Christopher Coe Is Making Music Out of Mountains
Fusion of nature and electronic music: Tristan Dominguez talks to Christopher Coe about the making of MNTNS of SLNC, the first release from his new label with Carl Cox, Awesome Soundwave.
Giorgio Luceri & Gregg Fore Feature on “I Am Love” from Mathematics
Like an R&B ballad fractured and pieced back together in a new, dynamic shape, "I Am Love" by Giorgio Luceri and Gregg Fore is a triumph.
JEM’s Daisy Cutter Celebrates the History of the Bronx. In Techno Form.
Daisy Cutter by JEM is one of the most slickly produced experimentally inclined records I've heard in all of 2018.
#ListenUp Private Persons Showcases Stunning 6 Track EP from Art Crime
Memoirs of Naive from Art Crime is bursting with beauty, from emotional techno through deep house on into disconnected and ethereal ambience. Out in July 2018 on vinyl from Private Persons in Russia.
Hiver, Juju & Jordash Remix Autre and D Roots for Autarchy
This split EP features Autre and D Roots, two up and coming producers remixed by Juju and Jordash and Hiver.
#ListenUp Rabotat Records Launches with a Collaborative Techno Joint
Re-Animator from Ironfist and Madame de Fer is brutalism in sound and marks the debut of Rabotat Records from Los Angeles.
YENI’s Cyborgs in Love releases We Are Cyborgs Vol 1
German DJ and producer YENI has hand-selected 11 eclectic techno tracks to smash a champagne bottle on the side of her new label Cyborgs in Love. We Are Cyborgs Vol 1 features 11 new techno tracks from the Cyborgs in Love roster with some exciting discoveries under the cover.
Grid Based Beats Celebrates the Chicago-Milwaukee Connection
Grid Based Beats celebrates the Chicago-Milwaukee Techno Connection on Hiawatha Service, featuring tracks from Lester Fitzpatrick, Frankie Vega, Tim Vitek and more.
Hiver: Spiritual Machines
Hiver's Spiritual Machines continues to build on their discography of quality melodic techno that appeals to dancefloors without losing its sense of adventure.
Faceless Junkies Deluxe: TR-909+TR-606 TRAX
March saw the release of 34 tracks spread out across 7 EPs and albums by Faceless Junkies Deluxe, which is pretty intense even by his standards.
#ListenUp Ultra Mega Timeless Vibes on Lance D’s Silicon Prairie
This style of deep tech house will never go out of style, and Lance Desardi is a master of it. The new Silicon Prairie EP showcases his skills, most of all on the retrofuturisitic "Towns Told Me So." Out now from the ultra-quirky We Will Always Be A Love Song label.
Introducing… The New Dance Sound of Moscow
Some interesting techno emerging from the Russian capital of Moscow on this attractive new compilation.
Secret Studio & KiNK: Black Friday/Alarm Call
Drum machines trigger and drown you in a hazy fuzz on Black Friday/Alarm Call, the latest in a growing line of must-have records released by the Secret Studio crew, this one in collaboration with KiNK.
#ListenUp: DJ 3000 Keeps Detroit Swinging on Sofra
Listen to SOFRA, the title track of DJ 3000's new EP dropping this week on Motech.
9West: Retroscope
"Retroscope" hits its stride with the title track, a hard techno production that manages to marry the grimy hook of something like L.I.E.S. with a drone that is all 9West's own. It's the centerpiece and title track of the new EP by the Greek duo, out now on USM Recordings.
Plaster: Transition
Plaster's TRANSITION represents the distillation of some 50 years of European electronic music history.
TenGrams: SpaceLab
The Italian dance music pioneers Alessandro and Davide Piatto from N.O.I.A. showcase their new project, the dreamy and classic techno sound of TenGrams on the SpaceLab EP.
John Carpenter’s Lost Themes Remixed
Silent Servant, Zola Jesus and Dean Hurley and more have their remixes of maestro John Carpenter's "Lost Themes" pressed to wax.
More Ghost Than Man’s The Courage To Lie To A Dying Man
More Ghost Than Man's first single from his black music box of peculiar delights.
Lester Fitzpatrick: A Chicago Story
Tristan Dominguez talks to the ultra-prolific Chicago producer Lester Fitzpatrick.
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Longevity: DJ Slugo + the New Issue of 5 Mag
DJ Slugo: a 5 Mag cover story, plus Michael Gray cover mix & interview, the anti-AI backlash and music platforms' reaction and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
