January 1, 2014As promised, here’s the annual 1st of January round-up from Awkward Movements crew. More on the way that will keep the page updating, but had to get a start on things as these lists seem to get bigger each year. So many good labels, new artists and stunning releases that kept it as one of the best in a while.…
December 19, 2013Mixed feelings right now as the joy of discovering an amazing record mixes with the shame that it took me so long to find out about these guys. Team Doyobi is right up my alley. As a long-term fan of vintage computer game music – whether original or new tracks that reminds me of the classic gaming sounds – I…
December 15, 2013Don’t you love it when a plan comes together? No doubt Software / Mexican Summer label bosses are basking in that feeling when listening back to Wake Up Awesome. Bringing together three of the leaders of improvised music, the sum of what comes out far outweighs their individual parts, something that doesn’t happen as often as it should. Not going…
December 4, 2013The fifth release from Modal Analysis comes from the ever-good Mancunian duo of AnD; a proper stunning plate continuing both parties reputation for wicked lo-fi techno destruction. Furnished with a Russell Haswell remix, and some nice stencilled sleeve design to boot, we’re really digging this record. Both originals offer up chugging drum machine patterns while distorted acid synths beat against…
December 2, 2013Inga Copeland, along with the whole Hype Williams sound in fact, has always been hit and miss for me personally. Not to say some of it hasn’t been outstanding, but a lot of that crew’s efforts feel like art for art’s sake, something doesn’t work consistently with releasing music. At some point you need that stick in the sand to…
December 1, 2013Really dig this, even if I’m not entirely sure what to make of it. The Akkord debut is a bass influenced leftfield-techno affair; minimal and clean in nature and an absolute masterclass in composition. Out on Houndstooth, this is the second smashing LP the label’s brought us this year, following on from the Special Request (Paul Woolford) Soul Music release, creating a…
November 21, 2013We get hype with expectation whenever our sought out labels announce releases with our favourite artists. Just like this one, the Semtek run Don’t Be Afraid imprint have announced a record from Farah (formerly known as Darling Farah) officially out next month. Last year saw the release of Body, Farah’s full length masterpiece that was a stand-out for 2012. His…
November 15, 2013First spotted sharing the Split cassette release with Russell Haswell back in April, Gábor Lázár is set to release his debut full length this month on the ever-good Presto?! label. ILS sees Lázár continue the algorithmic electronic experiments that captivated us on Split extended out to a CD release dropping sometime in November. Via his label Last Foundation Lázár has…
November 12, 2013Recently I went through a massive refile of records, and as well as pulling out forgotten plates and classics that needed rescuing it also increased my anger levels at cash wasted on hype releases. To be brutally honest, Hospital Productions caused the majority of this self-deprecating temper change. The discovery that so much of their vinyl catalogue that I own…
November 11, 2013While we don’t normally step out on download releases, such is the obsession and how far this one surprised us, we thought we’d weigh in. Japan based Foodman has, in a relatively short-space of time, become on of my favourite artists. We first spotted him on wicked cassette from Digitalis titled 「IROIRO」 – a twenty-six track affair of addictive 8-bit…