March 19, 2013Really digging this new plate from JTC. As the “acid-house” alias of one Tadd Mullinix aka Dabrye, the James T Cotton name has been even more consistent than his beats driven counterpart in producing quality records. Proof enough comes in the fact that this is the third JTC release of the year already, following on from a plate on the…
March 18, 2013A lot of people weighing in on this release, and after a quick listen I can see why. What on the outset looks like a specialist fan-boy project with a minimal audience, is actually a relatively accessible and interesting listen. The Conet Project (or The Conet Project: Recordings Of Shortwave Numbers Stations) has just been repackaged as a 5CD boxset,…
March 15, 2013For the London peeps out on the long weekend – what more could you want than an Ostgut Ton x 50 Weapons party followed by a battleship after party to kick on to? Pretty heavyweight lineup on the techno tip comprised of consistently dope legends and the more current boundary pushers who always deliver something special. With Robert Hood on…
March 12, 2013If this is what the alternative sounds like then keep your clubs and bass music. Kidding, but the truth is I’ve been pretty deep in to this collection of one man’s music this last week. Only just learning about Cooper-Moore via a unique 7″ boxset, also released on CD, titled The Cedar Box Recordings, and have fortunately been converted to…
March 6, 2013Really digging this live set from Thorsen Soltau, recorded at the Golden Pudel Club in Hamburg last month. Minimal and spacey in areas, noisy and layered in others, the 30 minute set is made up of recorded lock grooves from 16, 33 and 45rpm records triggered and layered live. A proper interesting and great listen for live electronic fans. Thorsten’s…
March 4, 2013Even with the his productions being buy on site already, Trus’me has smacked this one out of the park. The double LP titled Treat Me Right is incredibly on point, old-school analogue vibes that go across the board on a level that only few can match. In 2007 the Working Nights LP became a standard, as did the follow-up LP…
March 2, 2013Saddened to hear the news of Ajax, who passed away last week in Melbourne. If you happen to be coming up in Sydney in the early 2000s then you definitely crossed paths with Adrian Thomas aka DJ Ajax, and the man was always a gent. Breaks ruled the scene, and Ajax pushed it in to new directions, giving that dirty-electro…
February 28, 2013An amazing documentary that I recommend everyone watch. Not your typical (if there is one) offering on refugees or ‘boat people’, this film is going to cause discussion and hopefully a mindset change. Consisting of secretly shot and smuggled footage in countries where the film-makers are no longer welcome, Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea looks not only…
February 25, 2013A nice trip down the house, techno and beats tip a bit more than usual on the NTS show this week, with Hieroglyphic Being and A Made Up Sound setting the standard as the first two records on, followed shortly by Dobie and new stuff from The Heliocentrics. Skirt and TM404 were definite highlights for those who like their techno…
February 24, 2013An amazing project from the authority that is Patrick Feaster, doing some forward thinking work that technology may allow, but is originated on ideas driven from a unique dedication to sound study. Bringing back words and sounds originally preserved as images, sourced from anywhere they still exist; 1890’s magazines to prints preserved in the Library Of Congress to more common…