We hiked our way over to Bognor Regis to check out the Bugged Out! Weekender, featuring sets from Diplo, Fake Blood, Jackmaster, Joy Orbison and more. This is what we saw/heard/felt…
Interviews
Creative Lineage: Shigeto
From live jazz experiments, to Wu-referencing hip-hop instrumentals and deeply layered astral soul, we talk to Ghostly International’s Shigeto about his new album project, New York living, and his own personal ‘Lineage’…
Imperfect: Locked Groove
Starting off 2012 in truly fine form, we catch up with Belgium’s Locked Groove, who’s Hotflush-issued ‘Rooted’ EP is causing serious damage across techno and bass orientated ‘floors at the moment…
The State of Bass: 2011
We take a look at the development throughout the year of that most commonly used of terms – ‘bass music’. Taking in long-players from Pinch & Shackleton, Emika, Zomby, Rustie and more…
Dub Be Good To Me: Adrian Sherwood
With On-U Sound imprint celebrating 30 years of releases this year, we talk to dub producer, label owner and sometime Tackhead front man Adrian Sherwood to discuss his feelings on the past 3 decades of bass, the modern challenges facing current labels, and why the music industry is a battlefield…
Visual Nature: Balam Acab
We examine one of the most divisive albums of the year in the work of 20 year old Alec Koone, a young producer on the Tri Angle Records stable, who’s ‘Wander / Wonder’ album has been splitting opinion across the blogosphere for what seems like months…
Journey Into Sound: Paul White
We Catch up with South London-based hip hop producer Paul White to discuss his love of skateboard videos, the spontaneity in his production habits and the importance of keeping the tradition alive in music production…
King of Swing: Sully
We catch up with one of recent years finest UK producers, a man whose taut garage releases have reached near mythical status, and whose recent experiments with footwork blaze a new path for UK bass…
Journey Man: T. Williams
With a string of releases over the past past two years helping carving out a unique niche in percussive house and bass music, the career of T. Williams has gone from strength to strength. Ahead of his return to Local Action Records with the ‘Analog Tour’ EP, we caught up with the Deep Teknologi boss to talk grime, long players and Terri Walker…
UK Hip-Hop: Into the 2010s and Beyond
With recent albums dropping from UK hip-hop’s old guard, we investigate the past, present and future of one of the UK’s most underwhelming, yet once richly creative genres…