Shigeto - Weighted EP

September 28, 2018

It’s rare that the first second of a track pisses me off. Usually, the task requires a series of lazy chord progressions, banal lyrics hoping to out-thesaurize its listener into admiration, or Nicki Minaj interrupting an otherwise great track …

Aphex Twin - Collapse EP

September 14, 2018

As someone who’s never spent much time listening to Aphex Twin outside of the company of obsessive fans, but instead spent time studying his elongated insidious smile, I said to myself, “You know what, it’s time you let the …

Frits Wentink - Two Bar House Music & Chord Stuff Vol. 3

September 14, 2018

Steve Mensink a.k.a. Frits Wentink has delivered the final installment to his Two Bar House Music & Chord Stuff project, a project that has graced listeners’ ears with wonderful house music and listeners' eyes with titles such as …

3 Sentence Review // Myd - Muchas

September 5, 2018

Myd, one of Ed Banger’s brightest stars, has put time in with newcomer Cola Boyy to produce one of the most optimistic and medicinal pieces of electronic music this year has seen. ‘Muchas’ is an unfiltered groove who’s edges …

Tirzah - Devotion

August 28, 2018

Music about love never gets old. We write about it over and over and over again, and it doesn’t bring us any closer to understanding it. But the activity of seeking to understand the profound complexity of human emotions leaves …

Blood Orange - Negro Swan

August 24, 2018

After a mysterious-to-me low period, Devonté Hynes a.k.a. Blood Orange is back with his new LP Negro Swan. The title conjures two connotations: one of a powerful elegant being associated closely with beauty (especially balletic) …

Robag Wruhme - Wuzzelbud FF EP

August 14, 2018

German minimal powerhouse Robag Wruhme, real name Gabor Schablitzki Robag Wruhme has planted his latest map marker along his Journey of Music Production. Gracing our ears via Pampa Records sub-label Hart & Tief, the …

Tiga & Zyntherius - Turbo20YearRMX: Sunglasses At Night

August 10, 2018

Turbo “Home of the Hits” Recordings will be turning/has already turned 20 years old, and they are celebrating a little. Born in 1998 within the frozen paradise of Montreal, the label itself stands thick, tall, and true as a pillar of true …

KIWI - Oooh EP

August 10, 2018

KIWI is a DJ’s producer. He’s been in a long-term romance with the club scene in the UK, and he carefully considers his application and his audience in all the records he releases. His latest EP Oooh, released on Dusky’s 17 Steps, …

Harrison BDP - Be Like Water EP

August 10, 2018

“Be like water,” people say. Water is a curious thing to try to be. It exists in several states. It takes on the shape of what is around it. It does it’s own thing while simultaneously being forced to bend to the will of stronger forces. Be …