February 25, 2015Not the first time we’ve shouted about Reel Torque in these pages. The catalogue’s been an interesting one with a partially mixed split from Chris Menist and Awkward Corners, a few studio mixes from the likes of Delroy Edwards and Slackk’s incredible grime mix; and then my personal favourite which is the raw live recordings, the style of which Hieroglyphic…
February 15, 2015It may look like slow moving to get the show archive up here, but all things considered, I think we’ve done okay. With the birth of our twins (Jack and Matilda) on Thursday morning we’re likely going to be quiet here for a while, but I’ll make sure that you can always grab the most recent NTS shows if nothing…
February 6, 2015Well late on getting the archive up for this one, with our next broadcast happening tomorrow, but better late than never as they say. Paul Ackroyd selecting records for two hours, jumping across a few different sounds along the way. No mic breaks, just a a relentless flow of tunes. Special shout-out to Trost Records and the Mats Gustafsson &…
February 3, 2015Yes man! New Lion Charge! Been waiting for a new drop from the label for time, feels like a while since the D-Operation Drop release, and it’s proven to be well worth the wait. Two sides of wax only, heavy, heavy, dub from Egoless here, taking us back to a proper sound system aesthetic. Lion Charge has been crazy good…
February 1, 2015I think I like this record. I mean, I’m listening to it a lot, so that must be right, right? The thing is, is that Burial (who was ‘unmasked’ as Will Bevan last year) has a stunning track record with tunes, even if it takes a while to find the right moment to become obsessed with them. Burial is awesome.…
January 27, 2015Surprised to see some of these kicking around Boomkat still, and recommend grabbing one as soon as possible if you’ve not already. Released on Slip Discs late last year, TCR serves up five cuts of twisted floor music for a wicked cassette release. Sandwiched between two remixes of Micachu and Tirzah tracks ‘Go’ and ‘I’m Not Dancing’ are the three…
January 24, 2015Launching sometime in 2013, Demdike Stare’s Testpressing series was a revelatory smack in the face with the first few drops, and consistently good ever since. Shaking off their reputation as experimental hauntological soundscape creators (which we loved incidentally), the duo of Sean Canty and Miles Whittaker grabbed the club sound of London by the balls and injected in a new…
January 19, 2015Very cool 7″ drop here on the Boomarm Nation label, who continue to throw up new sounds of the highest quality with every release. In fact, between them and the PDXINDUB camp I’m starting to wonder what they’re putting in the water in Portland, and if we can get some over here. Coming off the back of a big year…
January 15, 2015Archive and track list here for Awkward Movements on NTS, gone out live across the weekend. Too many good tunes to fit in across the two hour time slot, either forthcoming or left over from the year just gone, taking us from live bands to brutal club joints. We kicked it off with a bit of twisted jazz, starting with…
January 13, 2015This has probably been rinsed to death by now but I dig this project so much had to get it up here. Plus Nick Kyrgios is currently in the fight of a lifetime, so no sport fan in Australia is going to bed anytime soon. Taking the elements that made up those beautiful jazz LP sleeves of the fiftes and…