Matthew Herbert's back catalog is incredible. I've been lost in it for some time. This remix for Moloko, released on Roadrunner Records in 2003, is a fine example of his ability to construct forward-thinking music. The strings are clean, the pads smooth and the beat broken. Moloko - Forever More (Herbert's Nobody Dub) / BUY image : untitled2000
Some interesting techno here from Berlin's Norman Nodge and Manchester's Trus'me, released earlier this year on Trus'me's own Prime Numbers label. Eerie and sparse but hypnotic and warm. Trus'me - Good God (Norman Nodge Dub) / BUY pic : uncredited
"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." Ernest Miller Hemingway, 1899-1961. Kings Of Tomorrow - Fade II Black / BUY image : wickeroth
Dark, playful house from Roland Appel , perhaps better known for his work in the Rainer Truby Trio. Dark Soldier featured on the first of three releases for Berlin's Sonar Kollektiv , four years ago. Harmonic basslines envelop broken nu-jazz elements that together achieve a mysterious yet light-hearted vibe. Roland Appel - Dark Soldier / BUY image : uncredited / tumblr
In less than three years, Content has grown from a project between like-minded friends into a mainstay of Manchester’s house and techno culture and beyond. Born at the Roadhouse and continuing to grow at Joshua Brooks, Content’s contribution to the city’s electronic music scene grows ever greater. Aside from a succession of parties featuring guests more akin to headline-making ‘superclubs’, the collective and its individuals have taken steps into production and are about to inaugurate their own imprint. Resident DJ Lee Daley has kindly curated the third chapter of our Rainy [...]
One half of Session Victim, Matthias Reiling has released two albums individually, both for the Weimar-based DIY label Giegling . Fittingly the A1 from the first of the those fantastic records, the vinyl-only Das Gespenst Von Altona , Bubble To Bubble credits Hauke Freer (the other half of Session Victim) on 808. The fusion of leftfield arrangement and warm sounds take it low. Real low. Matthias Reiling - Bubble To Bubble / BUY photo : boston.com
Originally released by Montreal's Stickman Records in 1997, Hollis P. Monroe 's 'I'm Lonely' smoothly delivers harmonic organs inside a cosmic-tinged house jam. Hollis P. Monroe - I'm Lonely / BUY photo : uncredited
A future classic here from an artist whose output continues to impress, Tom Trago . Tom Trago - Use Me Again (And Again) / BUY photo : uncredited / tumblr
Manchester's Idiosync collective have launched a label, Idiosync Music . Respect and good luck to all involved. Catch the launch party tomorrow night with Superpitcher . Now making waves with collab-project Pachanga Boys, this remix for Lullabies In The Dark from a couple of years back is a favourite. Lullabies In The Dark - Iridium (Superpitcher Remix) / BUY photo : paul octavius
Banana Wine is the second EP from Mo Kolours , including a contribution from Beautiful Swimmers . Essentially a house extension, the remix beautifully elongates the soulful super-dub sounds of Mini Culcha, the third of seven originals from the Mauritius-born artist's mini-album. The whole release is available free on bandcamp . Mo Kolours - Mini Culcha (Beautiful Swimmers Remix) photo : stephanie toppin / boooooom
Boo Williams ' Home Town Chicago, originally released on Relief in 1996, was re-issued last October by London's Anotherday Records , proclaimed as "a new label dedicated to plucking forgotten classics from the sometimes murky depths of musical history." This record is a great place to start. Eight tracks of seminal techno and house range into acid and deep territories, and while there are occasional Vodka Revolution moments, the bump is soon back. Boo Williams - Evil Ways / BUY image : [...]
Au Rêve is the closing track from Cassius ' second record , of the same name, released in 2002. Cassius - Au Rêve / BUY image : uncredited / tumblr
Space Dimension Controller plays the Selective Hearing birthday party next Saturday in downtown Cottonopolis. Astro Bandits , given away on soundcloud , is a snapshot of the lo-fi, futuristic funk sound the Belfaster has championed. Space Dimension Controller - Astro Bandits image : adam j. o'day
Late-night, in-the-club sounds from NYC royalty Victor Simonelli under his Solution guise, with this 1993 release for Undercontrol , a sub-label of Rome's long-gone ACV imprint. Solution - Feels So Right / BUY image : lancia trendvisions
Time is a fickle mistress; easily ignored yet irresistably influential. A permanent healer when abundant and fuel for irrationality when not, time is simply to many "what clocks measure". Allow yourself to go a little deeper, consider the context, and with it comes understanding of your mortality, your place and your being. " Time is what keeps things from happening at once. " Pachanga Boys - Time / BUY image : chad hagen
Head to Fingerprint this Saturday , Panorama princess Steffi heads the party. Her album dominated last year, but this lesser known remix for Toronto's Austra is a personal favourite. Austra - Beat And The Pulse (Steffi Dub) / BUY photo : dethjunkie
Now over a decade in existence, HomoElectric has evolved from a fresh, alternative clubnight into an ephemeral part of Manchester culture. The philosophy has been strong from day one and remains the same today; defiantly liberal, and just about the music. Ahead of Friday night's party with Todd Terje , we spoke to King of the Tunnel Will TRAMP! about the past, the future and the bit in between, after delivering the second instalment of our Rainy City Soundtracks mix series. READ & LISTEN HERE. [...]
The fourteenth release from Berlin label Workshop was masterminded by Marvin Dash . A three-track wax-only issue, the A-side sets a tone for superior Sunday night business. Marvin Dash - Untitled / BUY photo : cerensek
Nicolas Jaar 's live show comes to Manchester tonight . Accompanying Jaar on his Don't Break My Love tour is Soul Keita , a teenage Ethiopian producing enchanting house music with traditional native instruments. Dusties 'n' 808s , a sparse, melodic and raw arrangement, is featured on the Clown & Sunset collective LP Ines , a record of refreshing leftfield sounds. Soul Keita - Dusties 'n' 808s / BUY image : surrealistkitsch
" You look ridiculous if you dance. You look ridiculous if you don't dance. So you might as well dance. " Gertrude Stein, 1874 - 1946. Modernist techno from Axel Bartsch for Hamburg's Ostwind Records . Axel Bartsch - Adebar / BUY image : uncredited
Order & Progress
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Boards of Canada - Reach for the Dead (from Tomorrow's Harvest)
Julia Holter - World (Official Video)
Washed Out - Paracosm (Official Album Trailer)
She & Him- I Could've Been Your Girl
Action Bronson - "Strictly 4 My Jeeps" (Official Video)
‘Live With Kelly & Michael’ Talks Daft Punk, Dance With Their Own Helmets
Shoplifting Mom Runs Over Four-Year-Old Son While Trying To Flee The Scene
Festival MED 2013 (+ videos)
