Within just a few years of activity UK-born, Berlin-based James Booth asserted himself as a hearty beatsmith and refined tune-maker, packing up a couple of smooth floor heaters for
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Florian Kupfer talks up “Unfinished”
Along with the full-stream of his new ‘Unfinished’ EP, we caught up with Florian Kupfer as he talks up the record’s raison d’être, his background as a church chorist and his special relationship with the Roland Juno 106.
Premiere: Cleveland – Rio
Since it was set up ten years ago by Tom Bioly and Benjamin Fröhlich (how time flies…), Munich-based label Permanent Vacation made a name for itself way beyond
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Premiere: G-23 + Rivet – Loose Dogs Brexperiment
G-23’s label art-aud resurface with the second instalment to their praised Secret Rave series. Stream G-23 + Rivet’s ‘Loose Dogs Brexperiment’ – a sanctioned rave-invoker, throbbing to the iterative attacks of rewinding snares, sliced-and-diced vox hooks and three-note bleeping drips. Massive.
Watch the video for Roman Flügel’s Verschiebung EP
With the release of Roman Flügel‘s ‘Verschiebung‘ EP just around the corner, Oliver Hafenbauer’s mystery-shrouded imprint Die Orakel present a special video for the first number, edited by regular
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Samo DJ: Kicked Out Of Everywhere
Marrying the impact of gritty technoid rough drafts and well-oiled broken beat nuts and bolts, with more of an atmospheric lean there to implement psychic sideration to the fullest, Samo DJ delivers an ever dynamic assortment of straight up tumbling crescendos and brutal breakdowns.
Download: Sage – Think About Me
Today we’re glad to offer Dublin producer Sage’s Chicago-scented track ‘Think About Me’ for free download. A six-minute long slab vibing to soulful, heartwarming vocals as a versicolor chaplet of filtered synth loops and shuffling drums wrap yourself in. Vibrant summer flavours all the way.
Voiski on Bruce McLean, Euro Dance and his Dekmantel debut
As his new EP ‘I’ll Be Your Maple Pecan Tonight’ just hit the streets and ahead of his debut live performance at Dekmantel, we caught up with Voiski to discuss his love for Bruce McLean’s body of work, the making of his latest effort, ambient favourites and guilty pleasures from his teen years.
Premiere: Nebulo – Rules
Following on from the first episode of his ‘Safari Suites’ released last year via Parisian label Odd Frequencies, Nebulo steps up with the second volume of his heavy-battered jungle trek on the boundary-pushing Seagrave, bursting the frontiers between brain music and intuitive body language through eight cuts of dense, archaic techno outbursts.
Premiere: Foans – Heavy Traffic
Los Angeles label 100% Silk travels to the steep canyons and uneven reliefs of the Colorado region with Foans, a young producer who first emerged last year with the promising ‘Schema’. Stream the vibey, pleasure-seeking ‘Heavy Traffic’ within.
Premiere: Sad City – Smoke
Gary Caruth’s debut solo album as Sad City, released on July 29th via Emotional Response and Meda Fury, makes for a particularly enticing journey into the producer’s elegiac post-urban universe, allowing his supple blends of ambient and breathable electronica to fully develop. Stream the brightly-hued ‘Smoke’ within.
Premiere: Javi Redondo – Narcotic Luv
Back on Jennifer Cardini’s label with ‘Hammocks Go West’, a three-track cosmic epic giving full vent to an infectious solution of quirky disco grooves, raucous technoid modulations and straight up funky staccato riffs, Redondo demonstrates the extent of his production skills with an ever-bold take on club functionality. Stream the italo-inflected ‘Narcotic Luv’ within.
Premiere: Christian S – Under The River
Christian S’ second solo instalment for the equally club-focused and digression-friendly Cómeme finds him delving deep in trompe-l’oeil techno grooves, afrofuturistic rhythms and further minimal architectures. Stream late night groover ‘Under The River’ in full within.
Premiere: TRP – Tragic Ending
Following up to an impressive breakthrough EP for Lobster Theremin released earlier this year, German producer TRP – real name David Willenberger, steps up on Bristol-based label Shall Not Fade with a top-notch followup. Stream the wistful ‘Tragic Ending’ within.
Premiere: Baleine 3000 – Fried Oyster
With already a pair of records as Baleine 3000 under their belt, both released via Cologne-based imprint Sonig, Le Doux, Afrojaws and Kamoda make a remarkable return via Brussels ever-vanguard Vlek. Stream the Yardbirds-friendly, Hosono-House’esque ‘Fried Oyster’ within.
Mixtape: Montezumas Rache & Dominik Von Senger
Montezumas Rache and Dominik Von Senger’s soberly-titled ‘EP’ has a lot to offer with its mind-bending elixir of eerie funk, ambientish tropes and drawn bars of mesmeric kraut grooves. We sat back with the triplet to find out more about their one-off studio session, MZR’s raison d’être and asked them to select some of their most influential cuts.