Digging Deep: Tenderlonious

As you’ll have seen from our recent review of Henry Wu’s Negotiate EP, the tight-knit Peckham-based collective drawn together under the banner of 22a Records have really been catching our fancy of late. Musically speaking their sultry organicity is becoming … Read More

State of Play: Auntie Flo & Esa, Wbeeza, The Traxxmen and Mister Saturday Night are our tips for this month’s House edition.

Highlife World Series: Cuba

First up, we’ve the first in Auntie Flo & Esa‘s latest project Highlife World Series – a collaborative snapshot of sound from various places of interest around the world. HIGHLIFE01 is the culmination of a handful of studio … Read More

“Darn Good”: The K&D Sessions repress reminds us just how important it was

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So, they’ve released the KD compilation on vinyl. Hmmm.

I owned said album when it came out in 1998 and I have not let it dance flirtatiously in front of me with it’s ubercool out of focus Austrian shoulders in … Read More

!K7 To Reissue Kruder & Dorfmeister’s ‘K&D Sessions’ on 5 LP Set

The mother of all reissues in 2015 – !K7 Records are set to re-release Kruder & Dorfmeister‘s seminal K&D Sessions in April nearly twenty years after its original release. A sumptuous 5xLP 180g package truly worthy of the source material and it’s … Read More

Five Essentials: The Boo | ClekClekBoom

ClekClekBoom is fast becoming the premier exponent of finely-crafted Parisien techno, a sound that replaces the somewhat erstwhile French House’s playful bravado for a more rugged, subterranean feel in 2015. Adrien Creuse aka. The Boo has been co-running ClekClekBoom since 2011 with … Read More

Spotlight: RQ

Auckland-based Ryan Quinlivan is something of a rarity in the 170 scene. A renowned graphic artist contributing diverse, interesting artwork for some of the biggest labels in the scene such as Samurai, Commercial Suicide and V Recordings.

RQ also juggles running … Read More

Free Download: Levon Vincent – Self Titled LP

An early contender for album of the year and one of the most startling free giveaways of recent times on par with In Rainbows‘ ‘honesty box’. It’s not just the quality of content that stands out here – Levon’s cinematic … Read More

Repress Roundup #3

For Disco Only – Six

Quirky, wavey, all those lovely adjectives to describe this beast of a record from Mehmet Aslan that first saw the light of day early last year. The A side is a shuffling edit of this … Read More

State of Play – February: House

Let’s dive straight in eh?

On a personal crusade to unearth all those rare grooves you’re never likely to find tucked away underneath the ladies jeans’ rack at your local charity shop is everyone’s favourite distributor Rush Hour Music. Their … Read More

State of Play – February: 170

Happy Ne.. Oh it’s February already and we’ve been somewhat slack on the articles largely due to the excessive Christmas weight gained from a glutinous festive period. But rest assured, UE is not going anywhere and what better way to, … Read More