Hear an unreleased 1996 track from Future Beat Alliance
UK producer Future Beat Alliance’s Detroit-influenced techno has been around since the mid 1990s but…
Author Seb Chan
Seb Chan
Seb Chan founded Cyclic Defrost Magazine in 1998 with Dale Harrison. He handed over the reins at the end of 2010 but still contributes the occasional article and review.
Listen to the new Cervo on Black Acre
Manchester’s Cervo releases a two tracker on Black Acre in October based on field recordings…
Listen to Vito Gatto’s rework of Debussy’s Clair De Lune from Re:works Piano
Last year venerable classical label Decca opened its vaults to a series of electronic artists…
Listen to a new track by Valentino Mora from his Slow Hyper Controlled Motion EP
Written as a homage to 90s New York house music, Valentino Mora’s Slow Hyper Controlled…
Read David Nichols’ liner notes for Closed Circuits: Australian Alternative Electronic Music of the ’70s & ’80s
One of the more interesting compilations of recent months is Closed Circuits: Australian Alternative Electronic…
Listen to a new track If You Want from Dublin’s Major Grave
Dublin producer Major Grave drops his new EP Evacuate on Never Ready Records on July…
Sebastian Mullaert takes us through each track on his new EP on Apollo
Swedish producer Sebastian Mullaert’s new EP, All The Keys Are Here, on R&S sub label…
Stream Biogen’s 160 Techno from Halogen Continues on трип
Bjössi Biogen was one of Iceland’s pioneers bringing hardcore breakbeat to the island nation in…
Listen to a new track from the upcoming LP by The Greatest Hoax on Serein
New signing to Welsh ambient and modern classical label Serein, The Greatest Hoax, releases his…
Listen to Kirribilli from Pheek’s new ambient opus
Sandwiched between the ‘big ambient releases’ this month – the return of Wolgang Voigt’s Gas…
Listen to Max Cooper’s Distant Lights remixed by Rival Consoles
Late last year Max Cooper released the fantastic LP, Emergence. Cinematic, spatial, epic and accompanied…
Cruel Optimism: In conversation with Lawrence English
Lawrence English has been a one of the most prolific Australian sound artists and musicians…
Preview a track from Arnaldo & Monoak’s autumnal split EP for Greta Cottage Workshop
In the northern hemisphere the autumn leaves have begun to fall, and with them the…
Label Profile : 130701 – interview with Dave Howell by Seb Chan
130701 is a subsidiary of the legendary UK label Fat Cat Records. Formed out of…
Listen to the Seven Years of Home Normal sampler
Six weeks ago we published an interview with Ian Hawgood of Home Normal. Ian made…