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  “It Was My Sound”: An Interview with Egyptian Lover

  04.21.09 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  I just posted an article about the Egyptian Lover over at Intergalactic FM: Nile Style: The Resurgence of the Egyptian Lover’s Empire. Because I know how you guys at ISM love the nitty-gritty details, I’m posting the full text of the interviews I did by phone and email with the Lover here.

• Interviews

  Interview: Speculator

  03.23.09 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  Interview by Lina Goldberg, Photo by Paul Langlade William Burnett is a man of many names in the electronic music world. Speculator, for his eclectic weekly show “Short Bus Radio” on New York’s East Village radio. And there’s Smackulator for his ghetto house-inspired creations with Legowelt, who he also makes short films with. He’s released solo [...]

• Interviews

  Another Round with Omar-S

  02.04.09 | Permalink | 15 Comments

  It was about a year and a half ago when we kicked this blog off with an exclusive interview with Omar-S. At that time, he was blowing up the underground left and right. Our interview with him was the first one out there, and I think any readership that we got initially can be traced [...]

• Interviews, Music

  Lerosa: Straight Outta Killester

  12.08.08 | Permalink | 20 Comments

  Leopoldo Rosa, more commonly known as Lerosa, is an ISM favourite for some time, releasing quirky, original house on labels such as D1 Recordings and Millions of Moments since 2005. A while back I had a chat with Leo talking about everything from his musical beginnings in Italy, nearly packing it all in to been [...]

• Culture, General, Interviews, Music

  Interview – Reggie Dokes (Psychostasia Recordings)

  08.31.08 | Permalink | 13 Comments

  Here at ISM, we like to give coverage to artists we respect and admire. It’s been a while since we last had an interview up, so here is the next installment. I caught up via email with DJ and producer Reggie Dokes, owner of Psychostasia Recordings, to talk music, the “D”, and being in a [...]

• Interviews, Music

  Dutch Gold

  04.21.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Delsin is a label synonymous with quality. ISM got head honcho Marsel van der Wielen to have a quick chat about a label that is now an institution. Dutch Gold, baby.  

• Culture, General, Interviews, Music

  Into the Mind of Nubian Mindz

  01.22.08 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  Colin Lindo, aka Alpha Omega and Nubian Mindz, is an electronic music veteran who can turn his hand to many genres and makes music that didn’t easily fit into specific genre definitions (we like that here). He has recorded for legendary jungle label Reinforced and his New World Chaos album on Archive is an underrated [...]

• Interviews, Music

  Talking Shit with Shake, Part 1

  08.20.07 | Permalink | 23 Comments

  Anthony “Shake” Shakir is one of techno’s true innovators. Despite having tracks out since the initial “Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroit” compilation, he is consistantly one of if not the most underrated techno producer out of the D. infinitestatemachine had a long talk with him, trying to see what makes him tick. Also [...]

• Interviews, Music

  A Conversation with Omar-S

  08.06.07 | Permalink | 82 Comments

  Alex “Omar-S” Smith has been dropping bombs on his own label FXHE out of Detroit since 2001. We had a chat with him while he was driving around with his family on a Sunday afternoon. For those familiar with his fresh sound that mixes Chicago’s jacking house rhythms with Detroit’s sublime atmospheres, this will help [...]

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