State of Play: Robert Hood, Carl Craig and Oscar Mulero in this month’s bumper Techno edition

Right folks it’s that time again, where we roundup all the big releases from the world of Techno. April has been a busy month, we’ve seen the release of Matt Tolfrey’s stomping fabric 81 mix, Robert Hood has been up … Read More

A Final Farewell: In Conversation with Southport Weekender’s Alex Lowes

We received the news of Southport Weekender‘s retirement with great sadness – a British institution with a decidedly worldly musical aesthetic and an even bigger heart that prides itself on living up to and surpassing its reputation as the ‘world’s … Read More

State of Play: Samurai Music, Auxiliary & Nuage are running the 170bpm multiverse this month

And so it is, here we are in the month of March: a month which marks the beginning of an invariable wasteland for new releases as the scourge that is Record Store Day clogs up pressing plants across the land. … Read More

Digging Deep: Monika

New blood (often finds it hard to break into the established order of many labels’ rosters with only truly unique and exciting talents being given an opportunity. Step forward Maxwell, better known as Monika who seems to be on a … Read More

State of Play: Auntie Flo & Esa, Wbeeza, The Traxxmen and Mister Saturday Night are our tips for this month’s House edition.

Highlife World Series: Cuba

First up, we’ve the first in Auntie Flo & Esa‘s latest project Highlife World Series – a collaborative snapshot of sound from various places of interest around the world. HIGHLIFE01 is the culmination of a handful of studio … Read More

State of Play: Peter Van Hoesen, Marcel Dettmann & Seth Troxler all feature in this month’s stomping Techno edition

This is David’s debut piece for Urban Essence, no better way to pop his cherry than to get stuck in to a round-up of March’s Techno releases.

Peter Van Hoesen – Seventy Secrets

One of Belgium’s finest techno exports, Peter … Read More

Repress Roundup #3

For Disco Only – Six

Quirky, wavey, all those lovely adjectives to describe this beast of a record from Mehmet Aslan that first saw the light of day early last year. The A side is a shuffling edit of this … Read More

State of Play – February: House

Let’s dive straight in eh?

On a personal crusade to unearth all those rare grooves you’re never likely to find tucked away underneath the ladies jeans’ rack at your local charity shop is everyone’s favourite distributor Rush Hour Music. Their … Read More

State of Play – February: 170

Happy Ne.. Oh it’s February already and we’ve been somewhat slack on the articles largely due to the excessive Christmas weight gained from a glutinous festive period. But rest assured, UE is not going anywhere and what better way to, … Read More

Spotlight: Colors

East London party collective Colors have been making substantial waves over the past 18 months, throwing some of the most talked about nights in the East end. Whilst they have had the likes of Boo Williams, Move D and Dan … Read More