If the slightly early release of 'Audio Track 5' was an indicator of the mood that Actress and the LCO were trying to reflect in their collaborative album 'Lageos', then that mood is undoubtedly...
Published: Saturday, 23rd June 2018
Author: Andy Walsh
Post Traumatic Rave Syndrome. The name itself evokes what the music feels like: dark, heavy, tormented, yet somehow nostalgic and sensitive.Out May 25 on Paula Temple’s label Noise Manifesto, Post...
Published: Friday, 22nd June 2018
Author: Clara Tehrani
Taking off to higher spheres with Canadian duo Violence.From their Le Flux de la Nature EP on Electronic Emergencies.Out 25.06 on digital - Pre-order: https://electronicemergencies.bandcamp.com/album/le-flux-de-la-natureOut...
Published: Friday, 22nd June 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Literally stomping on the china in the room! Intricate and addictive number, which is also somehow reminiscent of some of Otto von Schirach's work.From Proficiency Bonus VA compilation on 8MANA.Out...
Published: Thursday, 21st June 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Acid frenzy and a gargantuesque Electro breakbeat! In Arran's words, the sound of the EP tries to capture that special atmosphere when you come out of a club and it's just starting to get...
Published: Wednesday, 20th June 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Classic Motown in its upbeat finest for Paxman's selection this week...
Published: Sunday, 17th June 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
The Rockstar of Ambient you say? The aesthetic and visual prowess of William Basinski would support that statement. A long black robe drapes down to his knees — sparkling like diamonds in the night...
Published: Saturday, 16th June 2018
Author: Edward Bowyer
Billy Nasty is a figurehead, simple. His tastes are always evolving due to years of DJing around the world, running Tortured & Electrix Records, and running his own record shop.The inspiration never...
Published: Friday, 15th June 2018
Author: Frederick Sugden
Deep, raw, dirty, lo-fi, saturated and sublime House Music from Greek producer Drum Machine!From Mituo Shiomi and Drum Machine's split EP 'Demons & Tapes' on Italian label Alley Version.Out...
Published: Thursday, 14th June 2018
Author: Loose Lips
If Black Metal and Ambient had a baby, then sacrificed it to the Gods of Music, that would probably generate something similar to this strong piece of music, which contrasts harsh vocals with a mesmerising...
Published: Wednesday, 13th June 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Oioi! Deep and cavernous rolling bizniz courtesy of UK-based Abstrakt Vision and Macedonia-based Kronom!From the 'Particles' VA on Lost Recordings.Out on digital 15.06 exclusively on Beatport 29.06...
Published: Wednesday, 13th June 2018
Author: Loose Lips
And in the end, everyone wiped themselves on me, which is how the title translates from French, makes a lot of sense here; a celebration of the acid-influenced absurdism.As Yan explained: "This track...
Published: Tuesday, 12th June 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Continuing with premieres from this forthcoming VA from Residual. Label boss Titonton Duvante delivers a raw yet majestic number.From Refraction Vol. 3 on Residual Recordings.Out 11.06 on 12" - Pre-order:...
Published: Saturday, 9th June 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A slowly evolving 30 minute long soundscape, suitable for any daydream.Out now on digital and cassette - Order: https://boundaryelement.bandcamp.com/album/be02-sentient-planet-2https://soundcloud.com/boundary-element...
Published: Saturday, 9th June 2018
Author: Loose Lips
It's been 22 years since Richie Hawtin put out his first Mixmag compilation CD, a lean set of 90s grooves that included a track named 'Boiling Point' by Ohio producer Todd Sines. In the...
Published: Friday, 8th June 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A cinematic trip into a soulful galaxy.From Corrupted's 'Don't You Stray EP' on Halogen Music.Out 11.06 on digital - Pre-order: https://halogenmusicgroup.bandcamp.com/album/dont-you-stray-ephttps:...
Published: Wednesday, 6th June 2018
Author: Loose Lips
D-56M (65D Mavericks) delivering here a mesmerising Techno remix of Bleaching Agent's track, taking it in a very different direction, with added spoken words.From Bleaching Agent's Mulkul EP on...
Published: Monday, 4th June 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A pleasant ballad of crunches and lo-fi rhythms.From hi.mo's album 'urtìis' on Pregnant Void.Out 08.06 on 12" and digital - Pre-order: https://pregnantvoid.bandcamp.com/album/urt-is-lphttps:...
Published: Monday, 4th June 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Cult of the Damned's spell-binding Barebase is our pick this week, touching on the lighter side of his varied lyricism.Everyone loves a good synth solo!
Published: Sunday, 3rd June 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
Gorgeous mutant breaks straight from Lahti, Finland!From Smif Allor's North of Nowhere EP on Electric Bacon.Also include another mutant remix by our resident T-Scale!Out now on digital - Order: http:...
Published: Friday, 1st June 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A laidback number, perfect for those darkened, end of night sessions.From Dragosh's Perfect Timing EP on Leftback.Out 04.06 on 12" - http://www.leftback.co.uk/https://soundcloud.com/leftbackrecordshttps:...
Published: Thursday, 31st May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A trip into the retro-future.From BUNKR's Outerstellar EP on VLSI.Out 08.06 on digital - Pre-order: https://bit.ly/2kD9Msuhttps://www.vlsimusic.co.ukhttps://soundcloud.com/echaskechhttps://soundcloud.com...
Published: Thursday, 31st May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A thunderous breakbeat-flavoured basement jam!From Cabasa's 'Uncle Sigmund EP' on Belgian label Eclipse Tribez's first release.Make sure you keep your agenda free for the release partyon...
Published: Tuesday, 29th May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
To listen to Anthrax is to understand metal in a very pure form. While a lot of bands in this genre are essentially just messy and loud, this particular metal group has a way of blending different sounds...
Published: Monday, 28th May 2018
Author: Jayden Martin
A pulpy Acid Jazz time-piece by Drum & Bass legend Peshay.From his 'Reflections' LP on Belgian label De:tuned.Out 08.06 on 12" - Pre-order: https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/96645-asgde019-peshay-reflections-3-x-lphttps:...
Published: Monday, 28th May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Following up on my slightly unusual ambient b2b with fellow Loose Lips resident Medallion Man at Virgo Festival yesterday...This week's selection turns to synth superstar Suzanne Ciani with a liverecording...
Published: Monday, 28th May 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
This is how to make your transition between the weekend and the week: in a gentle and laidback manner.From Ann Annie's Atmospheres Vol.2 on Modularfield.Out 28.05 on digital and cassette - Order: http:...
Published: Sunday, 27th May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Just as heavy, hard and mysterious as the Ancient Egyptian Megaliths!From Ersatz Olfolks's 'Boundaries' EP on Bristol based Tutamen.Out now on 12" - Pre-order: https://www.juno.co.uk/products...
Published: Friday, 25th May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Rico Casazza went all in on this one! An evil and invisible force that slides up and down whilST screaming in your ears, until you realise you've become mates with the devil.From Variance V/A compilation...
Published: Thursday, 24th May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Having hosted some of electronic music's legends such as Jeff Mills and Carl Craig, The Barbican kept up their run of formidable selections with another legendary act on Wednesday 4th April 2018; Simian...
Published: Wednesday, 23rd May 2018
Author: Sam Karam
Wednesday 11th April 2018 marked the first date on New York born rapper Wiki’s UK tour, coinciding with his Manchester Debut. Finding success on the streets of Manhattan with his crew Ratking...
Published: Wednesday, 23rd May 2018
Author: Treece & Josh Howard
Reminiscent of the most melodic moments of Richard D. James' earlier work, this one is part of a stunningly beautiful yet simple EP by this young producer who already signed on R&S, Super Hexagon...
Published: Wednesday, 23rd May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Semi-Peppered is an established Bristol-based art collective who have been putting on parties, releasing mixes and ruling underground radio waves for a while now. Founded by long-time pals Joe, Evan and...
Published: Tuesday, 22nd May 2018
Author: Kate Hutchison
A Bass Hybrid with character!From Miss Jaedha's Everything But Ordinary album on CID RecordsOut 15.06 on digital - Pre-order: https://missjaedha.bandcamp.com/album/everything-but-ordinaryhttps://soundcloud.com...
Published: Tuesday, 22nd May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Bathing - Single by LyleIf you've caught one of Lyle's headline shows, you'll have seen the singer/producer's three piece band whipping up an intense, expressive storm wherein genres blur...
Published: Monday, 21st May 2018
Author: Will Soer
If you ever look at the inside of a wildebeest skull, you’ll see a layered structure of thin sheets. This was explained to me by a South African strawberry blonde safari guide, who spoke of how this...
Published: Monday, 21st May 2018
Author: Will Soer
This week's track pick from our Manchester-based resident was released in 1980 and has been an incredibly popular song within the spanish speaking world.Santana with hints of Lee Thompson on the sax...
Published: Sunday, 20th May 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
As the sun sets against an eclectic group of dancers on About Blank's garden terrace, Deadlift cuts her variable, calmly mid-tempo set to silence, and Ariana Grande’s lone voice reverberates...
Published: Saturday, 19th May 2018
Author: Will Soer
Memphis Rap influenced UK Hip-Hop/Trill but also much more than that!Welcome to the world of Tril Bizzy. Within the first track 'Mula' Tril reflects upon the forces of capitalism.Once the interlude...
Published: Friday, 18th May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
So laidback you might evaporate like a green hazey cloud...From Leonid Nevermind's EP of the same name on Bivouac Sound.Out now on 12" and digital - Order: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/leonid-nevermind-overcoming-the-influence-ep...
Published: Thursday, 17th May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Phaeleh is best known as one of the key innovators in the early dubstep movement. A stalwart on the UK scene, he has since championed earthy electronica and oddball house, and released some intricate ambient...
Published: Tuesday, 15th May 2018
Author: Sam Karam
As smoke rises from the floor, so does the sound from Jan Jelinek's modular setup — illuminated by a single white spotlight — hard to describe, almost white noise; but pleasing. As thecrowd...
Published: Monday, 14th May 2018
Author: Edward Bowyer
This can put a smile on your face even if you're having the worst Monday ever.From Horton Jupiter's BAH044 on Bahnsteig 23.Out now on 12" and digital - Order: https://www.juno.co.uk/products...
Published: Monday, 14th May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Parisian producer Jéremy Guindo-Zegiestowski is best known for his work as Bambounou on 50Weapons. He delivered two albums and a sizeable wedge of EPs of fractured rhythms, looming bass and techno...
Published: Friday, 11th May 2018
Author: Oli Warwick
Mogwai's remix of Mastersystem – a new collaboration featuring members Frightened Rabbit, Minor Victories, and Editors – tweaks the emotions of the original substantially. Scott Hutchinson...
Published: Friday, 11th May 2018
Author: Andrew Walsh
Egregore is as manifold a term as it is an album. The sheer variety of up and downtempo arrangements, coupled with the dense yet careful layering of its productions, serves as a testament to this claim.Featuring...
Published: Friday, 11th May 2018
Author: Artyom Malevich
Not as simple as it seems...Taken from Dokta's Metronomic album on 20/20 Vision.Out 14.05 on digital - Pre-order: http://hyperurl.co/DOKTA-Metronomic https://soundcloud.com/2020visionrecordingshttps:...
Published: Friday, 11th May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Am I floating through a forest?From Tryst's Issho EP on Apparel Tronic.Out 28.05 on digital and CD. Check https://www.apparelmusic.com/apparel-tronic for more info!https://soundcloud.com/apparel-tronichttps:...
Published: Thursday, 10th May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
An alarming shuffle rhythm that punches and crunches.From Sissel Wincent's Inspirational Quotes EP on Peder Mannerfelt Produktion.Out 11.05 on 12" and 25.05 on digital - Pre-order: https://boomkat.com...
Published: Wednesday, 9th May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Black Snow is the hypnotic new single on Oneohtrix Point Never's upcoming, eighth album. ANOHNI will feature on this and three others tracks, whilst James Blake co-produced and mixed the album. ...
Published: Wednesday, 9th May 2018
Author: Andrew Walsh
Whilst Young Fathers' current tour in support of 'Cocoa Sugar' has been their biggest to date, they performed tonight in the relatively humble, but charismatic Columbia Theatre - a modernist...
Published: Wednesday, 9th May 2018
Author: Andrew Walsh
An exploration of darker territories.From Audiokern's A Personal Way EP on Klangkeller Records.Out 11.05 on 12" - Pre-order: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/audiokern-a-personal-way/681867-01https:...
Published: Tuesday, 8th May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Excitement levels were high as I touched down in Brighton for this one. Although I had a good feeling about it (I knew the guys putting it on), there were variables. I’d never heard of the venueKomedia...
Published: Monday, 7th May 2018
Author: Joel Baker
The legendary duo showcasing their trademark style on Balkan Vinyl Allstar, a retrospective compilation celebrating the 25th release of Balkan Vinyl. Out soon on 12" - Pre-order: https://www.juno.co.uk...
Published: Monday, 7th May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
From techno BBQs to 22 hours parties at ://about blank: I caught up with Patterns of Perception ahead of their two-year anniversary party at ://about blank this May. We talked about the difficulties of...
Published: Thursday, 3rd May 2018
Author: Fred Day
An intricate Grime-Tech banger! From Hedchef's debut release on Circular Jaw.Out 04.05 on digital - Pre-order: https://circularjaw.bandcamp.com/album/cjaw011-hedchefhttps://soundcloud.com/circular-jawhttps:...
Published: Thursday, 3rd May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Not just a deep atmospheric broken techno sound...From her 'Essai Nouvo' EP on No Suit Records.Out 04.05 on 12" and digital - Pre-order: https://nosr.bandcamp.com/album/no-suit-records-009-scaarlet-essai-nouvo-ephttps:...
Published: Thursday, 3rd May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Tribal and shamanesque.From Musta's 'Cara Feia' EP on Beans & Bacon.Out 04.05 on digital - Pre-order: https://www.beansandbacon.de/releases/bab026/https://soundcloud.com/beansandbaconhttps:...
Published: Thursday, 3rd May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A moody 2-step/electro number, drifting until you realise your head is nodding..From his 'Dario's Castle' album on Pressure Trax.Out soon on 12" and digital - https://www.decks.de/track...
Published: Wednesday, 2nd May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
"The material on this album spans a wide range of years, but was all arranged in the last two, and each track is made to commemorate a particular phase of my raving times past."No More Propofol...
Published: Tuesday, 1st May 2018
Author: Sim Hutchins
An intense immersion. From the first release of 4 6 2 5.4 6 2 5 is the collaborative output of UVB-76 Music's core members. 4 6 2 5 continues and builds on the foundation set by UVB-76 Music, evolving...
Published: Tuesday, 1st May 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A modern and personal homage to Giallo soundtracks from a specialist in atmospheric landscapes.From his 'Yurican EP', featuring a remix by Dircsen, on Beef Records.Out now on 12" and digital...
Published: Monday, 30th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Psychedelic textures over a jazzy number, featuring Mitch Marcus, Paul 'Feathericci' & Robert Way.From Oliver Way's 'From The Shadows' album on EPM Music.Out 30.04 on digital and...
Published: Sunday, 29th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
This week og garage/psychedelic band Count Five with Psychotic Reaction. Released in the mid 60s, it was well received by American audiences.Yardbirds-esque, gnarly & hypnotic.
Published: Sunday, 29th April 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
A bleepy and bubbly ride in the Bronx.From Daisy Cutter EP on Sheik 'N' Beik.Out 07.05 on 12" and digital - Pre-order: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/jem-daisy-cutter/685830-01/https://soundcloud.com...
Published: Saturday, 28th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A peculiar jungle track.From Heroic Purgatory on RDK Island.Out 27.04 on 12" and digital - Pre-order: https://rdkisland.bandcamp.com/album/heroic-purgatoryhttps://soundcloud.com/rdk-islandhttps:/soundcloud.com...
Published: Friday, 27th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A detailed excursion into dark and enigmatic territories.From the 'Decompression EP', on Plus Ultra. Includes remixes from Rowka and Croft.Out 27.04 on 12" vinyl and digital. Pre-order: https:...
Published: Thursday, 26th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A Grime hybrid that puts your feet to work!From Cleaverhype's Liquid Contortion EP on Skoop.Out on digital 29.04 - https://skoop.bandcamp.com/.https://soundcloud.com/cleaverhypehttps://www.facebook.com...
Published: Thursday, 26th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
This latest offering from Scottish one-man band Bitter Lake is a straight-up slice of Norwegian-style black metal in the vein of 90s church-burners, Burzum.When talking about the album, Travis Lee, the...
Published: Tuesday, 24th April 2018
Author: Wil Crisp
Arpeggiated euphoria from Pépe!Out now on digital - Order: https://clipp-art.bandcamp.com/track/las-arenashttps://soundcloud.com/clipp_arthttps://soundcloud.com/pepmanpepe
Published: Tuesday, 24th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Cinematic Jazz for imaginary movies.From Lucinate's Big Noise album on King Deluxe. Out on digital 27.04 - Pre-order: http://kingdeluxe.ca/album/big-noisehttps://soundcloud.com/king_deluxehttps://soundcloud.com...
Published: Monday, 23rd April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Shouts echoing over a menacing bassline and popping snares.Available on digital 28.04 - https://fasterthanmusic.bandcamp.com/album/pr4kaneokastrna-ephttps://soundcloud.com/fasterthanmusichttps://soundcloud.com...
Published: Sunday, 22nd April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A music box lost somewhere inside a dream, using notes from the pentatonic scale.Out now on digital - https://www.junodownload.com/labels/Boxwork+Musichttps://soundcloud.com/boxworkmusic
Published: Saturday, 21st April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Chaos Theory, and their monthly Facemelter nights, have become a staple in London’s scene of Post Rock, Math Rock, and Prog Metal. They offer crowds a chance to see the rising talent in these genres...
Published: Saturday, 21st April 2018
Author: Calvin Scherer
A dark, uncompromising and hard-hitting Electro dive.Out 23.04 on digital and 12" - clone.nl/item49590.htmlhttps://soundcloud.com/cultivated-electronicshttps://soundcloud.com/jensen-interceptorhttps:...
Published: Friday, 20th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
As the title of the album describes, the latest release on Dionysian Mysteries is a collection of emotionally-charged dance music tracks, designed for the DJs to deploy on an open-minded crowd or in an...
Published: Thursday, 19th April 2018
Author: Sam Karam
An epic Braindance journey, with 90s aesthetics...Available on digital and orange 12" on 24.04.Pre-order: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/foreign-sequence-rs7k-ep/682007-01/https://posthumanrec.bandcamp.com...
Published: Thursday, 19th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A mysterious piece by an equally mysterious producer...Out now on digital - https://jitterjazzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/paulinehttps://soundcloud.com/jitterjazzrecords
Published: Wednesday, 18th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Gritty grimey funk from Spatial on his forthcoming Netz Room EP on Never Ready Records, including remixes by J. Tijn and Munstac!Out on digital and coloured 12" on 20.04.2018 - https://neverready.bandcamp.com...
Published: Tuesday, 17th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Since we got involved with 199Radio, one of the other show hosts who has impressed us the most is Jeff Opara, whose quickly developed a reputation for selecting bangers from across the spectrum. This...
Published: Tuesday, 17th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Have you ever got into a smoking area conversation with someone who arguably reads too much into dance music, or at least too much for a casual conversation with someone who is off their nut? That person...
Published: Monday, 16th April 2018
Author: Will Soer
A brutal encounter...an excerpt from the first release of a new Uruguayan label, Tormenta Electrica. From Gruth's 'Futile Demise EP', out now on digital and 12" limited edition vinyl....
Published: Monday, 16th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
I have been looking through my old CD collection (joys of a car which only has a CD player) - a somewhat modern yet fairly extinct format. In doing so, I dug out the well known album 'Versions'produced...
Published: Sunday, 15th April 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
A slow and busy industrial House track, from the forthcoming Cosmic Anomaly EP on TRNQ. Out on digital and cassette on 23.04 - https://trnqr.bandcamp.com/https://soundcloud.com/horosHoros is a Sã...
Published: Sunday, 15th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
One of the outstanding outfits of the golden age of Hip Hop, Lords Of The Underground announced their arrival with 1993 masterpiece Here Come The Lords, with successful singles Funky Child and Chief Rocka...
Published: Saturday, 14th April 2018
Author: Jamie Groovement
An eccentric ballad meets pop house.Out 16.04 on 12" and digital - https://clone.nl/item50267.htmlhttps://leonidnevermind.bandcamp.com/https://soundcloud.com/bivouacsoundrecords
Published: Friday, 13th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A couple of years into my love of dance music, I found my DJ. Just as I got into Oasis and the Arctic Monkeys, before landing on The xx as puberty started to really kick in, my first years of going toclubs...
Published: Friday, 13th April 2018
Author: Will Soer
Emmanuel Nwamadi’s distinctive tones are soon to echo around the streets of Manchester. Gaining a massive confidence boost in his young career from the public reaction to his appearance on The Voice...
Published: Thursday, 12th April 2018
Author: Jamie Groovement
A bare naked piece of electrotech from this talented Nottingham-based producer.Out 13.04 on digital - Pre-order: https://www.beatport.com/release/ghosts/2251216And we won't forget...Croft was the man...
Published: Thursday, 12th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Dance music can be utterly meaningless, or intensely meaningful. It can be a wily, practical outlet for sonic exploration, whose functional form allows producers to get paid to mess around with sound.It...
Published: Thursday, 12th April 2018
Author: Will Soer
A scratched out tribute to the 1961 Italian classic film of the same name, on a bed of Hip-Hop beats and bubbly synths...Out on digital 13.04.2018 - http://shop.51beats.nethttps://soundcloud.com/marcio-mcfly...
Published: Wednesday, 11th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Uplifting, acidic, ravey and full of pitch-shifted cuts!OverworX is a new project from Best Pest, built specially for sweaty dancefloors.OverworX 001 will be available on vinyl and digital on 1st May.Pre-order...
Published: Tuesday, 10th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Glass bottles being thrown at DJs, corrupt police raids and promoters getting 12 months in jail for putting on parties. Welcome to Mexico City’s dance scene of the early-noughties, as rememberedby...
Published: Monday, 9th April 2018
Author: Martin Guttridge-Hewitt
An industrial yet spiritual journey...from the Synkopated Art XPRMNT compilation, dedicated to the memory of Sergio Guglielmi (Sinkop Artz) !Out 02.05.2018. Pre-order: https://afteraffectsrec.bandcamp.com...
Published: Monday, 9th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Apt in name, Thorton's voice is something to be truly reconciled, big & boomy. Perhaps best to take her advice...
Published: Sunday, 8th April 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
<a href="http://finlayshakespeare.bandcamp.com/album/housediet-ix">Housediet IX byFinlay...
Published: Friday, 6th April 2018
Author: Martin Guttridge-Hewitt
EOD has a reputation for crafting gems that somehow manage to sound deceptively simple, yet lusciously full of detailed production and sonic sparkle. EOD’s latest is no exception and takes the sound...
Published: Friday, 6th April 2018
Author: Ognen Spiroski
We bewildered souls bumbling blindly in the smoke exuded by the impossibly vast, life-crunching mangle that is 'Londinium Taan' periodically and, with great legitimacy, ask 'Why the fuck are...
Published: Friday, 6th April 2018
Author: Mr Sprinkles
LTO first made waves as part of mysterious electronic collective Old Apparatus. Their music - anonymous, dark, ghostly, subterranean - was reminiscent of dubstep, garage and grime scenes, but sheened with...
Published: Thursday, 5th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
If you listen to the bare bones rattle of a proper dub version or lose yourself in the deafening space in a DMZ track, it becomes clear that so much of the power in soundsystem music comes from the art...
Published: Thursday, 5th April 2018
Author: Oli Warwick
The Dream Manipulator is the second album on Jacktone from rising Portuguese talent, Mind Safari...a man who has released a track on one of our previous compilations!This 9-track album, which...
Published: Thursday, 5th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
New York City outfit Ratking burst onto the underground scene a couple of years ago, influencing a multitude in their wake. Last year, rapper and producer WIki released his debut solo album, No Mountains...
Published: Thursday, 5th April 2018
Author: Jamie Groovement
A piece of minimalistic drum programming with a dub sensibility, sitting on a barebone funk attitude. From the forthcoming '’Misunderstood Collection' album.Out on April 20, 2018 onnbsp...
Published: Thursday, 5th April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Intriguing techno...To be released digitally and on CD. www.diffusereality.net
Published: Tuesday, 3rd April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
RUDEBOY! Pre-order here - https://www.juno.co.uk/products/amir-alexander-dusk-till-dawn/683614-01/.
Published: Monday, 2nd April 2018
Author: Loose Lips
80s reggae group Dub Syndicate this week, with Hey Ho taken from the Strike The Balance album. A hypnotic sitar, bouncy chords, gnarly bassline, spooky police sirens & legendary Kishi Yamamoto on the...
Published: Sunday, 1st April 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
MLK cannot be held responsible for any outer dimensional experiences, alien abductions or any mind/body altering states that might occur during the exposure of these frequencies.Released 2nd April. Pre-order...
Published: Saturday, 31st March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Beautiful!Pre-order here - https://www.whatpeopleplay.com/albumdetails/VARS-Staub/id/166456.Machines have no soul. Or do they?Laptops, synthesizers, controllers, mixing desks, keyboards, effect devices....
Published: Saturday, 31st March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A rep of the Portuguese underground, Zé Salvador was a founding member of Carpet & Snares Records, which is now branching out into new fields. Ahead of his forthcoming set a ...
Published: Friday, 30th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Guaranteed to do some serious damage!This track is part of 'The Nest' EP, Edge Of Motion's 6th vinyl release. Pre-order it here - https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/95737-eom006-edge-of-motion-the-nest.Techno...
Published: Friday, 30th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Glitchy electronica! Let your soul melt to silky pads.This track is part of the first part of the ‘Until Venus Returns’ compilation on Futurepast Zine, including the likes of likes of Simon...
Published: Friday, 30th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
This Sunday's selection is from the disco overlord who is resident at the world famous Studio 54. Siano become an internationally recognised DJ during Studio 54's hayday. Today's track '...
Published: Wednesday, 28th March 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
This brand new arrangement of Love Comes Back includes Vancouverite vocalist Adam Wawzonek (AKA Soliterre) who jumped on a cross-country Greyhound bus and crashed with Steven ...
Published: Tuesday, 27th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Last week, Quanta Records released SHARK 4 お歯黒, Echo Hazard’s fourth album under the name GAMESHARKTM, as the much awaited second entry on the label’s Particules series.With SHARK 4 ...
Published: Tuesday, 27th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Fight the lethal snowflakes with the Eternauta, a voyager of eternity.The EP is released 6th April. Check it here - https://www.whatpeopleplay.com/albumdetails/Soukie-and-Windish-Eternauta-EP/id/166047....
Published: Monday, 26th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Today's premiere looks to the electro arpeggiators of ‘Point A’. This one is a groovy adventure, bouncing between lead percussive hits and metallic bass stabs.Available from the 26 March...
Published: Saturday, 24th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Pretty old school...Released 2nd April. Pre-order here - https://www.juno.co.uk/products/northern-powerhouse-np-003/675467-01/. Already gathered strong support from the likes of Andrew Duke, Black Madonna...
Published: Friday, 23rd March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Music and art are our language. A language more persuasive than others, in that its message is more intimate and immersive for the listener and will evoke feelings no other medium can. This albumis...
Published: Thursday, 22nd March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Needs x HeForShe took over Oval space on Sunday 11th March for this unique day-night event following International Women's Day. Curated in association with Shesaidso, Aim, Mixcloud and Resident...
Published: Wednesday, 21st March 2018
Author: Andy Walsh
C. Scott (Charlie Scott) is an MPC virtuoso who first started producing music in 2009, inspired by the hypnotic, Jazz-influenced sound of Hip-Hop’s golden era. Having refined his craft, he jumped...
Published: Wednesday, 21st March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Swirling soul samples...Keep your eyes and ears here - http://flumo.com. Released this Friday 23rd March!
Published: Tuesday, 20th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Respect your cardiovascular system!The entire Michal Wolski release will be available here - http://internationaldayoff.org.
Published: Monday, 19th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
It gets me dancing round the fire...Keep your eyes peeled to here for the full release - https://7daysent.us.
Published: Sunday, 18th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Rephlex meets a lazy Sunday morning.
Published: Sunday, 18th March 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
Duellist delivers the 30th full release from Taro Records with a bang and a wallop. Our premiered choice is a real experimental electronic excursion.Pre-order the release here - https://www.beatport.com...
Published: Saturday, 17th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Vinyl-only release on Rawax's classic Chicago-focused sub-label. A jacking dancefloor workout from UK duo Posthuman, awash with heavy duty acid and juggernaut hardware beats.Check it - https:hardwax.com...
Published: Friday, 16th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Carl Finlow returns with a double pack under his renowned Electro pseudonym, Silicon Scally, featuring tracks produced for the live set he performed to a packed crowd at London’s long-running Scand...
Published: Thursday, 15th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A dreamy rugged, yet tender sound.
Published: Thursday, 15th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Michael's ode to growing up in West Philly in the 80s, listening to hip-hop mix tapes while riding the El train to school.Check it - http://classic.beatport.com/label/midnight-social-recordings/23461....
Published: Wednesday, 14th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Another Alias returns with the second installment of White of My Eyes. WOME002 continues along the path laid out by 001, but takes it a step further into varied moods. Our pick is the sledgehammer-esque...
Published: Wednesday, 14th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Takecha, the alias of Takeshi Fukushima, is a Japanese label owner and producer hailing from Shiga Prefecture in the west of Japan. A place surrounded by the sereneness of Lake Biwa, the largest freshwater...
Published: Tuesday, 13th March 2018
Author: Jennifer Wallis
Tadd Mullinix is a master of variation - these days he’s most commonly found juggling upfront house and techno as JTC, raucous new beat and industrial as Charles Manier and more experimental fare...
Published: Tuesday, 13th March 2018
Author: Oli Warwick
Taking place regularly on Saturday afternoons, Daylight Music is a long-running ‘pay-what-you-feel’ concert series at Islington’s Union Chapel that showcases leading talents within instrumental...
Published: Tuesday, 13th March 2018
Author: Vincent Morris
Thick, lo-fi strings, ducking behind a sunken kick to hypnotic effect.Gra gra grab it here - https://fanlink.to/E6P.
Published: Tuesday, 13th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
midnightdecade is a new outfit made up of vocalist Cool Hand and acres/Crook’s incredible production, both artists from the SWMS collective. Made from London to Amsterdam, a project has emerged....
Published: Monday, 12th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
For this Sunday's selection, Vietnam meets a synthy wild west kind of theme...
Published: Sunday, 11th March 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
Following International Women's day, Oval Space hosts this Sunday day and night party, spotlighting DJs and activists with progressive views on women's rights. Joint brainchild of HeForShe andNeeds...
Published: Saturday, 10th March 2018
Author: Andy Walsh
Neil Landstrumm and Tobias Schmidt are two men responsible for modern day electronic music. When the sound crawled out of the primordial speaker, this pair were there to welcome it. For more than twenty...
Published: Saturday, 10th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Wow wow wow.Check it - https://www.abstraktreflections.net/releases/metalogue-gradient-descent/.Industrial/breakcore/IDM with cinematic tendencies.
Published: Friday, 9th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A rough gem of rustic, handcrafted, Yorkshire electronics!Available here - https://northernpowerhouse.bandcamp.com/album/np002.
Published: Thursday, 8th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Posthuman's I Love Acid imprint returns with three tracks of acid house music from Detroit producer Jared Wilson. Our premiered version is an epic, timeless 10 minute excursion!As ever, limited...
Published: Wednesday, 7th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Feb 22nd saw the release of 'Resentment', a new EP by Soreab on Italian bass-obsessors, Beat Machine Records. A naughty remix from Lamont is included. We met Dario, aka Soreab, in London recently...
Published: Tuesday, 6th March 2018
Author: Frederick Sugden
It's the big 5! Berlin-Frankfurt based label House Is OK is celebrating its five-year long presence and has decided to mark that period with something special...The label's story started with a...
Published: Monday, 5th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Following the recent release of BUSZ™'s 'Dubai' Album Sampler on Beef Records, we asked 1/2 of the new mysterious duo, Oskar Szafraniec (the other half is Chilean legend, Pier Bucci...
Published: Monday, 5th March 2018
Author: Frederick Sugden
Out of Brooklyn, New York, Dilian contributes to the International Winners record label. His tracks, album covers, and website have a connection to the art world as well as the world of music. It is no...
Published: Monday, 5th March 2018
Author: Charlie Ward-Daymond
Towards the end of Nabihah Iqbal's first ever solo headline gig, she made a self-deprecating joke about reactions to her debut album. People had found it inspiring how positive and forthcoming hermusic...
Published: Sunday, 4th March 2018
Author: Will Soer
The enigmatic DOKTA returns with ‘London Nights’, the third single taken from his forthcoming album - ‘Metronomic’. Jason Heath completes the package with our premiered choice -...
Published: Sunday, 4th March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
This Sunday, Paxman picks out a unique Northern flow!!
Published: Sunday, 4th March 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
Young Parisian producer NiKiT bursts onto the electronic music scene with his debut release 'Arcanes', a mini-album consisting of 8 tracks. Its atmosphere is reminiscent of early dark electro,with...
Published: Saturday, 3rd March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Ideal IDM.12" vinyl available 12th March - http://store.kaometry.com/album/gec-alsthom-1996.Weaving layers of sounds together; some people think of it as music, others don't.
Published: Friday, 2nd March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
In anticipation of Denham Audio's performance at our forthcoming event at The White Hotel in Manchester on Friday 16th March, we're delighted to premiere this short fiery piece of essential rave...
Published: Thursday, 1st March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Incredible post-rock-ish ambience...Pre-order the whole EP here - https://itunes.apple.com/es/album/ciccone-03-single/1348379325.CICCONE is a labour of love by Diego Delgado http://www.diegodelgado.com...
Published: Thursday, 1st March 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Noods Radio is a Bristol-based, independent radio station, broadcasting the cities’ best labels and artists alongside an increasing pool of international acts. With shows spinning a vast expanseof...
Published: Wednesday, 28th February 2018
Author: Kate Hutchison
A mental hybrid!Pre-order the release here - https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/92421-boscolp03-bosconi-stallions-vol-2-va-3-x-12.Since his first live set in 2003 at Lnik (Bologna), Mass Prod&rsquos...
Published: Wednesday, 28th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Intriguing modern EBM...Released March 1st on Broque.We are almost certain that someone who goes by the name of Erick Jäger is behind the Patient 36 moniker. Other than that, we actually donrsquo...
Published: Wednesday, 28th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Following the death of human civilization, their remnants stood still across the earth. Degenerating buildings sprawled out across the now-rejuvenated land in which the...
Published: Tuesday, 27th February 2018
Author: Blake Creighton
‘Transition’ is the new studio album from experimental electronic producer Plaster. With less emphasis on complex sound design, Gianclaudio Hashem Moniri (aka Plaster) has taken a more minimal...
Published: Tuesday, 27th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
One of our own...Delighted to premiere this crazy excursion from our Skopje-based resident T-Scale. He's started a new label called 'Faster Than Music', based on showcasing the experimental...
Published: Monday, 26th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Lakker’s Dara Smith delves further into his fascination for what’s beyond the borders of the visible with his latest EP on UAE’s label Bedouin Records. Asymmetrical driving crystalline...
Published: Sunday, 25th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Beef Records present a new album from BUSZ™, a duo comprised of seminal minimal producer, Pier Bucci, and the enigmatic Polish fireball, Oskar Szafraniec. This combination of experience and experimentation...
Published: Sunday, 25th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
First heard this cruising down the motorway in GTA 5 with Space 103.2 FM blasting through & through!
Published: Sunday, 25th February 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
The Tiefschwarz boys have just struck musical gold with their latest offering for Souvenir, a fresh EP delivered by the electro trailblazer named Bolz Bolz (Germany’s Andreas Bolz) who’s done...
Published: Friday, 23rd February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
"At the time of writing this, Daniel Potter, aka Warsnare, is racing across his native London, in a veritable juggling act of creative effervescence – putting the finishing touches...
Published: Thursday, 22nd February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Timothy J. Fairplay ‘DX Marks The Spot’ released on 1st March 2018. The first release on Body Works - a new electro label based in New York. This is Timothy’s first EP to be recordedentirely...
Published: Thursday, 22nd February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
On a bad day, live synthesiser performances emulate the experience of watching someone play fifa on their laptop, when you’d rather be in the stand. Or at least I assume so, I don’t reallyget...
Published: Wednesday, 21st February 2018
Author: Will Soer
An epic, slow-burning slice of melodic electronica...Available this Friday 23rd Feb, here - https://bunkr-music.bandcamp.com/Operating somewhere east of Eden on the hazy peripherals of “dance&rdquo...
Published: Wednesday, 21st February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Irish dynamite!Check it here - https://supercomputerav.bandcamp.com/album/sc002-alavux-scenedrone-split-e-p-series-001.Check out our interview with Scenedrone here, as well as his contribution to our Loose...
Published: Tuesday, 20th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Seductive industrialism. Keep your eyes on https://www.discogs.com/label/1067342-jezgro.Music making with weird machines.
Published: Tuesday, 20th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Self-written, self-produced & self-mixed - this dreamy premiere tells its own story via sleepy vocals and rugged guitars.Strong stoner drums & psychedelic synths come together to create a curious...
Published: Tuesday, 20th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A good 2 years ago now, our residents Rommek & Medallion Man headed over to Leipzig for an amazing gig at Distillery Club. We were invited by Georg Bigalke, a techno stalwart who we warmed to instantly....
Published: Monday, 19th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Having recently been introduced to Suso Flores, musician, producer and proponent of ‘circuit bending’, I’ve had a number of questions knocking around in my head. First question: whatdo...
Published: Sunday, 18th February 2018
Author: Daniel Ball
An incredible combination of experimental percussion and field recordings...Released Feb 23rd, pre-order here - https://colour8.bandcamp.com/album/imp-env-epDane Rousay is a drummer and percussionist living...
Published: Sunday, 18th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Normil Hawaiians this week with the post-apocalyptic 'The Fog'. Released in 2016 under Return of the Ranters, the album was a release of tracks accumulated from 1985-86. Hypnotic synthesis, bleak...
Published: Sunday, 18th February 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
This somewhat apologetically named New Beat bares all the marks of a brilliant gush of emotional genius: it is sincere, transparent, original and unpredictable. Warm pads convey beauty, harshly...
Published: Saturday, 17th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
The Illusion of an Alternative Choice is the latest offering from Stockholm-born producer Simon Haydo. This full-length LP, comprising ten tracks spread over two sides, was put together using sound patches...
Published: Friday, 16th February 2018
Author: Jack Bradbury
When travelling to Liverpool, thoughts always crop into my head about its history, whether it comes down to football, music or art; or its constant topical place; the River Mersey and its famous docks....
Published: Friday, 16th February 2018
Author: Josh Howard
Troy Gunner follows up with a killer second release on his new label Gunner, very much following in the same vein as the first record back in August, which saw the Bristol native operating in that experimental...
Published: Friday, 16th February 2018
Author: Jake D Archer
The man behind this new masterpiece, 'Pussy From The Future', takes control of our PICKS feature this month, reflecting on his solitude...A selection to save for your next lonely journey through...
Published: Friday, 16th February 2018
Author: Caleb Watson
Flipping a girthy cut to bring a melody-heavy boompty tech house arse wobbler...The Late Night Swing EP is available Friday 16th Feb on vinyl. Pre-order here - https://greta-cottage-workshop.bandcamp.com...
Published: Thursday, 15th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
If you don’t know about M62, then you don’t know enough about the North West’s Bass Music culture. Over the past year or so, we have crossed paths with the M62 boys many a time and they...
Published: Wednesday, 14th February 2018
Author: Treece
Sophisticated UK bass...if there is such a thing! This track is part of a new Collab Cuts release in which co-pilot of the Jelly Bean farm, Squane, teams up with family & friends to merge his genre-defying...
Published: Wednesday, 14th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Last week, Extreme Ultimate put out a storming split release, 50% of which is produced by nut job Dan Jones, aka UKAEA. Dan has been smashing out panic-inducing live brutalism, recently causing one accidental...
Published: Wednesday, 14th February 2018
Author: Frederick Sugden
After a successful decade of releasing music under the Hrdvsion alias (Wagon Repair / Sound Pellegrino / Planet Mu), 2015 saw Nathan reach a turning point in his musical career and re-launch with a new...
Published: Wednesday, 14th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
When Zak Brashill first crept on people’s radars as Etch aged 21, he displayed a prodigious instinct for deep-rooted UK sounds, from jungle to garage. His first releases on Soundman Chronicles and...
Published: Monday, 12th February 2018
Author: Oliver Warwick
For this Sunday's track selection from our resident Paxman, he looks to Pete Brandt's beautifully simple "Method". Mellow in voice, Brandt purveys beauty & sadness. Released in 1980...
Published: Sunday, 11th February 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
The famous Bulgarian oracle Baba Vanga foretold many things including the break-up of the Soviet Union, but she supposedly never foresaw the growing interest in Eastern European electronic music. Manyartists...
Published: Saturday, 10th February 2018
Author: Zuzana Friday
In esoteric lore, mysteries are divided into ‘the greater’ and ‘the lesser’, and this compilation on London’s Brokntoys label pays tribute to the latter. The label synonymous...
Published: Saturday, 10th February 2018
Author: Ognen Spiroski
The description on the Darkfloor bandcamp says:Mild Maynyrd's album 'Aaleph' - spawned by a law enforcement shooting in his home city - tackles the socials ills of modern society though abrasive...
Published: Saturday, 10th February 2018
Author: Jef T-Scale
Nabihah Iqbal (aka Throwing Shade), released her debut album ‘Weighing Of The Heart’ at the end of 2017, putting her voice and birth name stage-front for the first time. In the ceremony depicted...
Published: Saturday, 10th February 2018
Author: Will Soer
Today, we introduce our first ever coverage of The Leaf Label, a rather special outfit introduced to us recently by Classical Mechanics. This premiered track is part of a forthcoming collaborative album....
Published: Thursday, 8th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A modular synthesiser and an urge to find interesting tones, textures and timbres...Released on vinyl on 12th Feb - pre-order here - https://www.juno.co.uk/products/ekke-klangfarbenmodular/673468-01/.Ekke...
Published: Wednesday, 7th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Crunchy crunchy crunchy.Released on vinyl and digital Friday 11th Feb. Pre-order here - clone.nl/item48288.html.A duo from Finland devoted to Electro.
Published: Monday, 5th February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
This week Paxman turns to Russian darkwave icons Biokonstruktor. Pumping disco/ebm with a very distinctive russian twist. Relentless!
Published: Sunday, 4th February 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
Rare footage of the 2002 skewl dysko massacre. Lovingly rendered in HD (Hash Definition) by the incomparable 2 2 D o l p h i n s.Dropping on SKOOP records, 05/02/18 - https://skoop.bandcamp.com.What arelease...featuring...
Published: Saturday, 3rd February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
It's been a pleasure to connect with Eddy Larkin over the last year, checking out their monthly show on Rinse France, previous releases and associated artists. It's therefore a pleasure to today...
Published: Friday, 2nd February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
A heady mesh of fragmented, disorientating textures over frantic, propulsive beats!Pre-order the release here - https://www.juno.co.uk/products/ontheground-role-of-the-observer/674495-01/. Released 2nd...
Published: Thursday, 1st February 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Almost exactly a year on from Loose Lips’ label feature, The Astral Plane graces us with the second of their New Year compilations. Not shy of epic, the comp highlights exactly what the platformis...
Published: Monday, 29th January 2018
Author: Fred Day
A debut release on this intriguing label from Turku, Finland...A robust track with a techno flavour at its core, our premiered choice from this Kararsis EP displays the producer’s knack for combining...
Published: Monday, 29th January 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Brazilian 70s funk with some amazingly scatty & smooth brass accompaniments. There's always something mysteriously beautiful about not understanding lyrics in a foreign language, inviting you to...
Published: Sunday, 28th January 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Last year we came across a radically minimal and experimental label which goes by the odd name of FLUF.Seeing the rapid flow and quality of releases they provided, a feature was a must.And how else...
Published: Saturday, 27th January 2018
Author: Jef T-Scale
Today, an epic piece of energetic techno kicks off the weekend...The V/A is available digitally and on cassette from the 2nd February - https://emptyspacesrecords.bandcamp.com.One mad young Parisian!
Published: Friday, 26th January 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Deep Sound Channel delve deeper into the waters of ESHU. Following releases from ARC# and Tom Liem comes J&L, the team of Jocelyn Abell and Tom Liem, with a storm of emotions. Brooding, menacing...steady...
Published: Friday, 26th January 2018
Author: Loose Lips
In October 2017 myself and Medallion Man headed to Dresden, for the Circuitcontrol festival, a week of hacking, soldering and live performance. In the first of a series of articles from the festival...
Published: Thursday, 25th January 2018
Author: George Lazenbleep
A couple of months back, we were approached by Elad Magdasi, the co-founder of Front Left Records, a label that showcases music from producers who dance together in the front left corner of a very special...
Published: Wednesday, 24th January 2018
Author: Frederick Sugden
It's an absolute pleasure to today premiere a track from a good friend and an up & coming talent to keep your eyes on! An intentional drawing of soothing breaks, held together by a ghostly...
Published: Wednesday, 24th January 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Does it give you the giggles?Get your hands on the vinyl here - https://www.juno.co.uk/products/remi-mazet-safran/666862-01.French Londoner, producer, live performer and troubadour. Always eccentric, particular...
Published: Wednesday, 24th January 2018
Author: Loose Lips
To kick off this week, we're delighted to premiere this stunning piece of experimental techno from Dadub. The track is part of a V/A due out on 'In Silent Series', a label started by Lisbon-based...
Published: Monday, 22nd January 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Today's selection is Frank Zappa's Son of Mr Green Genes. The name is taken from the 60s childrens TV programme Captain Kangaroo. 9 minutes of electric guitar-led ecstasy. Churned out riffs make...
Published: Sunday, 21st January 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
Featuring live drums from Billy Rymer (Dillinger Escape Plan) and engineered with John Davis (Nerve), Long Island duo Rob Paterson and Colin Kasprowicz take bold steps for their second EP on Ricochet.This...
Published: Friday, 19th January 2018
Author: Loose Lips
New music from Graham Dunning's Fractal Meat Cuts label. Sharon Gal's Delicious Fish EP includes 3 mysterious pieces. Our premiered choice, Bloo, emerges softly from the realm of shadows.It...
Published: Thursday, 18th January 2018
Author: Loose Lips
The latest release from the Tiefschwar’s Souvenir imprint is a 4-track EP of various creative artistry which opens an exciting new chapter in the labels history...The project focuses on a uniquesound...
Published: Thursday, 18th January 2018
Author: Loose Lips
Ahead of our party in Bristol this Friday, we quizzed our two headliners from Ilian Tape, who will both be making their Bristol debuts at The Island...https://www.facebook.com/events/528087197561927/-Your...
Published: Wednesday, 17th January 2018
Author: Frederick Sugden
It's an absolute pleasure to premiere this belter of a track, played daily by Loose Lips crew in the last few weeks. One of our favourite artists on one of our favourite labels, as part of Balkan Vinyl...
Published: Wednesday, 17th January 2018
Author: Loose Lips
For this Sunday's track selection, Scott Seskind with 'I Remember'. Emotional and raw, it is clear that Seskind's passionate monologue is drawn from experience. This is probably the most...
Published: Sunday, 14th January 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
As a newcomer to the music of Inal Bilsel, listening to his new album ‘Paradise Lost’ has left a very lasting impression on me. What Bilsel has created with this concept piece is an immersive...
Published: Friday, 12th January 2018
Author: Jake D Archer
With As Above, So Below, Dr. Doctor closes 2017 with a curious and esoteric album of modern electronica, to quote the hermetic motto. Starting off this 11-track long player, 'Into the Deep'...
Published: Sunday, 7th January 2018
Author: Ognen Spiroski
A HighNote Records selection from Paxman for his Sunday Jams this week. Mark's angelic voice & lyrics seem to perfectly harmonize with the Soul Syndicate's jammin' beat.I...
Published: Sunday, 7th January 2018
Author: Guy Paxman
This melancholic post-punk number comes as a guest selection from B.L.O.O.M.’s Sofie K. Back in the 70s, these Peel Sessions veterans got on the wrong side of GlaxoSmithKline - the big pharmaceutical...
Published: Sunday, 31st December 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
To close off 2017, our resident Kenny Mulligan picks some of his favourite experimental synth-wave. No chosen era, just 10 tracks that take you to another place via electronics.Polyphonic Size - Nagasaki...
Published: Friday, 29th December 2017
Author: Kenny Mulligan
CRPNTR and Tzusan are two serious Scottish rappers. The duo's tantalizing innovation on their new Teriyaki Tape furthers the association between production and spoken-word, incorporating hip-hop...
Published: Monday, 25th December 2017
Author: Molly Sisson
This week for Paxman's Sunday track selection, a re-release of the 80s group Bona Dish, with 8am. Grungy and reflective with poppy elements. Although fairly unknown, Bona Dish had frequent supportfrom...
Published: Sunday, 24th December 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
A mysterious moniker is behind this Christmas Eve premiere. A trippy, DIY, never-ending blend of IDM and Minimal.Expect glitchy, breaksy, jazzy electronic madness from this debut release on Nollern Records.https:...
Published: Sunday, 24th December 2017
Author: Loose Lips
The documentary Black Stars traces the history of Highlife from its birthplace in Ghana, telling a story of musical cross-pollination between West Africa and the West.It is first and foremost a celebration...
Published: Friday, 22nd December 2017
Author: Vincent Morris
An amazing 60s Garage Rock band. This track has a raw classic American garage sound to it, most prominent in the rolling bassline.
Published: Tuesday, 19th December 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
The first time I heard the music of Giraffe, it was on the cusp between late night and early morning at the Meakusma Festival 2017. Smoke lingered in the air as the heavy-lidded, meditative crowd collectively...
Published: Thursday, 14th December 2017
Author: Oli Warwick
He joined us for a Loose Lips party in Manchester nearly 1 year ago. Today, we're delighted to premiere a brand new heavy-hitter from the man himself.The whole 'This Is Detroit' compilation...
Published: Thursday, 14th December 2017
Author: Loose Lips
An amazing Brazilian singer converts the acid atmospheres into a charming urban context, made up of poetry and enhanced by Vincenzo Marino’s flute... The release is available digitally from19th...
Published: Wednesday, 13th December 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Re-released in 2013 from the Blue Agents EP, Teutonic Knight is a classic italo/synth track. Nu-wave leads meets a combination of futuristic and retro Joy Division-esque production.
Published: Tuesday, 12th December 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
Thatmanmonkz delivers us a fresh slice of delectable disco on his new EP Feels Trips To The District.Sheffield’s Scott Moncrieff bears the alias Thatmanmonkz, whose vinyl-only three-parter is a gift...
Published: Tuesday, 12th December 2017
Author: Jennifer Wallis
Last Friday saw the release of 'Liftoff', the debut EP from electronic live performer V-Stok. Valentin combines analogue electronics and soundscapes, inspired by techno, drone and IDM. Live guitar...
Published: Tuesday, 12th December 2017
Author: Frederick Sugden
POLEJAM's debut EP ‘Switch’ opens with all of the hallmarks of the modern lo-fi aesthetic without ever completely adhering to a sound that has become as tiresome as it is ubiquitous. Initially...
Published: Friday, 8th December 2017
Author: Chris Hayes
There are certain artists who leave an impression even relatively early on in their careers. Cera Khin’s first recorded output may have only just materialized, but it builds on an intriguing webof...
Published: Friday, 8th December 2017
Author: Oli Warwick
Hailing from Waterford, (IE) Scenedrone has developed quite a reputation in the Irish techno scene over the past 4 years. All his productions, DJ sets and label's outputs have a distinctly dark, industrial...
Published: Friday, 8th December 2017
Author: Frederick Sugden
Paul Mac is currently known for often releasing crunchy minimal techno tracks. For the Sunday Sessions series (both additions released this year on his own imprint Stimulus Recordings) he opts...
Published: Thursday, 7th December 2017
Author: Joel Baker
It’s difficult to choose 11 tracks from the 67+ premieres we’ve put out so far without feeling bad about the rest. Each one of them is special and they cover a broad range of genres but I&rsquo...
Published: Wednesday, 6th December 2017
Author: T-Scale
Diego Angelico Escobar is taking Mexico and The States by storm, whether it be via his own DJing as Concret or via Tráfico, his label that obsesses over rooftop parties with soundsystem extension...
Published: Wednesday, 6th December 2017
Author: Frederick Sugden
Psychedelic field recordings from the future! An imaginative take on a piece by an amazing Saharawi band.Versus II is out on vinyl this Friday. Keep your eyes on onthecornerrecords.bandcamp.com.
Published: Tuesday, 5th December 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Liftoff is the debut EP from electronic live performer V-Stok. Combining analogue electronics and soundscapes, inspired by techno, drone and IDM. Live guitar playing flies between gentle and distant space...
Published: Tuesday, 5th December 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Electro lynch pin Gerald Donald this week, under his alias Glass Domain.It will never get old. The perfect combination of interesting synthesis & addictive lyrics.
Published: Monday, 4th December 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
After last year’s ominously-entitled releases such as ‘Analysis Paralysis,’ and ‘Reality Disappears After Waking,’ elusive ambient producer Nokuit continues his foray into...
Published: Friday, 1st December 2017
Author: Alex Davidson
In what seems to be a positive direction for modern clubland, there appears to be more desire for transparency and inclusivity in a community plagued with hypocrisy and intolerance. The communal rejection...
Published: Friday, 1st December 2017
Author: Frederick Sugden & Sam Karam
Less Art were being touted as a super group as soon as they announced themselves over a year ago. It gave them a buzzing Internet presence before a single hint of their sound was out. There was a lot on...
Published: Thursday, 30th November 2017
Author: Calvin Scherer
Recently, we've come across Panatype, an amazing label dabbling in ambience and left-field experiments. To herald in their new release by Bernard Baum, we've got a tasty premiere from the album...
Published: Wednesday, 29th November 2017
Author: Jef T-Scale
Minimalism in dance music is something that tends to drift in and out of popularity to extremes, at times representing the epitome of cool and other times utterly derided. Often this dualistic treatment...
Published: Tuesday, 28th November 2017
Author: Oli Warwick
Robert Gorl this week with "I Love Me', taken from the 1984 Album "Night Full Of Tension". Gorl's punchy voice alongside unique, qwerky synthlines gives the track a distinct feeling....
Published: Sunday, 26th November 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
Quinn Oulton combines his firm roots in jazz with a love for song-writing, production and sonic experimentation.You can pre-order the single here - www.indiegogo.com/projects/quinn-o…azz/x/17662733...
Published: Sunday, 26th November 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Utopioid is Rosetta’s sixth full-length release, but most importantly, this is their third release as a fully independent outfit. Rosetta have been around since 2003, though they only chose...
Published: Saturday, 25th November 2017
Author: Daniel Ball
1 month ago, Patrick Braun from Cologne-based Dorfjungs, introduced us to this amazing collective based in Vancouver. As motivated and diverse as any. Following their recent first physical release, wechatted...
Published: Thursday, 23rd November 2017
Author: Frederick Sugden
Scrubbed is a new column that attempts to take on the enormous, burgeoning cassette scene one piece at a time. The name comes from studio jargon for fast-forwarding or rewinding along a reel of tape to...
Published: Wednesday, 22nd November 2017
Author: Ross Devlin
The song is a story and the mood is whatever the listener attributes to it...This conceptual album, Hawaiiprus, all of whose tracks allure to destinations and landmarks of the Hawaiiprus island, is tobe...
Published: Tuesday, 21st November 2017
Author: Loose Lips
USSR psychedelic funk this week with Andrei Petrov.Relaxation much needed!
Published: Monday, 20th November 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
Our amazing writer and Anti Skate label head, Sam Karam, visited Copenhagen during the summer. We asked him to pick a few of his favourite musical discoveries.*****************************************Falling...
Published: Thursday, 16th November 2017
Author: Sam Karam
Constipated minimalism, created in one single bedroom. Warm, dirty and full-bodied.The full album, 'Mechanical Soul', is to be released on Bosconi Extra Virgin on 23rd November, via 12" and...
Published: Thursday, 16th November 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Earlier this year, I wrote about LTO's Storybook – a fresh take on 2000s electronica with a bedroom intimacy. Now, LTO is putting out another record. But this time, he’s joined forces...
Published: Wednesday, 15th November 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
This incredible 11m 30s psychedelic, ambient journey was inspired by, and draws from Leonidas and Kay Suzuki's Ayahuasca experiences (one of them during a tropical thunder-storm in the Colombian Amazon...
Published: Wednesday, 15th November 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Evolving the sound structures of his past releases, Desmond Denker makes a second appearance this year with his new album: “And The Vague Theories”. Eleven tracks merge weightless vibes and...
Published: Tuesday, 14th November 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Many of the casual conversations with strangers in clubs in Berlin end up at a common topic: Berlin is not the same anymore. Many ravers claim this is true, even extraordinarily young ones, with native...
Published: Monday, 13th November 2017
Author: Clara Tehrani
Circuit bending came into my life around 2005. I'd read the SoundonSound article with Reed Ghazala and my interest was duly piqued. I sent away my trusty Roland TR 626 to be modified...
Published: Monday, 13th November 2017
Author: George Lazenbleep
Japanese Jazz/Funk maestro Masayoshi Takanaka this week...with an "Insatiable High".Pumping drums and quickly moving basslines throughout, with an array of instrumentation.
Published: Sunday, 12th November 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
“Preach/Temptation” is Posthuman's fourth EP of the year. Cousins Rich Bevan and Joshu Doherty have been consistently active producers since 99 and Joshu's I LOVE ACID nights have gained...
Published: Saturday, 11th November 2017
Author: Max Dade
Broken Britain Cassettes returns this Remembrance Day with an appropriately sombre debut release from shadowy composer Ravenmaster. In Memoriam is an elegy for those lost to the great wars of the pastas...
Published: Friday, 10th November 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Needs (not-for-profit) is a brand new non-profit collective & record label, run by our good friend Bobby Pleasure.The concept is to use music as a medium to spread love, unity and the idea of giving...
Published: Tuesday, 7th November 2017
Author: Frederick Sugden
Eastern European post punk/synth wave. 4 mins of grumbling. Wave goodbye to the weekend!
Published: Sunday, 5th November 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
Esoteric electronic duo Hirola recently released their fantastic debut mini-album through new music group Phantom Limb, headed by FatCat alumnus James Vella and former Royal Albert Hall exec Mark Pearse.Hirola...
Published: Friday, 3rd November 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Lunchmeat is one of Prague’s most progressive music festivals, and it has managed to consistently keep its finger on the fluctuating, bass infused, manifold pulses of electronic music. Despite the...
Published: Wednesday, 1st November 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
This week Paxman looks to an amazing German from the 1960s, Hildegard Knef. Knef's multiple occupations and early career during the second world war led her to become a prominent singer & actress...
Published: Sunday, 29th October 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
14 minutes of your life very well spent!Glasgow-born, Canada-based producer, Dissolved, has been making his distinctive atmosphere-heavy, melodically-tinged electronics for over a decade, allied with Nonima...
Published: Saturday, 28th October 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Keep your brain dancing!Vulpina is part of the album 'Gastropods', available from the 30th October here - https://sitdownandance.bandcamp.comARTIST PROFILE:https://www.facebook.com/Fluctuosa-1512969515619176Fluctuosa...
Published: Thursday, 26th October 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Something rather special for the premiere today. Plaid-esque productions from the wonderful Sharon Subbarao.The whole album, 'Twists & Turns' is available from the 27th October on Touched Music...
Published: Wednesday, 25th October 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Heady glitches & percussion...it's micro jazz!The 6-track Selected Works #1 V/A is available this Friday 27th October. You can pre-order here - http://classic.beatport.com/release/selected-works-number-1...
Published: Tuesday, 24th October 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Raw Silver is Cypriot-born and Berlin-based producer and art/design practitioner Nico Stephou. The Thanatos EP is the most recent of a string of releases on labels such as Seagrave, Low Income $quad...
Published: Tuesday, 24th October 2017
Author: Max Dade
Intended for "playing in DJ sets and driving around in the cleanshirt whip".Check out this interview we've conducted with both these suspects - http://loose-lips.co.uk/blog/brain-rays-neil-landstrumm.The...
Published: Sunday, 22nd October 2017
Author: Loose Lips
I turn to British jazz/hip hop group US3 this week with Modern Fucking Jazz. A slightly scattier piece than the others on their 'An Ordinary Day In An Unusual Place' album.I'm feeling lively...
Published: Sunday, 22nd October 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
Delighted to today premiere the title track from RAW SILVER’s first EP release - a three piece leftfield/ambient techno release which reflects the concept of Death-Cleanse-Rebirth, hence the name...
Published: Friday, 20th October 2017
Author: Loose Lips
We're absolutely delighted to premiere one of the tracks from the forthcoming sixth Caoutchou compilation!Cool & Frank's killer electro number is out of the ordinary & spooky, yet perfect...
Published: Wednesday, 18th October 2017
Author: Loose Lips
In September 2017, Ben Hudson, aka Brain Rays, kicked off his Dobwalls Gateway release series - 4 EPs in 4 months, full of fugged-out beats and warm tones. The first, which came out a few weeks back, harnessed...
Published: Wednesday, 18th October 2017
Author: Frederick Sugden
As the liner notes exclaim, “Your time has come and gone. There are only eggs now.” So too are we reminded of our own temporal existence and the unfurling, unending and unpredictable stream...
Published: Tuesday, 17th October 2017
Author: Max Dade
Could you give me a recap of how Experiment Intrinsic started and how it has evolved into a festival?Intrinsic was born in search of a new experience and longing for a self-expression. Being involved in...
Published: Tuesday, 17th October 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
On this past Friday, of a mild October evening, as with most London weekends, there was an overwhelming amount of club nights with highly respectable talent on display. Peckham’s Bussey Buildingwas...
Published: Monday, 16th October 2017
Author: Sam Karam
With regular air play on Rinse FM from artists such as Swamp81’s Lamont and forever mind bending UK pioneer Mumdance, Yilan is a producer with a promising and refreshing take on producing steppybass...
Published: Monday, 16th October 2017
Author: Joel Baker
This week, I'm turning to synth wizard and overlord Brian Bennett, with a track taken from his album, 'Voyage'. Whilst the whole album does sound like a fantastic space voyage, the catchy bassline...
Published: Sunday, 15th October 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
With a career spanning almost 2 decades, producer, DJ and previous manager of the Airflex Labs label, PEEV has been consistently active in forging alliances between the cutting edge of French and British...
Published: Wednesday, 11th October 2017
Author: Eleanor Gribbin
The first volume of the Earth Movement compilation series sees eight UK-based artists from a bass/dnb background forego the rolling beats and chopped up drums in order to stay within the restrains of a...
Published: Wednesday, 11th October 2017
Author: Andrej Ancevski
Following up on last Friday's 12th label release on Loose Lips, we're proud to present the first ever mix and interview from the man behind the album...the mysterious Masaki Uchida.The debut album...
Published: Tuesday, 10th October 2017
Author: Frederick Sugden
Hypnotic repetitive rhythms meet calming melodies. New York 93 is a slow bumping groover.Make sure to also check out the slightly more up tempo, breakbeat remix by Baba Stiltz.
Published: Sunday, 8th October 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
Exploring the arc of songwriting, interwoven into stark electronic environments, creating a bridge between the corporeal and dream world.Wilderless is available now on vinyl at http://www.darkentriesrecords.com.ARTIST...
Published: Sunday, 8th October 2017
Author: Loose Lips
You Might Not Like This – But You Likely MightAs a kid, I remember watching all sorts of music styles on cable TV. It was OK to love Ozzy and Madonna at the same time, for pop artists like Debbie...
Published: Saturday, 7th October 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
Mesak hails from the ground zero of modern Finnish electronic music, both mentally and geographically. The Turku-based musician has enjoyed a two decade career in some of the most fascinating nooks and...
Published: Friday, 6th October 2017
Author: Frederick Sugden
With each successful year, End of the Road climbs higher into the public consciousness, and is now firmly entrenched as one of the best festival weekends that England has to offer. The rich greenery of...
Published: Thursday, 5th October 2017
Author: Joseph Fuller
A mediocre event review details set-lists, a good event review conveys atmosphere, and a great one places the gig into a social context, asking what was significant about that time and place, taking the...
Published: Tuesday, 3rd October 2017
Author: Franklin Dawson
Brain Rays is the solo project of producer Benjamin Hudson, who’s debut album received airplay on Annie Mac’s esteemed radio show. The well crafted and funky beats he’s put out are agreat...
Published: Tuesday, 3rd October 2017
Author: Sam Karam
Scrubbed is a new column that attempts to take on the enormous, burgeoning cassette scene one piece at a time. The name comes from studio jargon for fast-forwarding or rewinding along a reel of tape to...
Published: Tuesday, 3rd October 2017
Author: Ross Devlin
In the distance, amongst the whispering pine trees and lingering mountain mist, the sound of a thumping kick-drum can be heard filtering through the valley. Located on a large plateau clearing just north...
Published: Monday, 2nd October 2017
Author: Vincent Morris
This week's Sunday Jam is from a good friend and an amazingly talented musician, Claremont.Taken from his new EP 'Nothing But Jade', the track Palace excels in combining high energy drum patterns...
Published: Sunday, 1st October 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
Some features are buoyed by great writing, others by great insight, but this piece succeeds by nature of pulling back the curtain on an artist's thoughts, however briefly. If nothing else, it's...
Published: Tuesday, 26th September 2017
Author: Loose Lips
DMX Krew is welcomed back to Super Rhythm Trax with another EP crammed full of future classics.www.facebook.com/superrhythmtraxEnjoy the crafty jack of ‘The Wiggly Worm’...it doesn't stop...
Published: Tuesday, 26th September 2017
Author: Loose Lips
In trying to pick out a film for this, the second edition of Visualising Sound, I found myself trying to directly oppose my first feature on Under the Skin. If Mica Levi's soundtrack was knowinglyabrasive...
Published: Monday, 25th September 2017
Author: Blaise Radley
Roxie Ray returns this week, this time away from Dojo Kicks. Pumping and funky, Roxy Ray's voice meets smoooooooooth basslines.
Published: Sunday, 24th September 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
Ahead of this Friday's first ever Blah Records showcase in Manchester, hosted by yours truly, we fired some quick questions at the man who started it all...Sum up Blah records to an alien. I wouldn...
Published: Thursday, 21st September 2017
Author: Frederick Sugden & Patrick Mulhall
This week's editor's pick unearths Aportrait's The Home EP (Honest Electronics). Cypriot producer Portrait's wave-like grooves caught the attention of the team earlier this year. Liquid...
Published: Wednesday, 20th September 2017
Author: Loose Lips
It’s the beginning of September, the twilight of the summer, and, for me at least, of another year on this earth: as the season drew to a close, so did my 23rd year. Driving down to Field Maneuvers...
Published: Monday, 18th September 2017
Author: Franklin Dawson
Out of the mists of online clouds of sound, a mysterious entity emerged with a collection of electronic music memories from various sources and periods. Brainwaltzera’s recordings first appearedas...
Published: Sunday, 17th September 2017
Author: Ognen Spiroski
Reassuring...Lou Reed-esque...
Published: Sunday, 17th September 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
It is a well known fact that certain synths or pieces of hardware have changed the course of dance music throughout the genre’s history; however, only the committed enthusiasts know why these bits...
Published: Friday, 15th September 2017
Author: Jack Bradbury
This Monday September 11th Kitkatone’s new label ENOTAKTIK was born. The first EP on the label has been playing on repeat on my iPod for the past couple of weeks and the more I listen to it, themore...
Published: Friday, 15th September 2017
Author: Clara Tehrani
This Tuesday, our editor Matt Hardy looks back to Ross' insight into Blah Records' finest...You get to know Stinkin Slumrok and his producer collaborator Morriarchi quite well over the 9 tracks...
Published: Tuesday, 12th September 2017
Author: Ross Devlin
Following Zuz's more general review of Experiment Intrinsic Festival that we published last week, we're now proud to present this focus upon the creatives whose performances made it such a special...
Published: Monday, 11th September 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
This week is Arthur Russell's Arm Around You, taken from his 'Calling out of Context' EP. Interesting and entertaining melodies...
Published: Sunday, 10th September 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
Following Taurtollo's recent Bounded Palm EP on Manchester's Ad Hoc records, Frederick Sugden gathered some indispensable knowledge from the man himself and his 2 label bosses, Sid & David...-...
Published: Thursday, 7th September 2017
Author: Frederick Sugden
This week's Editor's Pick by Blaise proves that quantity doesn't always equate to quality. A subtly short creative piece by Blake Creighton, it looks between the lines of each track on PEEV...
Published: Tuesday, 5th September 2017
Author: Blake Creighton
“The word 'nature' and the word 'techno' mean the same thing. Depends if you look at it from the past or from the future. For example, a little cabin in the mountains: an ape thinks...
Published: Tuesday, 5th September 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
This week's Sunday Jam comes from Brazilian guitarist and singer Milton Nascimento. Famous for his tonal range & falsetto, he gained worldwide attention with his appearance on jazz saxophonistWayne...
Published: Sunday, 3rd September 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
August 25th was certainly an auspicious day for rap music. The day’s release schedule reads like a who’s-who of the contemporary scene, replete with hype acts and heavyweights alike: Lil Uzi...
Published: Saturday, 2nd September 2017
Author: Franklin Dawson
Ahead of his third full-length album, on his own RF imprint, we sat down with one of North America's finest...Rennie Foster!Hello Rennie! Thanks for chatting to Loose Lips today. We’re on a slightly...
Published: Friday, 1st September 2017
Author: Frederick Sugden
In many ways, the trajectory of music since the 20th century has been one of questioning the boundaries between man and machine, the line between them a site of perpetual contestation. From the utter human...
Published: Friday, 1st September 2017
Author: Franklin Dawson
As an owl calls out through the dense bushland that surrounds the local village, amidst the soft chirps of the crickets and rustling greenery, a small gathering of locals partake...
Published: Thursday, 31st August 2017
Author: Blake Creighton
Erstwhile operating as a riot grrl channelling spoken word poet, Romance for the Lonely sees Kitty Got Claws (KGC) trade in her rhymes for a more vocal delivery with a quartet of emotionally charged songs.It...
Published: Thursday, 31st August 2017
Author: Franklin Dawson
It's barmy and fucking wonderful. Today's premiere is one of enchanted distortion. The Dilian remix of Mezzanine Swimmers has a wonderful music video to match, which we are also delighted to be...
Published: Thursday, 31st August 2017
Author: Loose Lips
This week's editor's pick revisits Clara Tehrani's feature on the identity and process of JANICE.Clara Tehrani joins Loose Lips to share her DIGGINGS - a series of stories that take a deeper...
Published: Wednesday, 30th August 2017
Author: Clara Tehrani
Proceeding the well received Model 56k & DNoize EPs, Variant Electronic's new EP is a dual artist encounter, featuring Italy's DRT and UK's Dean Vincent.Our premiered selection is 'Somewhat...
Published: Wednesday, 30th August 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Bristol-based House and Techno night Greenhouse Effect has been going from strength to strength over the past few months. At their summer event on the 11th of August, Loose Lips resident and editor Max...
Published: Tuesday, 29th August 2017
Author: Max Dade
Seagrave Records has been running since 2014 and has racked up an impressive output in its relatively brief lifespan. A cassette-focused record label that also presses vinyl, it has attracted contributions...
Published: Tuesday, 29th August 2017
Author: Alex Davidson
The Skoop boys are a fun-loving, hardworking group of MCs and producers operating in Scotland’s picturesque and perpetually wet capital, Edinburgh. A “mad God’s dream” for mostof...
Published: Tuesday, 29th August 2017
Author: Ross Devlin
Its a 'bank holiday jam' for this week only - partly because there's no work for y'all today..but partly because we were all on a mad one yesterday!Paxman's selection is from one very...
Published: Monday, 28th August 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
This premiere explores post-industrial glitch, post-rock guitars, and post-apocalyptic lyrics...The album is released via Abstrakt Reflections on August 31st. Creative commons licence!ARTIST PROFILE:https:...
Published: Thursday, 24th August 2017
Author: Loose Lips
This week Hardy selects one of our earliest interviews. Loose Lips caught up with Dara Smith, half of Lakker, at his flat in Berlin. We talked about their new concept album ‘Struggle & Emerge...
Published: Wednesday, 23rd August 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Following up on his engaging guest appearance on our radio show a few weeks ago (loose-lips.co.uk/radio-shows), we are now delighted to premiere this abstract excursion from Stace's new 5-track EP.The...
Published: Tuesday, 22nd August 2017
Author: Loose Lips
With this week's mix series addition, comes another accompanying interview. Our good friend Jon Snow sat down with one of Berlin's best fist-pumpers.You are an up and coming techno producer, sitting...
Published: Monday, 21st August 2017
Author: Jon Snow
1960's guinean group Bembeya Jazz National this week with Moussogbe. Considered one of the most influential jazz groups within West Africa, most renowned for their modern arrangements of classic Manding...
Published: Sunday, 20th August 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
More often than not on Sundays, there he is by the DJ booth – dancing and observing. Our paths have crossed many times on different dance floors around Berlin, and as fellow techno nerds, we&rsquo...
Published: Thursday, 17th August 2017
Author: Clara Tehrani
For the first time today, we are premiering an entire album preview, rather than an individual track.Its the first release on a new imprint, Holotone Limited Series - invented to create a place for more...
Published: Thursday, 17th August 2017
Author: Loose Lips
We're treatin' ya!To accompany Jake D's 135th edition of our Loose Lips Mix Series, Treece sat down with Less Effect's talented beat-maker to dig deep.Who is Jake D and what is he all about...
Published: Thursday, 17th August 2017
Author: Patrick Mulhall
Our editor Blaise Radley takes over the editor's pick chalice this week! Since its inception, Zuzu's label feature has consistently been one of the most leftfield and interesting series we runhere...
Published: Tuesday, 15th August 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
This week, our editor Max Dade picks out this review of our resident T-Scale's wonderfully rusty release for the 'editor's pick'!Brussels-based label Black Leather Records has come a long...
Published: Tuesday, 8th August 2017
Author: Fred Day
Even in the post-Donuts and post-Pete Rock era of digital sampling techniques and frenetic trap beats, there is a huge scene inclining to the lo-fi, rustling sound of jazz-influenced old school instrumental...
Published: Tuesday, 8th August 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
This week, I look to 80s funk & soul icon, David Axelrod. High energy meets experimentalism, epitomised by David's signature psychedelic guitar riffs and chunky basslines...
Published: Monday, 7th August 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
Written Word is a new series conducted by Blaise Radley, which asks artists to forego the free-n-easy live interview format, and take some time to consider their responses. Since the answers are all typed...
Published: Wednesday, 2nd August 2017
Author: Blaise Radley
We hereby launch our Editors’ Pick Series, where each week one of our editors will select a favourite piece from the last two years. To kick it off, Matthew offers a throwback to this Eraldo Bernocchi...
Published: Tuesday, 1st August 2017
Author: Matthew Hardy
“I’m trying” goes the refrain of ‘The Water’, one of the ten tracks that make up WHY?’s excellent new record Moh Lhean. This refrain works as the outro to the song...
Published: Tuesday, 1st August 2017
Author: Joseph Fuller
Following up from Shinra's Ball and Chain EP, London-based label null+void recordings present L-R, a trio operating in the realms of electro, techno, and modular synthesis - Keith Tenniswood (Radioactive...
Published: Monday, 31st July 2017
Author: Max Dade
I'm at Womad and I love it!This week's Sunday Jam put me in a good mood many a time over the last few days :)
Published: Sunday, 30th July 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
Porto/London-based label 1980 - co-run by Frederico Mendes (Nave Mãe) and Tugalife - present the 91 Fahrenheit EP from Lisbon-producer Moreno Ácido. This long-awaited release comprises five...
Published: Saturday, 29th July 2017
Author: Max Dade
Ahead of Bristol's next annual Bitch, Please! - a night celebrating LGBTQ+ communities whilst welcoming all that love to boogie - we sat down for a talk with the night's organisers about the important...
Published: Thursday, 27th July 2017
Author: Joseph Fuller
This week we're looking at the multi-ethnic Orchestra Baobab, a long standing group with a rich history of work, spanning numerous culture and musical influences from around the globe. 'Foulo&39...
Published: Sunday, 23rd July 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
The city feels as if it’s at boiling point. It’s been an unsettling spring, one characterised by political upset and senseless violence, and now, as the season gives way to summer, a blanket...
Published: Thursday, 20th July 2017
Author: Franklin Dawson
The moving image and music have been entwined with one another ever since the first major motion picture to use sound, The Jazz Singer, heralded the commercial end of the silent movie era. Be it the...
Published: Monday, 17th July 2017
Author: Blaise Radley
This week, we turn to a true pioneer. Questioning the gap between ambience and the abstract.
Published: Sunday, 16th July 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
The music of Ekoplekz may have only been in public view since 2010, but Bristol-based producer Nick Edwards has a relationship with sonic tinkering that reaches back to the early 90s. It was via a release...
Published: Saturday, 15th July 2017
Author: Oliver Warwick
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For his latest effort Cardiff producer Bryn Morgan returns with an EP exorcised of some of the earlier jazzier leanings of his sound, and injected with a healthy dose of darkness. She Waters is a sombre...
Published: Saturday, 15th July 2017
Author: Franklin Dawson
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Seb Jenkins and Liam Nolan first met whilst working at Ninja Tune, a project started back in 1990 as an attempt to break the monopoly of commercial record labels and to showcase alternative international...
Published: Friday, 14th July 2017
Author: Al Davidson
Straight out of East London, where the music is live, the streets are cold and the avocado duth come on toast - comes Regular Customer, a producer grounded on Londinium soil. You might have seen him before....
Published: Thursday, 13th July 2017
Author: Joe Clayton
In a sun-drenched Sussex field, adorned with a transformative array of art and curiosities, Brainchild festival convenes for its fifth year on a weekend in July. From humble beginnings as little more than...
Published: Thursday, 13th July 2017
Author: Franklin Dawson
Up on Sneaker Social Club, West Norwood's finest...the one and only cassette librarian - keeping it hardcore!https://www.facebook.com/sneakersocialclubhttps://soundcloud.com/westnorwoodcassetteARTIST...
Published: Tuesday, 11th July 2017
Author: Loose Lips
This week, some post-punk all the way from Cambodia!Echoes of The Cramps...
Published: Sunday, 9th July 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
Our latest edition of the Machine Nuggets series explores the equipment and process of Finlay Shakespeare, owner of Future Sound Systems, one of the UK’s newest and most interesting synthesiser manufacturers....
Published: Friday, 7th July 2017
Author: George Lazenbleep
This inconspicuous Paris-based record label has produced first-rate music since the debut EP. Despite that, Quanta seems to be unknown to most music aficionados, at least for now. There is something bold...
Published: Wednesday, 5th July 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
Our man Treece caught up with the forward thinking, 45ent repping beat maker, ‘BLK45’. Make sure to check his recent debut A/V tape; ‘Genesis: Chapter One’.Can you tell us a little...
Published: Wednesday, 5th July 2017
Author: Patrick Mulhall
This weekend the fourth edition of the Heroines of Sound festival will take place in Berlin’s Radialsystem V. This year’s festival will include performances, installations and panels, focusing...
Published: Wednesday, 5th July 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
Show Me the Body are a band seemingly custom-built to inspire cultish fandom, renowned for their blend of esoteric sounds, staunchly DIY attitude, and a surrounding collective of similarly experimental...
Published: Monday, 3rd July 2017
Author: Blaise Radley
Two times winner of the AIM awards prestigious ‘best independent festival’ accolade, Brainchild returns for its fifth consecutive year, promising to keep it tight but light on the wallet and...
Published: Sunday, 2nd July 2017
Author: Franklin Dawson
The Black Keys' lead singer soothes our soul this week.
Published: Sunday, 2nd July 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
The sound of brass instruments makes me instinctively angry. Furious, in fact. The frequencies emitted by saxophones, in particular, vibrate at the same rate as my blood when it reaches boiling temperatures...
Published: Saturday, 1st July 2017
Author: Daniel Ball
Mid-late 1980s, Chicago. DAMN!
Published: Friday, 30th June 2017
Author: Jack Wright
It’s Sunday night at Dalston’s Total Refreshment Centre, and a heaving crowd gathers to celebrate the launch of Binker and Moses’ sophomore release, Journey to the Mountain of Forever....
Published: Friday, 30th June 2017
Author: Franklin Dawson
It’s been a little over a month since Rommek’s Arcane EP came out on Blueprint, and it is pleasant to see how well it’s standing the test of time. In a day and age when so much music...
Published: Wednesday, 28th June 2017
Author: Clara Tehrani
Vince Staples’ first EP, Hell Can Wait, was a watershed moment in modern hip-hop for me, as a once obnoxiously staunch believer in the golden age of rap. Though far from a perfect release, for...
Published: Tuesday, 27th June 2017
Author: Blaise Radley
Michael Sims sat down with Milo’s Planes, one of Bristol's most consistently interesting bands, having just launched Individual Development Plan, a blistering post-hardcore record. On this, the...
Published: Tuesday, 27th June 2017
Author: Michael Sims
Our Shadows Disappear as the Days Get Longer is an ambient electronic album suitable for drifting off into the dreamworld of the night. Produced by Time Rival, it features a variety of mellow emotional...
Published: Monday, 26th June 2017
Author: Ognen Spiroski
Our interview series heads to Berlin where our good friend Alfie Brooks sat down for a lengthy and super engaging chat with Contort Record's experimenter, WSR. Big props to our editor Max Dade forsuch...
Published: Sunday, 25th June 2017
Author: Alfie Brooks
Manchester’s influence on the world music scene needs no explanation. With its signature spirit marked by innovative forward-thinking, the city has a well-deserved reputation for creating and nurturing...
Published: Sunday, 25th June 2017
Author: Joe Clayton
Admittedly, my selection for the majority of the Sunday selections has tended to be slightly older music. Not this week though.I've chosen the track 'Gambino' from Bristolian group, The Evil...
Published: Sunday, 25th June 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
Before listening to Storybook I had no idea about LTO. The album just dropped in my lap without any context, which is the best way to approach it in my opinion. It’s one of those albums which feels...
Published: Friday, 23rd June 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
Portugal’s edition of Primavera Sound takes one of Europe’s best festival line-ups and strips away the rampant commercialism that has made Primavera Barcelona an expensive and exhausting affair...
Published: Friday, 23rd June 2017
Author: Ross Devlin
For its fourth release as part of the label’s main series, Quanta Records is delighted to introduce Panorama Island, Zwei Kreise’s new album, mixing ambient, IDM and sonic experimentations.Melancholic...
Published: Monday, 19th June 2017
Author: Loose Lips
A Cambodian classic, from the wonderful 2007 documentary (with the same name as the track). Both make for perfect Sunday listening and watching.
Published: Sunday, 18th June 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
Following the Cultivated Electronics 10th anniversary release series, comes this, their 21st release. Titled Split Excursions Vol. 1, label owner Sync24 and relative newcomer Privacy (of Lobster Theremin...
Published: Saturday, 17th June 2017
Author: Joel Baker
The Title banner for the Sleepers Records Soundcloud page features the iconic question from Philip K Dick, ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’. The reference gives us some tips as of what...
Published: Wednesday, 14th June 2017
Author: Nuno Afonso
Bollywood legend Kishore Kumar again this week, alongside Chorus & Lata Ma in the cracking "Disco 82". Soundtrack to the Bollywood film "Khudd-Darr" (1982), it was released on an...
Published: Sunday, 11th June 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
‘Cabin Fever Remixes’ is a subsequent release from Baconhead following their 2015 EP ‘Cabin Fever’.It features two new versions of their seriously dark and stormy track ‘Foreign...
Published: Monday, 5th June 2017
Author: Ivo Parker
The Romanian composer, producer, and philosopher George D. Stanciulescu recently published a PhD discussing the role of Postmodernism as a cultural phenomenon in music. For better or for worse, this anecdote...
Published: Monday, 5th June 2017
Author: Ross Devlin
Sade Adu is today's selection. The Nigerian born artist is widely regarded as having one of the most iconic voices within the music industry. The selected track, Why Can't We Live Together from...
Published: Sunday, 4th June 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
Berlin coterie Skrufix continue to bolster their steadily developing catalogue following up two mighty UK-centric releases from EDMX and The Crane. In for their 11th release is an EP from fellow Berliner...
Published: Sunday, 4th June 2017
Author: Loose Lips
This new playlist is revolved around 'Drum Workouts', a tribute to all tracks percussive. A large variety is covered - from techno-based cuts from the likes of O'Flynn and TSVI, to more experimental...
Published: Thursday, 1st June 2017
Author: Jack Wright
A collection of 140bpm tracks ranging from dubstep and grime, to the more obscure reaches of the tempo. The focus is on the mellower side, looking at more melodic and light hearted themes. Tracks feature...
Published: Thursday, 1st June 2017
Author: Jack Wright
Roughly a fifth of Colombia's population is of African descent, making it the third largest Afro-descendent population in the western hemisphere after Brazil and the United States. Consequently there...
Published: Thursday, 1st June 2017
Author: Jack Wright
The sound of "Acid" comes from the legendary bass synthesiser, produced by Roland in 1982...the TB303. Its initial release was intended to rival the electric bass guitar, however it quickly became...
Published: Thursday, 1st June 2017
Author: Jack Wright
Loungey house - what's your definition!?h
Published: Thursday, 1st June 2017
Author: Jack Wright
Intelligent Dance Music was born in the early 90s emerging from underground rave genres such as breakbeat and detroit techno. It is recognised for its experimentation and individualism - a power to make...
Published: Thursday, 1st June 2017
Author: Jack Wright
Today's premiere is filled with humour and vigour!Suso's 2ality EP drops exclusively on Beatport tomorrow. Keep your eyes on the Echolette page here - www.beatport.com/label/echolette-records/17583.ARTIST...
Published: Thursday, 1st June 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Boris Bunnik dons his Hexagon scuba gear before diving into electronic abstraction and aquatic electricity. Gears groan against a backdrop of soaring synths and pulsations in the depths of 'Paranormal...
Published: Wednesday, 31st May 2017
Author: Loose Lips
LABEL FEATURE: Heretic Records (UK)I first encountered Cloaka’s music thanks to Born In Flamez, who shared one of his tracks on Facebook. I was instantly hooked by the spacious, dark beats and the...
Published: Wednesday, 31st May 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
This week, we turn to the amazingly talented Yama Warashi. The Bristol based Japanese artist eases you through these five minutes with her dreamy vocal. Essential Sunday listening, check out her albumMoon...
Published: Monday, 29th May 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
We're delighted to present this intricate piece of broken techno from our resident Rommek, as this week's first premiere! 'Arcane' is Rommek's second release on Blueprint Records, a...
Published: Monday, 29th May 2017
Author: Loose Lips
A truly mesmerising atmosphere. Serenely cold synth work follows an intricate rhythm.The Paris Plage album is released on 29th May. You will be able to purchase the album here - archipelmusique.bandcamp.com.ARTIST...
Published: Friday, 26th May 2017
Author: Loose Lips
When sent this EP, we fell in love. It was so damn hard to make a decision on which track we wanted to premiere. In the process of clicking 'upload', we've changed our mind 5 times...In the...
Published: Thursday, 25th May 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Entering the fenced off area, as a grey fog lingers above your head for as far as you can see, a haunting static floats around the wasteland that was once an electrical town. Only a week on from the disaster...
Published: Wednesday, 24th May 2017
Author: Blake Creighton
A premiere of vocoder-infused funk and disco of the highest order! The EP is full of vintage talk-box vocals, warm spacey chords and infectious basslines, that bring classic records from the likes of Zapp...
Published: Wednesday, 24th May 2017
Author: Loose Lips
During my first listen of Eternal Sea Trip I found myself reminiscing about some of my first clubbing experiences at university - being taken to venues I didn't want to visit by people who didn'...
Published: Tuesday, 23rd May 2017
Author: Eleanor Gribbin
It's an absolute pleasure to premiere a track from Dark Entries' newest re-issue. Over the last 6 months, we've become obsessed with the label's recovery of some truly amazing music from...
Published: Monday, 22nd May 2017
Author: Loose lips
Getting nostalgic this week. I have been going over albums & artists which were incredibly influential within my adolescence. I predominately listened in my teenage years to a lot of psychedelic rock...
Published: Sunday, 21st May 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
This March saw L.I.E.S. regular Willie Burns link up with venerable electro big-hitter DJ Overdose to put out ‘Sonny and Ricardo Give Good Advice,’ on Unknown to the Unknown. It’s a killer...
Published: Thursday, 18th May 2017
Author: Alex Davidson
Tudor Acid returns with a new EP called ‘Foscle’, the follow up to his critically acclaimed ‘Chronial’ album and its companion piece, ‘Crossing’. Both albums were...
Published: Thursday, 18th May 2017
Author: Loose Lips
It's one hell of a premiere!This new remix EP on French label 'After Affects' is released in aid of ARTISTS IN ACTION, a group whose work we continually support. This humanitarian association...
Published: Tuesday, 16th May 2017
Author: Loose Lips
An undeniably iconic figure in music's constant evolution, Bill Laswell since the 1970s has worked with an incredible array of artists such as Herbie Hancock, Yoko Ono, The Jungle Brothers & many...
Published: Sunday, 14th May 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
There’s one phrase which has spread around the Berlin club scene quite a bit recently – “let’s go to church”, which usually means going to Berghain on Sunday. On April 28th...
Published: Thursday, 11th May 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
One of our favourite producers, Rico Casazza, showcases the adaptability of his output. A damn fine piece of saturated techno...try not to punch your ceiling!There is a naughty release party going down...
Published: Tuesday, 9th May 2017
Author: Loose Lips
I first fell in love with Dark Sky just over five years ago - initially it was the track 'Leave' which tickled my fancy. Its sound was somewhere between liquid DnB and future garage, which just...
Published: Tuesday, 9th May 2017
Author: Joel Baker
Over a relatively brief career, Mac DeMarco has sculpted a comfortable niche amongst his indie-rock peers, identified by his laid-back personality and his DIY mentality. Whilst the home-grown approachhas...
Published: Monday, 8th May 2017
Author: Blaise Radley
Up this week is Bollywood poster boy Kishore Kumar with Aaya Sanam Aaya Diwana Tera. Released in 1982, 7 years prior to his death, on the B side of R.D. Burman's Bade Dil Wala, there's plenty of...
Published: Sunday, 7th May 2017
Author: Guy Paxman
One year later and Raw Tracks still resonates, transporting us to an imaginary rave that never actually ends. With The Basics, the second LP under his Basic Rhythm alias, the proof is in the pudding that...
Published: Sunday, 7th May 2017
Author: Nuno Alfonso
Unusual intricacies usually turn on the senses. The Dismantle Yourself night in Somerset House, curated by Graham Dunning, was full of such complexity.Starting from the physical set and setting&mdash...
Published: Thursday, 4th May 2017
Author: Ognen
PREMIERE: Aportrait - Osiris Versus (HE02)Loose Lips·Tuesday, 2 May 20177 readsThis premiere introduces some trippy Cyprian lo-fi house, reminsicient of raw early Fly-lo!@honest-electronicsYou can...
Published: Tuesday, 2nd May 2017
Author: Loose Lips
The latest edition of our Machine Nuggets series explores the relationship between artists, equipment and process. This month Lazenbleep interviews Ed DMX (DMX Krew).Lazenbleep: What was your studio...
Published: Monday, 1st May 2017
Author: George Lazenbleep
LABEL FEATURE: Hyperboloid Records (Moscow)Hyperboloid started as an internet project initiated by a few Russian music geeks who met online. After a number of years, the group have evolved into a record...
Published: Sunday, 30th April 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
A self-described ‘collective of ambient composers’, Dutch trio The Chi Factory, in their current incarnation, demonstrate their collaborative qualities in The Kallikatsou Recordings. A collage...
Published: Friday, 28th April 2017
Author: Daniel Ball
If an album can be dubbed a character study, then a label showcase feels more like a ‘meet-the-gang’ affair; never quite as wholesome as an album, albeit with its own quite special charm. In...
Published: Wednesday, 26th April 2017
Author: Henry Johns
Many of us are familiar with Opal Tapes, the multifaceted brainchild of Stephen Bishop. The synthesis of post-punk industrial sound-design with less abstract House and Techno has attracted a devoted following...
Published: Sunday, 23rd April 2017
Author: Alex Davidson
PREMIERE: Eazykill - GotO OtoD (ÍÎϪ§∂∆G∑>–}(:8®ªÎn ©µ¬t)Loose Lips·Thursday, 20 April 201744 readsWe've got a very...
Published: Thursday, 20th April 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Istanbul’s Electro / Braindance blog Sitdownandance is releasing its first record! It's coming from Arketip, one of the minds behind the project.Clearly inspired by the likes of Aphex Twin and...
Published: Thursday, 13th April 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Atmospheric and quaking in its deliverance, showing all T-Scale's innovation and creativity. This premiere comes from the debut release of new London-based experimental label, Reposition.@repositionrecords...
Published: Wednesday, 12th April 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Leeds-based collective Super Hexagon are not your usual techno nerds. Choosing to occupy a very specific niche within the realm of electronic music, the group have crafted a sound and identity that draws...
Published: Tuesday, 11th April 2017
Author: Alex Theodossiadis
Today's premiere introduces the first ever release from new London-based label, Subapical.@subapicalThe Eastern District EP blurs the lines between electro, techno and industrial across 4 special tracks....
Published: Tuesday, 11th April 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Greek label and electro specialists, Lower Parts, have signed up Glasgow-based producer Galaxian for a new six track EP, Dosing The Population.@lowerpartsOur premiered track, ‘Impossible Promises...
Published: Monday, 10th April 2017
Author: Loose Lips
The ability for club events to realise the full artistic potential of a space can be lost within an over-saturated and competitive clubbing market. Northern experimental electronics label Mutualism&rsquo...
Published: Monday, 10th April 2017
Author: Eleanor Gribbin
With a global heartbeat, Lisbon-based URUBU Tapes are a hidden gem in the tape music universe. Reflecting a sense of ‘doing it here and now’, the Portuguese label has gathered an inspiringcollection...
Published: Saturday, 8th April 2017
Author: Nuno Afonso
A lot of techno released recently has been produced with one principal focus – the kick. That’s typically what keeps people moving on dancefloors, and as a result producers have been taking...
Published: Saturday, 8th April 2017
Author: Ed Fernyhough
While making a bee-line into the basement of Birthday’s in Dalston, nose dragging me towards the smell of Vodka Red Bull—that no-funny-business, part-mental, part-hilarious drink—I suddenly...
Published: Saturday, 8th April 2017
Author: Henry Johns
This year’s Convergence brought together three of UK's most innovative and eccentric electronic artists—Raime, Actress and Randomer—together with DJ sets by Noah Hope and Mica Levi...
Published: Thursday, 6th April 2017
Author: Blake Creighton
It is a testament to the confidence of emerging artists in the current climate that a record as strong as Sidney Quirk’s Add Colour EP is a self-released affair. Shunning the attention of established...
Published: Wednesday, 5th April 2017
Author: Reiss De Bruin
The first time I heard dné’s dreamy tunes was in 2008 on Myspace. We were chatting for some time before he moved to my hometown, Prague; I remember his sarcastic sense of humour and the fluffy...
Published: Tuesday, 4th April 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
2017 marks the 20th Anniversary of Shitkatapult, a German label co-founded by electro-pop pioneer Marco Haas alongside Sacha Ring, perhaps better known as Apperat. Exploring different aspects of both electronic...
Published: Thursday, 30th March 2017
Author: Alex Davidson
You get to know Stinkin Slumrok and his producer collaborator Morriarchi quite well over the 9 tracks on MORRSTINKIN release. Slumrok is an MC with a rich vocabulary and an arsenal of sneering accentscomfortable...
Published: Tuesday, 28th March 2017
Author: Ross Devlin
While listeners are still reeling from the blistering EBM stylings of their previous release, VOITAX returns to serve up a divergent dose of grimey, industrial-edged broken beats with the label’s...
Published: Tuesday, 28th March 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Benjamin Yellowitz has managed to keep a low profile for a while now, but it’s pretty clear he isn’t going to stay that way for long. His recent single, ‘Years’, manages to bridge...
Published: Monday, 27th March 2017
Author: India Opie Meres
Adding to the growing roster at Verb T’s In the Balance Records is Rye Shabby. With his recently released seven track EP entitled Arthur Lager, Rye has affirmed his position on this reputable label....
Published: Sunday, 26th March 2017
Author: Ivo Parker
When was the last time you truly appreciated a record? When did you last gaze on the artwork, take it out of the hand-made sleeve or package, press play and then fully devote yourself to the listeningShimmering...
Published: Saturday, 25th March 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
The DayOn Saturday the 6th of March, Loose Lips went down to Texture MCR - a relatively new Manchester venue and creative space - to check out an event put on by Manchester-based techno label Traffic,and...
Published: Thursday, 23rd March 2017
Author: Joey Bricks
This premiere comes from BEEF082 - a selection of patient, melodic techno. The EP has a euphoric feel throughout, always accompanied by trippy, coarse sounds.@beef'Nachtcafe EP' is available digitally...
Published: Thursday, 23rd March 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Today's premiere comes from one of our favourite producers - he played for us in London last December and released a track on our 7th compilation.His latest release, Orbit, is a 6-track whirlwind of...
Published: Wednesday, 22nd March 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Reminiscent and reflective!Hughes Giboulay's 2-track 'Never Give Up' EP is available digitally on the 24th March. Pre-order here - www.junodownload.com/products/hughe…-up/3348865-02.ARTIST...
Published: Tuesday, 21st March 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Bleepin’ hell, this reissue of Silvia’s Silvia LP is decent.Let’s get the obvious moans about this record out of the way: it's not something to play if you’re against repetition...
Published: Tuesday, 21st March 2017
Author: Robyn Strachan
Our new premiere showcases the new release on King Deluxe, a label we were introduced to when hearing Your Gay Thought's stunning album. It was therefore an absolute delight when their new releasefrom...
Published: Sunday, 19th March 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Striking a balance of beats that fits both dance floor and dwelling place alike, Banoffee Pies LS004 is an elegant and relaxed compilation at ease with the intensity it generates. Curated with an alive...
Published: Saturday, 18th March 2017
Author: Michael Sims
Following on from his 2015 LP Everything Stays the Same, Paxton Fettel affords us another prescription of his finest medicine in Nothing Stays the Same. As the contrasting title indicates, Fettel&rsquo...
Published: Friday, 17th March 2017
Author: Louis Harnett O’Meara
The inevitable by-product of spending two years in Catford armed with only a dusty PlayStation 2 for exclusive entertainment, Hang Yourself Records have had plenty of time to curate their identity as a...
Published: Thursday, 16th March 2017
Author: Sam Pengelly
This premiere is the first time we've premiered a track from the same artist. Rico Casazza was the man behind 'Yaman', the first ever track we premiered on Loose Lips!This time round, we have...
Published: Monday, 13th March 2017
Author: Loose Lips
This new premiere comes from Figure-Ground's forthcoming album, ‘Out Of The Shadows', to be released on Shadow Story. Our pick, 'Desperation', grows from industrial recordings into...
Published: Sunday, 12th March 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Əˈmas are a creative music and technology collective, formed, ‘for like-minded people to join together spontaneously and take control of their sound’. Having started as some friends...
Published: Wednesday, 8th March 2017
Author: George Lazenbleep
Boasting an array of acclaimed rappers—Split Prophets, Laid Blak and Buggsy to name but a few—Bristol continues to be a musical hotbed for UK hip-hop. Among a wave of young and inventive MCs...
Published: Tuesday, 7th March 2017
Author: Ivo Parker
This new premiere comes from from the first release on Apparel Music's new sub-label - Apparel Tronic . The intention for this new division of sound is to shift focus towards UK-rootedBeats...
Published: Monday, 6th March 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Welcome to the first edition of ‘Machine Nuggets’, a Loose Lips feature looking at the equipment and process behind electronic music production and performance.I'm George Lazenbleep, engineer...
Published: Thursday, 2nd March 2017
Author: George Lazenbleep
It’s a cold night in the beginning of February and I’m waiting in a yard to do an interview about Through My Speakers. Until the very last moment, I’m not sure about who will take part...
Published: Wednesday, 1st March 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
Beranek is the artist name of Norwegian musician and comedian, Espen Beranek Holm. His debut single “Dra te’hælvete” released in 1981 was banned by national TV/radio...
Published: Wednesday, 1st March 2017
Author: Swam404
We're so excited to share this premiere with you...Clocking in just shy of 120 minutes, D. Glare's second outing on Opal does nothing for those previously phased heads but turn them a few degrees...
Published: Tuesday, 28th February 2017
Author: Loose Lips
On Friday February 10th Sunset Graves and duo worriedaboutsatan performed at the intimate Café Kino on Bristol’s Gloucester Road. Previously unfamiliar with their music, I listened to...
Published: Monday, 27th February 2017
Author: Ed Fernyhough
This premiere comes from our very own resident T-Scale - it's a live take made whilst he was in Macedonia. It combines slow industrial beats with jarring soundscapes. The track is featured on a new...
Published: Sunday, 26th February 2017
Author: Loose Lips
Our new premiere takes a track from 'tak €2', a new album released on Cologne-based label, Dorfjungs. The album features 8 tracks, recorded by different Cologne-based musicians, and then composed...
Published: Saturday, 25th February 2017
Author: Loose Lips
I’ve been waiting for the new Kangding Ray’s album for a very long time. For one thing, I’m a big fan of his and his “home” record label raster-noton, where he’s released...
Published: Friday, 24th February 2017
Author: Zuzu Friday Prikrylova
Taro Records celebrates its first year on the planet with a free to download compilation album featuring 15 original tracks from artists old and new. It serves as a great introduction to the label sound...
Published: Thursday, 23rd February 2017
Author: Loose Lips
The latest record from Keysound comes from the bossman himself, Blackdown (Martin Clark), dishing out four remixes for any bass heavy session. Following on from the previous limited black label, this is...
Published: Monday, 20th February 2017
Author: Jeremy Cocks
Today's premiere is damn suitable for a Sunday! It introduces the forthcoming Klosur EP from Metropolitan Soul Museum (MSM) on Trunkfunk Records.Our choice is ‘Ocean’, which builds a groove...
Published: Sunday, 19th February 2017
Author: Loose Lips
For the newest addition to our interview series, it was a pleasure to head to Sync 24’s studio for a chat about his label, club night and personal projects. This edition is a double whammy, coming...
Published: Friday, 17th February 2017
Author: Loose Lips
We met him last year just before he left London for Lagos where he is now based. In 2014 he released his first project. Today we are happy to premiere Squad as the first single off his upcoming EP titled...
Published: Thursday, 16th February 2017
Author: Loose Lips
The Hare and Hounds is the kind of concert space that every city longs for. With a long and storied history—including UB40's first ever gig—the past decade has seen the pub-come-cult-venue...
Published: Thursday, 16th February 2017
Author: Blaise Radley
Having had a steady output since 2009 on labels like Motech and his own ICAN Productions, Los Angeles-based DJ and producer, Esteban Adame, returns to EPM Music with his fourth release, the Descendants...
Published: Wednesday, 15th February 2017
Author: Fred Day
From the remote township of Te Mata, in the rugged hills of New Zealand, comes a new imprint following in the tradition of mid-80s rub-a-dub from an often overlooked corner of dancehall culture.The brainchild...
Published: Monday, 13th February 2017
Author: Loose Lips
As Cultivated Electronics celebrate their tenth anniversary, label head Sync24 finishes a run of five collaborative releases that commemorate the label’s decade in the game with this: the 20th release....
Published: Monday, 13th February 2017
Author: Joel Baker
Russian Circles brought out Guidance in August 2016 but this album could be from any year from the last couple of decades - at least at any point since the creation of instrumental Post-Rock. And by not...
Published: Sunday, 12th February 2017
Author: Daniel Ball
Reinventing the wheel is an admirable aim for any artist. There's a thrill to hearing a piece of music completely unorthodox in its conception, or purposefully abrasive in its execution, a sense that...
Published: Monday, 6th February 2017
Author: Blaise Radley
‘Uno’ is the first release by the duo and takes a strong influence from a combination of Jazz and Deep house. The pairs rather leftfield approach to composition explores broken beat drums and...
Published: Sunday, 5th February 2017
Author: Loose Lips
This track comes from Swardz's first label release, on Irish techno institution, Variance. The second track on the release, Lavender Salad, is a piece of good old traditional banging techno, with persistent...
Published: Friday, 3rd February 2017
Author: Loose Lips
“It’s like Egyptian Lover jammed with Peter Westheimer” (Bleep.com) Well, what a busy last few months it’s been for all of us, I’m sure I’m not alone in sayingthat...
Published: Thursday, 2nd February 2017
Author: Rachel Burkitt
After forming in the summer of last year, the Manchester-based collective Beeswaxx have already established a reputation for diverse and cutting edge line ups, whilst still being firmly grounded in the...
Published: Tuesday, 31st January 2017
Author: Treece Pat
An indispensable platform for the most heavily textured abstract electronic music, Stephen Bishop’s Opal Tapes has sprung into the New Year with a fresh compilation packed full of murky, grueling...
Published: Tuesday, 31st January 2017
Author: Fred Day
21 Savage is real. He's a savage. He likes knives, guns, fuckin'... he likes gold. Honourable mentions: porches, New York, independence...pretty standard fare. Every song on Savage Mode—his...
Published: Monday, 30th January 2017
Author: Ross Devlin
A cold night in an intimate venue, warmed by music that was defiantly ice filled.Arriving at the Hope Works is always mildly surreal. It’s situated in a classic red brick industrial area, a solid...
Published: Thursday, 26th January 2017
Author: Joel Baker
We’re joined today by Phil Passera, one half of the duo Payfone. His partner Chieka Ononye couldn’t be with us today.How did the two of you first meet and how did the project come about? ...
Published: Thursday, 26th January 2017
Author: Sam Karam
There aren't many artists as singular as Radioactive Man; not only did he play a key part in forming the UK's own style of hard-hitting electro, but he also collaborated with Andrew Weatherhall...
Published: Wednesday, 25th January 2017
Author: Alex Theodossiadis
Saturated kicks, hectic drum rolls and schizophrenic synths populate our newest premiere. Written by an unknown solider, this Poverty Is Violence releases pushes more murky and mysterious sounds. Withthe...
Published: Tuesday, 24th January 2017
Author: Miles Murgett
Here, we introduce BRKCHK's third release, 'God's Not Listening' via the track 'Sequence'. Its croaking synth, crazy amen rhythms and DIY percussion combine into a fantastic piece...
Published: Sunday, 22nd January 2017
Author: Loose Lips
The Winter months have seen a surge in stellar bookings in Edinburgh. Both young and old techno collectives have brought an impressive range of artists, with more and more debut appearances such as DJStingray...
Published: Thursday, 19th January 2017
Author: Alex Davidson
Astral Plane Recordings was founded only a year ago, but the story of the whole platform reaches back to the university years of its founder, Gabe, and its impact extends throughout genres, cultures and...
Published: Tuesday, 17th January 2017
Author: Zuz Friday
Cultivated Electronics is celebrating 10 years as a label with its 20th release ‘Ten Year Electronics’. This is the final chapter in a 5 part collaborative series that has seen CE-head, Sync...
Published: Tuesday, 17th January 2017
Author: Jef T-Scale
Field recordings, in my opinion, are criminally underrated. They add a layer of reality to songs that can otherwise feel to “machined” – hindered by quantization – or too closeto...
Published: Thursday, 12th January 2017
Author: Ross Devlin
During Skopje’s Desonanz Festival in October 2016, local journalist Melani Digit interviewed our founder, Medallion Man!www.facebook.com/medallionmanmusicHello Frederick, I hope you’re enjoying...
Published: Tuesday, 10th January 2017
Author: Melani Digit
Introducing the drugged out Hip Hop of SWMS' Caskevet, 'Time Change' is the last track off his up & coming Aztec Capital beat-tape. Rugged, lo-fi and addictive!The Aztec Capital album will...
Published: Tuesday, 10th January 2017
Author: Frederick Sugden
Pop music is a term so often used to be either dismissive or patronising, its connotations of mass consumption conjuring up images of something lesser and fleeting. The fact that pop music stopped simply...
Published: Tuesday, 3rd January 2017
Author: Blaise Radley
Stanislav Tolkachev needs little introduction: a true techno pioneer from Ukraine, decidedly admired by the top DJs in the genre. His music, authentically eccentric, delves into far-flung experimentation...
Published: Thursday, 29th December 2016
Author: Fred Day
This new premiere introduces the playful and astute Hip-Hop of a hugely talented trio. SNES-CD is the 3rd track from Constructions, a new tape released via our very own resident MC's platform, SWMS....
Published: Wednesday, 28th December 2016
Author: Frederick Sugden
Our Boxing Day premiere combines industrial and distorted reverberations with a mystical atmosphere, that might peculiarly nourish your festive spirit. Slyr's track is part of Messe Noire's first...
Published: Monday, 26th December 2016
Author: Miles Murgett
The warm swell of vintage equipment is now something of a shibboleth for independent musicians. It seems the further reality recedes towards a state of media-induced dystopia, the more producers and musicians...
Published: Sunday, 18th December 2016
Author: Ross Devlin
PREMIERE: Hang Syem - Soli (bbs003ep)LOOSE LIPS·WEDNESDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2016This premiere introduces a label and producer, both from Sheffield. 'Soli' is the final track from Black Beacon...
Published: Wednesday, 14th December 2016
Author: Sam Karam
On a mellow Tuesday afternoon in The Coach & Horses, Stoke Newington, Loose Lips met up with Eraldo Bernocchi for an engaging chat about old and new. Musician, producer and sound sculptor, Eraldo was...
Published: Tuesday, 13th December 2016
Author: Frederick Sugden & Rico Casazza.
Rico Casazza has previously released music on Soma, Archipel, Plastic City, Wiggle, and Wavetec, spanning genres from house to trip-hop, techno, ambient and electro. Over 10 years of production experience...
Published: Thursday, 1st December 2016
Author: Ed Fernyhough
We're delighted to present you with an exclusive of the opening track from this forthcoming TÉNÈBRE EP, released on his very own label, as TENEBRE006. This EP, signalling the start...
Published: Tuesday, 29th November 2016
Author: Miles Murgett
Our first ever premiere introduces the 129th imprint on Montreal-based label, Archipel. This album from Italian Rico Casazza hosts 8 intriguing tracks, 4 of which are available only for those who...
Published: Thursday, 24th November 2016
Author: Miles Murgett
Our resident Frederick Sugden (aka Medallion Man), wrote an article earlier this year, briefly documenting some of the political scenes we experienced on our travels.April 2016 was really special; ourtravels...
Published: Friday, 18th November 2016
Author: Frederick Sugden (aka Medallion Man)
A Broken Camarilla are a 4-person group, who combine love for electronic music and voices, to make amazing music for the mind and for the soul! Since getting to know them back in August, when they performed...
Published: Sunday, 13th November 2016
Author: Frederick Sugden
After his track, 'I Don't Often Feel Like This', released on our recent Compilation #9, we invited Yuki Ame over for a chat! We were fortunate enough to see him perform at Birthdays the night...
Published: Wednesday, 9th November 2016
Author: Frederick Sugden & Jef T-Scale
Our friend Tom Blain decided to write-up his memory of our event at Pop Brixton in August, which was organised in aid of the Refugee Community Kitchen. It brought back such good memories that we felt obliged...
Published: Tuesday, 8th November 2016
Author: Tom Blain
In anticipation of his up & coming appearance at our 2nd Anniversary party in Bristol, on Friday 4th November, the infamous DJ Guy has given us a quick look into five of his own archived tapes. The...
Published: Wednesday, 26th October 2016
Author: Loose Lips
‘Big fat kick drum makes me go boom boom’ said Felix Da Housecat. And as the bass drum bangs in the dark room, a pulse accompanies it, rippling through hips and ankles and shoulders of people....
Published: Tuesday, 25th October 2016
Author: Henry Johns
In anticipation of his appearance at our 1st Anniversary event next Friday, the amazing Ritzi Lee has put together a mix and answered a few of Alexis Yianna's interview questions for us. We feel honoured...
Published: Thursday, 20th October 2016
Author: Alexis Yianna
In a sea of autumn releases that have been marked by their abrasive tendencies or attempts to subvert genre expectations, it's a relief to find a record with a more singular focus. Predominantly working...
Published: Tuesday, 11th October 2016
Author: Blaise Radley
For the first Out of Hours breakdown, six of our Loose Lips residents share a collection of tracks that have featured in their sets this Summer 2016.- DJ Kenny MulliganFirst Up; Glaswegian, DJ Kenny Mulligan...
Published: Sunday, 2nd October 2016
Author: Loose Lips
As the birthday of one of our very favourite producers comes to a close, we reflect on some of those slightly less glorified masterpieces.1) Caustic Window - Joyrex J4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72MI7BFYUDsRichard...
Published: Tuesday, 16th August 2016
Author: Loose Lips
Last month Loose Lips caught up with Dara Smith, half of Lakker, at his flat in Berlin. We talked about their new concept album ‘Struggle & Emerge, sampling, influences and Dara’s soloproject.https:...
Published: Monday, 1st August 2016
Author: Frederick Sugden & Romek Boyer
Back in April 2016, we were asked by Cafe 1001 to highlight a selection of tracks we’re loving at the moment...1) Skee Mask – Shred 08An ultimate favourite of our crew. This is a love letter...
Published: Wednesday, 20th April 2016
Author: Loose Lips
Check out the mixes here - http://musicis4lovers.com/2016/01/h...How did you guys get into dance music and DJing? Do you remember a specific moment of inspiration or was it an evolution?T-Scale: Got...
Published: Tuesday, 26th January 2016
Author: Loose Lips
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