Four Tet - Fabriclive 59 (Mix Album Review)

Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet, has always pushed musical boundaries. Whether it be with his inimitable style of electronica - glitching up folk samples into haunting hip-hop melodies - or live laptop jamming with jazz drummers, he always manages to do something different and subvert expectations. With the release of his latest and most accessible album, There Is Love In You, he has found himself sitting alongside the likes of Joy Orbison and Pearson Sound on releases and line-ups alike. These pioneers are re-inventing bass music and Pearson Sound's recent Fabric Mix is a good example of where these new genres are headed. If you've come to terms with Four Tet's endless curve balling then you won't be as surprised to know that this mix doesn't pick up where Pearson Sound's left off.

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Battery Powered - Tock

Here's our latest track as Battery Powered, it's a tidy little tech house groove for playing early doors. There's no real breakdown(s) just some subtle rises and falls using a nice balkan horn sample and plenty of percussion.

Tock by Battery Powered

SBTRKT - SBTRKT (Album Review)

Check out my review of SBTRKT's debut album over at Blah Blah Blah.

SBTRKT - Sanctuary (feat. Jessie Ware & Sampha) on Spotify.

Digitalism - I Love You Dude (Album Review)

It's been four years since Digitalism released their debut, Idealism. At that time they were one of a handful of pioneers developing the hybrid of indie and dance music and Idealism stands as an important milestone in the progression of what became known as 'nu-rave'. Since then the genre notoriously expanded, diluted and collapsed under the weight of weak immitators and heavy criticism from it's initial supporters. Four years on and everything has changed in the world around them, do Digitalism have what it takes to keep up?

Read the rest of the review over at Blah Blah Blah.

Digitalism - Encore on Spotify

The Candela Kingdom - A Little Positive

I proudly present my new project. It's called The Candela Kingom and is a collaboration with my good friend/housemate/occasional Pier Pressure poster. It's 2 and a half minutes of bright summery guitars and synths with emotionally charged, uplifting lyrics and funky bass.

A Little Positive (Demo) by The Candela Kingdom

Munk - The Bird And The Beat (Album Review)

Munk is Mathias Modica the multi instrumentalist and co-founder of Gomma records. The Bird And The Beat is his third album and provides a deliciously summery dose of disco influenced dance music. Instead of mining disco for samples, however, he's created 14 tracks that put something back into the genre.

Read the rest of the review over at Blah Blah Blah.

Munk - La Musica on Spotify.

Frankie & The Hearstrings - Hunger (Album Review)

Since it's surge in popularity and saturation circa 2008, indie has been in general decline and the standard guitar, bass and drums combo has fallen by the wayside. Three years later and there are a couple of bands reigniting that spark.

Read the rest of the review and buy the album at Ape

Frankie & The Heartstings - Hunger on Spotify.