Three releases in and X-Kalay is showing real promise. Pairing fresh faces with a forward thinking house manifesto reminds of the early days of Lobster Theremin, and that is a case that shows how much potential to flourish there is if they keep hitting the mark.
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Premiere: Leonardo Martelli – Il Registro
Menacing like JAWS’ main theme at first – a sinister bass strumming in a desperately shark-less ocean, ‘Il Registro’ offers what certainly counts as one of Leonardo Martelli’s most compelling slabs to date, combining the immersive impact of wistful pads with the galvanic crunch of a stealth breakbeat lilt. Straight up killer.
Farr Festival x Inverted Audio: Into The Woods with Dan Beaumont
Ahead of Dance Tunnel’s stage takeover at Farr Festival on Friday 15th July with ItaloJohnson, Dorisburg, Francis Inferno Orchestra and Evan Baggs, Dan Beaumont serves up a brawny mix of house and techno featuring LA-4A, Steffi, DJ Bone, Physical Therapy, Virginia and many more.
Best Releases: May 2016
Fett Burger and Luca Lozano teaming up again, Madteo back with the christening release of his eponymous label, edit-sensei Mori Ra killing it with another batch of top-class revamps, Lee Gamble stepping up on UIQ for the first time… May got our processors on overheat! Here’s our monthly compilation.
Correspondant bring together Axel Boman, Borusiade & more for Compilation 04
Whilst celebrating their 5 year anniversary with a Birthday Tour kick off at Panorama last week-end, Jennifer Cardini‘s Correspondant has recently announced the fourth compilation on the label,
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Premiere: Earl Jeffers – Return To Forever Part 1
Skittish drumwork forms the backbone to a heavily-filtered swell of sub-bass bobbing up and down the hardstand whilst tapered strings nicely counterbalance an untiring eddy of raw, unpolished claps. Overwhelming.
Saturnalia Festival 2016 (Milan): Alex Coulton, Rezzett, The Bug, Zuli
The three-day event will feature a large cast of artists, from electro Chabi Zuli, The Trilogy Tapes-related duo Rezzett, The Bug sharing stage with Israeli vocalist Miss Red onto NTS resident Nkisi who’ll display her mixture of tribal-inflected, high-speed techno and grime.
Premiere: XXXV Gold Fingers – Galegos
Today we’re proud to stream XXXV Gold Fingers ‘Galegos’ in full, an effusive groover deploying a relentless drive of peppy bongos, interspersed with fuzzy organ stabs, African folk vocals and dopey synthlines rising from the deep basket like a charmed snake. Move and groove!
Unsound Dislocation Project: Forest Swords, Konstantin, Moritz von Oswald
Unsound’s Dislocation Project will be articulated around a series of events taking place all around the globe, starting from big cities as New York, London, Toronto and Adelaide to then focus on the local scene in remote places of Central Asia, Caucasus and the former URSS.
DBRM: Faction
With Radioactive Man and dBridge picking up their DBRM alias again over on Craig Richards’ The Nothing Special, it is the sound clash of two very different styles that makes this game all the more intriguing.
Farr Festival x Inverted Audio: Into The Woods With Detroit Swindle
With just 5 weeks to go until Heist Recordings takeover “The Terrace” at Farr Festival on Thursday 14th July we invited Detroit Swindle to give us a taste of what to expect. Their mix features music from Mr G, Doc Daneeka, Trevino, K-Hand and more.
Unknown Mobile
Unknown Mobile dishes out a proper vibey 2-hour trip into the Canadian Riviera’s viridian scapes via tempered woolgatherings with a strong organic lean. Lush, you said?
Natural Sciences label night with Aleks, Antonio, DJ Bong Gozling at Bar A Bar
Manchester’s Natural Sciences berth up at Bar A Bar for their first ever label night on June 4th, featuring performances by staple dolphin Aleks, on-the-rise Italian fire trader Antonio and mysterious Berlin via Dublin talent DJ Bong Gozling.
Kann announce Avocado Dreams EP feat. Leafar Legov, Matt Karmil, Bender, Mary Yalex
On June 27th, Kann will be releasing “Avocado Dreams”, a vaporous four-tracker featuring tracks from Giegling staple Leafar Legov, multi-talented producer Matt Karmil, Kann co-founder Bender and local newcomer Mary Yalex.
Premiere: Minimal Violence – Under The Sign Of Saturn
Today we’re pleased to stream the sensuous ‘Under The Sign Of Saturn’, a killer halftone churner dipped in a dynamic pool of druggy, tape-saturated layers. Check that roaring blaze of debonair toms and hi-hats bursting over a light-hearted fluttering groove, whilst muted vocals keep sinking the track into a washed-out daydream. Exquisite.
Album Premiere: ‘U S S R’ – A Journey Into Soviet Techno
With just a few days to go till the release of the tape, we joined forces with Opal Tapes to bring you the ‘U S S R‘ compilation in full-stream and sat back with Kirill to go in depth about the making of and selection process.