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Sandwell District, Fabric 69

Fri, May 10 2013 5:15am - Source: LITTLE WHITE EARBUDS

"Sandwell District is dead" — except when they're not.

In the Studio: Silent Servant

Mon, April 08 2013 2:45pm - Source: XLR8R

Silent Servant (a.k.a. Juan Mendez) is not the average techno producer.

SXSW 2013: Deadmau5 Joins Richie Hawtin, Slams 'Yo'Bros,' Praises Tim Hortons, Frets About Mouse Head's Five-Year-Old Fans

Wed, March 13 2013 6:01pm - Source: Spinner

Techno icon Richie Hawtin noted at the beginning of his "in conversation" SXSW panel with EDM superstar Joel " Deadmau5 " Zimmerman that they were both Canadians, but then they proved it when asked what it was about Canada that had resulted in two of the biggest names in electronic music coming form the country.

ClashMusic Dj Mix Podcast - Juan Atkins

Thu, February 28 2013 12:31pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

And that's really all you need to know.

Movement Festival announces phase-two lineup, Juan Atkins gets a Villalobos remix, Zomby debuts a new track, and RA gets inside drum programming

Wed, February 20 2013 6:47pm - Source: Beatportal

There's a pretty nice spread of activity today across the dance music world, from Diplo's new video, to Movement's second lineup announcement, to a new Zomby track, and a tutorial on drum programming.

From Warehouse To Web: Electronic/Dance Tracks Of 2012 & Mix

Thu, December 20 2012 9:51am - Source: The Quietus

"This is a glorious muddle," said tQ's Luke Turner in his introduction to the Quietus' albums of 2012 list, referring to the current scattered state of popular music.

Karenn - sheworks004

Tue, December 18 2012 12:18pm - Source: The Quietus

One of the more curious – and to these ears, welcome - tropes of the past year in electronic music has been the revival of banging techno, of the fist pounding late 90s model.

LWE’s Top 5 Overrated Tracks of 2012

Fri, December 14 2012 6:09am - Source: LITTLE WHITE EARBUDS

In the wake of Anton Kipfel's 2011 Overrated report , I feel like every post-Basic Channel dub producer has probably felt: inadequate.

XLR8R's Best of 2012: New Artists

Thu, December 13 2012 4:45pm - Source: XLR8R

Electronic music has always been a lightning-fast genre, and the pace certainly didn't slow down in 2012.

2012's Noises In The Ether: A Rum Music Special

Thu, December 13 2012 2:09pm - Source: The Quietus

Ok, so the title of this piece is also a bit of a shameless nod to my radio show, Noise in the Ether , but it's also a neat and relevant way of describing how noise music has evolved in recent years, culminating in some thoroughly fascinating releases in 2012 that have taken the genre by the scruff of the neck and hauled it into new areas, maybe even into a new era.

Peaking Lights - Lucifer in Dub

Tue, December 04 2012 12:46pm - Source: BBC Music

This six-track dub remix collection, which adapts the content of Peaking Lights' second UK-released album Lucifer , is an unconventional if not unprecedented move.

Little White Earbuds Interviews AnD

Wed, November 28 2012 5:02pm - Source: LITTLE WHITE EARBUDS

Mancunian-based pairing AnD (Andy and Dimitri) are part of a new vanguard of English producers fueled by the leftover debris of British industrial music, northern rave culture, and south of the river swing.

armchair dancefloor 038: Pinch/Tectonic, Karenn, DVA, Joy O, Ruff Sqwad, Wen...

Mon, November 19 2012 9:19am - Source: Drowned In Sound

There's a lot going on in this edition of Armchair Dancefloor, so let's skip the formalities.

Andy Stott: Luxury Problems

Mon, October 29 2012 5:20am - Source: Pitchfork Media

The Manchester producer spent a good part of the last decade turning out solid tracks under his own name and under the alias Andrea.

Mud, Glorious Mud: An Interview With Andy Stott

Wed, October 24 2012 8:15am - Source: The Quietus

It's underneath our dancing marching feet, just below those few slabs of concrete and strata of asphalt.

Richie Hawtin exits ENTER. and goes beyond EDM with his upcoming CNTRL tour

Mon, October 22 2012 5:24pm - Source: Beatportal

Most folks head into Ibiza with plans for a pretty chill summer—but that's not really Richie Hawtin's style.

My favourite albums of 2011 (#4 Andy Stott - Passed Me By/ We Stay Together)

Tue, September 25 2012 8:18pm - Source: Asleep on the Compost Heap

This is a two for one deal; as both albums are quite short and as they both compliment each other, it makes sense to lump them together.

Industrial Resonance: The Roots of Industrial Music

Wed, September 19 2012 3:29pm - Source: LITTLE WHITE EARBUDS

"The abandoned motorway ran off into the haze, silver firs growing through its sections. Shivering in the cold air, Talbot looked out over the landscape of broken overpasses and crushed underpasses. The pilot walked down the slope to a rusting grader surrounded by tyres and fuel drums."

The Modern Library: House, Techno & the spaces between

Fri, September 14 2012 11:44am - Source: Drowned In Sound

The Modern Library is an attempt to chart the various odysseys and oddities in House, Techno and the bits that skirt between it, relatively irrespective of timescale.

Sommer

Fri, August 31 2012 12:07pm - Source: XLR8R

Many try, but few artists succeed in making music like Rod Modell.

Konx-om-Pax Mix for Spinner: Electronic Producer & Visual Artist Offers Exclusive Set

Thu, July 12 2012 8:13pm - Source: Spinner

Konx, born Tom Scholefield, has an equally diverse background.

Darling Farah - Body

Wed, July 11 2012 3:45pm - Source: The Quietus

Emotionally resonant and melodically involving techno has had a sterling innings this year: first, there was Donato Dozzy and Neel with Voices from the Lake - a submerged and humid evocation of swampy exotica; Claro Intalecto's Reform Club , meanwhile, was a career high, all epic pads and driving rain; then Actress RIP was, well, Actress.

Fetch

Thu, July 05 2012 9:23am - Source: XLR8R

When a collaboration involves back catalogs packed with names like Basic Channel , Rhythm & Sound, Vocalcity , Mutila , Sun Electric, and nsi. , it's natural to expect something equally epochal.

The Tresor EP

Tue, July 03 2012 9:17am - Source: XLR8R

There is likely no better current interpreter of that power sonic-groove thang shared by Detroit and Berlin than Mike Huckaby.

Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Fetch

Mon, June 25 2012 11:22am - Source: The Quietus

There's a hypothetical nightclub that, at present, exists solely in my imagination: it's a hybrid combination of the Star Wars bar, the Korova in A Clockwork Orange , and that weirdo Canadian clubhouse from Fire Walk With Me. In it, the barkeeps might serve burbling broths of kombucha and gin, or ayahuasca in a hollowed-out pineapple, shaded by cocktail umbrellas, perhaps with some sort of delectable psychotropic hors d'oeuvres on the side.

Strung Out Steel: An Interview With Claro Intelecto

Tue, June 12 2012 10:59am - Source: The Quietus

Bringing a grandiose and sumptuously detailed bearing to techno is no easy task, but Mark Stewart, aka Claro Intelecto, has been injecting viscous soul into its steely veins for much of the last decade.

LWE Podcast 124: Pittsburgh Track Authority

Mon, June 11 2012 5:56am - Source: LITTLE WHITE EARBUDS

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Best Laid Plans: Forward Strategy Group Interviewed

Wed, June 06 2012 8:33am - Source: The Quietus

They advance, the massed hordes of the Perc Trax army.

Bomb Alert! Inifniti - Think Quick

Wed, May 23 2012 5:09pm - Source: Beatportal

When you're one of the historical figures responsible for inventing techno, it's hard to imagine having an identity even more techno than techno.

Fifty Outsiders : 41 - 50

Fri, May 18 2012 6:04am - Source: ClashMusic.com

The final part of Kris Needs Fifty Outiders list for Clash magazine's Outsider issue includes such musicians as Mark Stewart, Daniel Johnston, Underground Resistance, MF Doom and more. 41.

Moritz von Oswald Trio Preps New LP

Tue, May 15 2012 9:04pm - Source: XLR8R

Influential techno artist Moritz von Oswald and his troupe of musicians, which includes Sasu Ripatti (a.k.a. Vladislav Delay ) and Max Loderbauer, are set to release a new LP on Honest Jon's , the label home of the group's discography thus far.

Recordkeepers: John Cellura of Bent Crayon

Wed, April 25 2012 4:05pm - Source: LITTLE WHITE EARBUDS

LWE launches a new series of features focused on people who are often overlooked in dance music journalism: the record shop owners and clerks who've provided access to and shaped the tastes of countless record buyers.

Actress - R.I.P.

Mon, April 23 2012 7:21am - Source: ClashMusic.com

Fanatically assembling emotions and mental inductions that range from psychotropic industrialism to claustrophobic astral ascents; we once again face an Actress audio communion.

Spontaneity Is The Key: Addison Groove Interviewed

Tue, April 17 2012 11:07am - Source: The Quietus

Harnessing the schizoid bounce of Chicago juke, the utilitarian drive of techno and the concave sub weight of dubstep into an area both instantly recognisable and entirely his own, under his alias Addison Groove Tony Williams has quickly cemented his position in the UK's bass spectrum.

Bubblin' Up: Helix

Mon, April 16 2012 2:20pm - Source: XLR8R

"Did you hear what he said? He asked what the music scene is like [in Savannah]."

LWE Interviews John Daly

Fri, April 13 2012 3:01pm - Source: LITTLE WHITE EARBUDS

Five years ago, not many people would have heard the name John Daly. Hailing from sleepy Ireland, Daly debuted in 2006 on his own Feel Music.

Little White Earbuds Interviews John Daly

Wed, April 11 2012 4:26pm - Source: LITTLE WHITE EARBUDS

Five years ago, not many people would have heard the name John Daly. Hailing from sleepy Ireland, Daly debuted in 2006 on his own Feel Music.

THE MIXMAG THING LEEDS RETURNS

Sun, April 08 2012 8:07am - Source: Mixmag

Our brother Leeds party, That Mixmag Thing Leeds, is back on May 11 with Sam Russo, Josh T, Simon Morell, Matt Gray, Aartekt, Jack Wickham, Ethan Macnamara, Tim Morrison, Inenco and Maria Luisa.

Rocket Juice and the Moon – Rocket Juice and the Moon

Tue, March 27 2012 7:24am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Dreamed up on a plane en route to a festival in Lagos where Albarn, Allen and Flea were due to perform separately, Rocket Juice and the Moon is centred on a great idea: a cultural/musical mash-up cooked up quicker than anyone can have time to express any doubt as to whether its multiple elements – Fela Kuti-authored Afrobeat, dub reggae, African pop forms, hip hop, murky soul, sweaty funk, New Orleans horns, freeform keyboard odysseys – can possibly coexist harmoniously.

VCMG - SSSS

Sun, March 25 2012 12:07pm - Source: The Quietus

But there's a point 2.29 into 'Zaat' when, after an extremely tastefully-executed breakdown the kick returns with mighty force, and I'm having a powerful flashback to Trade, the apogee of sensory deprivation clubbing.

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