Seriously vibing hard to my preview of Death Rattle’s ep, He&I, released 15th October by Belgian label, Frontal Noize. Its the perfect sound to accompany a lonely, foggy autumn night in. Don’t let the new wave-y upbeat tempo of Fixer fool you into a dance party, this is dark, melancholic electronic music for the heartbroken and...
Winter is coming and I’m craving for cold, grim sounds, I can’t help it. The synth-heavy darkwave duo that is Linea Aspera has got me completely spellbound. They’re on the more catchier spectrum of darkwave than the icy monotone no-disco of coldwave. It’s dancier, and it’s dark and it makes you feel like you’re in some underground...
Based in Hamburg, La Fete Triste create their own brand of post punk and coldwave the way it should be done: with real instruments recorded on an 8-track, keeping things analog, organic and DIY. The end result is a purity of sound that is completely unmatched, at least not in the perspective of today’s modern...
Lebanon Hanover – previously featured in passing in this post, now a great upcoming band, still unsigned. Doing the dark / coldwave revival thing and doing it very well. Lebanon Hanover is the brainchild of Larissa Iceglass and William Maybelline. It’s the sound of Berlin and Sunderland synthesized into minimal gloom-disco. As a person who...
This just came out on Monday – Critical Music‘s 066 release featuring Sabre, Foreign Concept and vocals by Riya. If you’re wondering why Riya sounds familiar, it’s because she’s done so many vocals for various explosive dnb tunes like this one, a personal favourite of mine by Lenzman out on Metalheadz: [Lenzman - Open Page (Feat. Riya)]...
Not one, but TWO Extrawelt (my favourite techno heavyweights) remixes of the upcoming Halocyan release by Paul Woolford. Extrawelt was quick to announce these samplers on their facebook page, literally about an hour ago when I wrote this. To be released worldwide next Tuesday, 9th of October, this 12″ features Extrawelt’s 2 versions of the title track –...
I took these pictures of Savages when I went to Shoreditch 1-2-3-4 Festival about a month or so ago. I never really had the heart to process them because I didn’t feel they were good enough and also my flash failed on me that day. There’s more but maybe I’ll look at them again and...
WOW. All I can say is who the fuck is this guy? Can I get a bit of background please? The only thing I know about ViLLΛGE is that he’s a producer based in Romania somewhere and he makes the smoothest, most soulful stuff ever with glorious penetrating, stunning synths. SBTRKT fans listen up! This is...
Whoa. What a night. The Canal Mills launch party was every bit better than expected (and we had high expectations.) Word of caution – just because your party is in a warehouse does not mean it is automatically going to be totes amazeballs. We were promised something completely unlike Leeds, something entirely different. And boy...
Kinda missed writing about electronic music on this blog, it’s been mostly bands that have been gracing these posts for awhile now so thought I’d just drop this new one in by London-based producer Tee Circus. I just fancy a bit of uk garage and this is track a kinda experiment of sorts, there is no...
Went to see Divorce at a gig about a week or so ago. Sham 69 was playing another gig in the same city elsewhere but I knew where my loyalties lie LOL. Anyway, I arrived so late I missed a good portion of the show but came just in time to see Manchester based trio...
Can’t get over these guys at the moment. Disclosure are South London based brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence. They’re only 17 and 20 and they’re already making serious waves with their smooth production: a unique blend of detroit house-y beats with soulful vocals, taking you down low, real deep vibes. Also borrowing elements from UK...
