Birmingham based Texan known as Skirt has found a home for her abstract techno constructs on the Horizontal Ground label. In what might be considered as an unusual pairing due to Horizontal Ground’s focus on the foundational sounds of techno, Skirt has released three records on the label each exploring meditative and vault-like synthesis. […]

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Downloads, Releases, Sunday's Best

Monday’s Best Pt. XXVI

For the last few years Wolf Music has been a safe haven for modern house music with one leg in the present the other in the early nineties. Even though there’s a general conscientious that organ chords and MK-styled vocals hit critical mass last year there’s still room for those who earnestly love that era […]

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Recommended: Kingdom – VIP Edition EP

Ever since Kingdom’s inclusion in the Night Slugs empire, the Brooklyn-based badman has been at his best while imprinting the signature UK label’s aesthetic on insular/regional North American club sounds. Just a few years ago, hyperactive scenes in Newark, Baltimore and Harlem were all but completely unknown to the general music listening public, but in […]

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Chronicles, Releases

Three-Peat Vol. XIX: Rich Boy, Mike WiLL Made It & Gunplay

Three-Peat is our feature spanning genres and labels to bring you three select releases from the past – whether the past month or the past year – that still deserve your attention. 1. Mike Will Made It – Est. In 1989 Part 2.5 Atlanta’s Mike WiLL Made It, the producer behind “No Lie” and “Turn On The Lights,” […]

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Downloads, Interviews

Interview: Xhin

It is not often that the relationship between an artist and its label feels quite as organic as Stroboscopic Artefacts and its Singaporean delegate Xhin have established for themselves. The Berlin-based label, led by its founder Lucy, have continuously exhibited sounds that are motivated by a self-proclaimed curiosity of a scientist and manage to challenge accustomed […]

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Recommended: Jacques Renault – Back To You

There are a lot of reasons we like Jacques Renault – first off, he shares his name with a particularly insidious “Twin Peaks” character. He’s also responsible for some of our favourite remixes from the past few years, most notably his anthemic take on Midnight Magic’s “Beam Me Up” and the haunting revision of CFCF’s […]

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Review: Nosaj Thing – Home LP

It’s been about three and a half years since Jason Chung, better known as Nosaj Thing, unleashed his debut album “Drift” onto the world. Hailing from leftfield beat capital of the USA, Los Angeles, Chung initially made a name for himself through his self-released “Views / Octopus EP”, which saw him toying with glitch sounds, […]

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Chronicles, Downloads

Chronicles: Young Scooter – Street Lottery

The new tape from Black Migo leader / Freeband member is here and it’s fantastic. Young Scooter manages to establish a compelling persona across almost all of “Street Lottery’s” tracks, skillfully maneuvering between winning drug king and flawed, hurt hustler with an understated musicality. The production, especially that from longtime trap genius Zaytoven is outstanding and an overwhelming testament […]

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Recommended: Hivern Edits #2

While John Talabot has seen a ton of love in 2012 thanks to his debut album, his hometown label Hivern Discs has managed to stay mostly in the shadows. The Barcelona-based label has spent the past five years carving out a niche for itself in the electronic music world that has been, up till now, relatively devoid of Spanish […]

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