Damien Cummings, Author at If-Only

Premiere: Flegon – Intruder On The Loose (Private Mix)

November 5, 2019

The fifth release from Disques Flegon sees label-bosses and Rinse France regulars DJ Stalingrad, Greita, and Cebrak 2000 assemble for the first time as a three-piece hybrid dance band picking up props from Pari...

Doof It Yourself: Sleep D talk DIY dynamics and new album, ‘Rebel Force’

Damien Cummings

October 22, 2019

There’s a reason that everyone is always talking about Melbourne, and you might not want to hear it again The way that Corey Kikos and Maryos Syawish of Sleep D tell it, however, is well worth a listen – the Bu...

Premiere: Cru Servers – Henge Salt Phrasal

Damien Cummings

October 7, 2019

12th Isle is back with another lesson in out-there excellence guaranteed to be doing bits for Glaswegian label's “buy-on-sight” reputation. Touching down for the first time on ISLE002, Cru Servers' brand of min...

Premiere: Seofon – Prota-Rmx

Damien Cummings

September 4, 2019

Originally released on San Francisco-based Visible Records in '94, The Delph EP reminds us that there’s more to ambient house than lolling on the sofas of Heaven’s White Room. Remixed and repressed by Transmigr...

Premiere: Twoonky – Jasso

Damien Cummings

August 26, 2019

It pays to expect the unexpected when Sacha Mambo and Guillaume Des Bois head to the press. The Macadam Mambo duo are oracles of esoterica - playfully weaving avant-garde sounds into contemporary dance music, t...

Video Premiere: Giraffi Dog – The Temple Of Magatao

Damien Cummings

August 19, 2019

Among reports in Germany of a spike in sales of Iodine and bottled water, Berlin’s ITK party survivalists are scrambling to get their hands on the latest set of hazardous materials from Warning. The second in a...

Premiere: Vesu’s – Seven-Lined Ameiva

Damien Cummings

July 18, 2019

It takes something special to catch the attention of Going Good selectors Brian Not Brian and Salik, whose reputation as leftfield heads stretches far beyond their London stomping ground. Enter Vesu's, AKA Vesa...

Premiere: Carmen Villain – Sometimes I Love You Forever

Damien Cummings

July 12, 2019

Out on Smalltown Supersound, Carmen Villain’s Both Lines Will Be Blue is a tapestry of field-recordings, programmed drums, and synth that signal the Norwegian-Mexican songstress’ arrival at that elusive, medita...

Premiere: Karen Gwyer – The Way You Drive

Damien Cummings

June 27, 2019

Each Oscillate Tracks release has the unenviable task of crystallising that fleeting nightclub energy onto wax, and the burgeoning party-turned-record label does just that with a third, sparkling offering. All ...

Premiere: PTDD & Monty – Tamboe (DJ Ungel’s Adventure Mix)

Damien Cummings

June 26, 2019

Fresh heat out of Amsterdam as Flippen Disks set out their stall with a slammer of a debut. Elements of trance and spaced-out house mark the way, but established by founder Monty, the label's modus operandi sim...

Author Damien Cummings