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The Director’s Cut: Xinobi – Balsame [Disco Texas]
On April 8th, Xinobi released his third album, Balsame, the long-awaited follow-up to the acclaimed On The Quiet. Balsame is an expansive labor of love preceded by the single, ‘La Tormenta’, which not only opens the album but introduces the first of a host of guest collaborators crossing both musical and geographical boundaries in the process. […]
Liner Notes: Dominik Eulberg – Avichrom [Track-By-Track Breakdown]
Dominik Eulberg Natalia Luzenko Conservationist, producer and DJ, Dominik Eulberg has released his sixth album Avichrom. The German has been putting out music related to nature, fauna and animals for nearly 20 years, going back to 2004’s Flora & Fauna. Over the years, Eulberg has been at the forefront of blending ambient compositions with subtle, […]
The Director’s Cut: Blindsmyth – All That Fiberglass [Connaisseur]
A musical globetrotter, Simon Schmidt, also known as Blindsmyth really broke onto the scene back in 2018 with his debut album, ‘Blind’, on his Berlin-based home label Cosmic Society. The album was designed to tell a story, like a collage of emotional and musical moments in his life. It was followed by a signing to […]
Liner Notes: Stereoclip – Echoes (Album Review)
Stereoclip Echoes Album Cover Art Armada Music Maxime Merkpoel, better known as Stereoclip, began his journey ten years ago in Brussels. Maxime ended 2021 with a beautiful and majestic album release out now on Armada Music called Echoes. This album reflects on the decade of the ups and downs of his project. As you listen to […]
The Director’s Cut: BON – Pantheon (Track-By-Track Breakdown + Album Review))
BON Tanya_McGeever BON, a London-based production, composition, writing, and art partnership by Yerosha Windrich and Alex Morris, have released their debut album Pantheon. BON have contributed to projects on Warp Records, Hyperdub Records and 4AD, as well as having releases with Alxndr London and Dadras. The pair created a visual album that serves as an […]
Album Review: GARZA – Daydream Accelerator (Track-By-Track Breakdown)
GARZA in a tub Lacey Terrell This Friday has a remarkable amount of great music out. Rob Garza of the Thievery Corporation is another one providing the goods today with his new album Daydream Accelerator. The album comes under his project GARZA, which takes a little bit of a different approach to what people might expect from […]
Track-By-Track: Joseph Ray & Lakou Mizik – Leave The Bones (Album Review)
Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray Michael Sipe Jr Joseph Ray & Haitian band Lakou Mizik released their new project Leave The Bones last week. The pairing of a former member of dubstep trio Nero and a noted Haitian band may not be totally obvious, but it was something slowly brewing over the past six years. […]
Feed Me – S/T Album Track-by-Track Breakdown Review
Feed Me Take By & Created By Feed Me / Given By Get In PR British producer, DJ and creative artist Jon Gooch has released his sixth album under his Feed Me alias. Also known for his revered drum and bass moniker, Spor, Feed Me is the side of Gooch that has brought the harder […]
The Director’s Cut: Vonda7 – Let Go [art I werk]
VONDA7 Courtesy Photo Recently, Poznan-born, Berlin-based VONDA7 released her debut artist album, Let Go. The album fuses synth-pop, indie, and even hip-hop elements with house and techno, showcasing her own delicate vocals, to produce a diverse and uplifting album which was made for the summer months, both on dance-floors and for home listening. As an artist […]
The Director’s Cut: Mark Knight – Untold Business
Mark Knight Dan Reid Mark Knight has released his new album Untold Business. For the new album, Knight went back to his his collection of 70’s and 80’s funk, house, soul and disco records to build the foundation for this album. At 13 tracks in total, the Toolroom Records boss embraces the soulful and funky […]
The Director’s Cut: Feral – The End [Album Review]
Feral Tim Saccenti Massachusetts-based artist (by way of Ohio, by way of New York) Feral, real name Caleb Halter, has released his debut album The End. After releasing a few EPs over the past several years, this album gives the most complete picture of his competing views on dance music that can both be expansive, ready […]
Director’s Cut: Korea Town Acid – Metamorphosis [Album Review]
Korean Town Acid plastiquefamille.0rg Korea Town Acid (Jessica Cho) is a South Korean-born and Toronto-based musician creating some of the more interesting and genre-melding music today. Born in Seoul, she bridges the divide between cultures with her new album Metamorphosis, working with Toronto based artist DESIIRE, U.K.-based Korean pianist and rapper Pianwooo, Seoul rapper PNSB, […]