Bit of a magical mystery tour this Friday. Twilite Tone is a producer from Chicago who has been around for a fair while (check this). He is also part of ( or behind, we are not sure) Great Weekend and The Do Over with The Weekend in fact recently included on the rather excellent Wurst – more
Young Austrian musician and singer Anja Plaschg alias Soap&Skin had a bit of a quiet year. Of course there have been a few very special shows, like the one in Stadtsaal Vienna in autumn and there was the gut-wrenching track with Apparat… but there hasn’t been excessive touring and the like. And from what we – more
Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery has a new addition to its collection – a statue of a priest revised by Banksy. The renowned graffiti artist sawed off the face of an 18th century replica stone bust and glued on a selection of bathroom tiles. The resulting ‘pixellated’ portrait is entitled ‘Cardinal Sin’ and is believed to – more
British-Born Annika Henderson, aka Anika, subverts the music industry’s dominant paradigms in unexpected ways. The twenty-four-year-old singer recently released her debut long player—a mélange of dubby, rough-around-the-edges protest music with monotone vocals that sounds like Nico for the post-post-rave generation. Good morning Anika. I know you’re on tour—where have I managed to reach you? I – more
WWW is one of those few acts that champion the darker corners of hip hop both sonically and textually. The roots of the project date back to the early nineties and its name is not a nod to the fledgling internet revolution at the time but an acronym of the mysterious catchphrase “We Want Word”. – more
Kenny Dixon Jr. aka Moodymann aka Moody etc etc is the man when it comes to techno and house from Detroit – just remember tunes such as ‘The Dancer‘, ‘Shade of Jae‘ or ‘Freeki Mutha F cker‘ which surely will make every club go bananas. And then there was Oliver $ in early 2011, who – more
Thanks to our colleagues at Slices we have been enjoying this vintage Richie Hawtin mix from 1989 this morning. Recorded live on the Detroit radio station Power 96 the mix is decidely old skool by today’s standards, but was (obvioulsy) absolutley cutting edge at that time. Tracks from LFO and Bomb The Bass fit next – more
Thanks to our colleagues at Slices we have been enjoying this vintage Richie Hawtin mix from 1989 this morning. Recorded live on the Detroit radio station Power 96 the mix is decidely old skool by today’s standards but was (obvioulsy) absoutley cutting edge at the time. Tracks from LFO and Bomb The Bass fit next – more
