September 5, 2012Very cool concept here, aided by the 1.5 hours of audio example they’re giving away as part of this month’s download package. Acid Pattern Group is an ever growing collective that submit original compositions each month based on a user created pattern of a 303 template. See below for the guidelines they use for the group and the pattern they…
August 29, 2012The art x skate deck / snow board crossover thing has been such an underrated element since almost the start of the boarding industries. There were never stock images being pushed on to the gear, and even bulk sticker designs lend to customisation purely by placement and quantity. It’s an integral but often overlooked part within a subculture that we…
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 5, 2012I think the best thing about My Wife Makes Dioramas is that for about a month no one actually knew who the real artist was, now announced as one Abby Goldman. It was in fact her husband, best known by his Reddit handle CapJax, who shot her work to fame, as it was he who posted the murder oriented, and…
July 20, 2012To inaugurate the launch of the label website – http://www.dontbeafraidrecordings.co.uk – Don’t Be Afraid are giving away tracks from their impressive roster of electronic dons. It was just over 12 months ago that the DBA took everything next level, kicking off a relentlessly stunning run of plates, starting with the release of the West Acyd Shelter 12″ from label boss…
July 16, 2012Out to Charity Queen for the pick on this – for those London based this could be an absolute goldmine. As we’ve spoken about before BBC World Services is exiting the beautiful Bush House location, and as a result are selling pretty much everything used to run an operation on that scale. From masses of microphones and unused / unopened…
July 10, 2012About a month ago we visited Eat The Dream: Moroccan Reveries on the Awkward Movements NTS show (out to Kamikaze for the pick as always). Originally released on CD in 1996, Eat The Dream is a compilation of field recordings from Morocco, compiled and edited by Tucker Martine on his trip to Marrakech in 1994. Strangely enough, when it finally…
June 29, 2012This probably isn’t as exciting to everyone as it should be, but it’s damn good news for the various lifelong members of the SNES appreciation society constantly coming out of the woodwork. The (one) problem with vintage gaming is that you can only get so far before you’re replaying the bottom of the barrel cartridges – you’re defined by the…
May 22, 2012Part of a small offering served up on Lost At E Minor last month, just seen this post was still doing the rounds on twitter, so thought I’d get it up on here as well. These stunning shots are the work of one Miersa Kluska, who was commissioned for these creations by the Berlin Philharmonic. More info on the concept…
May 19, 2012While Senna may have become the darling of the archive industry over the last 12 months, Karel Doing’s Liquidator project certainly blew a few minds in that time, definitely serving up the most talked about minute preview at the Focal Awards. Perhaps most interestingly the 8 minute film is soundtracked by Mical Osowski, who connected the filters and effects of…