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Broshuda picks 10 uplifting tracks for the introspective soul

March 21, 2019

People are all too easily caught up in the hustle and bustle of day-to-day life, never taking a moment to reap the benefits of self-reflection – it’s an approach to living that leaves many at risk of burning ou...

Acid House Corner #21

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March 13, 2019

I Love Acid bosses and TB-303 enthusiasts Posthuman select and review a handful of the best new acid releases and tweakers each month… Overworx – Overworx 2 Second release from Ben Pest's new hardware-focus...

Sneaker’s bargain bin discoveries (J-R)

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March 5, 2019

Starting with letters A through I, Dresden-based edit don and oddity connoisseur Sneaker DJ recently began to work through some of his favourite bargain bin discoveries in alphabetical order. Highlighting some ...

Fortnightly Freebies #77

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March 3, 2019

Storming trance, cerebral electro, a Boytronic edit and plenty more... I'm a Cliché Edit Service 96 - by Benedikt Frey I'm A Cliché back with another freebie, this time an edit of Boytronic's 'You' from Creme...

A Colder Consciousness pick 10 disheartening tracks to soundtrack an exit from the EU

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February 27, 2019

From humble but auspicious beginnings as a radio show on Resonance FM, A Colder Consciousness has been committed to championing the "synthetic, dystopian and sentimental" since 2011. The brainchild of Flora Pit...

Meet Dance For Refuge and B.L.O.O.M., collectives celebrating International Women’s Day with a charitable double-header

Tanya Akinola

February 25, 2019

This International Women’s Day weekend will see a number of events sweep across the UK and beyond in support and celebration of the achievements women have made in the fight for gender equality. The day will al...

Between broken hearts and breakbeats: The sensuous sounds of A Colourful Storm

Benjamin Conway

February 13, 2019

The late Mark Fisher once defined weird as the presence of "that which does not belong." In an intriguing analysis of the Australian Gothic classic Picnic at Hanging Rock, he extended this notion to colonised A...

Fortnightly Freebies #76

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February 12, 2019

Dusty breaks, Goa trance edits, an Age of Empires OST and plenty more... The Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You (Alek Lee Tears Of Weed Edit) No stranger to a free download, Tel Aviv's Alek...

25 years, no compromise: Talking a quarter-century of Versatile Records with Gilb’R

Matt Blair

February 6, 2019

To fans, Gilbert Cohen, AKA Gilb’R, and the cohort of artists inextricably linked to his Versatile Records imprint probably seem like lynchpins of the French scene. In actual fact, they’ve almost always remaine...

Frontier psychology with Moscoman

Oliver Tindall

January 31, 2019

Disco Halal has defined itself as a frontier pushing record label since its inception just a few short years ago. It’s label owner, Moscoman, has expertly spliced cuttings from his native Tel Aviv and sounds fr...