If-Only Podcast #60: Shlagga
Shlagga is key proponent of his local scene. Something of a figurehead for Marseille's alternative sound, the Metaphore Collectif co-founder is a champion of the unfettered and unbridled. His background in punk...
Premiere: luxxuryproblems – Xylit (Phillip Jondo Remix)
The Phillip Jondo, DJ Brom and Friday Dunard-helmed SPA Recordings first graced our eardrums with a bumper compilation released early 2019. Boasting a sea of heavyweight contributors, including the likes of Ssa...
Baby Blue: The ‘techno trans-Madonna’ that killed Euphoria
Baby Blue is an emerging figurehead for trans-gender representation in the electronic underground. Heralded as the 'techno trans-Madonnna' and self-proclaimed as "one of the best DJs in the world," the radical ...
Premiere: Seofon – Prota-Rmx
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: Memphis – Child Of The ’70s
Anti-linear poetics and new-style pataphysica from Memphis, carving a new direct channel from 1993 to our now; three dormant/unreleased tracks which find space to breathe on our beloved Mirror Zone.
It’s essen...
Concept In Practice: Qnete’s ‘Past Present Future Sources’ Mix
Marvin Uhde, AKA Qnete, has taken an unexpected stylistic turn on his next release. Coming out on London's X-Kalay, the German producer opts for a decidedly proggier approach with Devils in the Dust, drawing fr...
Unknown Mobile picks 10 tracks to pair with a bottle of natural wine
Employing MIDI files lifted from an old GeoCities archive, the next outing from Levi Bruce, AKA Unknown Mobile, is indicative of an artist seeking to render lush and inviting music through fairly unconventional...
Premiere: PTDD & Monty – Tamboe (DJ Ungel’s Adventure Mix)
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...
If-Only Podcast #53: Anatolian Weapons
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...
Premiere: Aki Aki – Opti-Mystik Dub (feat. Rasputin)
Candomblé don’t fuck about as they unleash their fourth record, served up with relish by executive chef Aki Aki. Hot on the heels of LSW’s weirdo wave/art-rock LP from two months ago, we return to familiar surr...