Scrolling through Tristan Arp’s Instagram feed you are fed with warm, colourful imagery from his paintings to record sleeves to the environments he finds himself in. It’s a cluster of inspiration and an insight into his creative mind. This vibrancy seeps into his productions as he often looks to natural elements and creatures, shapeshifting them
AuthorChanel Kadir
Premiere: Bakongo – Anytime
Following the 2019 release on Livity Sound’s Reverse series, Roska returns to his Kicks & Snares imprint under his Bakongo alias. The project is focused around the UK producer’s love for percussive and tribal driven soundscapes, curated with the dancefloor in mind. With the ‘Goulbap/Momoweb/Disposition’ EP launching him into a different realm, we welcome the
Influences: Low End Activist
At the tail end of last year, Low End Activist made his return to production with his debut EP ‘Low End Activism’ on Sneaker Social Club. Before that, he had only released a single featuring grime MC Trim on the Bobby Donny imprint under this alias. This is not counting his releases under his many
Premiere: Second Storey – Hold It
Over the last few years, Second Storey has found his way on labels such as Houndstooth, Frustrated Funk, Nervous Horizon and R&S Records, championing an old school rave sound inspired by his early days in the free-party scene of Norfolk. Now he returns with his first release for German imprint Varvet. Putting out his debut
Influences: MagicFX
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
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