What better way to start the year than with a whole album's worth of material for free. It comes from experimental noise and techno producer, live act and Gyrocyre and L.I.E.S. associate Xosar, is entitled Holographic Matrix and is available here. It truly is an alternative journey into industrial and dystopian sounds. For more info on Xosar check...
He is a truly revered figure in his native Japan and now the rest of the world is starting to cotton on to Future Terror party starter and Bitta label boss DJ Nobu. As such, Red Bull Music Academy caught up with him to find out more of his back story and get an insight into this uncompromising musical mind...
Following up similarly experimental albums as Occult Orientated Crime, Saab Knutson and Calimex Mental Implant Corp, the one and only Legowelt has just finished a new one as Nomad Ninja. It features "dozing snuggy amateur synth jazz, oozing cloudy Rhodes electric pianos and saturated trip synthesizers" and comes with artwork by the man himself. The album is called Avond Sluimer...
The team at Resident Advisor have decided that Soichi's Sounds From The Far East compilation - as put together by Hunee for Rush Hour - is the best of the year. Naturally we agree, because it has introduced him to legions of new fans, all of whom fell under his magically melodic house spell. Of course, he also did plenty...
The charismatic selector that is San Proper recently popped into the Rush Hour shop to play a set. Over two and a half hours he plays some ambient, raw house, dub and techno and it is a wild ride as you would always expect from this man. Tune in here. For more info on San Proper check out his...
Semantica boss Svreca speaks to Input Selector about the last year for his label, about what music he plays in his sets and about what he has coming up. It has been a big one for him, with plenty of new material as well as high profile remixes all continuing to prove he combines electronic and techno in fresh new...
Input Selector have also been speaking to the Eerie boss and Time to Express and Bunker associate Marco Shuttle. Known for making detailed, intricate techno that is organic and hypnotic, he has spoken about moving to Amsterdam (still searching for a house there by the way, if you, dear reader, should know a place..) and why he likes to switch...
In 2015, Neel's live AV and DJ setup evolved into a hybrid one. Whilst for his earlier live shows he used a modular setup, the gear is expanding at every gig he plays and his current setup also includes a 909 and various other bits of gear. Next year we will see more of that on the dance floors in...
Xosar not only makes "snarling, black-magic techno" both live on stage and in her studio, but she also thinks a lot about her processes. In this interview with influential New Age artist Iasos, she discusses inner balance, the healing nature of dark music and her artistic intent. It is an in-depth read as fascinating as listening to Xosar's upcoming release...
Italian techno perfectionist Donato Dozzy has a new split 12" coming on Svreca's Semantica label. It is the DJ, producer and live artist's debut on the label and features a typically grainy, trance inducing groove full of bleakly absorbing atmosphere. You can buy and listen to the mysterious 'Automa Talos (Donato Dozzy Version)' here, along with flip side from...
