Tribute to Paul “Trouble” Anderson (Part 1) – Mixed & Selected by The Rawsoul
A very special and personal tribute mix dedicated to the memory of Paul “Trouble” Anderson. He was one of the most influential British DJ when it came down to break the Soulful House and Garage sound coming from NYC / New Jersey in the late 80’s and early 90’s. His …
Legendary Producter / Vocalist Steve Spacek Releases “Natural Sci-Fi”
Eglo Records are proud to present the second official solo album by the forward facing producer and vocalist Steve Spacek. The album, entitled ‘Natural Sci-Fi’ originally began production in 2005, shortly after the release of the now classic ‘Spaceshift’ album (which included the J-Dilla collaboration ‘Dollar’), but was never completed. …
Modified Man “Modifications: Set 3”
3rd in a series of 12s from this hardworking duo. Possibly their biggest cut so far, “Blame’s On You Bruv” features warm synths, punctuated by vocal samples, driven by a brukish 2-step rhythm. But there is still plenty more disco house, mutoid electro, jazz funk solos and arpeggios galore to …
Exclusive Premiere: CPEN ft. Bluey Robinson “I’m Searching (Kerri’s Feel Vocal)”
Madhouse Records label boss Kerri Chandler returns to his imprint with a heavy set of remixes for CPEN ft. Bluey Robinson’s single entitled ‘I’m Searching’. Each flip has its own personality and flavour, but the ‘Feel Vocal’ stood out for us on this one. Warm and delicate keys dangle gently …
Kamaal Williams & K15 “Catch The Loop 1”
via Black Focus Records Side A K15 – The Return Tape Chopped up elements from The Return blended with other Kamaal Williams material K15 found online to build a sense of the album’s context and intentions. Side B Kamaal Williams – NTS Live Session Live performance at Flesh and Bone …
Video Premiere: Kaos Protokoll “Story Line”
From their latest full-length release “Everyone Nowhere”, Kaos Protokoll shares their latest single and video for the impressionistic ‘Story Line’. It’s safe to say that the Swiss four-piece is slowly but surely becoming a regular name amongst fans of the GoGoPenguins, Jaga Jazzists and Makaya McCravens of this world. They’ve …
Exclusive Premiere: Ben Hauke “Movin’ Broke”
The young South East London producer Ben Hauke takes us on an epic sonic excursion with a four track sampler on the CoOp’s “Coopr8 Records”. “Movin’ Broke” is driven by crunchy MPC beats laced with obscure and dusty Puerto Rican breaks mashed with Brazilian, and Cuban crate digs delivering Ben’s …
Video Premiere: Richard Spaven “Spin (feat. Jordan Rakei)”
Following the release of his latest album “Real Time”, critically acclaimed drummer and composer Richard Spaven has connected with a Berlin-based dance collective to present the new video for his track ‘Spin’. After Spaven came across a choreography the collective had done for his song ‘Undertow’, the two parties quickly …
LAZY DAYS – Show #75 (Hosted by Fred Everything)
The first snow is upon us in Montreal and we’re slowly moving into hibernation season. Music tastes slowly shift towards more introspective music. The new show embraces this sentiment, without forgetting about the fun factor of the disco roots constant on the show. Lots of regulars again on this episode, …
Tribute to Factory Records – Selected by Phil Larochelle
After my Mo Wax tribute mix a couple weeks back, when Lexis asked me if I was interested to do another label tribute mix I immediately thought of Factory Records. The result is a both nostalgic and personal of course but brings this eclectic approach to club music, dance music …
Digging Deep Into The Brainfeeder Catalogue
In the eyes of many, Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder imprint is the leading symbol of DIY done right. Formed in 2008 the label brought together the artists who were part of a burgeoning musical movement we now know as “The Beat Scene”. Straddling the lines of Instrumental Hip Hop, Experimental Electronic, …
Waajeed “From The Dirt”
When the foundations of Techno were being forged, Robert O’Bryant aka Waajeed was just young local Detroit kid soaking it all in. He would sit down with his family and watch TV dance shows like The Scene and The New Dance Show where dance music from Juan Atkins, Kraftwerk to …