Archive for December, 2016
Kaidi Tatham hands in a trio of tunes for another contribution on Japan’s Freedom School. The energy is laid-back, feel-good, and loungy at times, as jazz, hip-hop, and funk seemingly serve as inspirations for Tatham. The record has an airy, floating quality to it and grooves nicely. Listeners will find skillful riffing and improvising on [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Area follows up on Dreamlogicc’s contribution to Kimochi with Anhedral. The record opens with “For HN,” a steady groove, laden with bubbly, acidic atmospheres. This track has a textural quality that reminds me of Area’s remix of Linkwood’s “Love Lost.” Recent Kimochi contributor Benjamin Brunn turns in a softer yet squelchier remix of “Illegal Numbers,” [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Harvey Sutherland & Bermuda – Priestess 12″ – Clarity . . . . . . . . Kaidi Tatham – Freedom School DJ Series Vol. 3 12″ – Freedom School . . . .. . . . . Riviera Traxx – Vol 1 12″ – Antima . . . . . . . . . [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Garrett David follows up on his Distant Hawaii release with a few more deep house tracks. The title track features a big round bass, smoky vocals, and delayed, almost dub techno-esque chords The Night Sea Journey Remix of “The Time” is more subdued; the boisterous chords heard in the original version get filtered and pushed [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Gramaphone & Smartbar resident, DJ SOLD is featured on the Art & Artifice blog here for a trippy, dark blend of formless shapes. But she says it best here: “This mix is an agglomeration of thoughts, textures, influences, rhythms, sounds and aspirations. Chicago by far is the biggest inspiration on my DJing: selection-wise, programming-wise, skill-wise. [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Folamour – Make Believe Disco (Number One) 12″ – Make Believe Disco . . . . . . . . C. Scott – The Pittsburgh Diaries 12″ – Lumberjacks In Hell . . . . . . . . Audio Atlas presents DimDJ – Future Ancient 12″ – Mathematics . . . . . . [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Savile and Steve Mizek have a go at editing 4 of Shifty Science’s tracks. “Get Back” gets things underway with aggressive club beats and vocal samples. Ola is quirky and upbeat, while Crickets features some playful mid-range work. DigiVox probably elicits the most interest for me. Some dreamy harmonies are introduced and they evoke a [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
The Deep End broadcasts on Monday evenings from 11pm local time at WNUR 89.3 FM in Chicago & online. Here, Owner of Gramaphone Records and Smartbar resident Michael Serafini features a deeper, broader-ranging selection than he shows in his many club sessions. These hour-long sets mix deep house, techno, and disco and span early selections [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Miki Miyoshi – Distant Memories 12″ – Sovereign State . . . . . . . . . Buttechno – Tepliy Stan 12″ – Public Systems . . . . . . . . . Gauss – Numerical Coefficients 12″ – Gauss LTD . . . . . . . . . Midnight Circuitry – [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
A big favourite around the shop, the latest release on Sistrum is extra housey for Patrice Scott’s deep dance imprint. Javonntte released a pair of 12″s in 2016, the earlier was on Kai Alce’s NDATL. Here, Jazzmatazz shows shades of St Germain, Theme From Javonntte is a classic Chicago stomp, Capricorn is somewhere in between [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Gramaphone techno buyer, 1/2 of Bell Boys, Stripped & Chewed affiliate Adam Rowe has a new radio program called Sleep Temple. It broadcasts bi-weekly at WNUR 89.3 FM in Chicago & online, specializing in ambient, new-age, atmospheric drum n bass, and related sounds. It currently broadcasts on Monday evenings from midnight local time. Full format schedule [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Chicagodeep & Taelue – Metaphoric Expressions 2xLP – Perpetual Rhythms . . . . . . . . Church Volumes 003 compilation 12″ – Church . . . . . . . . Kaidi Tatham – Freedom School DJ Series Vol 3 12″ – Freedom School . . . . . . . . Alton [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Phonologue contributor & head of Sovereign State, Ashina has a long-running radio program called Sketches airing weekly at WNUR 89.3 FM in Chicago & online. These broadcasts bridge ambient, techno, house, jungle, and other styles, in addition to original productions and field recordings. It currently broadcasts on Wednesday evenings from 11pm local time. Full format [&hellip[ READ MORE ]