2012 Stories by Kristal Hawkins
published May 9, 2012
hat he’s put out records on Damian Lazarus’s Crosstown Rebels and Steve Bug’s Poker Flat tells you what to expect from... More >>
published May 9, 2012
Former raver Steve Lawler went legitimate with '90s residencies that found him playing tribal house at big clubs like London’s Cream and... More >>
published May 9, 2012
Moon Harbour captain and Leipzig native Matthias Tanzmann has been delivering narcotizing deep house to Ibiza’s legendarily hedonistic... More >>
published May 9, 2012
Soul Clap offer up an uncommonly friendly version of house music, strongly influenced by ‘90s R&B, ‘80s electronic pop, and ‘70s... More >>
published May 9, 2012
One-time Trouble & Bass artist Samo Sound Boy gleans sounds from Argentine clubs, Chicago house, radio-friendly hip hop and beyond, compounding... More >>
published May 9, 2012
The Bunker resumes its partnership with Clone Records, hosting the Dutch electro-and-more label’s boss, Serge, and one of its most astute... More >>
published May 2, 2012
Former raver Steve Lawler went legitimate with 90s residencies that found him playing tribal house at big clubs like London’s Cream and... More >>
published April 25, 2012
No, not tropicalia, just NYC techno. Connie (a/k/a conSTAR) has been a local fixture for years, spinning at big clubs and lil’ ol’... More >>
published April 25, 2012
As Original Sin and half of G Dub, Newcastle’s Adam Tindall has made no-nonsense jump-up drum and bass; as Monstar, he’s culling some... More >>
published April 11, 2012
A special guest from Ghostly International isn’t a bad way to start a new DJ night, and Michna (a/k/a Egg Foo Young) ably represents the... More >>
published April 11, 2012
Silkie runs that corner of dubstep painted “purple,” the subgenre in which (almost) over-the-top synth lines mimic and (almost)... More >>
published April 11, 2012
Maybe it was inevitable: Having spent a few years putting on Brooklyn’s best house-centric parties, residents Eamon Harkin and Justin Carter... More >>
published April 11, 2012
Ableton Live developer and sound design professor Robert Henke is one of experimental techno’s great underground heroes: As Monolake he... More >>
published April 11, 2012
He doesn’t strive for quite the psychedelic heights that seduce Chile’s better-known experimental minimalist, Villalobos, but keeping... More >>
published April 11, 2012
Disco-editing duo Tiger & Woods are willfully, woefully anonymous—about the only thing we know about them beyond the future-boogie... More >>
published April 11, 2012
Nottingham’s Brackles is among the generation of producers who turned dubstep away from the heaviness that threatened to overwhelm it, into... More >>
published April 11, 2012
An understated new young master, Montreal’s Jacques Greene makes cutting-edge house that’s schooled in Chicago yet appeals to UK bass... More >>
published April 11, 2012
Once upon a time he churned out dubstep for Tempa, but then he donned his Addison Groove guise, borrowed some plans from Chicago juke and blew the... More >>
published April 4, 2012
Expatriate Maurice Fulton has made electro-punk chaos with his wife, Mu; released near-classic quirky house on IDM label Warp; produced... More >>
published March 21, 2012
Sony tried to buy the rights to Rolando’s inspirational instant classic “Knights of the Jaguar” back in 1999, and when the... More >>
published March 21, 2012
James Clements, a/k/a ASC, started out in drum and bass, but he and his Autonomic buddies have turned the genre on its ear. His dark futurism and... More >>
published March 21, 2012
Rustly Lazer gets the most press when he’s with Big Freedia, the queer sonic glory that is New Orleans’ sissy bounce. His solo sets... More >>
published March 21, 2012
Now that Skrillex has Americans thinking they know what dubstep is, Croydon’s star pair is playing big mainstream venues rather than clubs.... More >>
published March 21, 2012
As Braille, Praveen Sharma—he of 2011 hit duo Sepalcure—gives house music new life, complicating its low end and turning its vocal bits... More >>
published March 21, 2012
Giles Smith and James Priestley have spent the last decade’s summers entertaining Londoners at their wandering, often-outdoors Sunday-night... More >>
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