Mother Rose is the brand new project from oddball wizard Luke Solomon and Howlin’ Wilf, The Veejays and sometime Polecats guitarist, Andy Neal. Released on strictly limited edition vinyl [initially through London's LN-CC store and Japan's Crue L], Mother Rose 001 sees Solomon and Neal plunge into their shared love of Tom Waits, Talking Heads, [...]
More electronic goodness from My Favourite Robot. Release number 52 sees the return with a new single from Lightbluemover featuring a collaboration with regular partner Black Light Smoke and a remix from My Favorite Robot, James Teej & Nitin. Lightbluemover is the moniker adopted by DJ/Producer Francis Harris best known for his work as Adultnapper. [...]
The complete works of Zambia’s legendary garage-, psych-, prog-, funk-, afro-rock ensemble. 1972-1977. By the mid 1970s, the Southern African nation known as the Republic of Zambia had fallen on hard times. Self-imposed single party rule, a decline in prices for the country’s largest natural resource, copper, and conflict in neighbouring countries all took their [...]
Ny*ak is one of the new generation of producers who are taking their influences from classic house and disco but mixing it up with modern dancefloor sounds and production. Creating something different and original, the music references the past but lives in the future. Ny*ak has had releases out on Audio Parallax and been getting [...]
This dropped today in all good record shops. 4 slices of quality house music. There’s a preview available after the jump. Voyeurhythm deliver a four track EP under the VR Collective banner taking in tracks from DJ HMC, Tyson Ballard, Ben Sun and Francis Inferno Orchestra. Run by Mostyn [of the brilliantly named Megadon Betamax [...]
A few weeks ago I was talking up the new EP from Bodywork that landed in my inbox. The kind guys at Body Work have made the EP available to stream on Soundcloud AND made Snake & Butterfish available to download for FREE. No more talking. You know the drill.
This is great news. Nice ‘n Ripe put out some incredible records in the mid 1990s. Read on. Pioneering UK Garage imprint Nice ‘n Ripe finally makes its catalogue digitally available next week – the first step in a full relaunch of the imprint which will see new material as well as compilations from Todd [...]
The history of Detroit music is littered with artists who have been called legendary, but there is really no denying the crucial role Mike Huckaby has played in the Motor City’s dance scene. Over the past two decades, the man has been in the thick of it as a DJ, producer, record store clerk (at [...]
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Today is the 20th anniversary of Arthur Russell’s death. This evening Arthur’s Landing will be playing a big tribute concert for Arthur. Arthur’s Landing are a collective of friends and musicians to whom Russell’s work was a beacon of light. They have re-recorded archives of his legacy and released an album for which this is [...]
I’m slowly catching up on all the mixes that I’ve been sent recently. First up is the latest installment in the Nocturnal series from Himan. Himan [Julien Lacroix] originates from Paris and has been producing and DJing since the French House explosion in the 90s. With a string of collaborations under his belt with artists [...]
This is 100% tops off action. This landed in my inbox nearly 12 months ago, complete with the track to play out. I feel really bad that I didn’t share the track at the time after the lads at O.A.U took time out to put a video together. The film features scenes from ‘Cruising’ featuring [...]
I wanted to give this remix a mention from Lou Teti who’s put his own swerve on Zimmer’s – ‘Cruisin’. It’s forming part of a Discotexas 12″ that’s due to drop in the next couple of days. It even features the debut of Lou’s Omnichord. I’ve had it on repeat whilst the sun has been [...]
London quintet Talk in Colour are to release second single Rocking Horse in April, as a prelude to the release of debut album ColliderScope in May. Rocking Horse is a glitchy, throbbing affair, alternating between the restrained and the explosive. With swirling vocals anchored by a brooding bass-line, the track explores ideas of place and [...]
This reminds me of all the records I bought in 1995 from Hottwaxx Records in Warrington, along with many others around that time. The boys of Flashmob return after their inspiring ‘Brick House’ release last fall. ‘Ninety Five’ is defined by the 1995 house sound we all know and love, bringing together hi-hats, heavy kicks [...]
Silenx is Joel Azevedo, a Portuguese producer with quite incredible synth skills. His music is heavily 80′s synthsizer influenced Dreamwave. Complex and analog sounding, Silenx’s productions are the perfect 80′s soundtrack tunes, though teen movie fodder this isn’t! Space Love is an awesome 4-track EP and shows Joel has a great knack for layering sounds [...]
Melbourne Deepcast Records return with its eagerly anticipated third installment, the ‘Heavy Stemmed’ EP by Craig McWhinney backed with remixes from Weekend Express and Mic Newman. Born out of the brilliant Melbourne Deepcast blog and podcast series Melbourne Deepcast Records have gone from strength to strength, with two previous V/A releases featuring tracks from label [...]
London based producer Chamboché drops a superb new EP on the hotly tipped Black Key Records label featuring 3 new cuts of deep, melodic house backed with remixes from BLM. DJ/producer Sam Williams AKA Chamboché has been building an enviable reputation over the last few years. His upstart Nottingham based house and techno night Zleep [...]
Italy’s Opilec Music looks to the release of a limited EP taken from the much hyped remix package of legendary San Francisco synth punk band, The Units. The Units were true electronic music pioneers. Formed in 1978 in San Francisco, California this genre defining synth punk band spent the next two years carving a [...]