Author: Alex Bowen

  • Jazz Club, Leeds

    Jazz Club, Leeds
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    Providing staunch tunes and chewy chat for all who join us, why not bring some pals who haven’t been yet, let them get a flavour. As you know, all are very, very welcome at JC. 2nd Friday of every month, Jazz Club from 6pm at Eat Your Greens. Read more

  • Luke Una – É Soul Cultura

    Luke Una – É Soul Cultura
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    The selection is eclectic, global, and plucked from different times and spaces. In theory, perhaps they shouldn’t work together, but there is a mysterious link that makes them gel as a whole. That’s what Luke does best. He creates a sort of musical alchemy, unifying the diverse. Read more

  • Rise of House Music in Chicago

    Rise of House Music in Chicago
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    A Kickstarter campaign has been launched to fund the creation of a documentary that celebrates the late Chicago DJ Ron Hardy’s pioneering contributions to house music history. Read more

  • ALEX KASSIAN / MAD PROFESSOR

    ALEX KASSIAN / MAD PROFESSOR
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    Renditions of the pioneering and hugely influential Manuel Gottsching track E2–E4 promises a 12-minute electronic odyssey, tailor-made for diverse dancefloors from it’s spiritual home Ibiza and beyond Read more

  • Jimi Hendrix and Disco Psychedelia

    Jimi Hendrix and Disco Psychedelia
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    In the latter half of 1967, recording sessions got underway for what would become one of the most groundbreaking albums of the 20th century. The music that resulted is undoubtedly incredible and funky as f**k, but the reason I start with this is what transpired in terms of studio recording techniques that turned it into… Read more

  • Electric Dreams Blueprint

    Electric Dreams Blueprint
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    A print featuring the history of electronic music mapped out to the circuit board of a theremin, which is widely regarded as one of the first electronic musical instruments, celebrating over 200 inventors, innovators, artists. Read more

  • KAUNAS BALTIC CONNECT

    KAUNAS BALTIC CONNECT
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    The funky, atmospheric, evocative and sometimes downright weird output of companies such as DeWolfe, Cavendish, Burton and the ubiquitous KPM have always been a guiding inspiration for ATA Records. Read more

  • NICOLA CONTE / JOE CLAUSSELL

    NICOLA CONTE / JOE CLAUSSELL
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    It’s not often that jazz guitarists and bandleaders double up as DJs and producers, but neither is Nicola Conte the kind of person one often encounters. Here the Italian multi-talent proffers a new version of his latest spiritual jazz-house opus, Umoja. Read more

  • SPINCYCLE

    SPINCYCLE
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    Spincycle are Andy Davies and Dave Clements, two UK based producers who, back in the late 90s and early 00s, became an established name on the UK house & techno scene. Their releases on Low Pressings, Surreal and Bushwacka’s Oblong label, alongside productions on their own imprint Geek Records, earned them much respect from DJ’s and… Read more

  • MICHAEL J BLOOD

    MICHAEL J BLOOD
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    Michael J. Blood needs little introduction to followers of these pages; his misfit take on House at its broadest definition is a lowkey phenomenon, with each turn different to the previous, but all sharing a screwed passion for the rudest variegations that dovetail Demdike Stare’s own wayward instincts. Following up his outstanding recent Richie Culver… Read more