Premiere: Sam Mallet – 40 Day Desert Voodoo

Jonnie Harris
Wetlands is a labour of love: the product of eternities, lodged in the archive of a half-imagined Antipodean Space Agency. Rowan Mason (Sanpo Disco/Recurring Dream) and Tony Remple (Musique Plastique) plumb the...

Premiere: Meo – Fine Corsa

Jess Dymond
Hailing from the Romagnola Riviera in Northern Italy, Meo was part of a collective of local DJs who, in the late '70s and early '80s, defined a movement and genre known as Afro/Cosmic or Afrodun music. These in...

If-Only Podcast #18: Lamusa II

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A Red Bull Music Academy inductee in 2016, Lamusa II is plotting his trajectory in a relatively unhurried fashion. That quality is also a feature of his music, as proven on Club Mondo 2000, the mini-album relea...

If-Only Podcast #15: Jonny 5

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In contrast to his quiet demeanour, Jonny 5's musical exploits are bold, unconventional and brimming with playful eccentricities. Specialising in the cut n' paste, a recent 12" under his Blindsign project stirr...

Trance – Tapes

Michael Sutton
Hamburg’s Growing Bin Records have been steadily amassing an impressive catalogue of releases since the micro-label put out its first material in 2013 – proof of this hot streak lies within the music itself of ...

The Mystic Jungle Tribe – Qvisisana

Matt Blair
Optimistic and light-hearted, the latest offering from the Neapolitan triumvirate of Dario di Pace (Mystic Jungle), Raffaele Arcella (Whodamanny) and Enrico Fierro (Milord) treads a fairly similar path to 2015'...

Premiere: Elleorde – Europa From Mars

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Scanning the surface as it prepares to land, the Starship Europa slowly descends onto the face of the Red Planet. Donning a spacesuit, the starry-eyed traveller sets off across the dusty terrain in his planetar...

If-Only Podcast #5: Leisureware

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Nestled in an enclave of the deeply suburban Herne Hill, there's a semi-regular knees up with a reputation for taking risks in the dance. The enclave in question, a railway arch, the party, none other than The ...