From the genius who brought you the MIDINES and 2 seminal releases on 8bitpeoples, comes a new album, released on mp3death, a label which has also released works by chiptune artists Gijs Gieskes, Overthruster, Firebrand boy, The Commodore 64 Orchestra and others in the past.
Those familiar with x|k’s (pronounced “kix”) music would know that it […]

Bleepshow.com is an electronic music podcast run by a guy called Pete. You’re probably wondering what is so special about this one electronic music podcast when there are probably a ton out there. Well, there are a few things that make Pete’s podcast really stand out.
Firstly, it runs for 5 days a week. That […]

Creative Commons may have made it easier for people to find a ton of legally downloadable music but the loose quality control of the movement has often meant that finding great tracks in popular genres is a challenge. Artists, who dabble in Creative Commons, often employ it as a testing ground for their more avant […]

Here’s yet another mix that fans of chillout music will probably enjoy. This one is done by German Tom Larson, who is no newcomer to the scene and has released 8 mixes across many different mix labels. Those unfamiliar with Larson’s style will find in this mix a combination of deep beats and entrancing rhythms. […]

Hard-working UK producer Chris Moss takes a break from his TB-303 to give us “The Sub”.
Released on Wrong Music’s netlabel, the album is a break from Chris’s usual squelchy acid and 707/909 driven tracks. In fact, “The Sub” sees Chris entering mellow territory (”Up Periscope”) and there’s even a dreamy tune! (”Love Tip”).
But […]

Rock the Boulevard, Reach the Bourgeois by French Producer Computer Truck is an album crammed full of diverse musical styles.The album spans 2-step garage dance music, electro, mashups, glitch and ghetto while throwing in 8 bit instrumentation and adding a lo-fi factor to it all. The album is certainly a very interesting listen for those […]

Norwegian-based producer Impakt serves up 5 tracks of pure analogue electro goodness. If there’s one thing I can’t get enough of, its that warm fat sound. Old school drum machines and synths are the main ingredients in this EP, and its highly reminiscent of AFX’s “Analord” series, although less experimental and less of a head-f**k.
The […]

So, who is trance blackman? Well, he’s a singer-songwriter and he specializes in no particular genre of music (You would have thought he would have been a good trance producer with that kind of name ;P). Instead, Blackman himself fancies a variety of music from classical to pop to rock to dance.
Opus Instrumentalis: Vibrations […]

Once in a while, you come across a record that is so strange yet conventional. Lost in Beats is a great Dance/Lounge album that presents us with a weird but effective mixture of house-esque dance music with chilled guitar/sax downtempo tunes that gets you fired up on one track and makes you wanna just lay […]