Robag Wruhme - Topinambur EP (3SR)

November 8, 2019

Gabor is here to herald in the beginning of the end of the year with a concentrated selection of neutrally affiliated techno. This techno is neither dark nor light, heavy nor airy, grumpy nor happy; this techno contains all and is laid …

Bella Boo - Once Upon a Passion

November 1, 2019

As can be expected from Sweden’s now infamous Studio Barnhus, where the eclectic is the foundation upon which the castle stands, Bella Boo’s debut album Once Upon A Passion is a playful experiment in juxtaposition. Bella Boo …

King Princess - Cheap Queen

October 25, 2019

Rare are those who rise to prominence from the lower classes. It is easy enough to pretend that the Western world does not run parallel to a caste system with examples like The Notorious B.I.G. and Dolly Parton. Inspiring as they …

Tourist - Wild

October 18, 2019

William Phillips’s music has played a part of my life for seven years, from his debut self-titled EP in 2012 and winning the Song of the Year Grammy with Sam Smith in 2015, to ‘We Stayed Up All Night’ being the first dance at one of my …

Floating Points - Crush

October 18, 2019

Deeply brooding and irate is the neuroscientist Sam Shepherd better known as Floating Points. Immersed in broadcasts of the impossible Brexit, a dying planet, dying people, dying wildlife, Sam Shepherd found himself …

Various Artists - 4 Down (Puzzled Together by Bullion) (3SR)

October 18, 2019

I’ve been waiting patiently beside my computer for a new Bullion recording for… years; this new release on DEEK isn’t quite all distilled Nathan Bullion Jenkins, but I can feel him through the music and production and that is …

Madame - Falling Phase (3SR)

October 10, 2019

Twin Turbo’s spotlight swivels upon Frenchman Madame this month for a stroll around Dark Techno Lake, through the Deep Mood Woods, past the Thumping Bass Valley, arriving at the Caves of Never-ending Night. It’s a tried and …

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen

October 4, 2019

Ghosteen by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will break your heart. The instrumentation and supporting vocals are minimal, repetitive, ambient, hymnal—a backdrop on a stage with lights that flow with ceremonious cadence from …

Gesaffelstein - NOVO Sonic System (3SR)

October 4, 2019

Mike Levy, French Gemini and producer known as Gesaffelstein, returns to his violent techno roots with NOVO Sonic System, seventeen minutes of dystopian grinding on ruthless synths. Yet still the artist has softened from his 2013 …

Viers - Hurt Me EP

September 27, 2019

Relative new-lad Viers a.k.a. Jordan Saxton has made his Turbo debut with Hurt Me, the first bright and shiny release of Turbo’s new bright and shiny enclosed 12-inch techno vinyls. Though the vinyl is inclosed in a bright and shiny …