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

March 31, 2015 | Matt Clough

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

State of Play – February: 170

February 8, 2015 | Matt Clough 1

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

State of Play – July: Drum & Bass

July 4, 2014 | Matt Clough

After a baron few months of releases following Record Store Day 2014 and the downsizing of ST Holdings which saw many of our favourite labels moving out of those familiar confines and onto pastures new; the next few months promise … Read More

Fis – Duckdive EP

September 3, 2012 | Jack Smith 1

We’ve been supporting Samurai’s vinyl-only offshoot Horo since the early days of HORO001 back in December and now, moving into the murky depths of Summer’s end, the sub-label has firmly established itself as a standalone bastion of intelligent creativity, perhaps even surpassing … Read More

Clarity & Overlook – Other Sights / Rohypnol

June 18, 2012 | Jack Smith

Presha’s reputation for notable tastemaking has evolved even further than Samurai’s catalogue of dynamic, innovative beats, with the final stages of the previous year ushering in a new, yet no less distinguishable side project: the exclusive, vinyl-only Samurai Horo series. Horo has moved … Read More