Truancy Volume 60: Bookworms
When a debut release finds its way into almost every year-end list, it’s hard to not take a little notice of Brooklyn-based producer Bookworms. Having been taken under the wing of Ron Morelli and the L.I.E.S Records crew since his move from San Francisco to the Big Apple around a year ago, the young producer made […]
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Three-Peat Vol. VIII: Haleek Maul, Call Super & Bloom
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. Haleek Maul – Oxyconteen Haleek Maul‘s debut EP, “Oxyconteen”, strikes a wonderful balance between the weed-smoke fogginess of so-called “cloud rap” and genuine, bleak […]
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Chronicles: Chief Keef – Finally Rich
Chief Keef is seventeen years old, but that hasn’t stopped him calling his first album “Finally Rich”, or from sounding and acting like a fully grown man. By now everyone who cares knows the RSS feed version of Keef’s sudden rise to rap celebrity: a viral WorldStar video of crazy pre-teen celebrating Keef’s release from […]
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Exclusive: Archie Pelago & Helix Mix
Here’s one we’ve been waiting to share for a while: Brooklyn trio Archie Pelago’s filmed mix for Mary Anne Hobbs was one of the most captivating things we’ve seen in a minute, and we’ve been hoping since that they would one day grace the pages here. They produce together as a group and perform live, with […]
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Recommended: Phil Gerus – Based On Misunderstandings 05 EP
Here at Truants there’s nothing we love more than a tune with sex appeal. Phil Gerus is an artist that seems not to sit and compose this sound, but it’s as if it oozes from every orifice, as easy as breathing almost. The sound is so effortless, and it’s not surprising considering his musical background. […]
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Recommended: Levon Vincent – Stereo Systems EP
Levon Vincent really does make it look effortless. Head of not one, not two, but three record labels, he contributed one of the finest Fabric mixes in the series in April and has an extraordinary knack for bridging the gap between soulful New York house and industrial Berlin techno (unsurprisingly, his home and his home away from home, […]
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Download: Isaac Tichauer – I Forgive You
Over the last few months Isaac Tichauer has given his listeners something brilliant. Not only has he spent the summer with the likes of Flight Facilities, Goldroom, and Todd Terje, he also made a 9-track album (1 hour and 13 seconds worth of listening) of beautifully atmospheric, majestic, and at times even tribal house music. […]
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Recommended: Monolithium – Bounce 4 Life EP
Chris Long aka Monolithium has lived in relative isolation his entire life. Growing up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Long indulged in Swedish math metal, about as sonically distant from the melodic footwork of his sophomore “Bounce 4 Life” EP as you can get. Of course, he was also a true school hip-hop head and fostered a […]
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Recommended: Clouds – Tannhauser Acid Works Pt. 1
It seems you can never have enough fresh Scottish talent, as this EP by Clouds testifies. The duo have been pretty busy over the past few years, releasing on Fake Blood’s Blood Music and Tiga’s Turbo Recordings. They’ve remixed everyone from the likes of Boys Noize and Brodinski to Erol Alkan himself, but when it […]
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Recommended: Waze & Odyssey – I Want You You You EP
While this year has seen a huge number of artists try their hand at the 90s revival sound, few have succeeded with as much aplomb as Waze & Odyssey. Landing early in the year with a blistering release on Body Work (after a low-key release on US label petFood), the duo solidified their rep with […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 59: Locked Groove
“I don’t dance” is a pretty bold statement coming from someone whose line of work is to make the rest of us dance – but Locked Groove clearly knows what he likes, and it seems to be working out. He shot straight to the top in 2012 with two EPs on Hotflush Recordings (“Keep It […]
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Interview: Dusky
Since releasing their debut album “Stick by This” on Anjunadeep almost a year ago, the London-based duo of Alfie Granger-Howell and Nick Harriman, also known as Dusky, have no doubt been racking up some frequent flier miles. The duo spent 2012 playing all over Europe, did an Essential Mix for BBC in October and found the time […]
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