A topic of conversation lately has been how isolation has changed our listening habits and how we’re moving towards music that uplifts and comforts us in times of extreme stress. And MagicFX’s debut release ‘Clarity’ does just that. It’s colourful, shimmering and bubbly, a wonderful first release from the London-based sound engineer, produced and trained
Posthuman’s I Love Acid imprint releases previous vinyl-only records digitally
Previously a vinyl-only label, Posthuman has made some of the I Love Acid back catalogue available to buy digitally for the first time. With the aim to help the artists during the COVID-19 crisis, the Bandcamp page is set up so the artists are paid directly with the label taking zero commission or cut from
Untitled 909 Podcast 035: Squane
Squane is the co-founder of Californian label Jelly Bean Farm alongside Ganesa who we’ve previously profiled on the site. Following releases on District Sound, Bunk Audio and Sapyens Records, in December last year he made his first solo debut on JBF with the ‘Vesta’ EP. A dynamic release, it showed Squane’s playful side and
Influences: Significant Other
Brooklyn-based artist Significant Other made his debut on SP:EC in June 2018 and since then his release schedule has been sporadic. The follow-up record was released late last year on Well Street Records and now he makes his welcomed return on Oscilla Sound with ‘Club Aura’ EP. Having been instantly drawn to his murky and
Tracks of the Month, March 2020 – Lockdown Special
Sometimes it’s just better to let Malcolm Tucker do the talking… Get through these lockdown blues by listening to Untitled 909’s best finds of the month. Adam Oko – Suketo Well this is a bit shit isn’t it? I’m writing this having been in social distancing mode for over two weeks. At this stage
The Lowdown: Bonebrokk
My research tells me that Greece, Athens in particular, had one of its biggest electronic music moments in 2011. It was with the help of Swaf who released the LP ‘Flaws’ and marked a new era for the industrial scene. And despite the economic crisis, nowadays the scene in Athens is building up, with the
Premiere: Assembler Code – Generator
Australian producer Assembler Code returns with his first EP on Censor Music, ‘Generator’. With previous realises on CPU, Cultivated Electronics, Boysnoize, Dance Trax and more, Assembler Code brings his timely signature dystopian sound to the imprint. With the exclusive on the razor-sharp titled track, Assembler Code says, “one tie between AC and Censor is a
Influences: Valentina
Having worked with the likes of Kano, Lil Silva and Joe Goddard, most notably on the acclaimed single ‘Gabriel’, London-based songstress Valentina has made a welcomed return with her first solo record since 2013, ‘You Know Where My Happiness Went’, out on the 1st April. With the titled track delivered last month, today marks the release
Live Review: New Forms Festival
Nihilism permeated the fresh mountain air at Vancouver’s New Forms Festival, which capped its 20th year at the end of September. Those who came to Beautiful British Columbia, as the province’s license plates self-proclaim, expecting the breezy grooves of lo-fi house that briefly christened this coast the Canadian Riviera in the mid-2010s would leave disappointed.
Influences: Alfredo92
There’s been a lot of quality artists coming out of Denmark in the last five years or so and Alfredo92 is one of them. First coming to our attention last year with a split release alongside fellow Danish artist Kasper Marott, he returns with the welcomed ‘Helfand’ EP. Landing on Axces Records, the label he