Five Essentials: EHL [Warm Comms]

October 24, 2013 | Jack Smith

Texas-based Warm Comms have always been a reliable outlet for off-centre yet uniformly engaging beats around the 170 mark, and with its sister outlet Pushing Red replicating that success with a string of visceral Techno releases they’re now ready to … Read More

FIVE STEPS: Martsman

June 7, 2013 | Jack Smith

With genre-spanning releases across a number of decidedly left-field labels including Med School, Commercial Suicide, and Offshore, Berlin-based artist Martsman has certainly carried an air of enigmatic unpredictability around his work. Finding a home of late with Warm Comms-affiliated Techno … Read More

FIVE STEPS: Lynx

December 11, 2012 | Jack Smith

With 2 stellar releases on Warm Comms and Soul:R within the space of a few weeks, Lynx has once again stepped into the fore following on from the Devil’s In The Detail LP release – one of the finest and most creative artist albums to have emerged from … Read More

Stray & Halogenix – The Pursuit / Poison

July 16, 2012 | Jack Smith

Watching Halogenix’s rapid ascent within the scene in 2012 has been eerily similar to Stray’s emergence in 2009: both came out of nowhere with exciting debuts, both had breathtakingly original releases on Kasra’s Critical Music, both have considered, faultless discographies at this early … Read More