ARTIST: A GUY CALLED GERALD TITLE: TRONIC JAZZ THE BERLIN SESSIONS LABEL: LABORATORY INSTINCT Words: Niall Coughlan Someone who’s been around long enough to have a genuine claim as one of the originators of UK dance music, Gerald Simpsons latest album shows the new school how it’s done. Techy and acidic from the outset Simpsons ...
Sound engineer and educator, recent Master of Sonic Arts and currently working towards his PhD, examining the potential of biosignals as a performance tool, Niall Coughlan aka 2BiT gives us his tips for tunes in-coming. RUDI ZYGADLO: RESEALABLE FRIENDSHIP CAT: ZIQ264 LABEL: PLANET MU RELEASED: 29TH MARCH FORMAT: 12″/ DIGITAL An unholy union of dubstep ...
Moritz Von Oswald Trio
Vertical Ascent (Honest Jons, 2009)
The first recorded work by one half of Basic Channel, Maurizio and Rhythm & Sound, and who can be said to have defined at least one significant strain of hazy techno over the last two decades, the Moritz Von Oswald Trio follows its namesake’s ongoing recovery from a stroke: a recovery borne out not least by this excellent recording.
When this record started I thought I was Mogley from the pages of the jungle book loosely draped in a cloth rag. I’m foraging in this slow burning noise and what sounds to me like an array of tribal field recordings of all kinds. This full length from the head behind Ammoncontact and many other outings is ...
.Hungry Ghost. WAXON Records have released a killer bass rolling hip-hop instrumental cut which rattles rib cages and nods heads. Hungry Ghost is the provider supplying us with ‘C64 Dub’ on the A-side and ‘Waveshifter’ on the double A! Its as deep black as the label on the wax itself with ‘C64 Dub’ trickling out some ...
LoDubs full length debut has been scampering around my ear holes for a week now, and I don’t see any sign of it letting up! It’s a juicy slice of bass material, punctuated with tinges of 2-step percussion and the usual wobbles which feature on this label on a regular basis. Clubroot has pressed a serious first album on LoDubs, a sound that seems ...
Hessle Audio. We think so!
Track reviews from Rudimentary HQ.
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