Things are tipping over nicely for Irish related action at the moment, be it artists or labels. So here’s a quick rundown of whats a gowan. First up is a new kid on the block from Derry, The Cyclist. With a tape album out in 2011 on Crash Symbols, “Bones In Motion” sees his first…
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Out now: Bande Apartment – Rita, Kate And You Too
After many delays (what’s new eh), the latest Apartment 12″ is finally out in the world. Bande Apartment is what we like to call the label’s In-house Disco Mechanics, comprising of Tr One and New Jackson, two (three?) of Ireland’s premier producers of the moment. For this release the label has ventured away from original…
New Detroit Shit
As our newest writer Joseph Hallam discussed in his first post here on infinitestatemachine, the big trend in house music right now is knocking off old 90s New York and New Jersey house music. Last year, instead of the Juno “New Releases” page sounding like Kerri Chandler ripoffs, it was all Larry Heard wannabes. It…
The 483rd Review of 2012
More so than ever this year seems to be rife with end of year lists. Most decent things have gotten a nod off someone at this stage so maybe this is redundant. Oh well. This is not a definitive list of 2012’s top music (even for me). I bought less music this year than any…
Pipecock’s Year End Round-Up 2012
It may be hard to believe, but here I am making a post on my blog yet again 😉 2012 was a pretty crazy year for music in my opinion. It always seemed that there were far more cool records than I had money to purchase, so that seems to scream GOOD YEAR to me….
Emeralds – Just To Feel Anything
When I first saw Emeralds play live at Unsound back in 2010 my friends and I couldn’t help but notice their performance dynamics. On the right you had the stoic keyboardist, in the middle the pretty boy guitarist with his expressive licks and hair flicking and, most amusingly, on the left, with his back turned…
Louis Haiman, The Trash Company, Tim Maia
Been a while since I’ve posted about records I’ve been buying, and aside from Kenny’s efforts we’ve certainly become pretty slack in that department recently, I blame pipecock for dedicating more time to making music than just talking about it! Anyway, there’s been a few new releases and new reissues that have really impressed me…
Guest Mix: Subsignal
Subsignal is the dj/producer guise of Aaron Costelloe. He has also been running the Signal Code label for the last year, releasing a couple of his own 12″s along with the latest release by another Irish techno producer, The Parallel. He’s delivered us a super tight mix of techno and electro, with a few older…
Juju & Jordash: Techno Primitivism
A friend of mine is of the opinion that an album doesn’t really need to exceed about 45 minutes or so in length. I’m inclined to think 60 as a better marker. Gal Aner and Jordan Czamanski would argue against either going on the latest expansive addition to their catalogue. With Techno Primitivism they have…
Records: Mary Boyoi, Cut Hands, Frak, Workshop
Ok, so I here I go starting in earnest again with some regular reviewing. Mary Boyoi: Zooz Unlike our man Gmos, I have little knowledge on the African music scene. No point in pretending. It’s not something I’ve spent a lot of time with, with only Honest Jon’s Shangaan Electro series that delved into this…