Five Essentials: Liston

This week saw the release of Leeds-based producer Liston‘s Skyscrapers EP on Melodica Recordings – a four-track piece that stays true to the label’s namesake as it explores a vast array of different styles and musical tones, its themes all … Read More

Watch: Itoa – Peng

Here’s something to spark up this dreary Wednesday.

With support from the likes of Om Unit and Toddla T, Itoa‘s ‘Peng’ floats effortlessly in the no-man’s land between cheeky swagger and skeletal bass-weight, a scattergun arrangement that’s both an homage … Read More

Five Essentials: Deft

Straddling the divide between the Civil Music, Planet Mu etc-inspired dystopian half-tempo and the scene’s recent reinvention of Chicago footwork sits Deft‘s colourful oeuvre of work in 2014; a versatile and above-all supremely fine-tuned catalogue, from Voight Kampff‘s multi-genre abstraction … Read More

Five Steps: Seba

An artist who needs no introduction – we’ll give it a good crack anyway – and possibly Sweden’s finest export since Henrik Larsson is the one and only Seba. Pivotal at the height of GLR-era Jungle and a mainstay throughout its … Read More

Spotlight: LinG

The start of the month saw newcomer LinG drop a single that sat a step above what you would usually come to expect from a debut release. Released on UK-based collective Get Some, Anthracite’s is an aggressive sound that draws … Read More

Review: Clark – Superscope [Warp]

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Some six months since Clark released the aptly-titled remix fest Feast / Beast and he’s back with a single on home-from-home Warp that sheds its inhibitions whilst staying true to the wonderful unconventionality upon which he’s built his career so … Read More

Five Steps: Code | Subtle Audio

For a movement that can credit its origins to the most important six second drum loop of all time, we have sure seen a kaleidoscopic evolution in sound – Jungle and Drum & Bass having continued to mould, rethink and … Read More

Spotlight: Congi & Occult

Today marks the release of the eagerly-awaited debut on burgeoning label Deep Heads from two sets of artists that have been making intelligent, emotive 140 beats for a good few years at least now. Congi & Occult‘s Same Kind EP bears all … Read More

Five Essentials: Dexta & Hyroglifics

It’s fair to say that over the years since we first began shifting our musings on music, Diffrent Music has remained a constant. A label showcase mix here, release of the week there: we’ve had nothing but pure love for … Read More

Digging Deep: Akito

London-based club night turned record label Sub Skank has been reaping the success of its foray into music distribution, pushing the sound it had been championing since its embryonic days as a radio show. Fast forward to 2014 and its … Read More