September 29, 2012Amazing record this. Digitalis isn’t the usual place you’d look for some dirty chopped-up reggae output, but not only have they given us something fresh to tie the ‘dub’ title to (it’s been at least two years since ‘kraut-dub’ hasn’t it?), but in this album they’ve released one of the best full lengths we’ve heard in a while. Seekersinternational are…
September 24, 2012Paul Ackroyd (pictured above) was live in studio for Awkward Movements on NTS last week – pulling out a load of wax we’ve been hyping over lately, tying it together in a damn classy fashion. As a bit of a tip, if you’ve still not checked the Seekersinternational plate on Digitalis that he drops in the second hour, get on…
September 20, 2012After a proper hiatus from his post Underground Resistance home in the late ’90s, the underground sound that is Trackmasta Lou and Scan 7 return to Tresor for a new EP. The record was announced in the Scan 7 signature mysterious style, with the below video suddenly appearing online a few weeks back. The return to Tresor is a big…
September 19, 2012Judging by it’s title you’d be forgiven for thinking this was an East London hipster circle-jerk event. It is however, taking place at the Sydney Opera House, and on closer inspection is pretty damn amazing. The Festival Of Dangerous Ideas is in it’s third year, running during 2012 from the 28th of September to the 30th. Starting on the Friday night…
September 17, 2012The Metalheadz tribute mix! We’ve been waiting for Timmy K to drop this on us for time. As we’ve stated before the man has two loves – taking photos and drum n bass. The email that came attached with this 25 track monster sums up the attitude perfectly, and we can’t think of anyone we would have rather had do…
September 15, 2012Wanted to get this up ahead of the post for Timmy K’s forthcoming Awkward Movements Sessions. Full details and download links up Monday, but as a photographer and rave veteran who lived and loves London drum n bass, the 100 minute selection of Metalheadz tunes is as special and high-quality as you’d expect. When sending it over he also included…
September 13, 2012Alex Digard aka Tape-Echo is a constant source of fan-boy fascination for us. The Tape-Echo ideals of print, design and wax align with what brings us joy, and the Tape-Echo newspaper publication as well as the Analogue Love exhibition were massive highlights of 2011. Gutted then that we’re not around to see the new exhibition which launched this month, celebating…
September 11, 2012Talk about a hard act to follow, two hours before the last Awkward Movements show was about to start Eddie “Flashin’” Fowlkes stepped in to the NTS Studio with Debi of Debonair, and delivered a top notch mix live. A pretty special event to be listening to, he smashed out blinding track after blinding track, keeping the flow and blending…
September 10, 2012Here’s a nice way to start the working week, though due to it’s length probably something you won’t finish until the weekend; a full three hour set from the one and only Derrick May, destroying the dance in Japan. Following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami hit Japan pretty much every single artist set to tour the country cancelled their tour.…
September 8, 2012We’ve spent a load of time praising aka Ekoplekz on these pages, and evidently it’s bound to continue. He’s teamed up with Editions Mego and released a 45 minute LP across two plates that’s completely blown us away. If Dromilly Vale and Snuff Mill Tapes took us to new furthest reaches, then Plekzationz is the crowning glory on all his…