Future Classic: La-No & Jaël “Synthese” (Darker Than Wax)
For this week’s show, I had a few forgotten treasures that I picked up while in Europe, but I also wanted to expose this really heavy banger from LA-NO & Jaël, “Synthese” premiered a few weeks ago on Darker Than Wax, one of my favourite labels, based in Singapore and …
Future Classic: Ruby Rushton “Two For Joy” (22a Music)
London based label 22a have been ruffling a few feathers over the last year with their no-nonsense brand of dance music acting as a creative hub for a collective of like-minded musicians; Tenderlonious, Al Dobson Jr, Jeen Bassa, Mo Kolours, Reginald Omas Mamode IV and Henry Wu. Now into the …
Future Classic: Funkadelic “Aint That Funkin Kinda Hard on You” (Louie Vega Remixes)
Legendary New York producer and half of the Masters At Work duo, Louie Vega has been on an absolute tear these past few months. Including this release, we gave his last 3 remix projects the title of “future classic”. The previous two being his remixes of Convertion’s “Let’s Do It” …
Future Classic: Tapes “No Broken Hearts On This Factory Floor”
I was introduced to the London artist Jackson James Bailey’s outstanding work in 2011 when I bought a mysterious 7′ on a label called Seletah Waddah. The track was called “Old Pan Riddim” under the artist name TAPES and I was instantly captivated by the lo-fi electronica meeting the digital-dub …
Future Classic: Your Old Droog “We Don’t Know You”
Some records just have a very specific vibe attached to them. They need to played in just the right context to truly make sense. The new joint from Coney Island’s (NY) Your Old Droog would have to be filed under: lazy summer morning. A track reminiscent of the good old …
Future Classic: Niagara “Impar” EP (Principe Records)
I was doing my weekly routine of sifting through piles of House & Techno releases which after a while gets very draining. Every release starts sounding the same and it’s not long before the same laws of percentages apply for me: 60% of the music is uninspired and sounds like …
Future Classic: Sean Khan (Remixes by Henry Wu & Ben Hauke)
via FarOut Recordings: London based jazz impresario Sean Khan will release his second album ‘Muriel’ later in 2015. Dedicated to the driving force behind his musical career, his mother Muriel McGinley, the album is virtuosic free, latin and nu-jazz experimentation, drenched in soul with the help of the vocal talents …
Future Classic: Title “Memories”
If I’m being totally honest, the so called “beats” movement doesn’t excite me as much as it once did. Maybe it’s a sign I’m getting up there in age, but I’m just not the biggest fan of the drastic turn the scene took since the rise of the trap influence. …
Future Classic: Aphrodite’s Child “Air” (Fulgeance Rework)
Yesterday as I was doing some last minute preparation, my friend and great producer Fulgeance sent me a couple of the recent projects he’d been working on including the new EP from the Claude project (more on that later) and also a remix of Aphrodite’s Child, a band I had …