Khaleel No Mercy (12" Promo) Hollywood: 1998 Picking up that thread on return to that overcast day in Autumn and a brace of 12"s from Elements, we move from loose-leaf Hard Hands 12"s to the first of the promos. Where Octave One and Anthony Shakir checked in with prime examples of freeform techno soul at … Continue reading Khaleel – No Mercy (12″ Promo)

Down there in the dust and heat, the dry wind of Andalusia and that final ride into the deep, the unknown and beyond. The muezzin wail across the sea and over the dunes of Tangier, shifting Raï chansons and Khaled the desert mystic bounce back across the airwaves, lost again in the dub chambers, the … Continue reading El Cid

Jungle Wonz: Kings of the Concrete Jungle There's a certain type of Chicago record that plays like the sound of the city itself, capturing the summer heat and humidity of the metropolis, stretched out in all directions and cast beneath those looming, overcast skies. If Virgo were the perfect encapsulation of the city viewed from … Continue reading Jungle Wonz