Record Label MUTE have teamed up with Dirty Electronics and designer/ writer Adrian Shaughnessy to create the MUTE Synth II. The battery powered synth features a small patchbay and number of touch electrodes that allow for “a labyrinth of possible connections and resulting behaviours.” Sounds are played by creating rhythmic
US-born, Wales-raised and now London-based producer Dauwd is set to drop a new EP on the ever-reliable Kompakt record label next week, and you can hear to the two-track effort in full now. Titled Saleh, the release is Dauwd’s second for Kompakt and follows April’s heavily praised Kindlinn EP. Incorporating
Esteemed underground label Pelican Fly is gearing up for a massive release in the form of 1180‘s Lick It. Typical to the label’s style and sound, 1180 keeps the thumping bass of Jersey music paired with analog synths for a track that’s bound to be blasting at whatever warehouse you’re
Seemingly out of nowhere, save for an Instagram post that someone in the TDE family would be dropping a release this week, Kendrick Lamar has dropped a batch of gems in an album titled Untitled Unmastered. The information has been relatively MIA on this bundle of tracks, but many seem
Jean-Michel Jarre recently released ‘Electronica Part One: The Time Machine’, his first (double) studio album since 2007, and it showcased all of the dynamic reasons why Jarre is, and always has been, one of the biggest innovators in the electronic music world. He’s also announced that he will be at
Chaz Bundnick, the dude behind Toro Y Moi, has had a busy festive period… Over Christmas he released four ace rap and reggae flavour snippets to Soundcloud for our listening pleasure. 2015 has been an interesting year for Toro Y Moi, and releases have ranged in sound from rock to
As the year-long celebrations of Planet Mu’s 20th anniversary draw to a close, The Vinyl Factory have released a short documentary and potted history about the British label and its founder Mike Paradinas aka µ-Ziq. Planet Mu: µ20 (The Documentary) takes a quick look back at the past twenty years
Wolverhampton-born producer and musician Stephen Wilkinson aka Bibio will reissue two of his albums, 2005’s Fi (originally released via US label Mush) and 2009’s Ambivalence Avenue (his first release for veteran UK label Warp Records) next month. “Fi is a special album for me because it still reminds me of
UK vocalist and producer Jamie Woon has announced the follow-up to his 2011 debut Mirrorwriting. His second album Making Time is out November 6th via PMR Records. Although, given its four-year gestation, some might suggest a more apposite album title would be Taking Time, Woon is philosophical about the gap
London based producer EVM128 aka Luke Meads is streaming his debut album Nova in full at XLR8R. The album, named after Meads’s daughter, is released this weekend by Studio Rockers. Originally from Bristol, Meads later moved to London where he became a regular at Plastic People’s Co-Op club night and
