Les Edits Du Golem – Klout
What do you need to do to a 70’s South African girl group tune to make it cool again? Very little, apparently. For their first release, formidable French outpost Les Edits Du Golem kept Clout’s...
View ArticleVito Ricci – Getting There
There are a number of seriously excellent labels reissuing forgotten gems at the moment and – for our money – Amsterdam’s Music From Memory is the best. The imprint took its name from one of 1980’s New...
View ArticleNot Waving – Animals
Score:9Overall ScoreBest known as half of star-gazing electronica duo Walls, Italian producer Alessio Natalizia has been plying a much rougher strain of sound for several years under his solo moniker...
View ArticleMoodymann – The Thief That Stole My Sad Days
Very few producers have given more to house music than Kenny Dixon Jr. Through more than two decades of production, Moodymann has redefined how house can connect with the essence of funk and soul well...
View ArticleClaro Intelecto – Peace Of Mind (Electrosoul)
We’ve devoted some recent space to James Stinson’s various side projects, but the Drexciya man isn’t the only producer capable of finding warmth in the alien landscapes of electro. Claro Intelecto may...
View ArticleRoyer – Way Silent
Score:7Overall ScoreIf you didn’t know better, you’d think that William Thurman had been in the house game for a long time. His deep house output as Royer is playful and confident, but in fact he’s...
View ArticleForemost Poets – Reasons To Be Dismal (Motorcitysoul Remix)
There’s a lot of classic deep house music being exhumed from the early 90’s at the moment, and here at White Noise we’re as keen on these dreamy grooves as the next man. It certainly makes a lot more...
View ArticleTin Man – Falling Acid
Johannes Auvinen is one of those producers who always sounds exactly like himself. Whether he’s sculpting rhythms, singing along or collaborating with Gunnar Haslam as Romans, the melancholy strains of...
View ArticleWilliam Basinski live at Union Chapel – 23/2/2016
Given the type of music he makes – glacial, fathomless slices of ambience whose themes include decay and the nature of time – it was a surprise that William Basinski walked onstage like a seasoned...
View ArticleDisco Halal – Hamathil (Red Axes Edit)
Moscoman’s Disco Halal is at the forefront of the current crop of Middle Eastern disco edit imprints. The Berlin-based label put out three excellent various artists EPs in 2015, and is set to continue...
View Article10 Cuts: Ultradeep House
Here are White Noise we have a fascination with house so deep it’s almost ambient. That one perfect melody, a barely-there kick drum, music that evokes deep feeling from very few elements. There are so...
View ArticleMarshall Applewhite – Lionel Joseph
Marshall Applewhite is one of the key figures that hover around shadowy Detroit collective How To Kill. Across the label’s limited 12”s of warped house and techno, Applewhite is often responsible for...
View ArticleVakula – Joywind
Ukraine’s Vakula is one of the most distinctive house producers currently in operation. This is largely down to the loving treatment of his influences, taking in the likes of jazz, rock, and balearic...
View ArticleMr. Fingers – Outer Acid
Score:8Overall ScoreThe man commonly regarded as the greatest house producer ever doesn’t have much left to prove. That’s why it seemed to make sense more than ten years ago when Larry Heard seemed to...
View ArticleTheo Parrish – Solitary Flight
Though raised in Washington and then Chicago, Theo Parrish’s name and music will always be linked to Detroit, the city he now calls home. Last week we profiled Motor City’s other huge house legend, and...
View ArticleVril – XXXII
Vril is one of the Giegling crew’s darkest practitioners, firing off volleys of alien techno that on the surface have little in common with others on the label. Yet when you creep beyond the surface,...
View ArticleJex Opolis – Circle Of Drums
Score:7Overall ScoreJex Opolis and his Good Timin’ label manage to sit just outside a number of scenes. His buttery synths and broad basslines seem to ally him with the modern funk coming from the...
View Article15 Cuts: The Canadian Riviera
Canada’s west coast has been responsible for one of the most exciting local house scenes in recent years. Referencing jazz, funk and new age sounds, the loose crew that’s formed around labels such as...
View ArticleTraumer – Classroom
Minimal isn’t exactly in fashion at the moment, but that might be a good thing for the genre. When a style is off-trend there’s less pressure and more interesting, experimental work can take place....
View ArticleD.K. – Island Of Dreams
Score:8Overall ScoreIt’s often said that culture moves in cycles. The electronic music world is an extreme example of this phenomenon, where tens of dated styles are exhumed for every one bold new...
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