December 9, 2013Archive from last fortnight’s Awkward Movements NTS show went up over the weekend, relive in full streaming glory below complete with tracklist. A couple of bass heavy bits including my recently found copy of Cotti’s ‘I Don’t Give A Dub’ and Dubkasm mixed down by Aba-Shanti, and then a double appearance from the one Ralph Cumbers as Bass Clef as…
December 7, 2013These guys have been on our radar for more than a minute now, coming out of Brooklyn and representing one of the finest new systems in the world. Tour de Force is the collaboration of system reppers Q-Masta and Double Tiger, who’s longstanding relationship with their city’s bass culture lends to their credibility and dedication to their sound system craft.…
December 5, 2013A really nice video this, capturing a passion for archive that’s often hard to express. Jamie Roberts has found an interesting subject in the mind and workings of Dick Jewell – cult-famed artist, photographer and filmmaker. Seven-minutes in length, ‘Moving Pictures‘ focuses on Jewell’s love of movement in people. Surrounded by his self-shot footage archive that started in the early…
December 4, 2013The fifth release from Modal Analysis comes from the ever-good Mancunian duo of AnD; a proper stunning plate continuing both parties reputation for wicked lo-fi techno destruction. Furnished with a Russell Haswell remix, and some nice stencilled sleeve design to boot, we’re really digging this record. Both originals offer up chugging drum machine patterns while distorted acid synths beat against…
December 2, 2013Inga Copeland, along with the whole Hype Williams sound in fact, has always been hit and miss for me personally. Not to say some of it hasn’t been outstanding, but a lot of that crew’s efforts feel like art for art’s sake, something doesn’t work consistently with releasing music. At some point you need that stick in the sand to…
December 1, 2013Really dig this, even if I’m not entirely sure what to make of it. The Akkord debut is a bass influenced leftfield-techno affair; minimal and clean in nature and an absolute masterclass in composition. Out on Houndstooth, this is the second smashing LP the label’s brought us this year, following on from the Special Request (Paul Woolford) Soul Music release, creating a…
November 30, 2013This isn’t an every day occurrence for us, but you’ve got to show some respect to the men in hoods. Our first encounter with Sunn O))) was many years back at Sonar, in a bizarrely dark setting in the middle of the day that didn’t at all reflect the sunshine vibes occurring in Barcelona outside. To be honest I really…
November 28, 2013Over the last twelve months especially, sound system culture has been progressively working it’s way in to our day-to-day doings, much knowledge sharing, and big-ups those who’ve stepped up to teach. We came at the sound system side of things well late, and from a proper outsiders perspective, not even close to catching up, but it’s all about the journey…
November 26, 2013Been meaning to weigh in on Ryoji Ikeda since the trip to the Museum Of New and Old Art (MONA) earlier in the year. Data.Tron and Data.Matrix were the two audiovisual works on display, absolute standouts that consumed a massive space, with screens facing each other allowing you to get totally lost in his creations. With the release of his Supercodex album on…
November 24, 2013Can’t really talk about Recovery without first discussing Rage. Just found out that the Australian music program is in fact the oldest music video program in production, having first broadcast in April 1987 in the same minimal format it still goes out as today. Starting sometime between 11pm and 1am originally each night on ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) but now…