02/09/2010 Ostgut Ton turn Five with a very special release
Ostgut Ton, the record label of Berlin's techno Mecca Berghain / Panorama Bar, are releasing a very special record for their five year anniversary. The two disc compilation called Fünf is made up of tracks that take their DNA from field recordings made throughout the club when it was closed to the public. German based producer Emika recorded everything from the fridges to t...
02/09/2010 New DJ History ‘Catch The Beat’ Book
London’s DJ History crew are quite the bastion of knowledge; their encyclopedic approach to documenting the history of modern music has proved the reference point for many a music journalist and general anorak over the years. DJ History is of course home to Bill Brewster and writing spar Frank Broughton who brought us epochal titles such as Last Night A DJ Saved My Life and...
02/09/2010 Slice of Swing-Hop from BBE
BBE Records return with a really amazing slice of Swing-Hop, which is a combination of Hip Hop and retro swing - for those of you who hadn’t guessed... Not only are you about to be gifted with a preview of some extra special music, you are also witness to a new phrase being coined, right here, live. Swing Hop, you heard it here first. Before this article really takes a turn...
01/09/2010 From ashes to vinyl?
It could be an episode out of Twin Peaks, but it's true, some techno kingpin called Jason Leach has founded a company which turns people's loved ones into vinyl. Yes, you heard it right: ashes into vinyl.Leach formerly founded the breakcore/twisted techno label Subhead in the 90s and coincidentally now runs the label Death to Vinyl. But he had the novel idea of starting And...
01/09/2010 Lemon Jelly create theremin heaven
Remember the UK duo Lemon Jelly? Back in the early noughties they were all the rage with their archive samples and soft chill out tunes. Well they have kind of returned, Nick Franglen from the group is re-introducing L.J. to the world by taking over London Bridge on September 2nd with a 24-hour theremin-athon.Nick, who is also part of the ambient group Blacksand, will colla...
01/09/2010 Hamburg’s beautiful houseboat
Rost Niderehe Architects have designed a floating masterpiece. Very often, houseboats are rinky-dink rust bolts yet this housing marvel gracefully skims Hamburg’s Eilbekkanal. The green belt of the Eilbek canal complements the minimalistic wooden structure that is already renovated and chicly furnished (see picture above). Clean and simple the houseboat manages to combine t...
01/09/2010 New Electronic Beats Magazine 03/10 on the way
The latest issue of Electronic Beats Magazine is on the way, and we have a sneak preview of what's between the pages.Manscapes is a photo essay featuring Caspar David Friedrich-like contemplative figures silhouetted against grand landscape scenes. Accompanied by striking photos from a dilapidated Detroit, Broken Beauty provides some insight into our very contemporary fascin...
31/08/2010 Slices 3-10 incl. Moderat's parachute jump out soon!
The next installment of Slices is just about to arrive, and we have as usual an extensive musical selection for your enjoyment. Our highlight is Moderat who take to the skies for their first ever parachute jump, something the trio were very excited about - you can get a taste of their high flying adventures on the trailer below. Elsewhere, we visited Copenhagen to get the l...
31/08/2010 Phonica re-rub a Bob Holroyd classic
Phonica Records (the label of our favourite record shop) are re-releasing Bob Holroyd's classic track 'African Drug' with a brace of killer remixes from Four Tet (read our interview with the man here) and T. Wiliams. Originally released in 1994, 'African Drug' was included on both Francois K’s Essential Mix and Journeys By DJ: Coldcut - two stellar mixes from acknowledged m...
31/08/2010 F*>K Dance, Let’s Art
!K7 have announced they will be releasing a compilation of brand new music focusing on the best music coming from the emerging movement where indie and electronic meet, entitled F*>K Dance, Let’s Art. It seems like this particular wave, like this compilation, is plagued by terrible names such as chill wave, new gaze, surf pop and countless other arbitrary monikers which,...
30/08/2010 James Blake to put out Klavierwerke
Wunderkind James Blake will be putting out a new EP this September entitled Klavierwerke. Expected to be bigger than Saturn and Neptune combined in 2011, Blake has come under the steady guidance of respected label R&S records.Emerging out of the Mount Kimbie camp in 2009, Blake has presented himself as a young 22-year-old solo artist with only a few releases under his b...
30/08/2010 Fever Ray making spooky music for Swedish play
Once again creepy Swedish director Andreas Nilsoon is teaming up with Fever Ray’s Karin Dreijer Andersson and this time they will be working on a stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s 1968 horror classic Hour of the Wolf. Described by The Observer as, “A dazzling flow of surrealism, expressionism and full-blooded Gothic horror.” Audience members will grip their seats on open...
30/08/2010 Phonica turns seven!
Seven is the lucky number apparently, and we hope it brings luck to possibly our favorite record shop in the whole world - London's Phonica Records. Phonica is coincidentally the only place in the UK where you can get a copy of Slices or Electronic Beats magazines, but it's the consistently amazing selection of new records on the site and in the shop that keeps us going bac...
27/08/2010 Danuel Tate readies debut LP Mexican Hotbox
Danuel Tate is better known as the keyboardist for Cobblestone Jazz, but his solo style of minimal jazz-techno has also earned him praise outside the well-known outfit. Now, he will be releasing his first solo LP this winter entitled Mexican Hotbox. Previously releasing two separate EPs on Wagon Repair, the four track EP Push Card in 2007 and an extended EP in 2009, Doesn't...
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