It’s been a damn good year for records so far; the fact that I keep posting up these epic reviews columns every couple of weeks is testimony to that. Insanity. Let’s get this one started! Back when I visited Chicago in the spring, the best discovery I made was Beautiful Granville Records. Specifically, I picked…
News Round Up – Shake, Kraftwerk, Armando, Rahaan, Gosub
Just rounding up some interesting bits that haven’t been mentioned here so far and should be of interest to you all. First up, Rush Hour have finally announced their retrospective of Detroit techno legend Anthony “Shake” Shakir on vinyl and CD. This is a long overdue reinvestigation of  one of the most underrated of all…
Infinite State Radio
Here’s an update of the radio shows I’ve been doing over at Deepfrequency Radio, since we just completed our 6th monthly show. Show 1 with Dea Show 2 live at Space Vision with Cedric Decoster Show 3 Show 4 with Meschi Show 5 with Slim Show 6 with Jitterbug Hope you enjoy listening to them.
Luscious black wax…..
Picked up a lot of nice stuff of late, so it seems like a good time for a round-up. These are all available to buy on vinyl, from your local record emporium….. A reissue that’s well worthy of first mention, and originally only available on this holy grail 12″, is Terrence Parker’s sublime “Your Love”;…
A Good Editorial About Deejaying
I’m probably late to this party, but I just saw this post by Donnacha Costello over at the Bodytonic site. It’s good to get a producer’s viewpoint, and interesting to see him talk about switching back to vinyl. I can definitely see a wave of people doing just that in the near future, for various…
Friends of ISM: J Fine, Broken Bus Driver Movement, I Am Delicious, Juju & Jordash
Some more of our associates and compadres have hit me with some fun stuff that needs to be shared here. First off, a site straight outta Istanbul called Half Stereo has beaten me to the punch in getting an interview with Jason Fine. They do a good job covering his background and philosophies, getting at…
Guest Mix: Lerosa – Dead Slow Mix
We’ve got yet another all-vinyl mix from our man in Dublin, Lerosa. He initially gave us this one and the first one we posted, and said we could have whichever one we liked. I said, “Can we get both?!?!” and it was done. Leo is another cat that we have been following since the beginning…
New Records and A Couple Other Things
The ill new records flow continues…. Some of these records will be familiar to you if you read ISM-writer Kenny’s reviews column over at the Bodytonic site. It’s good to see him becoming more of a house head, but at the same time he may need to quit biting my style đŸ˜‰ Anyway, this edition…
Guest Mix: DJ Red D – Coming Soon
Our man in Belgium DJ Red D returns to ISM with another mix full of deep soulful burners. Just like the last mix from him, this one mixes up some of the best new jams with some older tunes, tossed together with some We Play House joints for maximum pleasure. I’ve been banging the next…
Yo Derrick, What the fuck?
And so it has come to be. Some of us never thought it would happen but low and behold Derrick May has finally brought Transmat back into the fold. Actually, it has been an interesting time in techno of late regards a couple of other older labels. Robert Hood has relaunched his seminal M-Plant label,…