June 27, 2011Archive now up for those that missed Chairman Kato doing it on Boiler Room last month, as part of their TFT LIVE sessions focusing on producers doing their thing live on the night. As always Kato smashed it live, even working in some sounds from the forthcoming Science and Romance release on Awkward Movements. While we’re on that tip we’re…
June 27, 2011Came to the realisation that I’ve been calling out ‘interesting’ house way too much lately. This was a revelation reached within the record store Melting Point (who’s catalogue you won’t find online) whilst listening and subsequently purchasing the 2007 debut from Michal Ho; which is proper interesting house. Released on Tuning Spork – the label owned and run by Jay…
June 26, 2011Stumbled upon what seemed like a massive squat, but turned out to be one of the world’s most famous art communes. Kunsthaus Tacheles is an epic 9000 square meter building coated inside and out with art and graffiti. Gigs can be held on the bottom floor in the massive cellar and various basements, and as you go up the five…
June 24, 2011Only been aware of the mystery man known as Redshape since his name appeared on the Sirko Mueller Reexplored plate as the one who mastered it; dropped last year via Wandering, side label parented by the incredible Mojuba Records. I know it’s a pretty weak connection but checking out subsequent releases has put me on to an incredible producer who…
June 22, 2011The second Awkward Movements Sessions from Kamikaze in almost as many days. Perhaps born from the fact that the last show took a brilliantly twisted turn from what he expected to play, he’s given us another hour from the tracks that didn’t quite make it in, including joints from that incredible Andy Stott album, B and the massively heavy Sandwell District.…
June 22, 2011Having made their name with the creation of stunning replica hard and soft synths, Arturia have recently stepped in to the drum machine game with the uber-shiny Spark. It looks brilliant, but priced the same as Maschine it may have already knocked itself out of the market. The Tempest is no doubt the king in this vein at the moment,…
June 20, 2011Taking place at Butlins in Minehead, All Tomorrow’s Parties (ATP) have just about completed the lineup for Nightmare Before Xmas. The three day festival is curated day by day by Les Savy Fair (Friday the 9th), Battles (Saturday the 10th) and Caribou (Sunday the 11th); if it was a competition then Battles would be winning hands down. Unfortunately though it’s…
June 19, 2011Going solo once more, the record machine that is Kamikaze steps on decks for the latest Awkward Movements Sessions. Showcasing a side we haven’t seen much of on the sessions for a while, he goes deep in to his dub and vintage collection, dropping in some Peaking Lights and Ras G along the way, ending on some mental Yellowman. I…
June 17, 2011Been listening to this mix this morning, Glenn Underground and Boo Williams live from this year’s Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF) aka Movement. The two Chicago house veterans took to the decks at night on the final day of the festival, Monday the 30th of May, and delivered a storming mix in collaboration. This was originally posted on Spanish site…
June 17, 2011A lot of cats have been hanging for years now on the final edit for this film. It was originally set for a 2009 release, and did some of the festivals and preview screening to rave (no pun intended) reviews. For some reason however, They Call it Acid has been in final edit for about two years. It’s produced by…