We are happy to share with you Prins Thomas ‘Diskomiks’ rendition of Space Art’s anthem ‘Welcome To Love’, taken from their all-time classic LP ‘Play Back’.
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With a brave title like ‘All The Right Noises’, Roman Flügel’s third album for Dial should be hitting All The Right Buttons. The good news is that after, at least, twenty listens we’ve struggled to detect a wrong noise. All of it seems very right indeed. It’s so right that we think this is likely Flügel’s best work yet.
Pangaea talks up ‘In Drum Play’
Marking his return to Hessle Audio with the release of his first awaited long-player, we caught up with UK-based producer Pangaea to discuss his album writing process and his relationship with Hessle Audio.
Premiere: Illum Sphere – Red Glass
Since his debuts on Fat City in 2009, Manchester-based producer Illum Sphere became a regular on a variety of top-class labels out there, contributing choice releases to Martyn’s 3024, Tectonic,
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Shifted: Appropriation Stories
Appropriation Stories is one of the top Shifted works to date – providing everything fans and new listeners could want out of a techno album, while not trying to vacillate between the dancefloor and a headphone listen. It has terrific balance, exudes confidence and packs a mean punch with silk sheets surrounding it.
First Listen: Carsten Jost unveils second album ‘Perishable Tactics’ on Dial
Best known under his production alias of Carsten Jost, Dial co-founder David Lieske is set to release his second album ‘Perishable Tactics’ in January 2017. Our pick ‘Army Green’ offers a spooky STL-tinged melody lacing up a deeper than deep bass drum, dusty claps and delayed piano keys drowned in reverb with a hip-swaying groove.
Les Graciés: Low Doses
Veiled under the name of Les Graciés, Paris-based sound artist Gaël Segalen and half of the Deepblak core Afrikan Sciences break down cultural barriers to pull an unique and cohesive output off their own singular heritages. After honing their skills for four years the pair is eventually taking the leap of releasing their longed-for debut joint effort ‘Low Doses‘, due out on Lindsay Todd’s Firecracker Recordings on 25th October.
Kompakt ready Pop Ambient 2017
Kompakt co-founder Wolfgang Voigt has announced the release of the seventeenth edition of his labels annual ‘Pop Ambient’ compilation, scheduled for release 25th November 2016.
Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek release collaborative album ‘Schaum’
It has been six years since the release of the duo’s first collaborative album “Bird, Lake, Objects”. Their new album presents 8 meditative and ambient tracks, composed of instrumentation and percussion from Masayoshi Fujita with subtle electronic loops and layers from Jan Jelinek.
Motion Graphics: Avoiding Sentimentality and Nostalgia
Following the release of Motion Graphics debut self-titled album via Domino Records we caught up with the NYC based producer over Skype to discover more about his album writing process and how day-to-day technology interface sounds, device notifications and even the sound of household appliances have helped shape his album.
Roman Flügel announces “All The Right Noises” album for Dial
“All The Right Noises” is Roman Flügel‘s third album for Dial and this time around the Frankfurt based producer presents ten tracks made up of ambient soundscapes, downtempo breakbeat and psychedelic experimentalism. Since
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Lazare Hoche, S.A.M., Malin Genie line up debut Mandar LP for Oscillat Music
Mandar have announced the release of their self-titled debut album, scheduled for release 30th September 2016 via their own Paris-based imprint Oscillat Music. Recorded in Paris, Copenhagen,
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Gerd Janson discusses Fabric 89, the art of DJing and Running Back
London’s world-renowned Fabric appointed Running Back boss Gerd Janson to take controls of the 89th iteration of their acclaimed mix series; an hour-long immersion summoning the likes of Todd Terje, John Talabot, Traumprinz and more… We caught up with him to discuss the making of the mix, DJing and his experience as a label owner.
Kranky announce new Steve Hauschildt album ‘Strands’
American ambient producer Steve Hauschildt has announced the release of his new album ‘Strands‘, scheduled for release 28th October 2016. The album marks his fourth album for Kranky and follows up his
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Eleven Into Fifteen
The tracks that glance backwards in this 130701 compilation remind the listener of the now familiar sounds that the label helped to invent. But it is the pieces that look forward, which sound new and exciting, that gesture towards the roads yet to be travelled.
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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