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June 29, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Neither Daft Nor Punk
Earlier in the year it was announced that French electronic music duo Daft Punk is calling it a day after 28 years.I’m sure on some level they’ll be back. But if they’re not it was a good run with some great music. I liked a lot of it. Not all of it. But I gave […]Archive
June 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Russell E.L. Butler: Emotional Bangers Only (ep)
Russell E.L. Butler Emotional Bangers Only (ep) Self Release Russell Ellington Langstone Butler makes it pretty clear with the title there that in and around the emotional heft there’s some sardonic, self-deprecating humour. Want it clearer though? Well, how about this: More songs about depression, PTSD, delivery food, and revolutionary action. Lol. But also cry-face […]Archive
June 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Nathan Fake: Sanxenxo (ep)
Nathan Fake Sanxenxo (ep) Cambria Instruments Nathank Fake’s new EP is a set of jams and leftovers and shelf-sitters recorded either side of his most recent full-lengther, the excellent Blizzards. The excellent Sanxenxo brims with ideas, its opening, title tune unfolding through various glitches over seven minutes, taking in the buzzing, pulsing writhe of ambient […]Archive
June 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Facta: Blush
Facta Blush Wisdom Teeth Oscar Henson – who records as Facta – formed new label Wisdom Teeth during lockdown and releases Blush as his first pandemic release. A trippy, lush, relaxed set of ambient techno/ambient house grooves. Something akin to an aural bubble-bath. I’m no big dance-music head at all, but the ambient techno thing […]Archive
April 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Tenderlonious: Tek-88 (ep)
Tenderlonious Tek-88 (ep) DAM Records Prolific producer and mult-instrumentalist Tenderlonious returns with an EP as love-letter to the Roland TR-808. Its cover is enough to get hip-hop heads, vinyl purists and studio boffins salivating – and is probably reason alone for the limited edition 12” vinyl to already be gone, long gone. Sold out just […]Archive
April 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Donato Dozzy: The Tao (ep)
Donato Dozzy The Tao (ep) Samurai Music Italian techno DJ and producer Donato Dozzy is a bit of a magician – he makes the club bangers that also can exist outside of those four walls and can live and breathe on your home stereo too. It’s a slick gift, subtle, intriguing. He’s been making music […]Archive
December 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Charles Webster: Decision Time
Charles Webster Decision Time Dimensions Recordings What a comeback. What a return. Charles Webster – legendary DJ, producer, remixer, composer – hasn’t made a proper record under his own name in nearly two decades. His influence is everywhere, he has popped up under several aliases over the years too (Presence, Furry Phreaks) and I last […]Archive
November 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Theo Parrish: Wuddaji
Theo Parrish Wuddaji Sound Signature I’m a big fan of Theo Parrish. I don’t keep up with anything in dance music at all. Not anymore. And yet I hear Parrish and recognise his, er, footprints instantly. He is techno on the jazz tip – or at least there’s a jazziness about what he’s doing. His […]Archive
March 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Tenderlonious: Think Twice (ep)
Tenderlonious Think Twice (ep) 22a Music / 22a Ed “Tenderlonious” Cawthorne released a killer record last year called Hard Rain and he followed it up with this EP – another oblique Bob Dylan reference… Flautist, saxophonist, bandleader turned label-owner, beatmaker and producer, Tenderlonious has parked his future-jazz 22archestra to the side and now seems more […]Archive
November 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Anthony Naples: Fog FM
Anthony Naples Fog FM ANS Good house and techno music isn’t so much hard to find as it is hard to keep up with, and I don’t mean BPM-wise. I’m so out of the loop I’m barely a semi-circle. But I have – slightly – followed Anthony Naples. He’s been on the scene for the […]Archive
August 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman