techno
PREVIEW: Universal Appearance – Clear Your Mind (ULM004)
November 7, 2013 | Adam Tiran 2The next release from budding electronica label Universal Language Music has been scheduled for December and is set to cement their status as one of the year’s most intriguing new imprints.
ULM was set up earlier this year by London-based … Read More
REVIEW: The Orb – History of the Future
October 14, 2013 | Chris McLachlanIn writing a piece on a record which is essentially an amalgamation of The Orb’s back catalogue, there is the somewhat unintended consequence of also reflecting on their 25 year musical career. A History Of The Future is a substantive … Read More
PREVIEW: Global Roots presents Owiny Sigoma Band
July 29, 2013 | Rhemayo Brooks 1This Thursday, Thris Tian (Boiler Room purveyor, NTS Radio mainstay and exponent of a contemporary global soundtrack) will throw his first Global Roots event.
He has used his weekly ‘Dark N’ Lovely Global Roots’ show on NTS (Sunday nights), to … Read More
PREVIEW: Jumping Back Slash – JBS002 EP
June 4, 2013 | Adam TiranSouth African afrotronical kwaito-house producer, Jumping Back Slash, has been on fire so far this year with his output. Now widely known for his extensive remix back catalogue, JBS has already released a slew of remixes and bootlegs this year … Read More
FIVE ESSENTIALS: Pattern
May 10, 2013 | Jack SmithSet to release a sparkling new single on Alignment’s new project Realign, Manchester-based Pattern might be an unfamiliar name to most but ‘Draft’s intricate, Jungle-infused crystal clarity is a glowing debut by anyone’s standards.
Paired with a brooding Techno remix … Read More
PREVIEW: HVL – Flats EP [Voyager]
May 9, 2013 | Jack SmithThe Crescent had really hit the floor running in 2012, with a trio of exceptional releases from a collection of key players – including Mode, Troy Gunner, eleven8 and Clarity – who reside under the loose UK-electronica umbrella term as … Read More
UE.9: thomas tms
October 27, 2012 | Carlos HawthornGive it a few years and Thomas ‘tms’ Midgley will be a name on everybody’s lips. The Yorkshire born-and-bred beatsmith is currently one of the North’s best kept musical secrets. A record collector, producer and DJ known for the wizardry … Read More
UE.5: Mikail [Funkyzeit]
May 31, 2012 | Adam Tiran 1Mikail, one third of the London techno institution Funkyzeit, has been kind enough to do us a mix epitomizing the 4-to-the-floor Funkyzeit sound. It’s a bouncy and relentless set that ranges from pounding techno to funk-infused house.
“The mix was … Read More