Berlin-based producer, DJ and label owner Shonky will spin at Tabaq this Sunday for D33P S3CR3TS, Stranger Than Paradise and Denis Bejan's " Sunday's Rooftop Closing Party " - alongside Panorama Bar resident Ryan Elliot, Circoloco's Andrew Grant, Navbox and Jubilee. We were more than excited to catch up with him to discuss his inspirations, new productions, Appolonia, crate digging in Berlin and the "Shonky Touch." As a former student of mathematics and statistics, your first career choice was to work a bank - yet, the Parisian rave seen of the mid-90s drew [...]

A pretty awesome rave track from The Revenge as he goes in for the LA based Culprit Records and their Manik release. The whole package is pretty sick thumpy trippy stuff... big gurning thumbs up from us! Grab the vinyl from 17th November. CP018: M A N I K - She Watches Me (The Revenge remix) by culpritlosangeles CP018: M A N I K - She Watches Me by culpritlosangeles [...]

Early next month sees the digital release of Culprit Records first ever compilation, Above The City. Inspired by their legendary Sunday rooftop sessions at LA's Standard Hotel , it's the perfect release to compliment the current (and somewhat unexpected) heatwave here in the UK. Listen to it, enjoy the sunshine and picture yourself swaying to the beats on a rooftop with LA's beautiful house-scenesters. As opposed to peeling off your raincoat and bemoaning the end of summer, which, let's be frank, we all assumed we'd be doing from here on out. Opening with the sound of birds, [...]

I'm properly obsessed with the old school sounds that are filling my ears these days... One especially is the La Bestia track of the new EP from Shonky called Oasis. Cant help but shrug along to it. The whole thing is out on the 24th August and definitely worth checking out. CP016: Shonky - Oasis EP by culpritlosangeles