November 14, 2012Saddened to hear about the recent passing of Duke Vin, a legendary selector and hero to those who have tribute to pay for the UK sound system culture. After apprenticing under Tom The Great Sebastian, Duke Vin relocated from Jamaica to London, establishing his own sound system – The Tickler – as the first in the UK. Duke Vin’s passing…
November 12, 2012Can’t tell you how stoked we are that this one here made it to wax. We’ve spoken before about the talent and creativity that comes out of Robin The Fog (ref: https://awkmo.co/robin-fog-sesame-street-music-special) after some Sesame Street bonding over Kid Koala and DJ Food related bump-ins around town, and now the BBC studio manager and Resonance FM flag bearer has just…
November 9, 2012We were hyping about the Bleep curated Broken & Uneven party a while back with the stunning lineup that delivered on all accounts. Part of the whole warehouse event was to celebrate the now released Karenn / The Analogue Cops 12″ (BLGPRN001), a limited edition plate done with Shaun Bloodworth supplying the artwork prints and as part of the package. Head…
November 7, 2012Properly not what we expected as the follow up to Dance Classics Vol. I, but still an LP that only took a day or so to grow on us. Kouhei Matsunaga is back on Pan under the NHK’koyxen alias to further explore the club side of of his electronic personalities, bringing us Dance Classics Vol. II less than a year…
November 5, 2012Awkward Movements on NTS – now with more bleeps and bloops than ever before! Had mad fun with this show, finally got off a load of digital promos, CDs and forthcoming gifts that we unfortunately largely ignore when there’s new wax dropping in to the bag on a weekly basis. We should work on fixing this, as there was a…
November 1, 2012More joy from the Special Request group – not to be confused with the Phonica run label also called Special Request – with Ben Morris dropping into the mix for Mystery Mix #005. To be honest we’ve never got any idea what to expect when Ben steps on decks; the man’s a veteran selector with an ongoing eclecticism for club-based…
October 30, 2012Always timely and on point Jimmy Monsta Funk steps in with a playlist for friends and fam stateside to sit out the storm. Not sure how Storm Queen got left out but the Incognito joint more than makes up for it, listen in order if you can. No gimmick here, just an opportunity for a proper electronic journey in these…
October 28, 2012A definite highlight this week for artist’s we’re just discovering came from electronic music creator Nad Spiro aka Rosa Arruti. Rosa’s well established in her home country of Spain, working with countless bands and associated with a tonne of experimental and underground projects of mostly unknown groups, labels and collectives. As a solo artist however, Nad Spiro has released exclusively…
October 24, 2012When I first saw this it definitely had the vibe of a Preacher inspired art-hoax, but from what we can tell (including satellite imagery) this is 100% legit. I’d never heard of “earth-art” before the start of this year, but I’m coming to like the ideals behind it, of which one Michael Heizer seems to be the embodiment of. Heizer’s…
October 22, 2012Last Monday was some of the best live radio we’ve heard in time. Paul Ackroyd aka Kamikaze was down in the Dalston station’s studio dropping some heavy plates of new releases and first time reissues in proper style. Next Awkward Movements show on NTS rolls out Monday 22.10, 2-4pm UK time, curated by yours truly, get locked. In this installment…