August 30, 2014What an incredible record. We haven’t had anything with such sheer excitement and jump-up intensity come across our plates since the funk days of old, and certainly can’t remember a live vocalist that threw-down as hard as this. Frantic drum patterns and hectic and raw vocal workings, recorded in the early ’90s evidently, just make this an absolutely beautiful record…
August 21, 2014More good news for the week with the analogue master Dave Henson aka Nochexxx aka CHXFX unexpectedly dropping a super-limited, single-plate, double long-player on to us. Six-months on from Thrusters – his incredible debut full-length as Nochexxx – Henson revises the ever-good CHXFX alias, releasing on wax under it for the first time. As one of the modern-day analog masters,…
August 14, 2014Strange that we’ve not shouted out Anthony Naples more, especially as the young New York producer has delivered some cracking plates right up our alley, often talked about over deck sessions. I’ve happened to catch the guy live as well, spinning records on a few occasions in London, walking away well-impressed with selections both times. After a few months off…
August 10, 2014Big record this, with the two of our favourite artists, who happen to be the flagship producers for one of our most loved labels, coming together for a tribute of sorts to the compositional style of Miles Davis. While most Deepblak plates are buy on site, it’s label-boss Aybee who constantly surprises us with new sounds and directions. His Worlds LP last year was up…
August 4, 2014Been way too long since we’ve been shouting about a record of this calibre, especially on the techno tip. Coming to us on Subject Detroit, Japan-based producer Itokim has kicked things in a different direction for his debut wax release, bridging the gap between the classic techno pioneers and the swift new-school. Last year’s A Larger Orbit 12″ release was…
July 30, 2014The very good news of the week is that Rage – the greatest program ever created, and possibly why I returned to the southern hemisphere – is available on ABC iView, meaning for those not geo-blocked you never have to be without at least three weeks worth on the television. And as a result of constant hit-and-miss videos going on in…
July 22, 2014So much in love with this project; the fact that the music so good is almost an added bonus. Okay, that may be taking it too far, as at it’s core is amazing composition, but you can’t ignore how well it ties in to a brilliant concept beautifully executed from recording to delivery. Theo Brown and The Folklore Of Dartmoor is…
July 9, 2014I’d almost forgotten about this piece of hip-hop bootleg gold, but the release of the Operation Doomsday in a lunchbox double-cassette package sparked the memory, and made me track it down once more. Mixed by French DJ / Producer Ugly Mac Beer sometime in the mid- or early-2000’s, the CD version of this was my go-to birthday present for heads for…
July 7, 2014Excellent solo plate from Flowdan (Flow Dan?) here, released on Hyperdub last month, continuing on with the label’s stunning ten year anniversary releases. It couldn’t be more aptly named, as there’s not a phone-in moment on Serious Business, just proper badman MC work from one of the scene’s finest mic men, instantly recognisable from his dark and menacing tones. We…
June 28, 2014There’s a tragic school of thought that properly composed electronica (specifically music often tied to that horrible term IDM) essentially spearheaded downwards when Richard D. James stopped releasing as Aphex Twin. These beliefs can only belong to those people who’ve slept on the ever-wonderful Skam catalogue, and more importantly the work of VHS Head. VHS Head is the moniker of…