Echospace - Liumin (Modern Love)

Monday, June 14th, 2010 | Sounds | 2 Comments

In my interview with Stephen Hitchell last year, he mentioned that he, along with Rod Modell, was finishing up the next Echospace album. The new album, ‘Liumin’, due out later this month is certainly worth the wait. In the three years since Echospace’s excellent debut ‘The Coldest Season’, both Rod Modell and Stephen Hitchell have been busy releasing solo works, building their label and heavily touring, something that evidently has played a big part in the creative process of the new album. Although ‘Liumin’ has all of the signature spacious dubbed-out sounds associated with Echospace, it is a much different affair than ‘The Coldest Season’. Whereas ‘The Coldest Season’ was the product of the bleak midwest winter, ‘Liumin’ is the product of Echospace’s travels around the world - field recordings from Japan run throughout the album. Aside from the first and last ambient tracks, it’s a much more of an upbeat affair with a distinct live feel to it, in fact many of the tracks have been taken from their live shows. Like everything that comes from the Echospace camp, ‘Liumin’ will not disappoint.

Tags: Dub techno, Echospace, Stephen Hitchell, Techno

Actress - Splazsh (Honest Jon’s)

Friday, June 11th, 2010 | Sounds | No Comments

‘Splazsh’, the sophomore album from Werk Discs head honcho Darren Cunningham aka Actress, picks up from where debut album, ‘Hazyville’, left off, pushing sounds and ideas that where hinted at on the first album. The album is very much a product of what is happening musically in London right now, bringing together a wide range of styles & influences and giving it a unique twist. The album kicks-off with the hypnotic, ‘Hubble’, which (along with ‘Bubble Butts and Equations’) reminds me a lot of the synth ladened sounds of fellow Londoner’s Subway. You can hear echoes of Detroit’s Terrence Dixon and Anthony ‘Shake’ Shakir on ‘Lost’ and ‘Let’s Fly’, while ‘Always Human’ and ‘Senorita’ sounds like a mutated Todd Edwards production. ‘Get Ohn’ taps Steve Bicknell’s Lost style of techno (another uniquely London sound). The album even in places sounds like the forgotten soundtrack of a John Carpenter movie. ‘Splazsh’ is a engrossing listen from start to end. Highly recommended.

Tags: Actress, London

JGM 59 - thedetroitmixpt3

Monday, May 24th, 2010 | Podcast | 4 Comments

Direct download: JGM_59_-_thedetroitmixpt3.mp3

Tags: Detroit house, Detroit techno

JGM 58 - Dave Siska

Thursday, April 15th, 2010 | Podcast | 5 Comments

Massive guest mix from Sonic Sunset’s Dave Siska, recorded live at 222 Hyde earlier this year.

Artist - Track (Label)

1. Rod Modell - Space Age Mythology (Echocord) Info
2. Model 500 - Starlight (echospace detroit) Info
3. Motor - 7 (Audio.nl) Info
4. Shackleton - Death Is Not Final (Skull Disco) Info
5. Scuba - Speak (NakedLunch) Info
6. Resilent - 1.1 (Chain Reaction) Info
7. Quadrant - Infinition (Planet E) Info
8. DJ Pete - Latifah (Counterbalance) Info
9. Shed - Sweep Dreams (Ostgut Ton) Info
10. Helical Scan - Index I (Chain Reaction) Info
11. Agent Cooper vs. Thee Come Organization - Untitled (LL) Info
12. James Ruskin - Below (Blueprint) Info
13. 7th Plain - Pearl (Volume) Info
14. Pub - Summer (Vertical Form) Info
15. Monolake - Invisible (Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music) Info
16. Scuba - From Within (Hotflush) Info
17. Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo (Hotflush) Info
18. CJ Bolland - Neural Paradox (R&S) Info
19. Millie - Path To Hell (Daphne) Info
20. Convextion - Solum Ferrum (Down Low) Info
21. Exos - Orangeblue (Statik Entertainment) Info
22. Baby Ford - Monolense (Ifach) Info
23. Dark Comedy - Solace (Elypsia) Info
24. Ben Klock - Gold Rush (Ostgut Ton) Info
25. Rene Lowe & Paul St. Hilaire - Faith (False Tuned) Info
26. Electric Birds - Frames (inc.us) Info
27. Pangaea - You & I (Hessle Audio) Info
28. Gez Varley - Le Soleil (Force Inc.) Info
29. Basic Channel - Octagon (Basic Channel) Info
30. 2562 - Enforcers (Tectonic) Info

Direct download: Just_Good_Music_4_15_10_-_Dave_Siska.mp3

Tags: Detroit techno, Dub step, Dub techno, Guest mix

Pirates

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 | Vision | 4 Comments

England’s pirate radio stations have been vital in breaking underground music and bringing it to a wider audience since the 1960’s. In this video we get a behind-the-scenes look at London’s pirate stations (Rinse FM & Flex) as well as a history lesson about the original pirate station, Radio 630, located 3 miles off-shore in abandoned world war 2 sea forts.

Tags: London, pirate radio

JGM 57 - 4 My Peepz

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 | Podcast | 2 Comments

Artist - Track (Label)

Tags: Deep House, Detroit, Techno