Cubic 22 – Night In Motion
Another Friday, another trip back to the early 90s golden era of XL Recordings. Licensed from Belgian label Big Time International in 1991, “Night In Motion” is an absolute classic with its chunky breaks, quality rave riff and a piano line to die for (later sampled by Strike for that horrendous “U Sure Do” tune). [...]
Jon Convex ft dBridge – Lied To Be Loved
Jon Convex returns once again with another solo outing away from Instra:Mental and for this three track monster he gets old pal dBridge involved on vocal duties. Opening track “Lied To Be Loved” is a dirty bass driven techy affair. “Zero” goes for a more 4/4 vibe with some funk thrown in, while “Stay” is [...]
Illum Sphere Remixed
Hoya Hoya resident and one of Manchester’s finest exponents of electronic music, Illum Sphere has a small but impressive back catalogue of beats taking in a multitude of genres. While we’re eagerly awaiting new material, Fat City have decided to open up some of his most notable outings for remix. Om Unit’s stunning rework of [...]
Kamikaze Space Programme – Aqua – Free Download
With the first two EPs from Kamikaze Space Programme still popping up in our playlists here at the Labs, anticipation is building for the “Factory Floor EP”, set to arrive soon. To keep the impatient masses at bay, this freebie has been unleashed via the KSP Soundcloud. For the price of a click you get [...]
Fracture – Lately / Tunnel Track
First things first, if you’ve never heard Fracture & Neptune’s “Colemanism” then your life is all the poorer for it and I recommend you rectify this quickly. One of the finest examples of an amen workout that you’re ever likely to hear. Anyway, Fracture has recently launched out on a solo tip and this latest [...]
Cari Lekebusch – You Are A Hybrid Too
With nineteen albums already under his belt under various aliases and his own name, Swedish techno producer Cari Lekebusch is no stranger to the studio. He’s been deeply ingrained in the world of techno since the mid 90s and his latest album “You Are A Hybrid Too” sees him deliver fourteen tracks that don’t stray [...]
Daniel Avery – Movement EP
Daniel Avery is a man on a mission. Having gained some notoriety last year with some quality releases and remixes under his StopMakingMe guise he now ventures out under his Sunday name with a release on Throne Of Blood. Beefed up house beats and slimmed down techno all with a dark edge make for a [...]
Lazy Sundays: Massive Attack – Blue Lines
If you haven’t heard of Massive Attack or indeed listened to their debut album “Blue Lines” you are either from Mars, under 14 years old or are on the wrong website. This album is a stone cold classic which spawned a whole genre in trip hop coming out of the Bristol scene. Born form a [...]
Aretha Franklin – Spanish Harlem
Every Saturday here at the Labs we like to get in about a bit of soul or funk. Our collection so far was sadly lacking some Aretha so it’s time to correct that wee oversight. Quite rightly known as the “Queen of Soul”, she was also picked as the ninth greatest vocalist of all time [...]
Underworld – Cowgirl
The fact of the matter is that you can never have enough Underworld in your life. I heard this tune on a mix recently and it envoke loads of memories (somewhat hazy ones mind!) of dark basements, thumping bass and hands in the air euphoria. People really lost it to this tune when the break [...]
