Welcome to Nuel

We love well crafted and hypnotic techno and ambient sounds here at Octopus Agents, as talents of ours like Neel (not to be confused with..) prove. As such, and having worked with him on his Aquaplano sets, we are glad to add another master of those forms to our ranks: Italian Nuel has released seminal LPs on Further Records, works...

Legowelt launches JV2080 sample kit

Wondrous Dutch producer Legowelt finished another of his much loved free home made sample packs. This time it features "322 HOT wav samples from the 1997 digital monster ROLAND JV2080 synthesizer", which should get producers all over the globe inspired to give it a go. You can get all info on it here. For more info on Legowelt check...

DJBroadcast: Dexter's ten essentials

After news has come out that Dexter is re-launching his Klakson label with Steffi, the electro specialist has taken time out to chat to DJB about ten essential records that get him excited. It clearly shows his diverse taste in music, from Autechre to A Tribe Called Quest, and from Dopplereffekt to EPMD. Some you will hear in his energetic...

Proper studio tour with FACT TV

Always one to cook up fresh, strange and beguiling sounds in his house and techno tracks on labels like Perlon and Rush Hour, San Proper recently revealed when he makes his beats to FACT TV. He gave them a tour of his music making space and it is a hilarious 8 minute film that finds San Proper in great...

San Proper at Dommune

Back in October, San Proper was playing in Japan so stopped by celebrated streaming service Dommune to drop some heat. Over the course of 75 minutes he played some sweet sweet soul, freaky house and weird tech that will make you dance at your desk. See for yourself here. For more info on San Proper check out his full...

NDS Spotlight with San Proper

NDS chatted with San Proper about music, inspirations and his studio space in this eight minute film. It reveals some of his roots, friendships, weird character traits and more besides. Head here for this great insight into a truly unique mind. For more info on San Proper check out his full artist profile over here.

Marco Shuttle EP & Video release

Marco Shuttle is leaving London with a ten minute music and video ode to the English capital. Entitled 'Back Here', named and created after his return to the UK city a few years ago, the video features bird's eye footage of someone running the streets and passing by industrial areas, urban conurbations, football stadiums and more, and comes...

Interstellar Funk on Red Light Radio

Growing in stature by the week, Interstellar Funk, who produces on the Tape label and works with Rush Hour, has guested on Red Light Radio in his native Amsterdam. His hour long selection builds slowly but surely with rugged disco grooves and off kilter melodic house as well as flashes of post-rave electronics and is a perfect window into his...

Voices From The Lake Bunker Podcast

Donato Dozzy and Neel have given famed New York techno label Bunker a rare new live recording of theirs. It started at The Bunker Dream House in Brooklyn and was completed in Rome in November 2015 and is 42 minutes of immersive, aqueous techno with subliminal rhythms, absorbing atmospheres and earthy percussion that all run deep. Tune in and trip...

Welcome San Proper!

San Proper needs very little introduction to anyone who has had an ear to the underground over the last decade. The Rush Hour and Perlon associate is a wild DJ, characterful producer, Red Light Radio host and label boss who has a special way of connecting together house, disco, acid, techno and afro and does so around the world. We...

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