house/techno
Track: Rotty – Introducing Rotty E.P.
Citizens. It’s times like these we have to be vigilant. If you happen to be in the vicinity of a nightclub, soundsystem, or even radio, never mind on the internet, you might get offered something. Like all these things its a short term fix for a long term problem, to make all those worries go …
New Music: The Baltic States – Kontrol
I once went to Estonia. It was for a concert I was playing in (check me out)so I packed appropriately. This was Estonia we’re talking about, right? Jumpers, thick coats, hundreds of (well, maybe four) pairs of socks, gloves. Of course when we got there Estonia turned out to be warm, friendly and beautiful. Tallinn …
Track: Fenech-Soler release new track Magnetic (Sane Beats Remix)
I’m from the Midlands. Yes, I can stand up and admit it. The problem is that the people from the south of England think that you’re northerners and the people from the north think that you’re southerners. To make matters worse, the only point of reference for those people is Birmingham, which, especially where I …
See: This Friday Alan Braxe DJ’s in London, plus new EP
It was an inauspicious start. It was a Saturday morning at a hall somewhere in the town I grew up in that was usually used by the St Johns Ambulance. But, it was a disco, and I had been invited to spin the famous wheels of steel. Well, when I say invited – the residents …
Joel Compass – Fucked up Huxley Remix, plus Video
We’ve met Joel Compass before. Not in a literal sense of course, I was just searching for a new way of saying I’d written about him. He’s one of that new generation of soulful RnB singers with a (you can tell I’ve been doing this writing thing for a while when I say this) …
Exclusive: Dan Clayton records Backseat Mafia a bespoke DJ Mix
There’s something about House music that I find so attractive on a Friday night. Of course in the dim and distant past when I was not too old to look vaguely embarrassing in a night club, I went across to the Hacienda in Manchester, and Passion and outside raves and……ahem, Johnny’s in Huddersfield. And it …
Meet: Leeroy Powell a.k.a. Sir Vinyl Instinct, a.k.a. Itchy Pig
I went on a scout camp once, and we had this (how could he be anything other?) slightly crazy scout leader, that wore shorts all the time, and usually a hat, not a scout beret, but instead a sort of Mick ‘Crocodile’ Dundee sort of affair. I prided myself on being one of the least …
Meet: Paul Browse – Visions of Excess, Clock DVA, electronic music….and me.
Imagine this. Born in dour post war Sheffield, you join one of pop histories most experimental bands while still in your early 20s. After almost ten years of making records that are one hand appealing and the other wildly experimental, you leave not only the band but the country, and go on to be highly …
New Music: Kodaline – High Hopes (Romare Remix)
I have this little seven-year old girl at home, and when she is not watching Scooby-Doo or arguing with her mother about brushing her hair, she is doing craft things. Paper, cartons, wrapping materials, glue and scissors are valuable commodities in our house because as soon as they are left for more than a matter …
News: Jaguar Skills and his Amazing Friends Tour
I used to do my homework to John Peel. There, I said it. I know it’s sort of expected for everyone involved in music just about to say that. But its true. I used to make tapes of the songs on his shows I liked, and then stop the tape if I didn’t like the …