Review: Sam KDC – Survive/Exist / Erogenous

8.5

Rating

Emotion is not something typically associated with Drum & Bass but neither is Samuel Wood, aka Sam KDC for the uninitiated, your typical producer. Music is written from the soul, deep within the heart to create a truly unique listening … Read More

Review: Mr. Tophat & Art Alfie – KVK700

7

Rating

With a relentless schedule of output that has stretched back to the early part of last year, one can be forgiven to approach releases by this Swedish pair with scepticism. Quality over quantity is the preferred mantra of those opting … Read More

Review: Clark – Superscope [Warp]

9

Rating

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

Review: Untold – Black Light Spiral

Jack Dunning has been an ever-present figure in the rise of the distinct UK sound that has evaded genre and sat in a class of its own for the past half-decade.

Bass, post-dubstep, future garage, tip-topple-asuraus sound; whatever people have … Read More

Event Review: Felabration! London

On a bitingly cold night in December, we made our way down to 229 Great Portland Street for a celebration of a man from much warmer climes, Nigeria to be exact, and his music which stands, without doubt, as one … Read More

ROTW: VA – Evolution Of The Giraffe LP [Diffrent Music]

I’d like to say Diffrent really have stepped it up a gear with Evolution of the Giraffe but that would be a huge disservice to the countless, quality releases to have come from the label since their somewhat telling debut … Read More

REVIEW: Various – Brazilian Beats 7 (Mr. Bongo)

10

Flawless

If you’re not already familiar with Brighton-based label Mr. Bongo, you’ve got some important homework to do. As a record label, film and publishing company specialising in music from all corners of the globe, the admirable crate-digging activities of Mr. … Read More

TOTW: Frederic Robinson – ‘Particles’

For an album as universally excellent as Frederic Robinson‘s debut Mixed Signals, it’s surprisingly hassle-free choosing a single track from the bunch as our track of the week and the symbolic centrepiece of the LP itself. ‘Particles’ has been floating around … Read More

REVIEW: The Orb – History of the Future

In writing a piece on a record which is essentially an amalgamation of The Orb’s back catalogue, there is the somewhat unintended consequence of also reflecting on their 25 year musical career.  A History Of The Future is a substantive … Read More

REVIEW: Rounds – Proof EP [LOODMA]

9

Rating

So we featured another of Loodma‘s illustrious alumni Kaiori Breathe back in May at the time of his wonderful ‘Kokoro’ EP release, an elegantly realised four-track collection that really confirmed our belief in Loodma’s proficient selection and intriguingly strange musical … Read More