interview ~ gerry read
there was some excitement at teshno towers (my living room) when i first heard a gerry reed record. it was only his latest (i missed earlier efforts on dark arx, but get the lowdown, here) though his...
View Articlesneaker social club lowdown and poster competition
if you’re a fan of modern house and techno, there’s a good chance you’ve danced – or better purchased – a record which has graced the hands of this man. jamie russell aka cedric maison co-runs...
View Articlezomby ~ nothing on 4ad
on nothing, the mysterious zomby touches on some of the same occult digital eeriness that characterised his excellent recent full length dedication. interspersing those brittle, haunting garage sounds...
View Articlecompilations of the year ~ 2011
i included compilations in my top 20 albums list last year. that was lazy. given that it’s been a vintage year for the (ever dying, apparently) things, i thought i’d do a separate list this year. first...
View Articleartifact ~ worn on local action
for a while there, it seemed that people were so hell bent on dissociating themselves with dubstep that they were producing any old shit with an irregular beat pattern and calling it fresh. cold and...
View Articlebehind the scenes at canal mills
leeds really seems to be coming of age in recent times. the party scene has always been strong, but so strong has it been in the last 5 – 10 years that people now seem happy to invest in proper...
View Articlealtered natives ~ tenement yard vol 3 on eye 4 eye recordings
plenty of people can imbue their music with a certain charm or character, but how many can actually lace up their beats with a real sense of their own distinct and real life personality? very few i’d...
View Articlelukid ~ lonely at the top on werkdiscs
like singles on his own glum rather than the seductive sugary sweetness of his previous three records, lukid’s fourth full length, lonely at the top, is not an easy listen. partly it’s because every...
View Articles.e.f ~ autonomy ep on switched on records
s.e.f is the switched on records label boss who has only recently gotten into production. as someone who has curated a back catalogue that borrows body shaking bass from, um, bass music, swing from...
View Articledjrum ~ seven lies on 2nd drop
ever since his first release for cultured london label 2nd drop, djrum has been someone i’ve had to keep an eye on. mountains was a frankly devastating ep that took you to an imagined world far away...
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