Mother Rose is the brand new project from oddball wizard Luke Solomon and Howlin’ Wilf, The Veejays and sometime Polecats guitarist, Andy Neal. Released on strictly limited edition vinyl [initially through London's LN-CC store and Japan's Crue L], Mother Rose 001 sees Solomon and Neal plunge into their shared love of Tom Waits, Talking Heads, [...]
More electronic goodness from My Favourite Robot. Release number 52 sees the return with a new single from Lightbluemover featuring a collaboration with regular partner Black Light Smoke and a remix from My Favorite Robot, James Teej & Nitin. Lightbluemover is the moniker adopted by DJ/Producer Francis Harris best known for his work as Adultnapper. [...]
The complete works of Zambia’s legendary garage-, psych-, prog-, funk-, afro-rock ensemble. 1972-1977. By the mid 1970s, the Southern African nation known as the Republic of Zambia had fallen on hard times. Self-imposed single party rule, a decline in prices for the country’s largest natural resource, copper, and conflict in neighbouring countries all took their [...]
Ny*ak is one of the new generation of producers who are taking their influences from classic house and disco but mixing it up with modern dancefloor sounds and production. Creating something different and original, the music references the past but lives in the future. Ny*ak has had releases out on Audio Parallax and been getting [...]
This dropped today in all good record shops. 4 slices of quality house music. There’s a preview available after the jump. Voyeurhythm deliver a four track EP under the VR Collective banner taking in tracks from DJ HMC, Tyson Ballard, Ben Sun and Francis Inferno Orchestra. Run by Mostyn [of the brilliantly named Megadon Betamax [...]
A few weeks ago I was talking up the new EP from Bodywork that landed in my inbox. The kind guys at Body Work have made the EP available to stream on Soundcloud AND made Snake & Butterfish available to download for FREE. No more talking. You know the drill.
This is great news. Nice ‘n Ripe put out some incredible records in the mid 1990s. Read on. Pioneering UK Garage imprint Nice ‘n Ripe finally makes its catalogue digitally available next week – the first step in a full relaunch of the imprint which will see new material as well as compilations from Todd [...]
The history of Detroit music is littered with artists who have been called legendary, but there is really no denying the crucial role Mike Huckaby has played in the Motor City’s dance scene. Over the past two decades, the man has been in the thick of it as a DJ, producer, record store clerk (at [...]
Today is the 20th anniversary of Arthur Russell’s death. This evening Arthur’s Landing will be playing a big tribute concert for Arthur. Arthur’s Landing are a collective of friends and musicians to whom Russell’s work was a beacon of light. They have re-recorded archives of his legacy and released an album for which this is [...]
I’m slowly catching up on all the mixes that I’ve been sent recently. First up is the latest installment in the Nocturnal series from Himan. Himan [Julien Lacroix] originates from Paris and has been producing and DJing since the French House explosion in the 90s. With a string of collaborations under his belt with artists [...]