[Hessle Audio] Dubstep at 124 beats per minute? What with Pinch's recent releases on Swamp 81 and this Hessle Audio debut from London/Berlin wunderkind Objekt, you'd think this almost were a "thing." Sure, "Cactus" isn't really dubstep, but it sure sounds like it. Lurching to life with a demented swagger - those tough, deadened drums halfway between techno and metallic dubstep that have become Objekt's trademark - "Cactus" lets off little squiggles of LFO that sound like they crawled out [...]
Durante este fin de semana, en una 'Radio 1 Session' para la BBC, James Blake (bajo su disfraz de Harmonimix) estrenó un remix del tema ' Left & Right' , original de D'Angelo . Probablemente el trabajo más interesante de Blake ha surgido de su concepto Harmonimix, donde toma canciones que le encantan y las funde en nuevas estructuras rítmicas y armónicas, a veces añadiendo al tema original capas de su propia voz distorsionada. Es un truco que usó muy bien para lograr líneas vocales casi terroríficas en su versión de 'Bills Bills Bills' original de [...]
For those of you who are new to the site, this is a list of my favourite dance music from the last year. It's not exclusively remixes, and yes, you can argue you could dance to the songs in the Top Tracks list too. Out in the Streets - Africa HiTech The Look (Koreless remix) - Jacques Greene Surph - Rustie Sketch - Synkro Sicko Cell - Joy Orbison Rolling In The Deep (Jamie xx Shuffle) [...]
20. Levon Vincent, "Man Or Mistress" [ Novel Sound ] ( buy ) Levon Vincent has made plenty of gritty house rollers, but some of his biggest tracks ("Solemn Days," "Double Jointed Sex Freak Part 13) make Sunday mornings at Berghain look like child's play. Those epics, however, didn't even hint at the mammoth-sized "Man Or Mistress" that functioned as Novel Sound's triumphant 2011 return. My introduction to the track was way back in January when I was told (following a routinely mindblowing set from the New York native) that the rave-lead maelstrom I had lost my [...]
It's not easy, this music journalism lark. Obviously we want to bring you the freshest, rawest, most in-the-moment written footage of the most cutting-edge music around. Obviously we want to give you a raver's-eye view of the situation, so those who attended can think "wow, yeah, man, that's totally what it was like" and those who didn't can think "wow, yeah, man, I'm totally going next time, that sounds rad". Not for us the detached, cynical, overly-detailed approach. Not for us staying sober all night, drinking bottled water and comparing the relative bpms of the different rooms. No.... Read [...]
The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and features all styles of electronic dance music. Originally the brainchild of Eddie Gordon , the producer of the show from the first broadcast in 1993 to 2001. In 1993, after months of receiving weekly mix shows on tape-cassette, featuring New York DJs Tony Humphries WRKS 98.7 Kiss FM and Frankie Knuckles WQHT HOT 97 FM, Eddie advised BBC Radio 1 that a weekly dance mix show with DJs of different genres of music would offer more variety and the chance for the ever [...]
A local promoter pal recommended checking this Video out, and Im very glad he did as its a very interesting piece on the thriving music scene in one of the UK's great cities 'Bristol'. The documentary features a number of interviews with key promoters, record label owners and artists all discussing the bubbling Bristol scene. For me this video is a real inspiration as both a promoter, blogger and producer to see the tangible growth of a scene from a single city. The Video itself is the first part of Resident Advisor's recently launched ' Real [...]
[ Left Blank ] ( buy vinyl ) ( buy mp3s ) Rarely do you see the cyclical nature of musical trends as clearly as when observing the relationship between UK garage and dubstep. Originally a product of garage's darker, latter days, dubstep has become so overblown and wobble obsessed that many of its adherents have returned to the sunnier, house-influenced sounds that preceded it. The inaugural release from Left_blank, produced by Sebastian Gainsbrough under the alias Vessel, is exemplary of the most modern takes on garage and bass music and [...]
Whether it's dubstep, future garage or any of the other random genres, sub-genres and sub-sub-genres lurking down the back of the bass music sofa, it's undeniable that this sly, constantly-mutating sector of electronic music is a place for ideas. An immense, culturally responsive space accepting of all and any influences, from minimal techno to Afrobeat, whose many participants are constantly warping the boundaries, whether consciously or simply because of restless, itchy creativity. Hessle Audio, founded in 2007, has been a home for some of the brightest (or dimmest and moodiest) post-dubstep... Read more..
Chart courtesy of The Economist 01. Jerzzey Boy, "Like A" [ My Love Is Underground ] ( buy ) With retro house styles so completely en vogue, it makes sense that labels are beginning to combine new, classically influenced releases with re-releases of hard to find records. My Love Is Underground, the Paris-based imprint owned by Alexandre Gouyette (aka Brawther), takes it a step further: of its four releases so far, two seem to contain newly released tracks that date from the [...]
Installation by Alexandre Farto [ Hessle Audio ] ( buy vinyl ) ( buy mp3s ) Peverelist's two weighty twelves in 2010 seemed to hint at a slightly more energetic direction, where the power that used to lay dormant and stationary beneath the Punch Drunk label head's stony beats began to surface in twitchy percussion. Tom Ford's first release of 2011, weirdly enough, comes on Hessle Audio, and it's appropriately a departure from his past work, taking the nervous tics of [...]
Listening to 'Dance Til The Police Come' is a strangely conflicting experience. With an urgent lead sounding like a wonky siren and relentless rides permeating every last inch of stereo space, I feel like I should be covering my ears and screaming but I actually quite like it. I guess I should attribute this to the ever present genius of Peverelist and learn not to question his historically on point intentions. I will however criticise his title and rather than dancing until the police arrive, the tune seems more suited to a trippy chase scene through dimly lit streets in [...]
I know I've been kind of behind with the Infrasonics posts, and I apologize, but nonetheless, here's a new installment of it. And also, be sure to listen to and download the most recent Dank Radio broadcast "Coa-Chillin'" ; there's a lot of good tunes on there for when you feel like...well...chillin'. 2562 – Fever [Purchase: Bleep | Juno | Beatport ] 2562 - Fever [...]
Feed Me Weird Things is a Galway based radio show hosted by Alan Meaney & Hubert McIntyre playing the newest electronic developments and strange forgotten treasures every week since 2007. Broadcasting Wednesdays at 9pm, listen on Flirt FM 101.3FM in Galway or stream online. All their shows and mixes can be found on Mixcloud . Check them out on Facebook . This State Mix, number 30, by Alan Meaney, showcases some of the weird and wonderful sounds offered by the show. Included are Kosmische and Electronic pioneers; Cluster [...]
2010 war ein weiteres gutes Jahr für Tom Ford aka Peverelist und sein Label Punch Drunk Records . Auch wenn er selbst nur anderthalb (eine Solo-Maxi und eine mit Hyetal) Platten herausgebracht hat. Jüngst hat er den Online-Store Punch Drunk Music eröffnet, in dem man neben den Releases seines Labels auch ausgewählte Platten anderer Label und Produzenten von Techno bis Dubstep kaufen kann. Für den Einstand des von Andrew Ryce (Resident Advisor, FACT und Little White Earbuds) gestarteten Blogs Futureproofing hat Peverelist einen sehr schönen Mix abgeliefert. Und ein kurzes Interview gibt es auch. Beides [...]
Illustration by Christoph Niemann There's long been talk about podcasts usurping mix CDs, but that never felt as overwhelmingly possible as it did in 2010. It isn't just that there were only a handful of convincing commercial mixes available, although that certainly didn't help. What really made the influx of podcasts feel so intense was the sheer quantity of them. Plenty sit here on my computer unheard simply because of time constraints and there are hundreds more out there just waiting to be discovered. 2010 may have been stocked to the brim with [...]
Eerder deze maand verscheen op Punch Drunk Records het muzikale naslagwerk van vijf jaar dubstep in de Britse stad Bristol. De dubbel-cd Worth The Weight: Bristol Dubstep Classics bevat 26 tracks van de meest opmerkelijke producers die de schaduwen van de stad in muziek gieten. Naast bijdragen van Pinch, Appleblim en Peverelist zelf staat ook beloftevolle jonkie Guido op de plaat. Zijn 'Anidea' werd door verschillende liefhebbers als toekomst van dubstep gezien. Maar hij zou wel eens vanuit een hele vreemde hoek concurrentie kunnen krijgen. Terwijl Guido mooi binnen de lijntjes van het genre kleurt, hebben [...]
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