Making music is a personal calling for the majority of producers we admire, but we should be glad that for some it's not a career. The notoriously fickle entertainment industry often forces compromise on artists who want to make a living from it, many times to the art's detriment. Detroit native and current Chicagoland denizen Alex Israel quickly realized that his passion for making hip-hop and dance music needed to be separate from his bread earning. Walled off from commercial requirements, his music was allowed to flourish for his own enjoyment; and after a few years spent releasing digitally with [...]
[ Crème Organization ] Masters of analog weirdo-house Crème Organization seem to release artists almost exclusively from either the Netherlands or the States, which makes sense, as the dialogue between those two countries is well documented when it comes to the jackin' stuff. The music of Detroit native Alex Israel, debuting on last year's fabulous Walking to Guntersville EP, is the kind of taut, bustling body music that led so [...]
Pic: Antlers WiF i Williams - I Feel The Shivering ( buy ) Plantains - I Feel Love ( buy ) First up, some really sad news about the passing of Donna Summer. She inspired us all. Here are two rather specials covers/remixes of her signature track I Feel Love. She was loved, she will be forever. [...]
Chart courtesy of The Economist 01. Kevin Reynolds, "Liaisons" [Nysde Music] ( buy ) Listening to Liaisons , the newest record from Kevin Reynolds, it's somewhat difficult to believe this is the same Detroit producer who put out Favis earlier this year. Not only is it a far leap from the loose, organically flavored style of his previous work, it's a huge jump in quality as well. The title track sounds like [...]
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