Stream: Killa P & Badness – Nuh Failer (Kahn remix)
Imagining a world where Kahn releases a sub-standard track is a futile endeavour. Presumably there’s an official investigation afoot regarding the correlation between mysterious chemicals in the Bristol water supply and the propensity of the city’s inhabitants to produce sounds that distort reality. Of more immediate interest to us, however, is the most recent track […]
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Review: Desto – No Sleep EP
Somewhere deep in the uninhabited tundra of northern Finland, there exists a secret underground fortress where a mysterious figure channels the powers of ice crystals to craft a strain of cold, dark dance music under the moniker Desto. Okay so maybe those details are a little bit inaccurate, but there’s no doubt that Desto has been […]
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Review: Artifact – Archaic Line
Last year London based Deadplate Records inaugurated the start of the label with a release titled “Booty Call”‘ from Cardiff producers Lung & Maxx Roach. Backed with a remix from Randomer, it propelled the young label ran by Synamatix into one of the most prosperous new additions to look out for in 2012. Support from the […]
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Recommended: Tessela – D Jane / Channel
Peverelist’s Punch Drunk label has, until now, been one of those labels you can always count on for a certain level of quality without putting itself right in the spotlight. The Bristol-based imprint had a growth spurt with a handful of releases in 2011, most notably with Kahn’s “Like We Used To / Helter Skelter,” […]
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Recommended: Jazz Neversleeps – Ladbroke Grove
The name Jazz Neversleeps may be unfamiliar now, but be prepared to hear him crop up more over the next few months. He has released two EPs over the last two years on On-Point and is due to drop another shortly. A glimpse into what he has been working on over the last few months […]
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Remixes & Blues Pt. V
With the exception of the last remix included, this edition of Remixes & Blues has somehow turned into some sort of codeine sponsored special with three out of four tracks having the power to sedate you into a different galaxy if desired. Strictly enjoy if you have no other obligations for the rest of the […]
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Recommended: 5kinAndBone5 – Make U Understand / Reset
One of the most sorely under-represented labels in the crowded mass of 2011 year end lists was Unknown to the Unknown, which was started just last year by DJ Haus from Hot City. Specializing in straight-up dancefloor killers that draw from all varieties of weird, Unknown to the Unknown has been putting out new releases […]
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Review: The Analogue Cops – The Purple EP
With releases under at least half a dozen different monikers, including Xenogears, OCP, Appointment, Lucretio and Marieu, The Analogue Cops are experts at bringing life and a human element out of machines; this record only adds to their “cop-on-site” discography. The latest addition, “The Purple EP“, is more of the raw stripped down House they have […]
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Introducing: Bobby Champs
It’s safe to say that Pictures Music was one of the best labels of 2011, with an appallingly well-curated roster of artists like Dauwd, Lapalux, Koreless, Seams, Chairman Kato, Dark Sky and Rudi Zygadlo. It remains a small label with a trademark polish and a certain je-ne-sais-quoi feeling under every track. It’s that complexity that […]
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Recommended: Jacques Greene – Arrow (ft. Koreless)
Featuring Koreless? What exactly does that mean, ‘featuring’? We were hoping we’d hear Koreless’ dulcet tones providing an exclusive rap verse mid-song with many-a nonsensical adlib, in the style of a Timbaland guest verse. However, no such interlude appears, so don’t get your hopes up. No, instead it seems that Koreless is bringing his mastery […]
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Review: Jokers of The Scene – J0T5
Y’All Know The Name. Acid Bagg. Revolting Joks. Joking Victim. And now this. J0T5. For their fifth release on Fool’s Gold, Canadian noise-merchants Jokers of The Scene have crafted a five-track EP that is overflowing with ideas that help push their well honed sound in new directions. From spoken-word samples and classic drum breaks to […]
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Introducing: South London Ordnance
When South London Ordnance recently bemoaned his lack of public relations skills on Twitter, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to introduce him to you. The elusive 23-year-old producer’s Soundcloud had caught our attention with an endearing lack of biographic detail allowing the music to speak for itself. He’s one of the newest […]
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