as of letter c, the photography used for the teshcast is supplied by a street prowler i know in london. find him at tenthree
'in germany, they can't say 'techno,' they say 'teshno'' ~ seth troxler [march 2008]
being a dance music fan is an inherently fickle pursuit, your favourite artist this month likely won’t be for long. it can be your tastes that change, or their style that matures, but often the convergence of the two happens for only a brief period apart from in the most extreme cases of prolonged excellence… think omar s, andy weatherall etc.
when i’m not listening to techno, reviewing house or arguing over bass music, i like to wear clothes.
he only releases a couple of eps or remixes a year, but german baaz is amongst the finer craftsmen of deep house.
classic records co-boss, musical weirdo and travelling dj luke solomon has just announced his latest project
as well as forever expanding their own brutish back catalogue of loopy analogue techno, skudge continue to showcase the wares of their favourite other producers.
fellow leeds blog types hush house are more grown up than teshno: they throw parties.
i first came across german dj, producer and ki records label boss christian löffler earlier this year upon the release of his aspen ep.
we all know that vocals have come back in a big way in the last year or so. some are better than others, but san fran trio pillow talk are firmly in the former camp thanks to some delightful efforts for life & death, visionquest and wolf & lamb.
roy huschenbeth is yør, young a hamburg based producer with just two eps to his name. both have come on nascent label purple maze and both mine a broken, aged, raw house vein a world away from his city peers like smallville.
here comes another pretty new, vinyl only label with a great name, vibes & pepper, straight outta paris.
so mixmag have started doing this thing whereby a dj/producer of their choice curates ten pages of the mag and mixes the cover cd. the first time they did it was february 2012, with minus boss richie hawtin the man put in charge.
ever wondered what a dj agency actually does, how they work, how they started, who they work with? i have.
i really don’t think anyone will deride will saul for this volte-face regarding his other, housier label, simple.
as you’ll know if you come here often, i’m based in leeds. and if you come here really often you might have even read this, which means you’ll know how happy i am a new venture in leeds is to open which encompasses a record shop, waxwerks, and a club/bar and creative space entitled the garage.
we all know about the revivalist cycles of electronic music… fashions come and go and then, about 20 years later, they come and go again. as such, having spent time out in the management and business wilderness for a while, scott kinchen aka scottie deep is back in focus once again at the start of 2012.
following on from lost cuts 1 & 2 (two eps of tracks made initially on tape in ’91 and ‘92 respectively) french label skylax now release a full length from the mysterious jason grove.
when i mentioned i might write this to my long suffering wife-to-be, she asked “is it a cry for help?” which pretty much gives you an idea of how deeply in love i’ve fallen with… vinyl. records. wax. black crack.
elastic dreams has made an excellent start with two eps from mysterious boss a sagittarian.
chicago based still music are to re-press rare house and techno compendium, in the dark: the soul of detroit some time this spring.
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