Room One at Corisca Studios was host to a Berlin takeover; a three hour set from Florian Kupfer followed by four hours of Function. Unenthralled by Florian, initially the set looked promising only to then take a serious nose-dive. Train wreck mixes and dubious track selection saw several abandoning ship.
Much to the duo’s dismay, it was pretty early on in their existence that Beyond The Wizards Sleeve was revealed to be made up of Erol Alkan – DJ, producer, Phantasy Sound label boss – and Richard Norris – best-selling producer and one half of The Grid. Today it’s already
Frightening music seems to be all the rage right now and, no, I don’t mean Coldplay’s current stadium tour. I’m talking about music that comes straight out of horror movies, or else music that sounds like it comes straight out of horror movies. Recently, the self-described “Horror Master” John Carpenter
When Odonis Odonis emerged a few years ago, some quarters drew comparisons to Sub Pop’s METZ. This was basically because they were also from Toronto and came armed with some pretty heavy noise-rock riffs. Should anybody liken Odonis Odonis’ latest effort to METZ however, then they really haven’t been listening.
Meshes is such a departure for Munich’s Joasihno that you wonder if principal member Cico Beck should have released it under a different moniker altogether. The music was created by Beck not only in collaboration with his regular cohort Nico Sierig but also with the assistance of a “robot orchestra”,
For those still mourning the disbandment of Dirty Beaches (and who continue to await any substantial material from Alex Zhang Hungtai’s so-far infecund reinvention as “Last Lizard”), here’s an alternative take on Canadian gloom-pop to satisfy your appetites. One half of this duo, Pierre Guerineau, even carried out production work
This week, Seattle based production duo ODESZA released their new single ‘Light’. This track comes as their first piece of new material this year. Previous to this, the pair had already built up a solid reputation through a steady stream of original singles like Say My Name and All We
Farr Festival is in its sixth year now, but you wouldn’t suspect its youth from the unbelievable scenes; cast away to rural Hertfordshire, a stones throw from central London to the middle of nowhere, fields of green bathed in sunshine and saturated in good music. A house and techno affair,
If you could channel the adrenaline from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (thanks spellcheck) gym sessions and make music out of it, the result would sound quite a lot like The Plane. Andrew Hung is half of the duo ‘Fuck Buttons’ and has lived an interesting life so far, highlights including: working as
If you’re unfamiliar with the name Andrew Weatherall, then you must have had your head buried under a rock for the last 25 years while listening exclusively to The Very Best Of Chris De Burgh. The DJing, remixing and producing polymath has worked with New Order, The Happy Mondays, Björk,
