Future Classic : Project Pablo “Beaubien Dream” (SOBO)
Looks like a pretty impressive year is underway on the Montreal dance music scene. The very first release on the new Arbutus Records related SOBO (Sounds Of Beaubien Ouest) imprint is already a sign that great things are happening right now in Montreal. Following EP’s on 1080p, Magicwire and Church, …
Future Classic: Mark Pritchard “Under The Sun”
via Juno: Given the length of his career, it’s rather surprising to find that Under The Sun is Mark Pritchard’s first under his given name. As critics have pointed out, it’s an overwhelmingly beautiful and poignant set, built around an intoxicating fusion of ambient electronics, soft touch instrumentation, bubbling beats, …
Guest Mix: AROOP ROY (Basic Fingers / G.A.M.M, London)
We’re very happy to present an exclusive session from London’s Aroop Roy, one of our favorite producers and one of the most underrated artists out there. Had the pleasure of meeting him my last time in London, so you know I had to hustle a guest mix out of him! …
Future Classic: Deep 88 “The Black Album”
It’s pretty fair to say that Deep 88 is a very prolific producer. After numerous 12″ and 3 full length albums, he’s back with “The Black Album“. The feel here is pure. The music being created with vintage gears sounds authentic instead of being a copycat of tracks and feels …
Forgotten Treasure: Chubb Rock “The Chubbster” – Clark Kent Remix (1991)
Since it’s my first take here, I decided to talk about a little something that both combines House music & Hip Hop elements from the early 90’s, a musical era that’s the closest to my heart. There was a time in the late 80’s and early 90’s, especially in New-York …
Forgotten Treasure: Seven Grand Housing Authority “Jessica” (1994)
This records has had many lives and it’s still around after over 20 years after it was originally released. Let’s go back in time. Detroit is often associated with Techno around the late 80’s and early 90’s. The city also had a very vibrant house scene. Both movement were actually …
Exclusive Preview: Alister Johnson “Broken Body”
‘Broken Body‘ is the follow-up to 2015’s ‘Do It Again’ single. This two-stepping banger is dripping with 90s retro-futurist sensualism, a heady and visceral latin jazz-tinged house track with a back beat guaranteed to get the dancefloor jumping. Alister’s trademark synth flourishes mingle with the vocals of returning collaborator Rahan …
24HOV Mixes – Montreal Edition: FRED EVERYTHING
(Photo by Bruno Destombes) Recorded live in Montreal in February 2016 at the Bleury Vinyl Bar for the 14th edition of the 24 Hours of Vinyl project. This one comes from our good friend, and bona fide Canadian house music legend, FRED EVERYTHING. The set was a great way to …
Future Classic: Andy Stott “Too Many Voices”
via Boomkat: 4th Album from Andy Stott, a follow-up to 2014’s Faith In Strangers, featuring Fourth World pop variants joining the dots between Haruomi Hosono & Ryuichi Sakamoto, Newworldaquarium, Ruff Sqwad and Theo Parrish… Too Many Voices is the fourth album from Andy Stott, recorded over the last 18 months …
Forgotten Treasure: Workdub “Workdub EP”
via Juno: The latest volume in Music From Memory’s impressive 12″ series of reissued obscurities takes us back to late ’80s St Louis and the hard to find world of Workdub. Formed of Virgil Work Jnr. and Nicholas Georgieff, Workdub’s output was restricted to a pair of highly limited albums …
Pilooski “EarlyMorningZombie” Mix (2006)
(Photo by Philippe Levy) Trust me, this 10 year old mix from Pilooski is the perfect way to start your work week. The essential session for all of us “Early Morning Zombies” as we painfully crawl back to work at 9am. While cleaning some old hard drives this mix caught my …
Future Classic: Byron The Aquarius “Gone Today Here Tomorrow” (Wild Oats)
To most electronic music heads, it might seem like Byron The Aquarius came out of absolutely nowhere in the last 12 months in which he released an album on BBE, a underground best-selling EP on Theo Parrish’s Sound Signature label and now a 6 track EP on Kyle Hall’s Wild Oats imprint. However, …