Category Archives: electronica

Breakbeat mixup, mk II

Broken Breaks, mixed by db! Here’s another breaks mix for your ears – this one’s a bit more electro-ey. One of the great things about breakbeat is that you can fuse it with electro house and it’ll still sound huge. There’s a couple of examples of that in this offering; expect more of this in [...]

Boom Bip, Gruff Rhys, Spank Rock collabo & Why?

Stainless Style by Neon Neon is an unorthodox concept album between some of the big underground names of Hip-Hop, IDM, electronica and indie rock and it somehow works really well. Boom Bip is one of my favourite musicians; if you haven’t already then check out Blue eyed in the Red Room featuring Nina Nastasia, and [...]

James Pants, Bochum Welt live cut

Spotted on: Analog Giant New artist fresh off the Stones Throw block, James Pants is described on their site as, “… a purveyor par excellence of that unmistakable “fresh beat”: 80’s Soul, Electro Boogie, Early Rap, New Wave, & Post-Punk Disco, all of which can be found on Welcome where James plays drums, keys, guitar [...]

Frau Aike

I wanted to introduce you do a new artist on the electronic scene. The talented Frau Aike started producing electronic music at the beginning of 2004 in San Francisco when the creativity of the city, life with a musician gone wild, 20 years of experience with classic piano and a midi-keyboard standing about, created a [...]

February Roundup, Spank Rock, Daft Punk and Radio Slave

I’m gonna end this month off by mentioning some of the tracks that I’ve had pretty much on loop recently. Check back very soon for an in-depth look into three upcoming projects that I am excited to be able to blog about – HipGnosis, Eliot Lipp and Autechre. Stay tuned boppers, stay tuned…