2013's Best Electronic Tracks chosen by armchair dancefloor + friends
armchair dancefloor runs down the 15 best dance tracks of 2013, with help from Logos, Nils Frahm, Peverelist, Joe and more..»
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Si_Truss has written the following articles:
armchair dancefloor 41: Machinedrum interview, Joe, Livity Sound, Slackk, Torus, Jam City, Fis...
Here's this month's electronic column featuring an interview with Machinedrum and a playlist of Si's favourite new tracks.»
armchair dancefloor 40: Moderat interview, Paul Woolford, Addison Groove & Sam Binga, dBridge, Donky Pitch...
In this edition of armchair dancefloor, Moderat explain the benefits of time constraints, why they're giving-up on the 'LED war' and why a good meal can be more of an influence than a promo CD...»
armchair dancefloor 39: Mount Kimbie interview, Bobby Browser, Powell, Move D, Leon Vynehall...
Welcome to this long overdue edition of Armchair Dancefloor. Below, as ever, you'll find The Playlist, featuring a cluster of new and forthcoming releases worthy of investigation. But first... Focus: Mount Kimbie talk Cold Spring Fault Less Youth I can'»
armchair dancefloor 038: Pinch/Tectonic, Karenn, DVA, Joy O, Ruff Sqwad, Wen...
Armchair Dancefloor catches up with dubstep lynch-pin and Tectonic label head Rob Ellis (aka Pinch). Plus a chance to win tickets to catch Pinch, Loefah, Peverelist, Boddika and loads more this NYE in Bristol, and the usual round-up of upcoming electronic releases. »
armchair dancefloor 037: Keysound/Dusk + Blackdown, Artifact, James Blake, NeferTT, Pangaea, Oneohtrix, Happa...
armchair dancefloor catches up with Keysound bosses Dusk + Blackdown to chat about the label and their new LP, Dasafelx. Plus, download not one but two exclusive tracks, and loads of new tunes to stream.»
Drowned in Bristol #10
This edition of Drowned in Bristol deviates slightly from the usual sprawling mass of Soundcloud embeds to focus on two excellent self-released debut albums from two of the city's finest, and possibly underrated acts: The Big Naturals and OLO Worms.»
armchair dancefloor 036: Tri Angle Records, Mala, Scuba, Old Apparatus, Bicep, Dusk + Blackdown...
Getting under the skin of electronic experimenters Tri Angle Records, with label founder Robin Corolan and artists Howse, Vessel, Haxan Cloak and Evian Christ. Plus new music from Scuba, Mala, Dusk & Blackdown and loads more...»
armchair dancefloor 035: Butterz, The Bug, Kuedo, Howse, Fantastic Mr Fox, Shed, Py...
Welcome to another edition of armchair dancefloor. Below you'll find 'The Playlist' for a selection of new and forthcoming releases that have caught our eye this month, but first, we speak to one of our favourite, young UK record labels...»
Drowned in Bristol #9
A belated first Drowned in Bristol of 2012, featuring Bristol-based Record Store Day business and new tracks from some excellent local artists.»
armchair dancefloor 034: Hyperdub, Pearson Sound, Fort Romeau, Evian Christ, Sculpture, LHF...
Drowned In Sound's electronic music column returns under new management...»
Drowned in Bristol #8
A somewhat ill-defined end-of-year list of great, Bristol-based music.»
Drowned in Bristol #7
An ambient-electronic and warehouse-raving flavoured edition of Drowned in Bristol, looking at some excellent local album releases and chatting to the team behind In:Motion, ahead of their season launch this weekend.»
Drowned in Bristol #6
Over the past few months there’s been some excellent DIY music videos produced by Bristol musicians, this edition DiB draws on a few of these, plus a round-up of this coming up in the city.»
Prince at Hop Farm, Tonbridge, Kent, Sun 03 Jul
For all the weirdness and unpredictability the man is in a league of his own. »
Drowned in Bristol #5
Welcome to the second Drowned In Bristol column of the year, hopefully providing a bit of a round-up of a few of the music-related things going on and coming up around the start of the summer.»
Drowned in Bristol #4
There’s a temptation to approach a local column as if you’re writing some sort of musical prospectus - a sort of ‘come to our city ‘cus our city has the best music scene’ manifesto. And, to be fair, Bristol is pretty great but, as with any city of a decen»
Hype Williams - Find Out What Happens When People Stop Being Polite, And Start Gettin' Reel
Everything about Hype Williams – from their playful elusiveness to the rough edges of their music and the way they chose to share it with the world – typifies what make the internet a great platform for music to be discovered and shared. »
Flying Lotus - Pattern + Grid World
Mr Steven Ellison, you continue to make very interesting and enjoyable music – we’re very sorry that we called you aquacrunk.»
Favourite 50: The Bug London Zoo (chosen by Si Truss)
As part of our 10-week “DiS is 10!” celebration, we’ve asked 50 of our favourite people to tell us about one of their favourite albums of the past 10 years. This is not a best or "top" list, simply records individuals wished to highlight. Here, DiS contributor Si Truss shares his choice...»
Matthew Dear - Black City
Is having the pop-maverick Matthew Dear of 2010 worth losing the techno maestro of his debut record over?»
Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers
It’s rare to find a level of craftsmanship like this on a debut; Mount Kimbie have delivered a strong statement of intent and a record that is certainly a contender for album of the year.»
Various - Dark Matter: Multiverse 2004-2009
For the uninitiated Dark Matter is a great entry point into a diverse network of artists well worth exploration. Otherwise it simply stands as a very nice testament to a great half-decade of electronic music.»
Devo - Something for Everyone
Something For Everybody is probably 50 per cent great Devo tracks, 40 per cent decent ones and ten per cent misfire. »
Morning Benders - Big Echo
The way they’re heading, their next move could prove to be pretty spectacular.»
Pulled Apart By Horses - Pulled Apart By Horses
The content of Pulled Apart by Horses’ debut may come as no surprise, but that's exactly what you want from this band.»
Land Of Kush - Monogamy
Monogamy’s wild eclecticism may mean that is too varied to reach the heights of true greatness, and in terms of its exploration of its subject matter it comes nowhere near providing any conclusions in terms of tone, or its bafflingly cryptic, often explicit lyrical content. Yet the album never falls short of being, at the very least, sonically fascinating and if nothing else it serves as a reminder of how great it is that Constellation Records exists as an outlet for this kind of out-there, experimental LP.»
The Get Up Kids - Simple Science
Alright, so maybe nothing across this EP stands out as really great, but it’s certainly all at least pretty good.»
Various - This is Dubstep Vol.2
This collection of wobbly basslines and 2-step beats is more of a Wikipedia description of the genre than a showcase of its potential. »
Darwin Deez - Darwin Deez
Love or loathe the decline of traditional record shopping this is precisely the sort of record that those ‘buy track’ buttons on iTunes were made for.»