FIVE ESSENTIALS: Pattern

May 10, 2013 | Jack Smith

Set to release a sparkling new single on Alignment’s new project Realign, Manchester-based Pattern might be an unfamiliar name to most but ‘Draft’s intricate, Jungle-infused crystal clarity is a glowing debut by anyone’s standards.

Paired with a brooding Techno remix … Read More

PREVIEW: AnD – 002 / 0202 / 0222

May 7, 2013 | Jack Smith

Fresh out of the Manchester hotpot of forward-thinking talent, AnD are coming in with some seriously desolate beats in 2013.

Having recently remixed Pattern‘s ‘Draft‘ on Alignment Record‘s new sister imprint ReAlign, the duo are ready to let loose the second in their limited … Read More

Skittles – Poor With £100 Trainers

April 17, 2012 | Adam Tiran

In the last couple of years, London has had to put up with numerous challenges to its position as the UK’s most forward-thinking cultural city. For a sustained period now, Manchester has been churning out cutting-edge music of the highest … Read More