Premiere: Bernard Baum – Atoll

Panatype are off to a flyer. The Peckham-via-Paris imprint released their debut back in March to rave reviews – an assured marriage of spacey ambience and punch-drunk house from Schuttle entitled Home, packaged as a delightful 60-edition cassette. Read More

The Urban Essence Show w/ Desert Sound Colony (Nov 2017)

Producer of slinky steppers, chairman of Holding Hands Records, purveyor of track-title excellence: we were joined by the one and only Desert Sound Colony for November’s Hoxton FM show. ID requests in the comments! Read More

In Conversation With: Future Beat Alliance

Matthew Puffett doesn’t strike us as an underground techno deity. Read More

Deepchord unearths ‘Auratones’ LP for Soma

It’s Friday. Congratulations! You’ve just about made it to the end of the working week (we hope?!), but if you thought today couldn’t be better just because, well… you’re in for a treat. Read More

Press Play: submerse

Introducing the first in a new UE series called Press Play. Join us as we take a step back from our usual audiophilic musings to speak with artists about a different artform entirely: gaming. We’ll be covering their history of, the … Read More

Review: Deep South Festival 2017

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Situated an hour away from London in the picturesque surroundings of Colebrook Lakes near Tunbridge Wells, Deep South is a bitesized two-day celebration of South London’s extended music and arts scene. Represented by a host of local talent and institutions … Read More

UE.38: Lerosa

Thirty eight?! Boy… time flies huh?

Joining us for the latest in our podcast series is an artist who has quickly became one of our favourites since nestling on our radar – after his Subcouture EP on Bristol flagbearer Idle … Read More

Preview: Luciano & Friends @ Printworks London

It’s fair to say that Printworks has taken to life with aplomb since its opening back in February. Huge sellout shows across the spectrum of house, techno and drum and bass have made it a unique and most importantly viable new clubbing … Read More

Craig Richards & Gottwood present Houghton

A new three-day festival for 2017, Houghton is the brainchild of fabric’s Craig Richards and the critically-acclaimed Gottwood team. Curated by the former and produced by the latter, the UK’s newest festival takes place mid-August on the picturesque Houghton estate … Read More

Review: Varkala Festival 2016

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Do you remember your first beat match? That small moment of clarity when you simultaneously celebrate this initial achievement and begin to understand its future potential with all its myriad complexities is a peculiar metaphor that came to mind and … Read More