Bristol based producer Facta discusses his debut release on Bloc and his involvement with the label, plus his affiliation with Bristol’s vibrant music scene and what he has planned next.
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Nathan Melja joins Technicolour with ‘No No No’ EP
True to his signature blend of breezy tape-saturated house and dynamic floor-magnets, Melja aligns yet another compelling collection of strictly club-aimed weapons.
Premiere: Africaine 808 – Everybody Wants To (feat Blind D.D.)
Grinding disco-savvy grooves, soulful vocodized vocals and earthy rhythms into a jagged funky strut, Leyers and Nomad serve up an infectious treat dedicated to sunlit outdoor celebrations and ecstatic nature communing.
Album Premiere: Damian Schwartz – The Dancing Behavior
‘The Dancing Behavior’ is a lavish and effervescent trip for both the body and mind, equally efficient as a remedy to rainy Sundays and as an offbeat club weapon. Schwartz dishes out a serious treat for the senses.
Jun Kamoda: The Clay EP
This is by no means a shy debut and Kamoda has clearly sought to embody the friendly, funky and hedonistic fervour of a Mister Saturday/Sunday party with three full on bangers all at peak time tempos.
Premiere: Distorted Portrait – Raw Culture
Smashing a rough-hewn 4/4 over acid-dipped gurgles and polychromatic synth ripples, Distorted Portrait’s ’Raw Culture’ entwines a sleazy basement vibe with a finely iridescent Chicagoan feel. Straight to the core.
Vester Koza debuts on Houndstooth with ‘OTR’ EP
For his next four-track release, Vesta Koza steps out of his comfort zone to release”OTR” EP on Houndstooth, scheduled for release at the end of May 2016.
Premiere: Prins Emanuel – Archibald Coteau
Speeding up the retro-futuristic autobahn at full-throttle, Prins Emanuel delivers a serious churning groover with ‘Archibald Coteau’. ‘River Pass By Three’ is released on May 12th via Moscow-based Isaiah Tapes.
Leon Vynehall: Rojus (Designed To Dance)
The new double 12″ from Leon Vynehall is not an album. Great pains have been gone to ensure this point is chipped into stone, right up to the bracketed ‘Designed To Dance’ subtitle, yet here is Vynehall, levitating like a zen master.
Premiere: Photonz – Parque Da Liberdade (The Phantom Remix)
Fresh off the release of the excellent ‘Lotus Wheel On My Orion’ on Ali Renault’s Vivod, London-based producer Photonz returns with ‘Corroios Royalty’ EP – an ode to the suburb of Lisbon in which Rodrigues grew up.
James K talks up “PET”
Ahead of the release of James K eagerly-awaited debut long-player “PET”, we took the chance to find out more about her creative modus operandi and the symbolisms at work behind the album plus her long-haul artistic evolution.
Premiere: Tyler Friedman & Samuel Rohrer – YYY (Original Mix)
Today we are proud to premiere Tyler Friedman & Samuel Rohrer new track ‘YYY’ – a subtle piece of tickling and overlapping high-pitched drums, growingly delayed and detuned whilst slowly increasing intensity with its explosive minimal kick.
Tim Hecker: Love Streams
Whether it’s a result of people’s tastes becoming more diverse in the wake of file sharing, or decades of extreme music lowering the threshold of what’s considered ‘a bit too weird’, the outcome is clear. Albums such as Love Streams no longer have to be judged solely by the niche standards of experimental music.
SHXCXCHCXSH announce new album for Shifted’s Avian imprint
Following on from their 2014 long player “Linear S Decoded”, Swedish Techno experimentalists SHXCXCHCXSH return to Shifted’s Avian imprint for a third full length.
Premiere: Peggy Gou – When Round, They Go
Following Peggy Gou’s debut on Radio Slave’s Rekids imprint, we’re proud to premiere the second part of the ‘Art Of War’ EP with “When Round, They Go” offering a window into her world of deep and chunky grooves.
Premiere: Bool – Raum Zwei (Alex Ketzer’s Trance Mix)
Today, we’re glad to present you the exclusive premiere of Book – Raum Zwei (Alex Ketzer’s Trance Mix). A track rushing the suspended late-night inertia into a trance-inducing maelstrom of stretchy loops and voltes, of which even an onslaught of hard-knocking percussions could not disquiet the zenithal synth lift. Deep stuff!