Ultramarine ‘Folk’ (Foam On A Wave)
Reissue for genre-defining masterwork Long before Bibio, Tuung or Minotaur Shock came on the scene, or the term…
Wild Terrier Orchestra
Sounds from the Greek underground
Electribe 101: Soul Survivor
The second album by Electribe 101 is the stuff of legend. Dismissed as “crap” when they were dropped by their major label in 1992, ‘Electribal Soul’ is nothing of the kind. When it finally saw the light of day, singer Billie Ray Martin proudly showed off this lost classic
Pepe Deluxé: Cabinet of Curiosities
A spectrogram-powered Russian synth, Tibetan drums made of human skulls, and the world’s largest cowbell are just some of the weird instruments that feature on the new album from Helsinki’s Pepe Deluxé. We lift the lid on their box of delights
Plastikman & Chilly Gonzales ‘Consumed In Key’ (Turbo Recordings)
A meeting of minds between two Canadian musical shapeshifters from opposite ends of the stylistic spectrum, ‘Consumed In……
Renegade Snares: New Horizons – The Dawn of Ambient Jungle
In an exclusive extract abridged from their new book, ‘Renegade Snares – The Resistance And Resilience Of Drum & Bass’, authors Ben Murphy and Carl Loben pick their way through the origins of the more mellow offshoot, and it all starts with LTJ Bukem
Metalheadz
In the summer of 1995, a new club night opened in a lost corner of east London. We join Goldie for a trip back to his groundbreaking Metalheadz Sunday Sessions at the Blue Note in Hoxton Square
Clark: Genre Blender
On ‘Playground In A Lake’, Clark subverts his new-found classical licks with trademark dark electronic tricks. The resulting brew finds him treading fresh musical ground
Sounds Familiar: Langham Research Centre
Langham Research Centre are fanatical about tape manipulation and the sonic smorgasbord that surrounds us. And if you have ever wondered what an abandoned nuclear weapons testing site overlooking the North Sea sounds like…
Kasper Marott ‘Full Circle’ (Axces)
Danish producer Kasper Marott had the distinction of releasing his track ‘Keflavik’ – acclaimed for its blend of……