March 31, 2014Going to make this a quick post, unexpected travels and events seem to be taking up a surprising amount of time, hence the length between words lately. Had to give this a quick shout however; a stunning tape release from Nenado via the Astro:Dynamics label, a full-length, seven-track C30 or download that you need to check out. Music doesn’t come…
March 27, 2014Last month saw the passing of Wayne Smith, the artist credited with one of the watershed recordings and seminal moments in dub reggae history, the original vocalist over the mighty ‘Sleng Teng‘ riddim. Chapters have been (and will continue to be) written on this riddim, and it’s ongoing influence over bass influenced genres and raves. Unleashed for the first time…
March 24, 2014Under their female counterpart / aliases of Millie & Andrea, the pairing of Miles Whittaker and Andy Stott have just now produced some of their finest work to date. In addition to mostly new tracks they’ve also included revisits to past releases for a cracking LP. Not sure if I was in the wrong frame of mind when those sporadic…
March 20, 2014Very cool discovery here, arriving to my ears via Paul Ackroyd aka Kamikaze last week. radiokoala, as it turns out, is one of the many unsung analogue masters of the current time, contemporary of Ekoplekz, Keith Fullerton Whitman and dyLab but with no label release to date. Operating out of a Belaruse, in addition to his Soundcloud page you can…
March 18, 2014Spent a couple of hours lost on thebohemianblog.com the other night, Darmon Richter’s online presence as an urban explorer and writer. Journeying down to Melbourne and picking up the second volume of Beauty In Decay (more on this later) it was pretty good timing to come across his recount of crawling through the city’s underground sewers, Richter’s currently best known…
March 16, 2014Apologies for the delay between posts here, been somewhat tied up away from home for the last week or so, but wanted to take a second to get this bombed up. Big ups Kamikaze aka Paul Ackroyd for last week’s Awkward Movements show on NTS, the full two hours available to stream below with complete track list. Out to all…
March 11, 2014Brilliant reissue here coming on Nero Records, taking a big cut from the late ’90s and giving it new life. Dropping end of the month comes a fresh-pressing of a stone-cold classic, courtesy of a true don of the scene, Dobie. Originally released in 1998, ‘Cloud 98 3/4‘ was a crossover joint that we heard well-before we started picking up…
March 10, 2014Nice collection of music right here, curated by Kangding Ray aka David Letellier. Originally brought to our attention via Raster-Noton with a 12″ drop in 2010, the Berlin based producer moves amongst the art world of installations alongside dropping drone influenced, intense, bass techno workings on Stroboscopic Artefacts or Raster-Noton; unpredictable in when or what he may throw up next…
March 9, 2014I’m of the feeling that I could be best friends with whoever’s behind this plate. Not just mates to drink with, but proper share a flat and even combine our record collections after years of trying to out geek each other on obscure vinyl pieces and pointless trivia. But unfortunately it will never happen, as this great record is going…
March 5, 2014Music, photos, and videos that take you back to a certain place in your life are things to be treasured. The fact that I just found Jet Set Radio on iPad has temporarily put any concerns over short-attention span technology destroying our lives to one side, in favour of replaying one of the greatest contributions to the animation and gaming…