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EP Review: Drexciya – Fusion Flats

Tresor Records announces the first-ever reissue of Drexciya’s ‘Fusion Flats’ 12” vinyl, including remixes from Detroit’s Octave One, Kaotic Spatial Rhythms and 043 Chaos. Originally released in the wake of…

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Album Review: Dowdelin –‘Tchenbé!’: Lyon-based Beats and Creole-soul fusionists groove deeper.

It all started when fusion-centric producer/musician David Kiledjian met Martinican singer Olivya Victorin with the notion of sculpting something different, maybe some creole-voiced, beats-informed nu soul and the result… Dowdelin.…

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Live Review – Bob Vylan/ Hyphen/ CLT DRP – o2 Institute Birmingham – 03.11.2024

Sparks fly as @BobVylan make their triumphant return to Birmingham with the 'Humble As The Sun' tour

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Track: Yard – Bend

Dublin’s electrifying three-piece Yard have returned with more of their electro noise as they share their latest single ‘Bend’. Yard are known for bridging the gap between techno and noise…

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Album Review: Control I’m Here: Adventures On The Industrial Dancefloor 1983-1990

January 30, 2024

This latest collection from the Cherry Red Records stable features Ministry, Nitzer Ebb, Front 242, Laibach, Meat Beat Manifesto, Sisters Of Mercy, The Shamen, The Neon Judgement, Renegade Soundwave and…

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Track: Oneohtrix Point Never releases brilliant new track and accompanying video, A Path Barely Lit

As I constantly point out, Warp Records is one of, if not my favourite label. Ever. And one of its most brilliant and interesting artists right now is Oneohtrix Point…

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Exclusive: STEB drops an exclusive takeover mix for Backseat Mafia in connection with his forthcoming EP: Kauris 1979 – Feat. Dario Rossi

For the release of ‘Kauris 1979’ (out 30.06.2023 on Night Vibez Records) we are delighted to present a Takeover Mix from STEB. STEB is a producer and DJ that has been lighting up the…

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Premiere: It’s ‘getting better’ for KHAOS EMRLD: a glittering hyperactive pop blast debut that positively sparkles.

KHAOS EMRLD is a new kid on the block – sort of – and an absolute challenge for spell check. We are honoured to premiere KHAOS EMRLD’s debut single ‘getting…

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Album Review: Nkono Teles – Love Vibration : remembering the man who put synth into Afro-boogie.

May be less celebrated than William Onyeabor or Jake Sollo, you could say that keyboardist Nkono Teles was similarly fundamental to Nigeria’s electro pop explosion in the eighties. Well, Soundway…

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News: ‘Midnight Street Special’- Afro boogie magic from Nkono Teles ahead of his stellar retrospective ‘Love Vibration’.

Behind a seminal scene there’s often a super producer, a sound shifter who gets the credit listing but sometimes not the credit. Now Soundway Records are set to introduce another…

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