January 18, 2012Maybe there’s been a bit of a knock-on effect here, having rinsed the Plug LP since its release and finally taking time to fill the gaps in my collection of Rockwell releases. Have to give a quick shout then to a dnb record that arrived on promo and has been kicking itself round in my head for a good few…
January 13, 2012Something special to catch on the live tip, DJ Food are heading out to Greenwich to take over London’s only public planetarium with a bespoke AV show. Having recently dropped Magpies Maps and Moons – part three of three in a vinyl release series that started with One Man’s Weird Is Another Man’s World back in 2009 – there’s now…
January 9, 2012Really in to this LP, having rinsed it over the weekend. A debut release of old material from what I’m learning was a legendary underground project about a decade and a half ago; Luke Vibert (also known as Wagon Christ) under the drum n bass alias of Plug. In 1996 the experimental wizardry of Vibert birthed this project in the…
January 2, 2012As usual top charts of 2011 all came in different formats, with some taking more liberties than others in cramming as many records, news events ad whatever else they could in. Also most people have chosen not to rank their releases (thanks Jimmy Monsta Funk who started the trend last year and now everyone’s tried it on) I’ve preserved them…
December 30, 2011A classic project from 1988 that is often overlooked, despite these brilliant times where we seem to be looking back to Detroit with new interest. Two records to their name, Separate Minds were a collaboration of masses, highlighted once more the further we dig in to the somewhat mysterious world of Scan 7 and the militancy and legend that is…
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,…
December 22, 2011via Jimmy Monsta Funk Yesterday I heard news of the untimely passing of Nilesh Patel (aka Nilz at The Exchange) and felt compelled to write something down in his honour. To inveterate records collectors like my extended crew and I, Nilz was a legend without compare. He worked as a mastering engineer at The Exchange after completing college in 1989…
December 21, 2011The crew at monome dropped through an email saying that there were some models of the gs64 and gs128 available to ship straight away – and whilst I’m not technically minded or making enough to be able to buy one, it did get me back on their site which I used to obsess over. On it was a very cool…
December 19, 2011This is some proper raw house, the type that we’re in love with at the moment. Out to Nicole who was pumping this in Sounds Of The Universe definitely turning a few heads with it’s brutality, making us look a bit deeper. New tracks on vinyl only release from the artist(s) and label known as Appointment Records – the combined…
December 11, 2011Damn, can’t believe there’s still some of these left. Juno are actually giving away physical copies of this limited 7″ they’ve curated as a Christmas present to their customers. Yes, a free 7″ with well appointed tracks from FaltyDL and JD Twitch. Dope. We all know what FaltyDL can do, and after the amazing year he’s had this late-entry has…