HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR DJ-KICKS
It’s all too easy for nostalgia to tip into something negative. At its best it’s a celebration of the best the past has to offer while putting it balance into a contemporary context; at its worst it’s moaning that things … read more…
GOLD PANDA DJ-KICKS
Compilations series’ come and go, but one that’s not only survived, yet constantly sought to evolve and provide the best in cutting edge music, is the legendary DJ-Kicks sets on !K7 Records. What’s always impressed about their releases has been … read more…
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Scuba DJ-Kicks
The one thing that Paul Rose, better known as Scuba, really doesn’t want you to do is to try and pin him down. His roots are in London’s dubstep scene, but he lives in the techno metropolis of Berlin. His … read more…
MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE – DJ-KICKS
Danilo was always incredibly young with things. He started producing at the age of eleven—“way
too early” as he jokes—having his first release out just five years later: Inverse Cinematics’ “Slow Swing”, released on Pulver Records in 2002, and ended … read more…
Wolf+Lamb vs Soul Clap DJ-Kicks
There’s evil abroad in the world of dance music and the Wolf + Lamb/Soul Clap Justice League are the last line of defence. This coalition of glitterball superheroes and 4AM villains has come together to fight the forces of too … read more…
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APPARAT DJ-KICKS
Sasha Ring’s work under his Apparat moniker has always been evolving; over three albums on the Shitkatapult label and the collaborative full lengths with Ellen Allien and Modeselektor as Moderat on Bpitch Control, he’s surprised a lot of listeners with … read more…
KODE9 DJ-KICKS
Kode9’s grasp on the throat of bass music in 2010 is almost unparalleled. His trend setting record label, Hyperdub, is in its sixth year of viral contagion; he’s become a published author on the theory of sound abuse and sonic … read more…
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JAMES HOLDEN DJ-KICKS
James Holden may not be a household name, but to fans of adventurous, progressive electronic sounds, the British techno sorcerer and psychedelic shaman is renowned as a genius. So revered are his talents that he’s been tapped to remix some … read more…
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JUAN MACLEAN DJ-KICKS
That Juan MacLean is just a bundle of contradictions. Here he’s created one of the year’s best mix CDs—and not just a proper party mix, which it certainly is, but even what you might call an “important” mix, a timely … read more…
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CHROMEO DJ-KICKS
True to the series’ standard, Chromeo’s selection takes in sounds you’d be hard-pressed to hear almost anywhere else: early ’80s disco and R&B that sound little like the Italo and space disco currently enjoying a rise in hipster cred. Bursting … read more…
