Here in Europe we are lucky to have such a vibrant underground music scene: London, Berlin, Lyon… the list goes on. The American techno scene, on the other hand, can often be over looked; it’s not all fuzzy EDM – excuse the embarrassing acronym. DVS1’s Hush Label splintered off into another
I have a theory that I like to call the flimsiness of the long-distance rocker. Basically, what happens is that the artistic decline of a band (if not necessarily the commercial one) coincides directly with the moment at which at least one of its members relocates to a different place
‘Halo’ is taken from Mugwump’s hugely anticipated and now critically acclaimed album ‘Unspell‘, which for want of a more complex term, went down a treat. He’s had 25 year long career as a producer, DJ and leader of the Belgian club scene and now Geoffroy Dewandeler is still making a name for himself as one
Messrs. Pseudo and Nym are agreed that, if this release is going to receive stars, they are going to be really big stars. Not the sort that are going supernova, mind, but more the sort that are slowly cooling into lumps of iron. And Monsieur Pseudo thinks that there must
Room One at Corisca Studios was host to a Berlin takeover; a three hour set from Florian Kupfer followed by four hours of Function. Unenthralled by Florian, initially the set looked promising only to then take a serious nose-dive. Train wreck mixes and dubious track selection saw several abandoning ship. Thankfully, the Lobster
Much to the duo’s dismay, it was pretty early on in their existence that Beyond The Wizards Sleeve was revealed to be made up of Erol Alkan – DJ, producer, Phantasy Sound label boss – and Richard Norris – best-selling producer and one half of The Grid. Today it’s already
Frightening music seems to be all the rage right now and, no, I don’t mean Coldplay’s current stadium tour. I’m talking about music that comes straight out of horror movies, or else music that sounds like it comes straight out of horror movies. Recently, the self-described “Horror Master” John Carpenter
When Odonis Odonis emerged a few years ago, some quarters drew comparisons to Sub Pop’s METZ. This was basically because they were also from Toronto and came armed with some pretty heavy noise-rock riffs. Should anybody liken Odonis Odonis’ latest effort to METZ however, then they really haven’t been listening.
Meshes is such a departure for Munich’s Joasihno that you wonder if principal member Cico Beck should have released it under a different moniker altogether. The music was created by Beck not only in collaboration with his regular cohort Nico Sierig but also with the assistance of a “robot orchestra”,
For those still mourning the disbandment of Dirty Beaches (and who continue to await any substantial material from Alex Zhang Hungtai’s so-far infecund reinvention as “Last Lizard”), here’s an alternative take on Canadian gloom-pop to satisfy your appetites. One half of this duo, Pierre Guerineau, even carried out production work
