After a few years of inertia, Lyon’s nightlife finally reverted to centre stage again, thanks to a hothouse of creative groups and cross-pollinating structures working hand in hand
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Results2018Garth Be: Law Of Fives EP
Better known as BE, Manchester-based producer Garth Be isn’t one to make noise for nothing. Each track off his new ‘Law Of Fives EP’ for local house wonder-purveyor Rüf Kutz feels like a labour of love in itself, letting off a silky mix of jazz-tinged, disco-savvy house melters. Dope boogie vibe.
Peder Mannerfelt: Transmissions From A Drainpipe
Over a few years in the production game, fact is Stockholm’s offbeat techno warlock Peder Mannerfelt has been one of the few out there to consistently question the nature of stomping mechanics and its subsequent functional use. Picking up where ‘Controlling Body’ left off, Mannerfelt dishes out a four-track EP that works on alternating current voltage.
Premiere: Recondite – Capable (Ricardo Donoso Clemency Version)
After diversions on Hotflush, Innervisions and Life & Death, Recondite returns to Ghostly International with ‘Corvus’ EP. Today we premiere Ricardo Donoso Clemency’s interpretation of ‘Capable’- a six minute soundtrack for a gothic thriller that doesn’t yet exist.
DFX: Relax Your Body
Trotting in at a brief twenty minutes, Ricardo Villalobos’ reworking of DFX ‘Relax Your Body’ is a perfect microcosm to demonstrate why he is one of the best executioners of minimal principles.
Annanan announces ‘New Wave Of Nature’ EP for Black Opal
After inaugurating 2016 with his captivating ‘Fear And Love‘ EP on LL.M, Berlin-based producer Annanan makes his debut on Opal Tapes’ offshoot Black Opal with a new
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Premiere: Klorin – Noncompliance
The name probably doesn’t tell you much yet but hiding under the moniker of Klorin are none other than Danish duo Kenton Slash Demon and Norin, better known as
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Todd Modes: Native Visions EP
For his debut incursion on Aaron Siegel’s FIT Sound, Todd Modes delivers what is without a doubt his most accomplished slab to date. Equally at ease with an unlikely elixir of ’80s hard-rock solos and ancestral drum patterns or more typical Detroit house tropes, Cochell proves if needed that the Motown’s still there to provide some of the most exciting dance music around.
Premiere: Benoit B – Crystal Fuselage
Head operator of the rising Banlieue Records – host to a couple of excellent VAs featuring the likes of N1L, DJ Overdose, Tom Dicicco and more, to which you
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Visual Retrospective: Dave Huismans reflects on A Made Up Sound
Dutch producer Dave Huismans selects five label designs from his own imprint A Made Up Sound, revealing the original locations of where the photographs were captured and methods used to create the corrosive and industrial aesthetic that make up the AMUS discography.
Premiere: Black Manual – Mordendo (Cut Hands Remix)
Originally issued in 2013, ‘Mordendo‘ is the one and only release of Black Manual, a project born in 2012 after Jan St. Werner had heard the percussionists Valdir Jovenal,
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Shamos returns to Apron with ‘Games and Dreams’
After opening the new season of Apron Records‘ adventures with the promising ‘Road Works Part 1‘, the rather secretive London-based DJ and producer Shamos returns to Steven Julien’s
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Premiere: Fango – Metacarpo
Described by Michael Mayer as “the most insane Italian since Berlusconi“, Fango certainly makes for one of today’s most interesting and singular voices in the very calibrated world of
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Premiere: Jaures – Volto Notturno (qqq B. Jurnata)
Since they broke through in 2014, Jaures have been astutely navigating in the folds between industrial, no wave and techno, carefully polishing their craft whilst stacking up choice
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Galcher Lustwerk and Alvin Aronson return as Studio OST
Galcher Lustwerk and Alvin Aronson return under the guise of Studio OST with a new 4-track EP of live jams on Lustwerk Music, scheduled for release
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Premiere: Simo Cell – Obi 1
It has been over a year since Simo Cell released his debut 2-track 12″ for Livity Sound’s sister-label Dnuos Ytivil. Since then Simon Aussel contributed a track to Widom
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