Butlins Minehead has a slightly jarring atmosphere in the middle of the night. Sprawling chalet lots and the cocked arms of fairground apparatus have an unnerving tendency to suddenly loom from the darkness without warning. While ATP’s beardy warmth adds a softer edge to that experience, its intensity is further heightened at BLOC Weekend.»
It’s fair to say that DiS is no stranger to Butlins, Minehead. Given that we try our hardest to attend as many editions of All Tomorrow’s Parties as possible each year. The faint edge of chaos that still runs through ATP, especially late at night, pales in insignificance compared to BLOC Weekend, which tends to descend upon the place like an ode to hedonistic excess. This year’s edition takes place on the weekend of the 11th to the 13th March, though if you’re learning this for the first time, you’re a little late to the party – it’s entirely sold out.»
So to close off 2010 it feels appropriate to take a scan backward through some of the year’s most exciting developments. We’ve recorded a mix that gathers together some of our favourite tracks from this year, from the blissful sensory overload of Oneohtrix Point Never and Hype Williams to the darkened soundscapes of Demdike Stare and Raime, alongside a healthy dose of music from the fertile ground explored by dubstep’s progeny. You can stream it from Mixcloud or download immediately below; the tracklist follows at the bottom of this article.»
armchair dancefloor 025 marks a change in personnel – ever on-it column founder Chris Power has passed the buck onwards to me, but the format's going to remain very much the same. So expect the usual round-up of the month's best releases in the electron»
Part of the brief for our tenth birthday celebrations was to cast a critical eye back over Drowned In Sound’s decade-long existence and draw out strands we felt had been overlooked, artists we felt were under appreciated or hadn’t been given due colum»
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.»
A new column exploring music which is somehow introverted yet open. There’s a common theme running throughout the choices highlighted, in that they live in the dark, whether fully or tiptoeing around the shadows. »
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