July 1, 2012The one Scott Fraser blessed us with a floor destroying remix for the Bento 12″, his ‘Decompression Dub‘ putting the release on the radar of many of our favourite producers and DJs, rebuilding the version from the ground up with a 12 minute raw retouching. Even after the release however, the man for the large part remained a bit of…
May 2, 2012Out to Alex Digard of Tape-Echo and Analog Love fame for coverage on the NKC plate. Need to take time to shout out the Tape-Echo site as well, beautifully styled and a continuation of the type print and formatting that Alex used for the paper. Put together as a series of images (instead of typed on a site, does that…
April 29, 2012It’s difficult to talk about an artist with such a massive output, especially having only spent a week or so checking them out. Even Paul who’s got more than a handful of releases admits he’s only scratching the surface. It gets even more complicated when dealing with a western artist (born and lived in Manchester) who’s formed his music…
April 18, 2012Long overdue shouts to Keith Fullerton Whitman, proper master of experimental sounds and music engineering. Also he has a wicked beard, and takes a pretty decent photo. Wire ran a well-pieced feature on him a few issues back, definitely worth hunting down. Nothing I could add that wasn’t covered there, but I did come across this video today that needed…
January 16, 2012I should pre-empt this by letting you know that only 250 copies have been made of Issue 1 – beg, borrow and steal if you have to but this is some print you want to own. A few months back we posted on Analog Love, a photo exhibition documenting the Bristol underground scene, accompanied by an amazingly unique zine of…
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…
December 26, 2011Kamikaze and I were recording a show for NTS the other day and he dropped in something from 1935 by an artist named Conlon Nancarrow. He mentioned at the time that Nancarrow had often composed music too fast or complicated for the human player, so took to punching holes manually in to piano roll for the piano player. In essence,…
November 10, 2011Something really special for Charity Queen’s debut sessions with Awkward Movements. The long time Kamikaze associate has outdone himself compiling a chronological mix of the history of electronic music. Not only has he delivered the mix starting in 1954 and ending in 2003, but a reading guide of about 1500 words breaking it down track by track as a nice…
July 6, 2011Something special from the Melting Pot Music camp. Not that anything in their 200+ catalogue has ever been anything but, but this time they’ve outdone themselves. I’m not sure how much I would really say for an intro to those not already familiar with Olski’s label. Anyone buying wax or in to modern beats / funk / hip-hop…
April 23, 2011Thought I’d repost a article and some damn good advice on promos, passed on to the masses from DFRNT. Titled Dub Eitquette, it originally appeared in Modus Magazine Issue 1 and is essential reading for anyone planning on sending out tracks. As an editor, producer and label runner DFRNT continues to amaze me with his work ethic and drive for…