Often you need to go backwards to move forwards. And crouched in the eye of this proverb is Marco Bernardi, the Italo-Weegie alchemist of electronic sound. Stripping out the lazy laptop from his production set-up and focussing on simply “old fashioned machines” he then sets these controls to the centre of integrity – this man…
Matom was birthed from the collective minds of its creators, best friends and long time collaborators Matt Edwards (aka Radio Slave) and Thomas Gandey (aka Cagedbaby and producer). Their joining for this purpose of musical expressions was to celebrate creatively in the iconic Hansa recording studios in Berlin, a space that’s seen everyone from David…
Detroit has been credited as one of the Soul Music capitals of the world, spawning legendary artists like The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross just to name a few. In the mid 1980s, Detroit’s Underground Music Movement brought rise to a new genre of electronic music known as “Detroit Techno” pioneered by artists…
Sherard Ingram aka DJ Stingray has been a strong presence in the world of techno for over twenty years. Growing up in Detroit, this school friend and DJ partner of Kenny Dixon Jr. realised his Urban Tribe project in 1991 with the now classic ‘Covert Action’, a track released on Retroactive’s seminal ‘Equinox’ compilation, a…
After almost 20 years on the circuit delivering timeless music for many of the world best record labels, Glasgow producer Vince Watson’s prolific career entered a new phase in 2014, with releases on Planet E as well as Cocoon, Poker Flat, Ovum and Bedrock and appearances at Richie Hawtin’s ENTER. Already in 2015, his debut…
