Psychick Warriors ov Gaia – Record Of Breaks (1995)
A slow, organic pulse. Sounds of dry percussion echoing from dead angles behind our ears. Sparse cymbals, patient construction of layers, oscillations, nervous flows, and powder of architectural residues. The fibrous bass remains in its groove, a luminous beam guiding us through the dimness of this otherworldly, timeless space, illuminated only by the distant flights of […]
Ikigai
Ikigai’s journey with electronic music began earlier than most, at the tender age of three. When her father, himself a musician, gifted her a Casio synthesizer, she quickly began losing track of time while exploring these strange electronic sounds. This early experience sparked a deep passion for music, which persisted throughout her years growing up […]
Line_out
Line_out has been collecting Drum & Bass records for 26 years, ever since he fell in love with the genre through the “Jungle Tekno 4” compilation in 1994. His collection includes 2,000 references from almost every mutation D&B has undergone since the early 1990s. From Jungle, Darkside, Neurofunk, Techstep, and Drumfunk, there isn’t a single […]
Nostromo Festival
🇬🇧 The English version of this interview is available here. Depuis sa création en 2017, Nostromo s’est imposé comme le rendez-vous incontournable d’une scène à part dans le paysage des musiques électroniques. Caractérisée par un amour inconditionnel pour le son des années 90 et 2000, elle se démarque aussi par une volonté assumée de mélanger […]
Nostromo Festival
🇫🇷 La version française de cet entretien est disponible ici. Since its creation in 2017, Nostromo has established itself as an essential meeting spot for a scene that stands apart in the electronic music landscape. Defined by an unwavering affection for the sound of the 90s and 2000s, it is also stands out for its […]
Norfn
When she’s not busy shaping young minds in the classroom, Norfn is spinning house and downtempo at various venues across Northern England, with a particular focus on her current base in Leeds. Renowned as a bastion of house music, the city owes part of its contemporary musical heritage to collectives such as Butter Side Up […]
Kim Kenis
Only quite recently did I start delving deep into the contemporary Belgian electronic music scene, realizing how central and defining it has been for my musical obsessions over the last few years. The amount of talent I discovered along the way has been truly remarkable, showing that Belgium still stands out as one of the […]
Ed Isar
For about fifteen years now, I’ve closely followed the journey of Ed Isar. His work influenced me way back in the early 2010s when he was writing articles on Get The Curse, by far the best French electronic music blog at the time, and a true lighthouse for an entire generation of music geeks. Not […]
Omar S – Just Ask The Lonely (2005)
Just ask the lonely, the urban outcast, the lunatic of the big cities; especially when it comes to Detroit, a real blemish on the face of American capitalism. Alex Omar Smith, also known as Omar-S, is a true product of this already severely degraded environment during the heyday of the Detroit Techno counter-aristocracy – the […]
Dju:n
Dju:n hails from Brest, a rave stronghold that has been hosting the legendary Astropolis for almost 30 years, considered the oldest electronic music festival in France. As part of a young generation of DJs who continually blur the boundaries between styles, she quickly stood out for the density of her selections blending techno, electro, breakbeat, juke, […]