Fortnightly Freebies #5
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Edit Service 68 - by Iñigo Vontier
I'm a Cliché's edit series rarely fails to deliver the goods. This time is no different either as Mexico's Iñigo Vontier transfo...
Ceephax Acid Crew writes soundtrack for “The worst story ever told”
Dubbed "The worst story ever told", Essex Spacebin is the upcoming feature film from co-writer/directors David Hollinshead and Philip Thompson. A "properly demented" sci-fi comedy, shot on 35mm, with amateur ac...
Reissues and Retrospectives… January
To save you some digging time we’ll be compiling a list of our favourite reissues and retrospectives each month. Here’s January's selection…
Colonel Abrams - The 8-Track Tape Demos (Echovolt Records)
The r...
Premiere: Boston 168 – Oblivion
Following in the footsteps of revered Italian producers like Lory D, Sergio Pace and Vincenzo Ferramosca look set to leave their own indelible mark on the global techno landscape. After announcing themselves wi...
Madteo prepares to launch a record label
The man with the cheekbones is back with his latest endeavour: a record label, aptly named Madteo Records. It's been a relatively quiet couple of years for the New York resident, but his fragmented, unsteady st...
Premiere: Antonio – K-K [Smashing Tape Records]
Expat producers are emerging all the time. Aussies living in London, Brits in Berlin... you get the picture. Whether relocating due to financial burdens or a need to be closer to a community of likeminded creat...
Sound like the guy on your favourite Italo record with the Boss VO-1 Vocoder pedal
Analysing and synthesising the human voice, the vocoder has been putting the science fiction into music since the 1970s. Movie soundtracks, pioneering electronic music or floor-filling Italo disco, the robotic ...
Nu Guinea deconstruct several Tony Allen drum patterns for Early Sounds Recordings
As debuts go, the eponymously titled Nu Guinea EP on Early Sounds Recordings is pretty hard to beat. Arriving at the tail end of 2014, the 12" flew off the shelves and inflated Discogs prices have had collector...
Premiere: Marshall Brill – Spanish Wine
With a fierce sense of pride for the city they call home and a desire to see their friends succeed, West End Communications have made a habit of nurturing grassroots talent. Glasgow music is in a rich vein of f...
Hard Beach Ent. pick 10 Dance Mania tracks guaranteed to bang the box
Founder Ray Barnes probably didn't predict the years of continued relevance Dance Mania would enjoy when Duane Buford christened the label in 1986. But here we are, still talking about those bold, brazen and so...