June 18, 2012 By Greg West Recently, I went to dinner in a basement restaurant with a Muzak system in ill repair. Glossy tiles and enormous boardroom-like tables amplified the sound, and the sonic distortion made beautiful Moog music out of insipid renditions of midi classical. Listening to Calgary-based duo Dan Solo and Evangelos Typist [...]
June 11, 2012 by Greg West As Actress, London-based Darren Cunningham has been producing a body of cutting edge EDM ever since his career as a footballer came to an abrupt end due to injury. His previous releases, Hazyville and Splazsh, were lush soundscapes of hazy techno, somewhere in between art house (Colin Stetson), [...]
June 4, 2012 As half of Thunderheist (with Isis Salam), Graham Douglas Bertie brought blistering ghetto-dance bass to the masses in a brief coruscation that saw Jerk It break out into dance-floor dominance, garnered them tons of media attention, got them nominated for a Juno in 2010—and split shortly after. Two years later, Graham Douglas Bertie [...]
May 28, 2012 by Greg West An EP where the lead track is a single over a year old, shouldn’t sound this fresh—surely. But in a scene where the new underground is always so cutting edge, it’s perhaps unsurprising that sounds sometimes take a little time to break out and ripen. We’ve waited for it [...]
May 21, 2012 By Greg West One of the best things about cell phones is that it’s easier than ever to make and recieve drunken calls to/from your ex. When my phone rang the other night, and I saw the number, I almost pressed ignore. Things came to a bad end. But I’m glad I [...]
May 17, 2012 Almost two years ago, before the rise of Skrillex and electronic dance music’s mainstream infiltration, South London’s Phillip Gamble was tipped as the one to bring dubstep to the masses. After DJing for years as Girl U No It’s True, his 2010 Girl Unit release Wut came out on Night Slugs and took [...]
May 9, 2012 By Greg West Every once and a while, Vancouverites like to whine about having a “no fun city,” but this lament is belied by a thriving underground scene, where DJs organize word of mouth shows in public parks, punk bands pack community halls—and most of all—where a never ending circuit of house [...]
April 25, 2012 By Greg West Together and apart, Wolfgang Voigt and Jörg Burger have been pioneers in minimalist electronica since the nineties. The Cologne (Germany) based duo has produced work ranging from ’96 trance classic Las Vegas (as Burger & Ink)—to Voigt’s minimalist, LSD inspired work as Gas—and to Burger’s 80s UK indie-pop inspired [...]
April 18, 2011 By Greg West It’s only early spring, but my summertime already has a soundtrack—from last week‘s Wonky from Orbital, to Soul Clap’s EFUNK, my summer is going to be full of warm and liquid old-school grooves. A collaboration between Boston DJs Elyte and Cnyce, Soul Clap’s sound is rooted down in the [...]
April 11, 2012 By Greg West Twenty years ago I caught the bus downtown to by an import 12″—Orbital’s Halcyon and on and on. It cost several weeks worth of odd-job and allowance money, and I could have gone out and ordered off the kids’ menu afterwards. But I’d heard it the week before—through headphones [...]
DJ MAG.com
Germany
Brazil
Mexico
Ukraine
Poland
Bulgaria
Italy
Spain
Korea