Formed in 2012, Satin Jackets is the brainchild of German producer Tim Bernhardt. Having enjoyed success through the late 90s and 00s producing house music under a variety of different aliases, Bernhardt launched Satin Jackets as a vehicle to finally explore his lifelong love of disco. Inspired by the clean
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It’s official. Blawan is weird again. There was a point at which it seemed that the UK DJ-producer had switched tactics toward, dare we say, more straightforward techno ambitions. Perhaps the expectations pegged on him following his breakout single Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage? were always going
Last week, Arca did the unthinkable. The Venezuelan avant-pop producer released four entire albums consecutively, with little to no warning in between, in the span of a week on XL Recordings. The albums, Kick ii, iii, iiii had been teased in various capacities over the past month, all announced for
“Soph, is this camera on?” comes the unmistakable deep drawl of Tucker Halpern from the other side of the laptop screen. It’s 10:00 in Miami, the adopted home of New York house-pop duo Sofi Tukker and once their camera comes into focus, they’re bathed in late morning sunlight looking languorous
Here’s a fact; William Orbit is one of the most prolific producers of the century. It’s not an unfounded statement; his multiple Grammy awards attest to that. The English producer had an immense impact on the sound of Y2k pop radio, shaping the direction of that era’s most influential records.
Jon Hopkins is making new age wellness music. To be honest, there’s really no better way to describe the sort of music that the English techno producer has specifically formulated to guide the listener through a psychedelic trip. Immersive, amorphous and (sometimes) overwhelming pieces of ambient, perhaps? The concept is
Image: Incienso We’re not going to lie, this was solely intended to be a review of New York producer Anthony Naples’s latest album, Chameleon. But as fate would have it, lo and behold the arrival of Club Pez, his latest EP. Both are released on his label Incienso. So now
Image: XL Recordings Blawan, AKA Jamie Roberts, is sort of renowned for his disparate, somewhat skeletal modular synth techno. Why they hide their bodies under my garage? Exemplifies this sort of approach, with crunched out beats and loops characterising his sound with a particular kind of analogous decay. In recent
IMAGE: MARCUS MOONEN/VIA FLICKR Keyboardist, bassist and member of pioneering acid house band 808 State Andrew “Andy” Barker has died. The Manchester band confirmed Barker’s passing on social media. An Instagram post on Saturday with a photo of Barker included the caption: “After a happy life Andrew Barker experienced a
Image: Bruno Staub Ahead of her much anticipated album KICK ii – out 3 December on XL Recordings, avant-pop artist Arca has shared a new music video for tracks Prada and Rakata. Created in collaboration with a team of 3D animators and effects designers led by Frederik Heyman, the evocative
