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Challengers Original Soundtrack – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Released April 26th, Milan/Sony Challengers is the latest soundtrack album by Academy Award-winning duo, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross. The album is notable for its predominantly high-energy techno-influenced music which serves as the beating pulse of the movie. The movie itself is a tennis-themed movie … Read more
C – Skee Mask – Self Released January 4th, 2024 Skee Mask is a DJ/producer from Munich. He first rose to prominence with the release of his 2016 album Shred, the first of three albums released on Ilian Tape, the label run by fellow Bavarian bass pioneers, the Zenker Brothers. In 2022, Skee Mask self-released … Read more
Blind On A Galloping Horse – David Holmes Featuring Raven Violet – Released November 10th 2023 After a hiatus of 15 years, Belfast-born DJ, producer and composer David Holmes has released a new album featuring the talents of vocalist Raven Violet. Though he’s remained busy composing movie soundtracks and working on other projects, Blind On … Read more
Nntng – There Is A Place For Me [Digitally Released] July’s album of the month is the fourth album from Nntng, There Is A Place For Me. This idiosyncratic German producer first came to my attention with his first release on Lobster Theremin way back in 2014. From blissful downtempo tracks to upbeat sonorous techno, … Read more
Laurent Garnier – 33 Tours Et Puis S’en Vont – Cod3QR Records [Digital Version] In my personal pantheon of DJs you will find two distinct categories, technical wizards and expert selectors. Top of the technical wizards for me is Jeff Mills, a man who can field strip an SL1210 blindfolded in under 14 seconds before … Read more
Doubt yee not the power of The Orb – with 17 albums spanning 32 years and counting, Doctor Patterson’s travelling medicine show remains as fresh and freaky as ever. Their latest album, Prism, is a reassuring blend of familiar sounds that still packs plenty of welcome surprises. Prism builds on the legacy of Abolition of … Read more
Optical Delusion – Orbital – Released February 2023 – London Records / Orbital Recordings Ireland hates Orbital apparently. Not the Irish people I should point out. No, we love them as much as anybody, but the Hartnoll brothers claim they’re cursed whenever they come here. It was certainly the case when my longest-suffering friend and … Read more
Album Of The Month: Carl Cox – Electronic Generations – Released December 2022 Full disclosure, I wasn’t expecting much from this one. In fact, I was more hoping that the new Leftfield album was going to be my album of the month, whereas this release came way out of eeeh… well you know what I … Read more
Leftfield – This Is What We Do – Released December 2022 Leftfield were already techno royalty when they released their debut album Leftism back in 1994. The album won awards and critical acclaim while also being one of the first big dance music records to cause die-hard rockers to proclaim, “Wow, this rave’s stuff’s not … Read more