joshua p ferguson

new music: jamie xx “all under one roof raving”

Anyone who caught Jamie xx‘s recent contribution to Boiler Room knows exactly where his latest single, “All Under One Roof Raving” for Young Turks is coming from. Even if you haven’t listened to the mix yet (you can now, below) but you’ve spent any time exploring the UK’s 2-step, garage, or hardcore scene then the latest…

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NEW MUSIC: INNERSPACE HALFLIFE “TEARDROP FROM NEBULA 1121+22”

There’s something inherent in machine music that instinctively connects to the otherworldly qualities of the cosmos. Since techno’s birth, its bond to science fiction has never weakened, and even for Chicago duo Innerspace Halflife, who draw as much from Chicago’s dance music roots as the Motor City’s, the pull of some distant space has ensnared…

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new music: jose padilla “solito”

It’s been bubbling up under the surface in more temperate pockets of around the globe for some time now, but this summer Balearic music is officially seeing a widespread and well-deserved renaissance. This is in large part thanks to the efforts of the Uruguay-born, Ibiza-based label International Feel, founded by ex-Future Loop Foundation artist and…

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new music: cooly g “hold me”

Few labels have done as much to reinforce bass music’s amorphous and far-reaching qualities as Hyperdub. And while credit is due to the leadership (and productions) of label head Kode9, it’s the company he keeps that truly establishes the label’s, well, anti-establishment quality—at least when it comes to the breadth of sounds it squeezes under…

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new music: supreme cuts “envision”

SUPREME CUTS‘ Mike Perry and Austin Keultjes don’t come off as artists terribly concerned about popular thought regarding their music. Critics are divided in their opinion of  the Chicago duo and its airy urban sound, but neither of them seems to care. In that way, SUPREME CUTS’ output has always come off as deeply personal. Interviews surrounding the release…

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