Magnetic Fields and the Indian Artists Stepping Out From the Shadow of EDM
Magnetic Fields festival is exactly the kind of India that India wants you to see...»
Articles
joshthephony has written the following articles:
The Range - Potential
Hinton’s always been good at taking stylistic cues from uncompromising, high-tempo genres like breakbeat and footwork and turning them into tunes that feel like coming home after a long day at work»
Gottwood festival 2015: the DiS review
The festival team have perfected the art of making the journey as exciting as the destination»
Maribou State - Portraits
Impressively easy to like, refreshingly difficult to get tired of»
Actress - DJ-Kicks
A gentle reminder that as both DJ and producer Actress is as good as it gets.»
Scuba - Claustrophobia
Claustrophobia has more depth than any of Rose’s recent output.»
Joker - The Mainframe
Boiled down, it’s just a vehicle for Joker to show you how freaking cool his studio toys are.»
Ben Frost - V A R I A N T
V A R I A N T’s greatest strength is its palpable character»
Kiasmos - Kiasmos
Electronic and traditional influences so tightly woven together that the LP maintains a very definite sense of identity throughout, and is pretty much impossible to poke holes in.»
Roska - Crossed Wires EP
Mixing elements of grime, house and funk into his own fairly recognisable (Roska Roska Roska) tributary of UK Funky»
Gottwood Festival 2014: the DiS review
An essential for anyone who truly loves dance music.»
Plastikman - EX (Performed live at the Guggenheim, NYC)
Variation and ambition are two things very much lacking throughout EX»
Roll the Dice - Until Silence
So intent are Roll the Dice on atmosphere and tension that the earthy, interesting textures and sparse melodies of In Dust have been well and truly sidelined.»
Fatima Al Qadiri - Asiatisch
The spaces on Asiatisch feel much more like holes - rather than punctuating the music, any momentum generated seems to drain away through them.»
Sd Laika - That's Harakiri
Grime has always sounded dark, aggressive and futuristic, but also distinctly human, and Sd Laika takes the human, London-bound elements of the genre and turns them into something more primal, and much less in control.»
Winter Drones - Heavy Eyes
An album that’s often as evocative as anything released this year.»
Tycho - Awake
A band recognising that the journey is important as the destination.»
Laki Mera - Turn all Memory to White Noise
Laki Mera make music which is undoubtedly pleasing to the ears. »
Purity Ring - Shrines
There is something so deft about this LP that you can’t help but feel that it is more than merely a by-product of its kooky genesis.»
Lianne La Havas - Forget
This second offering has seen a great maturation in terms of Lianne La Havas’ songwriting ability, and yet she still manages to cage an unusually vibrant energy within five beautiful songs.»
Kurt Vile - So Outta Reach
This EP's latter, less Smoke Ringy tracks are a worthwhile stepping stone for him, but Kurt Vile just doesn’t quite pull them off with that catchy, carefree artistry we all know he’s capable of. »
Remember Remember - The Quickening
These seven Scots have created an album of pristine artistry that revels in the contradiction of variety and repetition.»
The Deer Tracks - The Archer Trilogy Pt. 2
Maybe The Archer Trilogy pt.3 (billed as an EP) will be a masterpiece. Maybe not. All I can tell you is that this album is good enough for me to be seriously crushing on Elin right now.»