Taking the pace down a notch we stumble upon some very fine stuff from 'The Vardenettes', hidden away in the depths of the vast Spotify library. They are an Austrian/English duo making melancholy tunes down in South London. I heard 'Down With You' after being recommended it by a friend and was very impressed with... Continue Reading →
An absolute groove-blaster of a tune from Tuff City Kids (Gerd Janson & Phillip Lauer) that has just been released via PERMVAC - Dusky grabbed a hold of this one in his MixMag set last week and we have been listening since. This duo are wholly experienced in the Djing world and their combination is... Continue Reading →
Germans ‘Stimming’ and ‘Lambert’ have produced the most pleasant album of the month with ‘Exodus’. Berlin’s Stimming has a love for everything classical and minimal when it comes to his techno. His remix of the wonderful Pascal Schumachers ‘drops’ is stunning - hence where we stumbled across him. Lambert is a classical musician who studied... Continue Reading →
King of Chirpy, happy music ‘Cosmo Sheldrake’ is back with a new album. We have been throwing an attentive ear since ‘The Moss’ and ‘Pelicans We’. This edit by Mr Jukes is brilliant. Such a happy song for a rainy Saturday afternoon. Smile more. Innocent music this. https://youtu.be/j3eVhjU1BQA
If anyone ever suggested that you must be situated in the centre of London or New York to see talent make it through the ranks -- Just look at Bombino's story -- This Tuareg guitarist from the depths of Niger proves that concentrating on making great music eventually filters through to those who search for... Continue Reading →
Sun Glitters has made my week this week. This song has lifted spirits and minds - it's only a relaxing melancholy simple beat and rhythm in reality but it's more than that to me. Glitters performs live in the same mould as 'Gold Panda' experimenting and chopping his tunes. After all - he made the... Continue Reading →
A moving tune - full of soul from Bailey's new EP 'Collections'. This is one of his most compelling compositions so far. Great voice - Nice Echo - great mellow vibes altogether. This type of soulfulness is refreshing in this day and age. ---------Enjoy---------- https://open.spotify.com/track/3Iaf6AM4UVbQ2N8fdDrsXv
Shades of Kollektiv Turmstrasse’s remix of ‘The Black 80s’ about this one. Stellar job done here by XOYOs Joshua James: I’ve said it before on this- James is certainly making some truely great sounds lately. Really deserves more recognition - especially ‘flux’. https://youtu.be/pvzPYbhwbKQ
