acid house
Album Review: UNDERWORLD – ‘Second Toughest in the Infants’ Re-issue
Following on from the groundbreaking Underworld Mk 2 album ‘dubnobasswithmyheadman’, 1996’s ‘Second Toughest in the Infants’ just kept running with the template of hypnotic dance/rave/techno/acid house/pop its predecessor had alchemically distilled from the ether. The bold 16 minute opener ‘Juanita: Kiteless: To Dream of Love’ comes out of the trap like a greyhound, cramming a …
Soundtrack of our lives: Graham Massey, 808 STATE + Tour dates.
1988 -89. All eyes and ears were on the North West of England. The Madchester scene was at it’s peak, at the centre of it all The Haçienda nightclub, where indie kids, ravers and more were having it large on the dancefloor. Many, many great tunes make up the soundtrack to that era, but one of …
Track: L/F/D/M releases the minimal bleepy acid of Heavy Clouds, from forthcoming EP Psychopaths Eating Jelly
Following on from a slew of brilliant releases, including EPs for Optimo Trax and Clandestine Traxx and an album for Kompakt’s Ecstatic imprint as well as a couple of EPs for Diagonal alongside former Factory Floor Dominic Butler under the moniker Bronze Teeth, comes a new EP from Richard Smith, aka L/F/D/M. Called Psychopaths Eating …
EP: Twins – Solid State Skin
Out this past Monday on Bravura Records, the label of London producers Kid Who and Andrew Yukon, was the new EP from TWINS, aka Matt Weiner. If you think you recognise that name, you’d probably be right – he’s the label owner at CGI Records and DKA Records. As well as producing music under his …
Album Review: Polybius – Be Seeing You
It’s difficult to know whether Polybius were formed, or born, or indeed anything. Best to assume the Sheffield / Rotherham based duo were forged. Certainly the (musical) DNA of Warp and Voltaire and Clock DVA have played heavy on the duo, only known as EV and the Random (“our personal names are irrelevant”) and they …
EP: Eugene Black – Incubus
Not heard of Eugene Black? Well, its the new musical project for Paul Rip who, if you’re still in the dark, was a driving force behind the first wave of rave culture that gripped the UK back in the late 1980’s. Back then, Rip ran the infamous RIP parties at Clink Street Prison with resident …
EP: Marco Bernardi – Spacejam
Out on July 28th via Berlin based Klasse Recording comes the new EP from Glasgow born, Bristol based producer Marco Bernardi. Titled Spacejam, it’s the third in the labels WRECKS series, following on from Phran ‘Bad Format’ that has picked up heavy hitting nods love from the likes of Mr G, John Osborne, DVS1 and …
New Music: Depeche Mode – Little Universe (Boys Noize Remix)
Alex Ridha, aka Boys Noize, has taken the original stripped back production of ‘Little Universe’ (that concentrated more on Dave Gahan’s vocal and simple electronic beats) and turned it into a full on acid house rave. There’s more urgency in the vocal delivery and production, a nice electronic snare drum that all gets whipped up …
Track: Boski – Give it Up
I don’t really feel like dancing this morning. In fact, to be perfectly fair I don’t feel like dancing most of the time, unless its been a really long night. But if anything were to get me out of my seat right now, it would be Boski’s ‘Give It Up’. The London DJ is beginning …
Album Review: Debukas – I am Machinery
John Clark knows his stuff. Already creating a buzz with his three EP releases over on the 2020 vision label, he, under his moniker Debukas produces music that shows a deep understanding of the history of both techno and house music. His tunes might not fit neatly into those genres, but have elements of both, …