Record Label MUTE have teamed up with Dirty Electronics and designer/ writer Adrian Shaughnessy to create the MUTE Synth II. The battery powered synth features a small patchbay and number of touch electrodes that allow for “a labyrinth of possible connections and resulting behaviours.” Sounds are played by creating rhythmic sequences via “hybrid 4-bit binary coding, feedback loops and bit
US-born, Wales-raised and now London-based producer Dauwd is set to drop a new EP on the ever-reliable Kompakt record label next week, and you can hear to the two-track effort in full now. Titled Saleh, the release is Dauwd’s second for Kompakt and follows April’s heavily praised Kindlinn EP. Incorporating elements of house, techno and electronica, the young
Having been at the forefront of international dance music for the past 25-odd years, Steve Rachmad is a man who requires little introduction. Credited with bringing Detroit to Amsterdam, and fostering the now burgeoning scene there, Rachmad is thoroughly deserving of his pioneer status. However, due to an incredible range of releases
In English class, we were told time and time again that the title of the project was equally important as the text, and unfortunately, often neglected. I’ve come to find this to be just as true in the world of music as well- the title speaks volumes and helps solidify
Louisiana-based, experimental trio Guns of Seneca recently released Citizens of the Universe – a collection of music with intrepid compositions and meteorological reaches. The band tell us about their influences, building their own studio and the mastery of music without vocals. To anyone who is unfamiliar with Guns of Seneca, how would
Back in circa 1524 or whenever the hell it was, the leather-jacketed rock critic Lester Bangs wrote that Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music was the perfect medicine for worst kind of hangover because “when you first arise you’re probably so fucked (i.e. still drunk) that is doesn’t even really hurt
Jacques Renault has become a quintessential figure in New York’s still-thriving disco scene, and with his epic parties through Let’s Play House (also a record label), the underrated DJ is a master curator of the techno, house, and disco world. Rooting himself into the groundwork of Brooklyn’s bursting music and
Esteemed underground label Pelican Fly is gearing up for a massive release in the form of 1180‘s Lick It. Typical to the label’s style and sound, 1180 keeps the thumping bass of Jersey music paired with analog synths for a track that’s bound to be blasting at whatever warehouse you’re
Today Gold Panda has dropped the video for ‘Pink and Blue,’ the latest visual release we have seen for his upcoming project, Good Luck And Do Your Best. The last time we saw the producer, we saw him hanging out with his Grandmother, this time, we see him traveling through
Joel Sarakula’s The Imposter is a brilliantly hewed album overflowingwith 1970s soul influences and streams of 1960s psychedelia. Originally from Sydney, Australia, Sarakula is now based in London. The retrograde album is a revival of everything wonderful about the ‘70s music scene and with a resurgence of psychedelic rock right
