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…
May 1, 2012We’ve spoken about TK aka Toby Knight on these pages before, mainly to do with his involvement with our favourite London parties including Special Request (viiiiiibes) and Lostbahnhof. As well as being a vinyl hunter and ill DJ, did you know that he’s also the king of archive? Toby was the man responsible for the video to Mr Beatnick’s Sun Goddess which…
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 25, 2012Though Daojia’s ‘Riego Street‘ is still heading out to stores, thought we’d get in early and share a little information on what’s coming after. Namely, the design behind our sixth release dropping in a few weeks time. NKC is returning to Awkward Movements, bringing some proper anthemic love. Two new tracks backed with heavyweight remixes from the one Maddslinky and…
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…
April 17, 2012We love Clone Records, and the Basement Series has been a favourite addition to their roster of sound, with Royal Oak (the label that bought us classic Reggie Dokes and that stunning Kyle Hall remix of Space Dimension Controller – two records that never leave my bag) running a close second. Serge gave us some inside info on the ethos…
April 16, 2012A one time secret-weapon of NKC and associates, Radar is a big track, the first offering we’ve had from NKC featuring live vocals. Due to organ sampled we’ve not been able to press it, but it’s definitely a tune that needs to be out-there. As well as announcing our sixth release and second 12″ with NKC, our friends at XLR8R…
April 10, 2012We’ve covered a lot of ground on documentaries relating to techno and the electronic music of Detroit, those who can’t do preach and all that. In The Dark: Voices is probably the most relaxed one we’ve seen though, where the subjects seem familiar with their sounds and surroundings. It may be the most amateurishly shot one too, but it’s not…
April 5, 2012Officially out today, arriving in all good physical and digital stores this week, we’re excited to bring the debut plate from Daojia. Released on vinyl and digital 2/4/12, the Riego Street package comes not only with his own redubbed version of his tune as ‘Riego Street Dub’, but the flip comes correct with the legendary Detroit underground collective Scan 7…
March 29, 2012Shot on iPhones and Flip cameras that were just occasionally left rolling, thought we’d get this up there as it’s started doing the rounds. Instead of just leaving the Soundcloud samples sitting at youtube with the centres we thought we’d give you some insight in to what went in to making the sleeves for the first press of Daojia’s Riego…