September 19, 2011I’m not sure what people are calling his music now but Ekoplekz has been donning the electronic scene for the last 24 months. As well as his own limied digital series’ and cassette releases (and a forthcoming remix on Awkward Movements) Ekoplekz has made a home for himself with some stunning plates on Mordant Music and Punch Drunk. His latest…
September 15, 2011Big ups to Kid Koala and Ninjatune for a dope night to launch the new book Space Cadet. In my older age this was my kind of mid-week launch night. Seats, crayons, hot chocolate, music at a good level. Plus it’s nice to go somewhere in East London where hipsters feel uncomfortably out of place. People found anything to sit…
September 14, 2011First time I’ve clocked this festival, looks amazing. Running in London from 22nd to 25th of September, Alpha-ville have curated what is set to be a memorable few days celebrating and addressing “Post-digitial Culture.” The events kick off at Rich Mix with an opening night that sees Old Apparatus taking the stage as well as Svarte Greiner and Polish artist…
September 13, 2011Proper impressed by the level of quality in these mini docos that Resident Advisor have started throwing up, in co-operation with Bench. Three episodes deep, the ‘Real Scene’ series has thus far covered Bristol, Detroit and as of a few days ago Berlin. Considering these are done as promotional items and not definitive documentaries the standard is incredibly high, and…
September 12, 2011Hoya:Hoya crew absolutely smashed Fabric on Friday night, as did Night Slugs for that matter, who delivered an impressive lineup of fam including Bok Bok, Julio Bashmore and Kingdom working the decks brilliantly. The star of that stage though was L-Vis 1990 performing live for the Neon Dreams album launch, giving us something really special to witness as…
September 7, 2011Last year Honest Jon’s (on their usual worldwide underground tip) released a compilation titled Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa and exposed the world to the South African dance and music movement known as Shangaan Electro. Floating around 180 bpm and based around marimba instrumentation, it’s a somewhat mad genre that I find preferable to footwork or juke, if…
September 5, 2011Pretty much everything Kid Koala has ever done has been on some form of next level ish. Going back to where he was making a name for himself as a turntablist around Montreal, he featured on the incredible Bullfrog album, working with Mark Robertson on their much hyped club shows as well. Since then he’s simply removed himself from being…
September 1, 2011Over two hours of techno and house, mixed live, one-take on two turntables, nothing but wax. Not only as music educator but as a DJ too Jimmy Monsta Funk is proper next level, especially here in his element where the majority of the tracks are either from Detroit or influenced by the music from the city.. There’s old electronica from…
August 31, 2011Out to Robert Luis of Tru Thoughts fame for getting in early on tracks from the forthcoming Science & Romance EP (AWK004) by Chairman Kato. Dropping in October, watch this space for more info as it comes, but for the time being we can reveal the full track listing for the vinyl. 1. Pressure Differential 2. Low Rises (Andres Detroit…
August 30, 2011Sad news regarding the passing of Dan Sicko, the writer who for many legitimized the Detroit techno movement. As a freelance journalist Dan covered the scene at the grassroots as electronic underground music slowly expanded, and put himself out there to shoulder the responsibility of documenting something he rightly believed was revolutionary and world-changing. Guys like me looking backwards to…