Phuturelabs – Session Five – Apr 12
For Session Five we start to nail down the Ustream flow with this 50 minute outing. Mixing up the genres with house, acid, techno and tech house the flow is right and the mixing is tight as one of our best live Sessions to date unfolds. Inner City, Boddika, Kerri Chandler, Carl Craig and more [...]
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Inner City – Praise (The Future Sound Of London Conceptual)
While the likes of “Good Life” and “Big Fun” always pop up when people talk about Inner City classics, for me it was the slightly later early 90s material that sent my boat a-floating. Tunes like “Hallelujah” and “Praise” were firm favourites on my turntables and still are to this day. This period also saw [...]
Production Unit – ICU Tracks
Production Unit has been a busy boy of late, fresh from his “Bridge EP” for our Phuturelabs imprint he’s just about to release the “ICU Tracks EP” for Broken20 and there’s news of an album in the pipeline for the label also. For those unfamiliar with the story behind the bleeps contained within, it’s a [...]
Lazy Sundays: King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine – Jubilee Edition
If there’s one criticism that can be aimed at King Creosote & Jon Hopkins’ phenomenal “Diamond Mine” album it’s that it was somewhat lacking in duration. For those hungry for more of the same chilled electronica with folky interludes, your prayers have now been answered in this slightly extended edition of the album. Included in [...]
Jai Paul – Jasmine
Saturday’s here at the Labs sees us dive into the worlds of soul, funk and disco and while this usually means a look at a classic, occasionally something new will take our fancy. This week we take a look at the latest from XL Recordings new golden boy Jai Paul. He first appeared with the [...]
Lazy Sundays: Tangerine Dream – Atem
We delve into the early 70s to listen again to the album “Atem” (German: breath) by seminal German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. Released in 1973, it marked the end of the band’s “Pink Years” period, with the band adopting a more commercial sound. The baby pictured on the cover is Jerome Froese, the son [...]
Lazy Sundays: Nothing But Noise – Not Bleeding Red
Front 242 have been one of the most influential electronic acts in the history of music since their inception in 1980 and while their style has shifted several times throughout the decades, they’ve consistently returned to the EBM genre that they originated. Two of the groups original members Daniel B and Dirk Bergen recently teamed [...]
Profisee – From All Angles – exclusive album stream
From his early work with The Yard Emcees in the late 90s through to more recent collaborations with the likes of Hexstatic, Edinburgh’s Profisee has steadily built up a reputation as one of the countries finest MCs with an ability to adapt to multiple genres with ease. A long time in the making, his debut [...]
Lazy Sundays: VAriable – Sleeper Files
The amount of demo material available via Soundcloud can sometimes be unmanageable but every now and then you uncover a gem that makes it all worthwhile. This brilliant ep from VAriable was one such find. The “Sleeper Files” contain five tracks of moody electronica that take in elements of eerie ambience and more beat driven [...]
Jimmy Edgar – Switch Switch – free download
With anticipation building towards the release of Jimmy Edgar’s new album “Majenta”, he’s kindly offered up a free slab of sleazy funk for the price of a Facebook like thang. Head on over to Jimmy’s Facebook to grab the track for free ahead of the album’s release on May 7th through Hotflush. And just incase [...]
