In The Firing Line
Bristol’s DJ Die kicked off his new Gutterfunk imprint last year with a swaggering track from Mensah backed by Pulsar and DJ First Aid’s crunching Bombaclat. It may have taken six months to arrive, but...
View ArticleTechno Vertigo
After debuting on Hessle and spending the majority of the last five years bouncing from label to label, it seems dance music’s foremost Romanian Cosmin TRG has finally found a home on German off-piste...
View ArticleSP-X Escapes The Underground
Mysterious techno label Komisch is, to quote Disney’s Aladdin of all things, a “diamond in the rough.” The world of underground techno is replete with countless indistinguishable Eastern Europeans with...
View ArticleJam City's Classical Curves
Night Slugs have unearthed a real gem in Jam City, who delivers on the immense promise of his first few 12″s with what has to be be one of the most creative debut LPs in recent years. Drawing on the...
View ArticleCollapsing Space
Kuedo’s Severant was one of the most critically acclaimed albums of 2011, meshing cutting-edge sonics with a penchant for ’80s throwback synths and vintage ambient atmospheres. Work, Live & Sleep...
View ArticleJon Convex' Silver Lining
Every cloud has a silver lining. The cloud in this case is the breakup of one of the most unique drum’n'bass duos of the last decade, as Instra:mental finally announce what many with their ears to the...
View ArticleJoy Orbison Strikes Again
The hinterland that separates bass music and house has provided us with some of the most instantly recognizable records of the last few years, and few have done more to map out this vital new territory...
View ArticleParty Night Slugs Style
Night Slugs are on fire. This time it’s label head Bok Bok’s (pictured) Southside EP given the remix treatment, four tracks of rough London rhythms reworked to staggering effect by some of the most...
View ArticleFour Tet Plays With Harps
Since his breakthrough album There Is Love In You was released in 2010, Four Tet has risen from relative obscurity to become one of the most vogue and in-demand downtempo bass producers in the...
View ArticleSei A Can Bring It
Along with Vince Watson, Andy Graham operating as Sei A has truly put the Scottish city of Glasgow on the map when it comes to deep, atmospheric house music. In his relatively short career Graham has...
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