March 2, 2012We’ve been staying tight on this release, but couldn’t resist giving Juno Plus a peak in ahead of the Riego Street 12″ release date. And whilst keeping this close to our chest, we’ve got digital 320s available for radio or coverage, so get in touch if you want to get a hold of them early. via Juno Plus Fledgling London…
February 10, 2012Not an advertised event and despite the snow all stops came out anyhow, Mark Kinchen aka MK (who we recently talked about in regards to Separate Minds – the 1988 EP that was the debut for him, Terrence Parker and Scan 7) delivered in fine form at an intimate gig at the famed Horse & Groom. Pure vibes all night,…
January 27, 2012After blowing us away with the planetarium show last week, we didn’t think there was much else to share on Strictly Kev’s new DJ Food album, The Search Engine. Last night, however, we were lucky to be invited down to a new exhibition opening, where Henry Flint was displaying the sketches, concepts and artwork behind the aesthetic of the album,…
January 11, 2012Just revisited this the other day, off the back of The Boombox Project which exhibited last month. Although not a brand new offering, this mini-doc is straight classic and just too good not to share; out to NPR Music over in the states who are responsible for getting this up. Hosted by photographer and ‘boombox connoisseur’ Lyle Owerko (curator and…
January 1, 2012As is the time of the year we sent out the call for ‘Best Of…’ charts from the crew, which will be going up soon. Kamikaze flatly refused to do a top 10 – saying he needed at least 100 records as it’d been such a sterling year. He’s actually taken it one step further and recording them in to…
November 24, 2011Earlier in the year we headed down to the incredible space that is The Crypt Gallery for the launch of an exhibition that saw Tess Farmer an Amon Tobin unveiling the aesthetic for his then forthcoming Isam album. It was pretty stunning, and you can check the report on that here, though it’s a shame we didn’t get any images…
November 14, 2011I know it’s the second time in about as many months that we’ve shouted at Ninja Tune and the one Kid Koala, but his shows just keep getting better and better. There’s a full run down on the Space Cadet book from the first launch we caught in September, which you can catch up on here. Friday night’s Space Cadet…
October 24, 2011The man behind the look and style of Science & Romance is the one Rob McDougall, who just keeps topping our expectations with his work. Kato came to me with a concept for an album cover. He showed me lots of photographs he’d found as inspiration for the look and feel he was after. One in particular stood out, which was…
October 23, 2011Courtesy of Timmy K, who was holding it down for us on the photographic tip last night as Kutmah, Flying Lotus and Martyn tore apart Roundhouse. Promotion kudos goes to Soundcrash who continue to smash it with multiple headliners on events like this. No doubt be more appearing on the Phomandark blog and his Flickr account a little later on,…
September 25, 2011An unfinished and quick dedication to one of the most memorable models to ever grace a series of record sleeves, and probably my first cover art crush. The Salsoul Orchestra were an incredible band, who created timeless music that still falls under dancefloor fire (and probably most famously sampled by Madonna for ‘Vogue’), and it was Ellen Michaels on the…