Preview: Locked Groove – Rooted EP
“No one had a bad dream, it was all very good”. So ends the title track on the “Rooted” EP from newcomer Locked Groove, with eleven words that sum up the dark yet uplifting theme threaded through the latest release on Hotflush Recordings. After a magnificent year that saw stellar releases from Sigha, George Fitzgerald, Joy O […]
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Five Mixes Are Better Than One Pt. VII: Radio Edition
It occurred to me while sitting in my parents’ kitchen that there are probably more people out there like me – home for the holidays, tractors & tumbleweeds rolling by, away from our supercool fantastic lives full of friends and parties and music and, uh, civilization. Some of you might live in those remote kinds […]
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Interview: Youngsta
It’s hard not to be an ardent devotee of Daniel Lockhart, better known under his long-standing moniker Youngsta, and his infallible output and unmatched talent as a DJ in all senses of the profession. The copiously anticipated prophecy of a Rinse mix CD saw its fulfillment earlier this year in May and simulated a self-proclaimed […]
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Recommended: Knowing Looks – Listen to My 45 / Ghost Baby
Late last month we featured an extensive interview with Bob Bhamra, founder of the consistently impressive and increasingly canonized West Norwood Cassette Library imprint (check it out here if you haven’t already). Among other news, he announced an upcoming release from Canadian producer Knowing Looks (also known as Jason Hopfner), whose first release for WNCL […]
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Recommended: Onur Engin Edits Vol. 6
Something possibly a little different to show you on this fine Sunday, from Turkish producer Onur Engin. We’re not exactly sure if we’ve ever had the pleasure of featuring a producer from Istanbul before on TRUANTS, but if we have we can safely say they are not in the majority. For those of you who […]
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Schoolboy Q
Most people are familiar with Schoolboy Q from his absolutely ridiculous verse on A$AP Rocky’s “Brand New Guy” but like most (if not all) of the TDE/Black Hippy crew, Q has been around for a minute and definitely falls into the hugely underrated category. Instead of getting into his album from earlier this year, “Setbacks”, […]
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Download: Serani – No Games (Brackles Remix)
Another cheeky cut from the world of dancehall remixes, Brackles‘ Serani edit gets a 320 release ahead of the Rinse Boxing Day party. With the same appreciation for an excellent vocal as MA1’s brilliant Suges bootleg, Brackles speeds up Serani’s romantic yearnings and lets them bounce over a persuasively cheeky bassline and some hectic drum […]
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Review: Milyoo – Archeology LP
After his Kazaduon EP was featured and reviewed here a couple of months back, the news that Kentucky based beat maker Milyoo would be releasing a debut album titled “Archeology” on Subeena’s label Opit Records was received to glowing grins and open arms from everyone at TRUANTS. While it may seem soon to put out […]
Read moreTruancy Volume 37: Babe Rainbow
Photo by Ryan Walter Wagner Babe Rainbow, aka Cameron Reed, the man behind one of our favourite EPs of the year in the form of “Endless Path“, has been drip-feeding us with mind-bending music over the last few summers. We caught up with the Vancouver native and Warp artist when he was in Dublin playing […]
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Recommended: G-side – iSLAND & AC
With Southern hip-hop mixtapes, albums and releases in general being excessively present and apparent in the past few years, at the end of the day there are really only a handful that yearn for repeat-listens over a long timespan. Fortunately, artists like the Alabama duo G-side have found this formula, and most importantly are consistent in […]
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Review: Juicy J – Blue Dream & Lean
It’s been a busy year for Juicy J, he released a sequel to the original Rubba Band Business not to mention quite a few guest appearances, and managed to make some relevant friends along the way. “Blue Dream & Lean” is twenty-eight tracks of Lex Luger style 808s and slap. It’s as loud, intense, and […]
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Recommended: Timnah Sommerfeldt – Love Letters I
As another Truancy Compilation Two prompt, we’d love to introduce you to the gifted Swiss producer Timnah Sommerfeldt, who will be providing us with two tracks: one under her solo project entitled “Feel One’s Way”, and one with a consort under the alias a e named “Be Strong” (previews of both will go up over the next few […]
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