Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world Slam are a band who need no introduction. With a name inspired by a legendary Phuture track the DJ/production duo of Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle have, over the years, been responsible for some of the most vital techno and house to
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world After a short break, were I sailed around the world in an inflatable dingy, taught myself seven different languages, wrote the next great Irish novel (again), and shut Mr. Trump up for a while by giving him a piece of very sticky
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world Every so often a record comes along which makes you stop what you are doing, prick up your ears, and pay rapt attention. One such album is the thoroughly excellent Truth by fast rising Polish producer MANOID. Out now on the always
Music | Tin Man: ›Ode‹ Statt mal wieder im ›Tractatus‹ von Ludwig Wittgenstein zu lesen, ist TINA KAROLINA STAUNER wie gelegentlich auf Forschung nach Neuem in der Technolandschaft. Auf der Suche nach wahrnehmbaren Veränderungen im Sounddesign von Detroit-Techno und artverwandten Genres und auffälligen Themen und Melodien im technoiden und hypnoiden Elektroniksound, der auch außerhalb der
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world With a bumper package of great new albums by DJ Sprinkles, The Black Dog, Peshay, The Advisory Circle and more to review this week, we’ll skip the introductory bullshit and dive right in. By JOHN BITTLES
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world In the second part of our two week 12” extravaganza we have all sorts of electronic goodness sure to stir the loins. There are the shiver-inducing grooves of Ghost Vision, Soela and Demuja, the progressive house wallop of Bicep, the leftfield techno
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world This week, and the next, I shall be ignoring the fact that it is Record Store Day to bring you a selection of the finest 12-inch records known to man. In part one alone we have the lush house grooves of Peggy
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world With the dreaded Record Store Day just around the corner, I would suggest visiting your local vinyl emporium before it gets swamped by a terrifying mixture of Rolling Stones re-issues and Discogs abusing culture vultures. To help you on your way, this
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world Twenty years is a long time in dance music. Just ask all those ’next big things‘ who took a tumble, got lost in a cloud of coke, or found themselves forgotten and discarded by the world at large. To stay relevant in
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world As I write this I have cocooned myself in a semi-professionally built pillow fort which I am hoping will withstand the coming winter months and keep me protected and warm. Right now the outside world seems so hideous that hibernating for as