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Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – Intro

French based house duo Alan Braxe & Fred Falke brought a sense of relaxed euphoria with their 2000 club hit “Intro”. Sampling “Crush On You” by The Jets, the funk bass line that underpins the whole track has an infectious groove and the vocal is one that always brings a big smile to the face. [...]

GoldFFinch – EP#1

We first came across GoldFFinch when the Numbers crew out out the tune “Red Mask” late last year. We heard that they were about to ramp things up with more releases in 2012 and thanks to Saigon Recordings we can now enjoy their latest work. “Funky Steppa” is driven by percussion, with sharp rim shots [...]

Top Tunes – January 2012

As we reach the end of the month we though it’d be good to give you a wee rundown of our favourites from the past few weeks. In coming months we’ll also have charts from our favourite DJ’s, shops and clubs but for now it’s all about our choices. It’s been such a stellar month [...]

Scuba – The Hope

His much lauded new album has been gathering rave reviews from industry insiders, his label Hotflush is going from strength to strength with a string of quality releases and his new EP “The Hope” is garnering airplay across an eclectic mix of radio stations. It’s a good time to be Scuba. He’s come a long [...]

Win tickets to see Sepalcure live @ The Sub Club 2nd February

When one of our favourite electronic acts come to town, it’s safe to say the excitement levels are up and to hear they are playing live then takes that to a whole new level. This Thursday, that will become reality as 3 Glasgow clubs Mount Heart Attack, Kollectiv and Oh My Days team up to [...]

Greg Wilson – Best of 1982 Mix

There are so many quality mixes from back in the day doing the rounds. It clear that the latest burst in the internet with Soundcloud and Mixcloud is giving pople the ability to get mixes they had in the archives onto the net and ready for our listening pleasure. This time we have one straight [...]

Cymande – Brothers On The Slide

Although their time as a group lasted just under 4 years, British funk group Cymande as had an big influence on music as their tunes have been sampled by some of the hip hop greats. Formed in 1970 the multi instrumentalist group released 4 albums and shared the stage with great such as Al Green [...]

Ivy Sundays with Phuturelabs

As you may know we were spinning tunes on Thursdays in our favourite bar The Ivy over the last year or so. Well after a little juggling we now have a new slot on the last Sunday of every month. While we will still be keep the vibe smooth for all those recovering from the [...]

Seth steps into the Labs

Italian producer Seth first came to our attention in November when we heard his “Cloud Gazing” EP on Skint Records offshoot Under 5′s. Composed of a variety of cross genre sounds it was an excellent debut which was also accompanied by an excellent video. Fast forward a couple of months and we have managed to [...]

Doc Daneeka & Benjamin Damage – THEY!LIVE

Last year they brought us one of our favourite tunes in “Creeper”, a dark brooding affair with plans also announced for an album. That day is nearly upon us as Doc Daneeka and Benjamin Damage get set to release THEY!LIVE on the ever quality 50Weapons label. As you might expect the album has its fair [...]