LEWIS DENE’S
INSIDE TRACK
BELGIAN BASS
■
WHAT’S ON
IN ASSOCIATION
If you’ve been anywhere in
WITH
earshot of sets by GILLES
THE OFFICE
BRIGADE!
Hot Chip
PETERSON, DERRICK MAY or
FRANÇOIS K recently you’ve more
STEREO?
then likely heard this brilliant
wordology of URSULA RUCKER’s
The music that’s been keeping us
‘Read Between The Lines’. On her
sane while putting this beast of an
new FiveSixMedia single she waxes
issue together…
lyrical about life’s meaning — her
01. Various
moods, hang ups, feelings and
‘Boys Noize Records Vol. 1’ (Boys Noize)
sexual appetite. This oozes the 02. Roll Deep
soulful sophistication and poetic
‘Return of the Big Money Sound’ (Roll Deep)
jazz charm of her contemporaries
03. Zomby
‘Strange Fruit’ (Ramp Recordings)
BAHAHMADIA, JEANNIE HOPPER
04. Miss Odd Kidd
and DANA BRYANT. It’s a slick slice
‘Don’t Be Afraid to Sweat’ (Locked On)
of afro-centric grooves created by
05. Goldielocks
KING BRITT that signals her ‘Smash & Grab’ (Locked On)
upcoming ‘Ruckus SoundSysdom’
06. Various
opus, and as you’d expect is pure
‘Dreams Come True:
Classic First Wave Electro 1982 – 87’ (Domino)
downbeat poetry in motion.
07. Koushik
‘Out My Window’ (Stones Throw)
■ The same could be said of
08. Various
PHYSICS’ new Seamless album,
‘10 Years of Finger Lickin’ (Finger Lickin’)
I Love Techno festival promises
‘Infl uences’. The Swedish producers
09. Saytek
deliver a sophomore set of bucolic ‘Live From The Seal Pit’ (Zoo Project)
phenomenal line-up impressions and beguiling dream- 10. Various
inducing electronica, electing not
‘Electric Chair Saved My Life’ (Tirk)
THE mother of all raves is back. “There are a lot of new names
to be a Xerox of their 2002 debut
Arguably the world’s most loved that I’m excited about. Bloody
‘First Flight’, but a worth adversary.
electronic music festival returns Beetroots and Surkin in particular The two protagonists create a
to the Flanders Expo in Ghent, are very promising names for the beautifully constructed opus of
1992
Belgium, on 15th November — I future,” enthused organiser Roel Balearic-kissed beats, rolling dance
Love Techno 2008. Vergauwen. “The Ed Banger room is grooves and subtle nuances that
Featuring the freshest artists and very fresh and I’m also really happy
sound more delicious with each
DJs in the realm of tech, but with to have Booka Shade and Hot Chip
successive play.
a wider remit than ever before, I for the fi rst time.”
Love Techno traverses all territories
■ CARL KENNEDY’s Wasted Youth
of the machine groove over fi ve But if your thing is unadulterated
imprint is behind yet another
colour-coded arenas. techno, don’t fret — this festival
quality dancer from the Southern
more than lives up to its title.
hemisphere. On ‘San Francisco’ by
Live acts appearing range from Richie Hawtin and his M-nus crew
Citylife, the Melbourne trio unleash
a record that could best be described
legends of electronica to the latest are keeping it pitch-black and
as a contemporary version of
CHARLIE MAY
synth incinerating electro upstarts. futuristic, Sardinia’s shadowy Dusty
‘Someday’-meets-‘Promised Land’.
Stadium techno behemoths Kid is destined to show us why DJ
(SPOOKY)
Vocalist DENNIS DOWLUT oozes
Underworld headline alongside Hell tagged him as the “the new
soulful emotion with every lyric he
Parisian noise terrorists Justice. Vitalic”, Panorama Bar resident
“We’d just made our fi rst album in a bedsit in
delivers, while a stellar remix
On a different tip, eclectic Marcel Dettmann will shower us
Streatham. Suddenly we had a record deal and
package featuring CARL KENNEDY,
funk nerds Hot Chip will be with shards of melodic synths and
in those days publishers were throwing money
D.O.N.S VS DBN, FRED FALKE,
demonstrating their ability to fl it minimal beats, and Detroit legend
at new dance acts so we built a proper studio.
FEENIXPAWL and STARFIGHTER
through styles, while Booka Shade’s Robert Hood is gonna show the
We were working out of the same offi ce as
will only draw wider appeal to a
live juggernaut of emotive electro- whippersnappers how it’s done. record that exudes a rare blend of
Leftfi eld, and Underworld, Orbital and Aphex
pop and dark dance is designed to Don’t miss the last mega-rave of sultriness and innocence.
Twin were blazing a trail on the live circuit, as
detonate fl oors. the year!
well as making really interesting records.”
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