February 27, 2014Not even sure where to start talking Lucas Abela, madman artist of all kinds, over two decades playing music. Best known to many as an experimental noisemaker under the name Justice Yeldham, destroying his face with sheets of microphoned glass, it’s actually his installation work that’s grabbed us as of late. A very healthy obsession with mutating pinball machines means…
February 17, 2014One of the crew was sharing some details and videos about Mad Cobra recently, part of our ever-growing reggae education. Evidently there was a time in the ’90s where Mad Cobra was king, and having dug through his discography over the last few days, it’s definitely the live performance area where he stands out. Coming up through the mighty Killamanjaro…
February 13, 2014Just want to take a second to highlight this brilliant piece of journalism from Richie Siegel, founder of online mag Seersucker and overall artistic don. The 5 Pointz complex was considered the graffiti mecca of the world. Located in Queens, it’s name represented the five boroughs of New York coming together over art. Curated by Meres One aka Jonathan Cohen since 2002,…
February 6, 2014Not news by any stretch of the imagination, but in the ongoing absence of a bootleg copy on wax I thought we’d shed a bit more light on this wicked drop from The Avalanches. Effectively known as ‘Stalking To A Stranger‘ it is in fact officially Hunters & Collectors – ‘Talking To A Stranger given a ‘Planets Collide’ remix, done…
January 23, 2014I’m a big fan of the CDR concept and all their associated activities. Founded by the one Tony Nwachukwu (of Attica Blues fame as well as just been a really interesting guy) and mate Gavin Alexander back in 2002, CDR continues to exponentially grow, spreading nothing but good vibes and quality nights for heads to come together at. For those…
January 13, 2014There’s been a couple of email threads this week around past London nights, with some of the Awkward Movements cohorts weighing in on a few favourite venues and most memorable parties. Alongside tales of spinning in defunct locations, queing for parties only to see the best or worst night of the season and memorable moments on the decks, the crew…
January 2, 2014The seasonal break brought me time to dig out the old delay pedal, which in turn gave reason to put fresh batteries in to the dub siren which I – aided by those more technically proficient – built about eight months ago. For those with a desire to play a sound system there’s no doubting the importance of a dub…
January 1, 2014As promised, here’s the annual 1st of January round-up from Awkward Movements crew. More on the way that will keep the page updating, but had to get a start on things as these lists seem to get bigger each year. So many good labels, new artists and stunning releases that kept it as one of the best in a while.…
December 28, 2013Borrowed an old GameBoy off of a work colleague specifically for the purpose of plugging in the Nanoloop 1.6 and 2.5 cartridges across the Christmas break. Proper blown away by what I’ve found so far, with the level of depth far exceeding what I’d anticipated. Only really scratching the surface with both versions, though quickly found the 1.6 redundant in…
December 21, 2013For as often as we shout-out Detroit (a quick search of the word reveals around sixty five posts with the Motor City mentioned in some capacity) it sometimes to take effort to remember the actual state that it’s descended in to. As techno fans, it’s easy to imagine it as this magical place, to which one day we’ll hope to…