Straight from the jungles of nu-school dance comes Presk, with this cheeky double header made up of analogue hooks and juke style vocal loops. Halfway to UK funky and back, one side’s decidedly darker and that’s where our money is.
Archives for 2011
Keep an eye out for… Vondelpark
Fri 17th June by
With a forthcoming release on R&S, home to the likes of Joey Beltram, you might not expect Vondelpark to sound like Jamie XX meeting Mount Kimbie and James Blake for a chat about anti-club tunes and lo-fi glitch stylings. But they do, kind of.
Perc ‘Wicker & Steel’
Fri 17th June by
With all the subtlety of a bulldozer marauding through a country village Perc finally delivers his debut album of solid, sledgehammer techno that’s part Robert Hood, much Birmingham, and a little Berlin. Distant epic tones and juggernaut kicks then.
Lilian Hak ‘Rebels Outlaws Misfits (with Matthew Herbert remixes)’
Thu 16th June by
Alternative nu-school electro jass songstress Lilian Hak’s done plenty to turn the heads of those outside her regular Dutch haunts, as she manages to get crazed studio genius Matthew Herbert in for a couple of remixes. Suffice to say it’s not for the average dancefloor
CocoDaSilva ‘Don’t Say Nothing (Say Something)’
Thu 16th June by
Rui Da Silva and Chris Coco team up once again for another instalment of superstar producer dance music. Tinged with Balearic sunshine and contemporary whispered vocal house music in equal parts, it’s not half bad either.
Sonar festival gets underway – Catch the coverage.
Thu 16th June by
Sonar, the acclaimed music and multimedia arts festival opened today in Barcelona. Sonar is renowned for presenting some of the most ground breaking music and visual artists and projects in the world, and ranks as the ultimate thinkers music festival. With acts such as Aphex Twin, Four Tet, Cut Copy, Underworld, M.I.A and James Murphy […]
Conan Liquid
Thu 16th June by
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CHOICE CUT – Dosem ‘Parallel’
Wed 15th June by
A huge double album of ethereal downbeat, spanking progressive house, dubby techno, deep vocal house, and jacking tech should appeal to more than a few people. That’s why we’ve taken it upon ourselves to recommend Dosem’s latest… it’s very, very good.
Sweden’s first lady – A few words from Ida Engberg
Wed 15th June by
Plain & Simple catches up with one of techno’s finest femme fatale’s, Truesoul and Drumcode’s Ida Engberg.
Sven Vath talks Cocoon in the Park.
Wed 15th June by
Väth is a ruler of the techno world and has been for decades. With his revered label and club of the same name, Cocoon, he has brought techno to the masses all over the world and, most famously, at Amnesia, Ibiza, since the turn of the millennium. His learned vinyl sets included sounds from a […]
