Jobe
This is what I need right now, really. Deep house to soothe the veins. Jobe is probably somebody you havent heard of yet. And if being obscure means being awesome, then fuck those big time dickhead DJs. Start with the original track Deeply Agnostic, a spacious, deep house number and then move on to Random...
In Photos: Deathray Leeds, End of An Era, 18th feb
The end of an era, done in style. After last friday, Leeds finest techno house night, Deathray, will no longer be doing nights at the Common Place. The crew made sure this last party was one to fucking remember. DJs doing relentless sets to a heaving, techno hungry crowd. This was a special goodbye. Aint...
The Criime
Some fresh tunes from the Top Billin fam, ya’ll. This one from the Italian / Luxemburg tag-team, The Criime. If ya’ll are like me and love Femme En Fourrure, French Fries, Bambounou and basically the stuff coming out of Young Gunz, this is the ep to get into. Tech house with a minimal and tribal...
Spark Taberner
I swear, if this blog was a person, it’ll be schizophrenic. Just covered a bass post, now some techno. Spark Taberner is a name you will hear alot this year. This guy’s big and getting bigger. I just got word about his These Days EP, coming out February 23rd and let me tell you –...
Chocobo
Minimal techno / house but not in a way you’d expect. Chocobo isn’t the character from Final Fantasy, rather, 2 dudes from Cali who have a “deep interest in minimalism”. What they sound like is actually far from the broad-ranging meaning of the term. In Howl, 4 to the floor is the principal beat, in...
In Photos: Deathray Leeds 21st January 2011
I waited for fucking weeks for this night and when it finally arrived I NEARLY didn’t went. But I did in the end and stayed till it was almost closing time – that was how good it was. Deathray bills itself to be a Leeds underground house / techno night – too right it was!...
PRINCE CLUB (ex MadKids)
I don’t need to convince you how awesome Zach and Max from MadKids are / were. House of Damon was the tune of 2010 for me and I’ve had their September Mix featured on this blog’s sidebar for months. You can still read the interview I did with them in this post. For some reason...
Anchor Factory Die Geschenke Compilation
All I can say is WOW. Anchor Factory has come A LONG FUCKING WAY to get to this point. Those of you who have been following this blog for a while will know that they’re the young french label from Grenoble and I’ve featured nearly all of their releases in here. Right now I’m talking...
Spoek Mathambo – Dont Mean To Be Rude
South Africa’s rap / techno upstart, Spoek Mathambo (one half of fashion electro hip-hop duo Sweat.X), who has Modeselektor and Apparat somewhere in his CV and counts Malmo in Sweden as his second home, has got his third new single out. Don’t Mean To Be Rude is from his debut album, Mshini Wam (loosely translated...
POPOF – Wax Machine EP
Ahaha! Minimal techno’s best don’t just come from Deutschland. Heavyweight french producer, POPOF has got a new EP out called Wax Machine and it hits all the right spots: true to minimal perfection, sexy and smooth, a huge rave feel and with what I can detect as a clever dash of bouncy funk. Title track...
PARIAH – NYE Mix
Pariah‘s done an excellent NYE mix for VICE, and VICE wanted me to let ya’ll know about it. To be honest I don’t expect VICE to latch onto this new wave of UK garage but there you go. If you havent already, check out the track Prism from Pariah’s Safehouses EP. [Video: Pariah - Prism]...
Vanvon
To be honest I dont know who these guys are, other than the fact that they’re only known as P and S and got together via Audiolith, that German techno label. I cant even find their myspace or anything. Vanvon is the result of that collab. Techno house with precise beats. I love the basslines...
