October 17, 2012We’ve been fan boy obsessed with the output of Ghedalia Tazartes since Paul Ackroyd introduced him into the NTS show a year or so back. The further you dig the more rewarding the experience of Tazartes is, as the sound-artist / loop master’s work sounds like no one else and he rarely repeats himself. As the story goes, in 1974…
October 9, 2012The Ron Morelli run Long Island Electrical System aka L.I.E.S. has got to be the most consistently dope label out there at the moment. We’ve spoken about them here loads, and been rinsing out the releases on NTS, but with every record they still surprise us with the quality of tracks, usually accompanied with a mind-bending video of VHS haze.…
October 2, 2012Proper stunning EP this, from a name that we’ve not shouted out before, released on a label that we definitely don’t check enough. Analogue techno that can make us reminisce to 90s computer games and futurism movies is a form of perfection. It doesn’t hurt that all three tracks on Raw are solid floor-destroyers too. This is actually a standard…
September 29, 2012Amazing record this. Digitalis isn’t the usual place you’d look for some dirty chopped-up reggae output, but not only have they given us something fresh to tie the ‘dub’ title to (it’s been at least two years since ‘kraut-dub’ hasn’t it?), but in this album they’ve released one of the best full lengths we’ve heard in a while. Seekersinternational are…
September 20, 2012After a proper hiatus from his post Underground Resistance home in the late ’90s, the underground sound that is Trackmasta Lou and Scan 7 return to Tresor for a new EP. The record was announced in the Scan 7 signature mysterious style, with the below video suddenly appearing online a few weeks back. The return to Tresor is a big…
September 13, 2012Alex Digard aka Tape-Echo is a constant source of fan-boy fascination for us. The Tape-Echo ideals of print, design and wax align with what brings us joy, and the Tape-Echo newspaper publication as well as the Analogue Love exhibition were massive highlights of 2011. Gutted then that we’re not around to see the new exhibition which launched this month, celebating…
September 8, 2012We’ve spent a load of time praising aka Ekoplekz on these pages, and evidently it’s bound to continue. He’s teamed up with Editions Mego and released a 45 minute LP across two plates that’s completely blown us away. If Dromilly Vale and Snuff Mill Tapes took us to new furthest reaches, then Plekzationz is the crowning glory on all his…
August 20, 2012We were pretty excited when Stones Throw and Now-Again were the first of our favourites to roll out the subscription services. Though despite the low-cost and ease of getting new tracks, the combined convenience of Phonica also meant that I wasn’t using it a great deal; just checking out the releases quickly, buying what you play out on wax and…
August 15, 2012A few months back we were raving about a chance purchase of a CD that became an instant favourite; the super limited, self-titled release of PS Stamps Back & Olekranon. The collaboration was a released on Inam Records, a label we’ve since come to love as we continue to hunt through their 103 deep catalogue of releases. As it turns…
August 6, 2012Stunning 12″ this, wish I’d been able to get it sooner as it’s pretty special in my opinion. Then again we’ve always been massive fans of squelchy stomped on electronics blended in to raw house music. Surprising then that we seem to be playing catch up in checking out the artist that is Gobby, who’s got it spot on. Not…