Test Pressing Podcast

A few weeks back Lexx and I did a night at Brilliant Corners. It was a lovely night so here’s a recording of Lexx’s set. Fine music as every from the Swiss chap.

Dark, pounding, yet soulful – as sweet Garage vocals sing of unity and love. A return to Chicago basics, but with a New York swing and Miami`s bass. A stripped-back, bottom-heavy sound, like Nu Groove on steroids, that pre-dates Junior (Vasquez) and Danny (Tenaglia) on Tribal & Twisted. Pre-dates DJ Duke`s Power Music. The first […]

Max Essa has moved. Into a new apartment. And two tapes of Murk playing live, which we bagsied nearly three years ago, have come out of storage. This is the first one. I`ll let Max explain…. “Back in the olden days, before music mated with the internet, before we knew everything about everything, information was […]

Here`s my pick of November`s releases, trying to stick to music that`s forthcoming, music that we haven’t covered yet (stuff we have covered like those Be With reissues and Yussef Kamaal`s “Black Focus”, Maajo (which sounded super nice at Bonobo – upstairs and downstairs – on Saturday), and PLSD on Golf Channel are obviously a […]

When I asked Raphael one of our standard questions, “Would you say you have a particular “sound”?”, he replied specifically to this mix: “You know I can spend days selecting records when I have to play somewhere or to record a mix. I really do it from the heart, taking care of everything around it […]

Apocalyptic Afro, chilling chuggers, claustrophobic clanking, creepy Kosmische, demonic Disco, subjected to doom-inducing delay. Giallo guitar, a House of horrors, icy-fingered Industrial, Jack(ing) The Ripper. Jugular Jazz, Library lunacy, lycanthrope laughter and petrifying Proto. Psycho Psyche, sinister strangers in the shadows of the city. Slaughterhouse Sleaze and Soul sacrifices. Synth-pop screamers, terrifying Tribal, vampiric Voodoo, […]

Epic Electro, squelchy Synth-Pop, Detroit-like urban ambience, chugging Cosmic Tribal Funk, and a House where the Africa meets the Orient, all in search of that “Organic”, “Rhythmic Modern” that the chaps talk about. Tex / Mex border Rock N Roll guitar Noir, cowbell & teeth-rattling bass, French dudes, strange scats, and Techno with castanets. Their […]

Roberto Musci / Nexus On The Beach (from the beautiful and fascinating compilation of the Italian composer / musician`s work on Music From Memory); The Igniters / Hakka Suru (from “Midnite Spares” – Andras Fox & Instant Peterson raiding the Triple R Radio archives for Antipodean New Wave – I really should have covered this […]

I first met Dubby when he worked at the legendary Cisco Records in Tokyo (alongside the equally legendary Dr. Nishimura). There he was a buyer with some ten years experience, covering everything – Jazz, Latin, World, Soul, House, Disco, Drum & Bass, Dubstep – and responsible for bringing labels like Music For Dreams to Japan. […]

Phillipi & Rodrigo are two good time Brazilians signed to the DEEWEE label making future samba sound and a whole lot more. They also release killer music under the name Fatnotronic but we are here to talk P&R. Their first release was ‘Karma / Gueto De Gent’- a double hit of crazy acid samba with […]