October 10, 2013Printing magazines may be viewed as a dying art, but those remaining are getting better than ever. I’ve recently discovered a third essential (Juxtapoz and Wire being current mainstays) in Smith Journal; a quarterly publication from Allen & Unwin done as the male companion to Frankie. And it’s absolutely brilliant, quality writing on the most random of topics. The fact that the cover story is…
October 8, 2013Good news for those on the hardware hunt or with a bit of cash to spend on an investment piece for the latter part of the year. The folks over at Monome have just unveiled a new product, the Aleph, and are currently taking pre-orders for a non-specific shipping date later in the year. Before giving reasons for how much better…
October 7, 2013Had a blast doing last Monday’s NTS Awkward Movements show, as always big ups to the crew at NTS station and to those who locked. Full track list below along with the recorded archive of the two hour session. New stuff from regulars Tim Hecker, Oneohtrix Point Never, Torn Hawk and Mordant Music, as well as joints from Bill Callahan…
October 4, 2013Eddie ‘Flashin’ Fowlkes is a stone-cold legend, and an essential part of techno history that Jimmy Monsta Funk constantly educates on. A new record then is always good news, and while this one may not be available until the end of the month (26th October release date to be precise) at least now we’ve got something to look forward. Over…
October 3, 2013When Charity Queen weighs in with music discoveries it’s always worth examining. Pretty spot-on with this one too, featuring one of the most popular synths of the ’80s, which also happens to be one of the most notoriously difficult to program. The Yamaha DX7 introduced frequency modulation synthesis to the market, provided the sounds of the generation and was essentially…
October 2, 2013The Hydra season continues! The original lineups that Broken & Uneven presented us with from August to New Years Day are a stunning collection of modern and pioneering artists, and last Friday night for 3 Chairs x Nonplus x Eglo at Fire was a good example of how these guys are killing it in London town. By all reports the…
September 30, 2013Woah, ten years deep for Phonica Records and it’s hard to imagine the music and club landscapes being the same without them. Situated at Poland Street in Soho, London, Phonica remains an institution for the music-minded. Ten years ago it was one of many vinyl emporiums in the area, and since then has evolved in to one of the few…
September 28, 2013When it finally clicked, the Ravedeath, 1972 LP hit me like sack of bricks…dropped from above cracking my skull that even before my head hit the curb, the blood and former two months of listening were spilling out. It was a belated but worthwhile introduction to the music of Tim Hecker, and out of LPs that I regularly play start…
September 24, 2013Very cool project this that we’re stoked to have been a small part of. Earlier this month Spencer Graham exhibited his follow up to last year’s Pressing Detroit installation. Going under the extensive title of 15:06:13-16:06:13/15.06.13/SG Subtitle: The One Hour Piece (The One Hour…), the work is a display and listening experience composed of records featuring ‘Detroit‘ in their title (by…
September 23, 2013Stream or download last Monday’s Awkward Movements show on NTS below, which, I’ve got to say is some fantastic radio from Paul Ackroyd. Some proper listening here, with a mix between the headphone sessions and play-out interesting bits, don’t sleep on it. Awkward Movements will be back for our usual slot on NTS in a fortnight’s time, 2-4pm, Monday the…