A couple of months ago we were proud to share with you a first extract off James Booth’s top-notch EP for the ever consistent Church. Today
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Results1772Peggy Gou talks up ‘Seek For Maktoop’
Peggy Gou’s new EP on Technicolour shows off a sharp Detroit house charisma through straight-up sensuous house rollers, and should winningly validate the seriousness of Peggy’s endeavour. We caught up between two flights and tried to find out more about her impressive rise to prominence.
Premiere: Grandbrothers – Neon (Portable Sunsets Remix)
Portable Sunset’s remix of Grandbrother’s ‘Neon’, adds caressing vocals samples with floating synth chords and reshapes the original track into a breezy house jam. Warm and uplifting sounds to make us feel mournful about summers ending.
Ryan Elliott headlines Secretsundaze Mad Scientist Halloween party
Halloween is creeping upon us and Secretsundaze have enlisted Berghain resident Ryan Elliott for a 4-hour set at Oval Space in Hackney.
Nautiluss: Reflections EP
Nautiluss makes his debut on Ghostly International’s Spectral Sound imprint. Expertly constructed, the word “solid” is not strong enough to cover it.
Premiere: FYI Chris – Nightmare
Back in business with the second volume of their VA series initiated two years ago, ‘A Throng Of Orbs‘, London-based imprint Ears Have Eyes Recordings have gleaned
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rRoxymore headlines Don’t Be Afraid’s Halloween label showcases
Fresh off the back of an incredibly well received Resident Advisor podcast, Hermione ‘rRoxymore’ Frank is consolidating a fine run of form with a debut release on the raw and ragged Don’t Be Afraid imprint, while also headlining their Halloween weekend special events.
Flaty: New Suggestions (Album Stream)
Named “New Suggestions”, the St. Petersburg force is joined by Gost favourites OL and Lapti, as well as John’s Kingdom head honcho Buttechno among others. And while many of the records these artists are associated with are rooted in more functional house and techno, much of the music on this album isn’t anchored to any conventional beat.
Premiere: Niro – Hands Of Shadow
Niro Perrone is one of Italy’s best kept secrets. After helping run his brother’s label Unclear and releasing a handful of EPs for Amsterdam’s Sound Of Vast
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Premiere: Gazatech – Polychromatic Therapy
After a particularly impressive breakthrough year punctuated with a flock of first-rate releases for Exotic Dance Records, Opal Tapes and Cult Trip amongst others, Jio Alberto Nadal aka
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Dekmantel Festival head to São Paulo
For the first first edition, Nicolas Jaar will perform his new album live, whilst Jeff Mills, Nina Kraviz, Ben UFO, and Joy Orbison will showcase why they have been Dekmantel regulars for years.
Mind Lotion: Altitude Attitudes
As Fantastic Man, Superconscious Records boss Mic Newman got us used to hi-NRG blends of organic, exotica-infused boogie and straight-up jacking rhythms. Under his Mind Lotion moniker, it’s a feast of chimey inflections and vaporous flute lines that unfurls, matching the intoxicating feel of the summits with the horizontal quietness of a shimmering seaway.
Premiere: Willis Anne – Mass Confusion
After dabbling in various projects for a couple of years – most notably curating the Out Of Sight podcast and Live In My Room film series,
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Premiere: Asymmetrical – Banging In The Haze
Asymmetrical ‘Banging In The Haze‘ is a dusty jam brimming with raw hi-hats twirling along acidic synths. Marking the transition from a busy night to the caressing light of dawn, a celestial and smooth melody takes over darkness and deploys its wings towards welcoming lo-fi house lands; still exuding a metallic aftertaste of down-pitched breaks, muffled drums and magnetic bleeps.
Premiere: Realitycheck – Trafficjamblues (TRP’s Sit Back Mix)
Formed in the wake of their Renascence 9293 collective, Paris-based imprint Renascence continue their investigation of the underground lo-fi posse with a strong followup to Brazilian prospect CoastDream’s debut instalment, courtesy of local new
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Mixtape: Charles Drakeford
With FTD’s new instalment – Georgia’s high-in-vitamin ‘Import Fruit’ – freshly out in all good record stores, we took the chance to discuss label evolution, visual identity and recent favourites with bossman Charles Drakeford as he selects some of the tracks that played a significant role in his musical growth.