Following news this morning that they'll be playing the Drowned In Sound stage at this year's Great Escape, Rob Leedham talks to the electronic trio about recording News From Nowhere, writing songs for Kate Bush and The Sopranos...»
Since its inception in 2007, the Field Day festival has been beset by hitches. Consecutive years have been marred by problems with inaudible sound, extraordinary toilet queues, comic band cancellations (Dan Deacon losing his passport anyone?) combining with moronic last minute mass schedule alterations, or simply by being idiotically put on at the height of the English summer when the organisers should know it will piss it down. What promoters Eat Your Own Ears have got consistently right is the bill, with 2011 no exception.»
This week's Spotifriday playlist!»
DiS usually does a top 50 albums of the year. However, 2010 has seen the release of rather a lot of much-loved records that we have been forced to do a roll-over, in order to highlight a few more must own/investigate records.»
Where did this week go? And how on earth have we managed to get to number 66 in our Spotify series of weekly playlists wot act like a hyperlink-laden cover mount of what we've covered on the site this week? Time, it really doth fly. Anyway, Luke has taken this whole Nordic week thing a bit far and disappeared to Finland, so you're left with me making a playlist, insert your hatred in the comments section below or yuhknow, maybe just say something nice about something you think should have been on this playlist.»
In this edition we trace the twilight paths explored by Hyperdub's Darkstar. Their debut album North is released later this month, and has proved to be one of those deceptive records that quietly embeds itself in your consciousness and quickly becomes imp»
The world of electronic music is so littered with sub-genres now that it is far too difficult for many to keep track. More than anything, the awareness that terms for certain minutiae of change in a sonic spectrum is journalistic. But sometimes such defining words can feel appropriate – encapsulation will be impossible forever,»
The best electronic releases of recent times (well, last month) and a new and exclusive deep, sleek house mix from DJ and producer Lee Curtiss.»
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