UE.26: Cottam

This week, it’s our great pleasure to present a guest mix from chugging house specialist, Cottam.

Paul Cottam burst onto the scene in 2009 behind a veil of anonymity, with a trio of untitled EPs showcasing groovy, bass-heavy tendencies that sauntered … Read More

UE.25: DJ Thes-Man

Following Kojo Akusa‘s stunning mix earlier this month, we continue on our journey through the sounds of house music in South Africa today. Picking up where we left off is DJ Thes-Man, aka Joburg-based Thesele Moshoeshoe, whose releases on DNH, … Read More

UE.23: Kojo Akusa

For our first podcast of 2015, we’re very excited to welcome into the fold one of the rising stars of the South African deep house scene, KOJO AKUSA.

With a slew of releases spanning the last 4 years on respected … Read More

Win 2 tickets to see Black Coffee, Butterz, Zed Bias & more @ fabric this Friday!

This Friday, South African deep house superstar Black Coffee graces the decks in London for the first time since his spectacular set at Resident Advisor’s August Bank Holiday show at Studio Spaces.

Making his fabric debut, Black Coffee will headline … Read More

Digging Deep: Saytek

Live On Cubism Vol.3, the latest release from Joseph Keevill under his techno-fixated Saytek moniker, subverts the usual artist album approach with considerable aplomb. A twenty three-track live project as meticulous as it is unpredictable, the third of its kind … Read More

UE.20: Alex Crescent

Regular readers of this site should by now be familiar with the workings of London-based label The Crescent. The imprint which began life in the midst of the Autonomic heyday has since walked the tightrope between bass music, 2-step, dub … Read More

Karizma, Arnaldo & Daniel Wang step up for Saints Don’t Sleep 2nd Birthday

This Friday, London-based promoters Saints Don’t Sleep return to Brixton Jamm for their 2nd birthday following an impressively busy summer of festival appearances.

On the bill they have Baltimore’s favourite son Karizma, fresh from his apparently incendiary set at Dimensions, … Read More

WIN: 2 tickets to Finding Fela @ BFI

Next week will see the release of Finding Fela, the new biopic on Nigerian afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti directed by Academy Award winning Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Casino Jack), in cinemas across the UK. For … Read More

New Fela Kuti biopic, ‘Finding Fela’, brings afrobeat to the silver screen

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“It’s outstanding to me the number of people who still have no idea who Fela is”. These are the words of Bill T. Jones, director of the recent Broadway smash Fela!, in the opening minutes of the new biopic on … Read More

Five Essentials: Danny Scrilla

With man of the hour Om Unit having recently dropped the excellent Cosmology compilation on his own Cosmic Bridge Records, that label, which has become synonymous with experimentalism and forward-thinking beatsmithery in recent years, has jumped right back into the … Read More