We had the Quaking Stars album from Starquake Records previously (here) which had a range of techno and acid tracks. Starquake Records are back with a B sides EP called Dark Matter. Le Bruit Noir start the EP off with Sound of Death. This starts off slowly enough but then goes into a frantic and [...]
Trick Folexxx are back with another big room monster. We had Trick Folexxx’s Take Over The World previously (here). This was a big room progressive house monster, which although slightly ‘button-pushing’, I loved, rather against my better judgement. Can they pull the same trick twice? We have the same lazy track title issues – Lazer Gun, really [...]
One of the inspirations for this blog was audio.out, probably the greatest dance music blog I’ve ever come across. And in stx, as I’ve said before, the only person’s record collection I’ve ever truely envied. His blog may be somewhat sporadic these days but ever so often it comes up with a gem. And in [...]
Someone singing over the Tron soundtrack is bound to be awful. Except it isn’t. Oddly works. Really shouldn’t. The singer is the appallingly named Queen of Hearts who takes on End of Line from Daft Punk’s Tron soundtrack. The cinematic, robotic original gets turned into an electronic pop song. Rather good. For lovers of Goldfrapp [...]
The Shire are an American group who normally do an indie rap pop thing about which I’m indifferent. But they also have a couple of lovely instrumentals which blend gentle guitar and electronics. Perfect for Ambient Sunday, lazing in the garden with a long drink. Alec from The Shire kindly answered Ted’s Top Ten Quiz but get’s question [...]
We had a track – Solar – from Shape Nagivator a couple of days ago (here). This dates from 1994. And just as it seems almost obligatory to have a dubstep mix today, so it felt like it was obligatory to have an ambient mix then. Jupiter is electronic ambient of the “Whoo, we’re in [...]
Londoner Hooky has dubstep meet bleep on his R K’d track. This is big, fat dubstep bass, with all the sounds of a thousand pac mans going off at once. Slightly overwhelming. This sort of track is a bit Marmite. Either you’ll think this sort of noize is great or it’s bloody awful. Hooky – [...]
Any artist who uses Iron Maiden’s lettering style for their name is alright by me. A track called Bombaclaad Star is either going to have ragga lyrics or dub lyrics. Curiously, it’s both. Perhaps sadly, given my dislike of the ragga style of shouting. But the underlying track is a rather fine dub track, with [...]
Start of a new month’s 12×12. This month Agent Provocateur, a live big beat band featuring John Gosling (aka Mekon). More about them from a previous post here. To start us off, a remix of their 1997 single Agent Dan by UNKLE. Inevitably released on Wall of Sound. The track starts with backwards sounds before [...]
After the unashamed pop of The 14th Minute remix, something darker. Skellinton produces acid techno with definite whiffs of dubstep in the bass structure. Offbeat music, allowing plenty of chin stroking opportunities. Of himself (I assume it must be a he), Skellington’s not giving much away. Simply says “My name is Skellington. I am the [...]