SCENE: A barren, empty space. LADYMONIX bursts onto the stage through the back wall, hauling DJ decks behind her. The solid concrete floor gives way as monolithic speakers emerge and AUX cables sprawl towards available ports. Onlookers appear out of thin air …
Read MoreMajor Axis - Hologram Memory
Marcus Sullivan aka Major Axis is here with his latest foray into the digital waves of drum and bass. The British-born, Hamburg-based producer has been picking up momentum this year following a juicy jungle debut in Virtual Fantasy. Now with Hologram Memory, Sullivan primes the senses with an evocation of digitally rendered spheres …
Read MoreOOWETS - Star Wave
Wasaburou Watanabe is back with his third OOWETS project. Star Wave is a daydream-turned-night-dream trip down a collective memory lane. Tracks like ‘OMW’ feature stress-meltingly charming bits and pieces of ear candy …
Read Moretoro y moi - rose quartz (two step verified) (Swami Sound Remix)
New York, New York’s Swami Sound injects straight caffeine into Toro y Moi’s 2013 smasher ‘rose quartz.’ The increase in energy leads to an increase in anticipation, building and building like the edging of a …
Read MoreKassian, Jay Carder - Faux Poly: Remixed 001
Oh how the time flies. It feels like an eternity ago that Techno Time Travelers Joe and Warren released their seminal Running In Your Area. The reality is that it’s only been 6 short months since those dark, room-bursting tracks saw the light of a crowded …
Read MoreAlien D - Broadway Mid-Tempo Party Music
Brooklynite Alien D…aniel Creahan is here with a fresh delivery. Broadway Mid-Tempo Party Music is exactly what Creahan is delivering. Four tracks that fall in the mid-tempo range of the party music designation. No fluff, no filler, all Broadway. The cover …
Read MoreNachtbraker - Capichone EP
Amsterdammer Maurits Verwoerd aka Nachtbraker sets sail for the cosmos in his latest EP, the Capichone EP EP. Verwoerd straps into a whimsical fusion of nostalgia and advanced technology, complete with a kitchenette, cozy sleeping quarters, and an …
Read MoreHONEY B - 90 in a 65
Fellow Brooklyn honey enthusiast HONEY B goes hard on her new project 90 in a 65. ‘Brick City’ sends a Cutty Ranks vocal sample through the spin cycle, smashing it against towering melodic stabs and a hyperactive percussive line. Race car …
Read MoreOtik - Summer Ghost EP
I’ve been sitting on London-based producer/DJ Ashley Thomas aka Otik for too long. We all know how slow perfectly on-time these reviews make their way to the surface. But suffice it to say, every time I sat down to put pen to paper, Thomas had released yet another stellar project …
Read MoreTwo Shell - lil spirits
It’s the feeling you get when you have so many things to do that you can’t get started on any of them. The feeling of being overwhelmed. Of executive dysfunction. When the walls start to close in around you. There are happy thoughts here, a sense of …
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