We caught up with Alvin Aronson and Galcher Lustwerk to discover more about their collaborative project Studio OST and the makings of their forthcoming ‘Eventide/Ascension’ EP. We are also delighted to premiere all four music videos for the release.
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Spy Edits unveil first release Spy Edits 01
Psst, we got some sensitive information for you. On 24th March will land the debut EP of a new undercover, edit-devoted imprint going under the name
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Premiere: Nick Araguay – The Shalimar
The influence of the US aesthetics on Nick Araguay‘s sound is – to say the least – clearly palpable and undoubtedly a conscious one. Putting on sun-streaked blends of iridescent
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Ricardo Tobar: Red Sea
Ricardo Tobar takes the chance away from the more listening angled album format to roll out a title track with main room aspirations; yet, while ‘Red Sea’ is the obvious headliner, it is the supporting cast that steal a march. The most earnest welcome back for Tobar, here’s looking forward to more and with the hope of remaining free from the clutches of the torrent scene.
Premiere: Paolo Iocca – Next Time (Florian Kupfer Remix)
In the space of just three records, Italian producer and multi-instrumentalist Paolo Iocca has established his label, RA-1, in the most convincing fashion. Showing a strong inclination for evenly melodic
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Premiere: Jamie Lidell – When I Come Back Round [Live Version] (Matthew Herbert’s Long Night Dub)
Top class remixers can be counted on the fingers of one hand, and no doubt British house legend Matthew Herbert is one of them. His “Tasteful Dub” version
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Download: Wata Igarashi ‘Displacement (Ruff Cherry Remix)’
In what is a bit of a coup, we not only can premiere the Ruff Cherry version of ‘Displacements’, but also present it as a download to hold dearly to your breast and archive away in your meticulously organised hard drives.
Premiere: Photonz – Stealth Predator
No laurel-resting for Marco Rodrigues aka Photonz, one of the most constant boundary-pushers and clever tune makers to have graced the often unvarying techno game in recent
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Premiere: astvaldur – Mother
Experimental club music, forward-thinking vision, fine arts hybridisation, and strong links with digital and internet culture – Berlin-based label and collective oqko has it all. At
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Premiere: SMBD – Nuwhat
If SMBD doesn’t ring a bell, the name of Simbad Stanislas shall do. A staple of London’s underground scene, the French expatriate has seen his profile raise across
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Luke Abbott announces new Earlham Mystics project and EP for NOTOWN
Today Luke Abbott lifts the veil on his new alias ‘Earlham Mystics‘ with the announcement of his forthcoming extended player, scheduled for release on 24th March 2017
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Smallville Records announce new sub-label ‘Down By The Lake’
Two years after the launch of Fuck Reality, Smallville co-founder Julius Steinhoff is about to start a new sub-label. Down By The Lake will first emerge in April with the release of ‘In The End’ EP, courtesy of Berlin-based producer Saile.
Maoupa Mazzocchetti and Beau Wanzer talk up ‘De-Bons-En-Pierre’
Gathered under the enigmatic name of De-Bons-En-Pierre with an exciting off-axis debut for Josh Cheon’s Dark Entries, L.I.E.S. very own analogue fiddler Beau Wanzer and French techno experimentalist Maoupa Mazzocchetti unite in a twopronged attack towards senseless standards and calibrated boredom on the weirdly mouth-watering ‘Crepes’.
Premiere: Viers – Wasting Time
Sitting on a well-furnished back catalogue that compiles some solid contributions to Church, Naked Naked, Shall Not Fade and more, Jordon Saxton and his shape-shifting blends of
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Black Merlin: Phase One
Needless to say George Thompson has been on fire as of late. If you check in on a regular basis at your local record store you’ll have noticed his omnipresence both on the shelves and in a flurry of DJ bags altogether. After a host of compelling transmissions on Island Of The Gods, Berceuse Heroique and Jealous God, Black Merlin takes back his magic wand for a two-track brain melter on Rotterdam’s finest Pinkman.
Premiere: Riccardo Schirò – Cashmere Complex
After solid debuts last year on Periodica Records and the launch of his imprint Gravity Graffiti, we’re confident 2017 will be just as prolific for Italian producer Riccardo Schirò. In addition to a
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