If-Only Podcast #53: Anatolian Weapons

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Originally conceived as a “world-music, house oriented moniker,” Aggelos Baltas' output as Anatolian Weapons seems to blur genre boundaries further with every passing release. Chart his musical journey from the...

Sneaker’s bargain bin discoveries (S-Z)

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Sneaker DJ leaves few (if any) stones unturned in his quest for strange sounds and dancefloor-friendly oddities. Splitting his time between Dresden and Berlin, a steady stream of edits and expansive, genre-hopp...

Sneaker’s bargain bin discoveries (J-R)

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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 ...

Premiere: Wosto – Gas Geben Mit Der Mofa

Matt Blair
Even for the experimental fringes he's operates from, Wosto cuts an enigmatic, curious personality. One half of Fallbeil alongside Kluentah, whether he's serving up edits of classic Neue Deutsche Welle bands on...

Premiere: Sun Dogs – Voices Of Disability

Jess Dymond
A collaboration between Alessio de Felice (Tara In Tibet) and Alison Flora (Sopoorific), Sun Dogs take its name from an optical atmospheric phenomenon. Caused by the refraction and scattering of light from plat...

Premiere: Kris Baha – In Your Arms

Matt Blair
“Expect the noise of metal pieces being struck” read the answer Kris Baha gave about playing live in a recent interview. If you’re familiar with the innovative approaches to live performance championed by the l...

8 of our favourite 23 Skidoo joints

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It's something of a statement when a band names itself after a phrase popularised by the likes of infamous occultist Aleister Crowley and Beat Generation renegade William S. Burroughs. Formed in London, 23 Skid...

Premiere: U.S.O.C.A. – Pirmais Sniegs

Elliot Stevens
Unpacked, the acronym U.S.O.C.A. stands for is “Urinating Statue Of Castrated Angel” – a stage name of Jānis Sils. Active in this guise between 1991-1994, Sils committed to cassette a dense and idiosyncratic ch...

Fortnightly Freebies #59

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Hardcore revivalism, keep fit electro, an Aphex Twin edit and plenty more... Corrupt Data – Hardcore Will Never Die Assembling a 12-track compilation with contributions from Etch, Local Group and Filter Dread...