Surfacing through Triple J’s Unearthed, Oliver Tank is a 22-year-old artist who started making music in his bedroom somewhere in Sydney and quickly captured everyone’s attention. Equally influenced by contemporary electronica (think Jon Hopkins, Boards of Canada or James Blake), mainstream hip-hop and club-oriented dance music, he makes music that he describes as “fairly accessible …
Kevin Mortensen and Hayk Ananyan are Posttod, a Swedish synthpop duo who debuted in 2010 with the single “Dead in the Universe”. Fast forward to December 2011 and Posttod are ready to introduce their debut EP Moon. Self-produced and self-released, the EP is available as a free download on Posttod’s site. Posttod – No more time …
Once the solo project of 24-year-old musician/producer Dan Moss, Dems has now become a trio and they seem set to be amongst the most significant discoveries of 2011. The two new members, multi-instrumentalists David Gardener and Duncan Mann, joined the project when Moss moved back to his native London after spending over 2 years in …
Brighton-based artist Ambassadeurs (aka Mark Dobson) is a real craftsman of sound who builds his instrumentals and sample-based tracks with passion. His music is an eclectic mix of genres which draws influences from hip-hop, dub, glitch, jazz and electronica and continues to push the boundaries when it comes to production. Ambassadeurs – M.O.P.E The 24-year-old …
After months of teasing us with gorgeous singles and remixes, Apparat is finally releasing The Devil’s Walk, his first album for Mute Records. Out today September 26th, the album is backed by a new single, “Song Of Los”, which is also out today on 12″ and download. To celebrate the release, Apparat asked Mogwai to …
Sydney-based electronica one-man band Flume is the new side-project of Harley Streten, a very talented producer and beat maker who is only 19 (!) years of age. Also one half of the duo What So? Not, Flume got his first taste for producing at age 13 (!!) from the most unlikely of places – a …
Just like most of his peers, new IDM/electronica sensation Gold Panda started making music as a teenager in the privacy of his room. Armed with his uncle’s sampler and an old Atari, he sampled his Dad’s record collection, some hip hop beats and a variety of everyday sounds to make his first tracks. This hobby …
Having parted ways with long-time label Gomma Records, Danish trio WhoMadeWho make their Kompakt debut with Knee Deep, a sombre inward-looking record that slides toward chillier, moodier dance rock. At eight songs (plus a bonus track), Knee Deep is being billed as a mini-album, which should be followed later this year by a brand new …
