Mr Fingers – Can You Feel It
Back to the dawn of house for this weeks classic as we let Mr Fingers (aka Larry Heard) do the talking. “Can you feel it” is one of several seminal Chicago house tunes released by Larry his friends and their many fingers guises. For me this is the most notable with the Jackson 5 sample [...]
Luke Abbott – Holkham Drones
I’ve got to admit it’s been a wee while since I last heard a debut release as good as this one. Luke Abbott’s “Holkham Drones” is a sublime listening experience. From the opening track “2nd 5th Heavy” to closing number “Dumb” it combines ambient with droney IDM, soundtrack with techno beats. Released last week on [...]
Underworld – Always Loved A Film (Breakage rmx)
We’re certainly partial to a Breakage remix here at the Labs with his previous reworks of Plan B and Florence and The Machine proving popular here. Next to step into his sights are Underworld. While I’ve always been a bit of a fan, recent work hasn’t exactly inspired me hugely so it’s up to Breakage [...]
Truth – Puppets
New Zealand based dubstep trio Truth have made a name for themselves with top quality 12s on Mala’s Deep Medi Musik and Skream’s Disfigured Dubz and now it’s time for them to take things up a notch with “Puppets” – their full length debut album for Australia’s Aquatic Lab Records. Packed to the brim with [...]
The Twilight Sad – Reflection Of The Television (Errors rmx)
Two top quality Glasgow bands go head to head on this one. Errors take the growly goodness of The Twilight Sad’s epic opening track from last album “Forget The Night Ahead” and turn it into this nice, chilled electronica number. Despite the complete change of style – the brilliant vocals surprisingly work equally as well, [...]
Aeroplane – We Can’t Fly
Aeroplane came crashing onto the scene with some phenomenal remixes of the likes of Grace Jones and Sebastien Tellier and their eagerly awaited debut album finally lands on September 6th in the shape of “We Can’t Fly”. The lead single of the same name set the bar high with it’s barrel loads of funk and [...]
Foreign Beggars – Beggattron Remixed Vol 2
One of the UK’s finest hip hop exports, the Foreign Beggars recently let out a selection of tracks from their “United Colours of Beggattron” album for remix and while Vol 1 was packed with more dancefloor edged reworks, Vol 2 takes a slightly more laid back approach with some top quality house/garage and downtempo remixes. [...]
Cosmin TRG – Tower Block/Breton Brut
Cosmin TRG are back on Hemlock with this double a side banger. Funky shuffling undertones are evident, however far more techno leanings are bringing the heat on both tracks but for us “Breton Brut” is the one to make the dance floor shake. Cosmin TRG – Breton Brut [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [...]
Sunday Roast – Best of the Rest
After Cliff’s extravagant pheasant roast last weekend I’ve decided to take things down a notch and get back to some grass-roots level roast beef. We’ve got a barrel full of goodies to aid consumption this week and first up is a track from the brilliant “Mega Mega Mega” – the debut album from The Count [...]
Roska & Untold – Myth EP
Note the date in your diary. The 27th September 2010 is when three of the Labs favourite things come together to produce one of the EPs of the year. UK funky don Roska and general grime overlord Untold go 50/50 on their new EP for Glasgow’s Numbers label. We have clips of both to start [...]
