Reviews

First Listen : Lakosa & Rick Grant – Dusk (EJECA Remix)
Fresh from featuring EJECA for WWD 025 before Forbidden Fruit Festival, we’re featuring him again. This time he’s back with bangin’ new material and we’re giving you guys the first look. Out next Monday June 22nd this one comes part of a 4 track EP on 20/20 Vision. EJECA’s work is a heavy cut of the... Read more »

Black Fan joins Local Talks LTX series with ‘In The Water’.
Black Fan is making his debut on the killer Swedish label Local Talk. Home of the like of HNNY and Atjazz. The release comes via sub label LTX (launched in 2013), which has most recently featured a three track EP for Merrick. While Black Fan may be a new name to some he has actually been knocking about... Read more »

Stephan Bodzin – Powers of Ten [Review]
After a lengthy hiatus, German producer Stephan Bodzin is back with his first full length album in 8 years. The album entitled ‘Powers of Ten’, a 10 track album which dropped on June 12th on Bodzins own Herzblut Recordings is certainly the talk of the month but the big question being, was it worth the... Read more »

Nicolas Jaar @ The Button Factory [Review]
Those that remember the Button Factory from 2008-10 remember it was synonymous with Dublin’s best electronic music night in the form of Muzik on Thursday night. For many it was our first sojourn into electronic music, it was fresh and it was bloody exciting, from the walk down to Curved street, to the club itself.... Read more »

Nachtbraker returns to Heist Recordings with Le Troubadour ep
Nachtbraker makes his triumphant return to Detroit Swindles Heist Recordings. This is his second release on their label. With the first one coming in the form of 2013’s Gute Laune ep.The Dutch duos label is going from strength to strength with this being their eleventh release now. Their last outing came just a few weeks... Read more »

Premiere : Orlando Voorn – Gain Upwards (ROD Remix)
Orlando Voorn is one of Europe’s oldest and most prolific electronic music producer’s so we were chuffed to see Out Electronic Recordings first remix EP was going to be Gain Upwards. Having released some stellar EPs of late (we especially liked their ‘Different Seasons Vol. 1‘) this new concept for the label dropped in our inbox with 4 huge... Read more »

Dema joins Ejeca’s Exploris with Voyage ep
Next up to the plate for Belfast native Ejeca‘s new and exciting label is Dema. Hailing from Milan he is one of the most exciting new talents in techno music today. With his own signature refreshing take on matters his sound is unique in the best way. Sticking rigidly to the traditional four to the... Read more »

Galcher Lustwerk returns with Parlay EP
Brooklyn based Galcher Lustwerk first came up on our radars with tracks like “This is how we roll” and White Material releases such as “Put on“. With his signature style of laid back house his music is always instantly recognisable. It seems like nobody sounds quite like Galcher. He has returned on his own imprint... Read more »

Art Department – Fabric 82 [Fabric]
Art Department is a well known project, which has risen to the fore of the tech house scene in recent years. After many successful releases on the likes of Crosstown Rebels and No. 19, the two minds behind it have built a strong reputation, something which has enabled them to perform a huge number of gigs around the world.... Read more »

Mood Hut’s Jack J announces new EP on Future times
Jack J, who is part of the Canadian based Mood Hut records collective is due to release his new ep on Future Times next month. Mood Hut put themselves on a lot of peoples radars last summer with a great set at Dekmantels Boiler Room. Which featured Hashman Deejay and Prender Street Steppers. It had... Read more »