UE.20: Alex Crescent

September 21, 2014 | Adam Tiran

Regular readers of this site should by now be familiar with the workings of London-based label The Crescent. The imprint which began life in the midst of the Autonomic heyday has since walked the tightrope between bass music, 2-step, dub … Read More

PREVIEW: HVL – Flats EP [Voyager]

May 9, 2013 | Jack Smith

The Crescent had really hit the floor running in 2012, with a trio of exceptional releases from a collection of key players – including Mode, Troy Gunner, eleven8 and Clarity – who reside under the loose UK-electronica umbrella term as … Read More

SPOTLIGHT: Until Silence

May 16, 2012 | Adam Tiran

Aficionados of Autonomic, the futuristic and minimal offshoot of drum & bass pioneered by dBridge and Instra:mental, will recognise the name Mode from his inclusion in the seminal Mosaic Volume One LP. His track Stepping Stones was one of the … Read More

SPOTLIGHT: The Crescent

February 7, 2012 | Adam Tiran

There’s an air of mystery surrounding new ambient-170 label The Crescent. Tunes on the label’s appropriately sparse Soundcloud have gone up and come down in quick succession, but there’s already a huge demand to hear more.

We were lucky enough … Read More