October 3, 2013When Charity Queen weighs in with music discoveries it’s always worth examining. Pretty spot-on with this one too, featuring one of the most popular synths of the ’80s, which also happens to be one of the most notoriously difficult to program. The Yamaha DX7 introduced frequency modulation synthesis to the market, provided the sounds of the generation and was essentially…
October 2, 2013The Hydra season continues! The original lineups that Broken & Uneven presented us with from August to New Years Day are a stunning collection of modern and pioneering artists, and last Friday night for 3 Chairs x Nonplus x Eglo at Fire was a good example of how these guys are killing it in London town. By all reports the…
September 28, 2013When it finally clicked, the Ravedeath, 1972 LP hit me like sack of bricks…dropped from above cracking my skull that even before my head hit the curb, the blood and former two months of listening were spilling out. It was a belated but worthwhile introduction to the music of Tim Hecker, and out of LPs that I regularly play start…
September 24, 2013Very cool project this that we’re stoked to have been a small part of. Earlier this month Spencer Graham exhibited his follow up to last year’s Pressing Detroit installation. Going under the extensive title of 15:06:13-16:06:13/15.06.13/SG Subtitle: The One Hour Piece (The One Hour…), the work is a display and listening experience composed of records featuring ‘Detroit‘ in their title (by…
September 16, 2013Obviously been way too long since I’ve seen a basically decent label site, given that I’ve spent the better part of a few evenings now clicking around Jahtari – either reading their essays or just streaming the mixtapes on the site. The heavily influential electronic dub (or are we still saying ‘digidub‘?) label is the embodiment of releasing the music you…
August 28, 2013Ended up at this locale a couple of weeks in a row, and fast turning in to one of my favorite Sydney spots. Lazybones Lounge in Marrickville is proper vibes, mixing the resident house bands with rare record DJs and quality sound. You wouldn’t know what to expect coming up the stairs, but on all occasions we’ve been greeted by…
August 18, 2013A couple of much-needed and pretty cool apps here, designed for the modern-day record community, linking us straight in to Discogs. Starting with the freebie, Crate Digger first appeared for download a bit over two years ago, built around and improved through the Discogs community and forum board needs. With the ability to pull through your publicly viewable Collection and Wantlist,…
July 9, 2013Always a pleasure to host some work from Phomandark, known to us as Timmy K; there’s a reason why he’s a favourite photographer. Not sure why we’ve not highlighted some of his photographic movements at breakdance events, but it’s not the first time he’s shot Floor Rippers. All black and white, this is a pretty stunning collection of photos. There’s…
June 27, 2013All about the DIY instrument-build approach at the moment, and proper looking forward to dedicating some time to this next month. Sonic Potions are filling a very necessary need for drum synth kits with the release of the LXR Drumsynthesizer this week. And while it’s hard to judge gear until you’ve had some hands-on experience with it, we thought it’d…
May 22, 2013One for the Berlin crew, the Raimo run Lampuka Records are hosting their 1st birthday bashment at The Gallery Room, ZMF, this Saturday; and it’s set to be hype. Stellar lineup consisting of the label released friends and family including Free Care (Nick) from Phonica, Tomas Rubeck (who launched it all with LAMPUKA001) and Iori as some of the highlights.…