May Liquid Round-Up

After just about a month of consistent rain, Spring has finally decided to rear it’s lovely head. The last week has gifted us with the finest weather of 2012 so far, providing us all with some much needed Vitamin D … Read More

REVIEW: NotioN – The Renege

8

Rating

With no readily available PR or overhyped media plugging, Essex-based duo NotioN and their Clear Conceptions imprint remain something of an enigma, displaying an undiluted concentration to their ever-expanding and permanently intriguing body of work. Previous releases on CX Digital and Nu Directions suggest … Read More

Anodyne Industries – Nightfall EP

6.5

Rating

It’s no revelation that in this hyper-digital age in which we live, freely available information and media has become increasingly essential for the increasingly impatient Google generation (see this interesting infographic).

Most artists are now expected to incentivise sales of … Read More

Mikal – Headbanger / The Chant

7

Rating

Utopia Music has become something of a haven for progressive beats since its inception in 2009. Its inexpansive yet rich catalogue has showcased artists simmering on the verge of the scene’s elite; a place to call home for one-half brothers Villem and Fields (Mute) & Mako. The … Read More

REVIEW: Fracture – Lately Remix / Tunnel Track

7

Rating

Texas-based label Warm Communications returns after FD’s eclectic early-2012 release and Sun & Bass favourite, ‘Blue Sky Research’ / ‘Stripped’, bringing Astrophonica’s pioneering sound to the table with a 12” of assured quality from label boss Fracture.

Fracture’s Lately revise eases the listener into its vibes with a … Read More

Skittles – Poor With £100 Trainers

7

Rating

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

Nether – Moon Dub

9

Rating

The Space Cadets collective are fast becoming the darlings of the exploratory minimal. As artists, their creative scope and versatility is praiseworthy enough; as a label, their resolutely dedicated vision has successfully bridged the gap between pre-defined sound and conceptual … Read More

Fokuz Recordings – 50 LP

8

Rating

Dutch liquid label Fokuz Recordings celebrates its 50th release with a 2-CD compilation pack, and melody and harmony are very much the overriding features of the release. Whether upbeat or sombre, instrumental melodiousness reigns throughout, making for a thoroughly soulful … Read More

Med School – Blood Pressure LP

9

Rating

Hospital Records’ sister label Med School, managed by Ash ‘Med School’ Howard, has been upstaging its more established sibling as an advocate of quality electronic music for quite some time now. We can look as far back as at its … Read More

Ficci – Case:3

8

Rating

Rotation Deep has been showcasing minimal drum and bass for a few years now as the sister label of Rotation Recordings, having recently released its second compilation LP, the excellent ‘Definitions of the Deep Vol 2’. The label returns with … Read More