August 26, 2018It’s been a minute since we’ve been on here – a change in day jobs is mostly to blame with partial responsibility lending itself to a desire for a more analogue life. Which, as a sentence and sentiment, has surprised me in it’s appropriateness as a segway in to what we wanted to share. Coming out of period where live…
July 21, 2018In what is now an annual outing Inner Ocean Records have dropped Bless Vol. 2 on to us: a 99 track double-cassette compilation of chilled beats, with all proceeds donated to the White Helmets. Made up of contributions from 99 beatmakers across 25 different countries this is a special project right from the get-go. Over three and half hours of music…
July 11, 2018Well this is exciting: some ten months after our first outing we’ve’ reached the end of ‘shelf 1’ (as measured in the traditional Ikea Expedit unit of measurement). Hazar! We’ve learned that 1 shelf holds about 74 records, and it takes us around 4 shows to get through a shelf, meaning we’ll need around 271 shows to get through the whole…
July 3, 2018The rumors are true: I’m going through some shizz with my record collection at present. It might be a result of having to move some 5000 plates multiple times in the last few years, the sheer crappiness of storage solutions for 45s, or even that most record stores seem unable to pack records to prevent damage during overseas travel, but…
June 25, 2018A little sad to be bringing this to a close but mostly over-joyed to be sharing the fourth and last installment of Jimmy Monsta Funk’s record wrap of 2017. And in a series that started with house and techno and has slowly been getting more eclectic this is a cracking finish he’s brought us around to. Digging in to his purchases…
June 20, 2018If you want a mainline in to what’s good as it drops then you’ve got to stay on top of Mutant Academy’s movements. I was late to the game, but ever since Chapel Drive I’ve found the Virginia-grown collective to be a constant stream of original music. And that’s where I got a heads up about New York producer ewonee (sometimes styled…
June 12, 2018Off the back of Trample The Dust Down and No Hard Borders we’re up for the third installment of Jimmy Monsta Funk’s year in records with Damn You Space Colonists. In a series that has thus far pushed us across the spectrum of house and techno releases from 2017, part 3 of 4 draws together plates of similar vibrations, regardless of…
June 7, 2018Fresh Seekers (abbreviated from the many guises–SeekersInternational, Seekers International, SKRS, SKRSINTL) dropped earlier this month; a new tape on Liqorish Records out of Amsterdam. Seekers is the one constant in my collection–be it a label, series, artist, I’ve never missed a physical release. And here’s the thing about that: Despite covering so much sonic territory, they’ve never lost their distinct signature sound. Always…
June 4, 2018Here we go with Part 2 of 4 from Jimmy Monsta Funk’s mixes drawn from 2017 releases – Trample The Dust Down. Following on from No Hard Borders he’s kicked us off with an updated Loleatta Holloway classic before taking us firmly through the sounds of proper techno, Chicago house and live European club joints that bump. Enough esoteric pieces and reflips to…
June 3, 2018I’ve just been enlightened to Kick A Dope Verse!, a Russian based label often abbreviated to KADV who’ve been releasing underground hip-hop on cassette since 2017. The label’s last two releases are part of a boom-bap series they’re curating which kicked off with The Abstract Era a few months back; a twenty-two track compilation from across the globe harnessing golden-era instrumentality in to fresh…