Interviews
Digging Deep: ENA
April 1, 2014 | Matt Clough 1
Lurking in the far-flung Oriental corner of the Minimal-170 genre is Tokyo based producer, ENA. Producing under several different monikers, including Yu Aseda and other apparently more ‘secret’ aliases, ENA’s releases have been sporadic since 2008 and have often gone … Read More
Five Steps: A/T/O/S [DEEP MEDi]
March 29, 2014 | Jack Smith
March saw the debut release from A/T/O/S on DEEP MEDi: a collaborative LP from producer Truenoys and songstress Amos that eschews the inherent need for bass-weight in favour of a more musical approach to your standard Dubstep template. A Taste Of … Read More
Five Essentials: Liston
March 20, 2014 | Jack Smith
This week saw the release of Leeds-based producer Liston‘s Skyscrapers EP on Melodica Recordings – a four-track piece that stays true to the label’s namesake as it explores a vast array of different styles and musical tones, its themes all … Read More
Five Essentials: Deft
March 14, 2014 | Jack Smith
Straddling the divide between the Civil Music, Planet Mu etc-inspired dystopian half-tempo and the scene’s recent reinvention of Chicago footwork sits Deft‘s colourful oeuvre of work in 2014; a versatile and above-all supremely fine-tuned catalogue, from Voight Kampff‘s multi-genre abstraction … Read More
Five Steps: Seba
March 14, 2014 | Jack Smith 1
An artist who needs no introduction – we’ll give it a good crack anyway – and possibly Sweden’s finest export since Henrik Larsson is the one and only Seba. Pivotal at the height of GLR-era Jungle and a mainstay throughout its … Read More
Spotlight: LinG
March 13, 2014 | Jack Smith
The start of the month saw newcomer LinG drop a single that sat a step above what you would usually come to expect from a debut release. Released on UK-based collective Get Some, Anthracite’s is an aggressive sound that draws … Read More
Spotlight: Jay Prince
March 11, 2014 | Adam Tiran
After years lurking in the shadows, grime has in the last few years seen the meteoric rise of some of its founding forefathers and most prominent figures to mainstream chart success. But that hype seems to have come and gone, … Read More
Five Steps: Code | Subtle Audio
February 28, 2014 | Jack Smith
For a movement that can credit its origins to the most important six second drum loop of all time, we have sure seen a kaleidoscopic evolution in sound – Jungle and Drum & Bass having continued to mould, rethink and … Read More
Spotlight: Congi & Occult
February 24, 2014 | Jack Smith
Today marks the release of the eagerly-awaited debut on burgeoning label Deep Heads from two sets of artists that have been making intelligent, emotive 140 beats for a good few years at least now. Congi & Occult‘s Same Kind EP bears all … Read More
Five Essentials: Grum
February 20, 2014 | Adam Tiran
Bursting onto the disco-house scene in the late 2000s, Scottish producer Grum has made a strong case for the reinvigoration of an italo-esque, trance-inspired sound with a solid range of solo productions and substantial remix work over the past few … Read More
