Email Author Kristal Hawkins

2012 Stories by Kristal Hawkins

• 'Verboten' w/ Josh Wink+Cajmere+Chris Love+AB Logic

  published July 25, 2012

  Josh Wink started out making Hi-NRG in the '80s and achieved his real fame with 1995’s acidic “Higher State of Consciousness”... More >>

• 'Rite of Wednesday' w/ Basteroid

  published July 25, 2012

  As a co-founder of Berlin label Areal, Sebastien Reidl helped introduce techno lovers to the likes of Ada; most recently, he and partners Metope... More >>

• 'Summertime Rolls' w/ Legowelt+Xosar

  published July 25, 2012

  Since the mid-’90s, Dutchman Danny Wolfers—a/k/a Legowelt and a host of other aliases—has been astutely mining the best of... More >>

• Photek+Sholmo+Morgan Geist

  published July 25, 2012

  On his earliest records, Photek meticulously pieced together an unusually deep drum & bass, and his subsequent forays into house and dubstep have... More >>

• Supreme Cuts+The-Drum+Sich Mang+Haleek Maul

  published July 18, 2012

  Tonight, Chicago schools Brooklyn in hazily refined funk: With their new album, Whispers in the Dark, Supreme Cuts applies some post-garage... More >>

• Sepalcure+Machinedrum+MikeQ+Liturgy+White Ring+Rezzie+Thomass

  published July 18, 2012

  2011 was the year that the US proved it could rival British bass: Sepalcure (Praveen Sharma and Travis Stewart) delivered their eponymous debut to... More >>

• Joey Beltram+808 State+Altern8+N-Joi

  published July 18, 2012

  "Energy Flash," the churning, Belgian-influenced masterpiece from Queens’ own Joey Beltram, boasts a riff that made it an instantly... More >>

• 'Turrbotax' w/ Oneman+Ikonika+Jam City

  published July 18, 2012

  Turrbotax imports a big bill for their third anniversary, and Oneman’s a perfect match, bringing in classics and new cuts from any... More >>

• Com Truise+Chrome Canyon+Airbird

  published July 18, 2012

  The delightfully named Com Truise—known around Princeton as Seth Haley—released one of Ghostly International’s 2011 highlights,... More >>

• M.J. Cole+Sinkane+DJ Spoko+Slava+Van Rivers

  published July 18, 2012

  He honed his skills as a sound engineer on drum and bass records, but it’s a more sensual, even more feminine music that MJ Cole is known... More >>

• 'Deep Space Mission 1' w/ Francois K+King Britt+FaltyDL+llhan Ersahin

  published July 4, 2012

  A master of interstellar house, inner-spatial dub, and intra-spiritual techno, Francois K takes steps out of his usual Cielo workspace for a... More >>

• 'Summer Sail' w/ the Rub

  published July 4, 2012

  For the last decade, The Rub has been New York’s most reliable good time, a low-key, welcoming party centered on the cheery classics and... More >>

• 'Night People' w/ Drop the Lime

  published July 4, 2012

  Trouble & Bass founder Drop the Lime—a/k/a New York’s own Luca Venezia—has smoothed his sound out since his early breakcore days,... More >>

• 'Paradizo' w/ Karizma

  published July 4, 2012

  Alone or with co-producer Spen, Karizma has done work for artists including Roy Ayers, Mary J. Blige, Lenny Kravitz, and Everything But the Girl.... More >>

• Terrence Parker+D3+L.I.E.S.

  published July 4, 2012

  Terrence Parker sticks out in his techno-pioneering hometown: He makes and plays uplifting, gospel-indebted house, elevating the timeless over the... More >>

• Benoit & Sergio

  published June 27, 2012

  DC production duo Benoit & Sergio may have taken some lessons from our capitol’s politicians: These boys are smooth. Theirs is a... More >>

• 'Verboten' w/ Art Department+Shaun Reeves+Ryan Crosson

  published June 27, 2012

  Toronto’s No. 19 Records takes over the beach. Their flagship act Art Department had a stellar 2011 thanks to The Drawing Board, an... More >>

• 'Turrbotax' w/ Kenny Dope+MikeQ

  published June 20, 2012

  Turrbotax usually brings in bleeding-edge talent, but it’s equally good to see them host a New York house legend: Kenny “Dope”... More >>

• GROOVE TO IT

  published June 20, 2012

  The Sandwell District techno collective announced last December that it was suspending regular vinyl releases, but it promised to continue in... More >>

• 'Let's Play House' w/ Darshan Jesrani+Jacques Renault

  published June 13, 2012

  Better known as half of Metro Area—the turn-of-the-century duo in which he concocted Italo- and Detroit-influenced disco house with Morgan... More >>

• 'Verboten Disasters' w/ Kate Simko+Recloose

  published June 13, 2012

  Kate Simko is a little different from the Spectral Sound crew she came up with: Her minimal house has a more humanly visceral Chicago edge, but,... More >>

• 'Halcyon Presents' w/ Three+Francis Harris+Black Light Smoke

  published June 6, 2012

  Hallucination Limited boss Three knows his history, mixing in a touch of old jungle, acid, or Q-burns Abstract Message at just the right moment,... More >>

• 'The Bunker' w/ Kassem Mosse

  published June 6, 2012

  The Northside Festival means an especially long and tempting roster at the Bunker, but Kassem Mosse is the undeniable star. The mysterious Leipzig... More >>

• 'Sunset Ritual' w/ Anané+Louie Vega

  published June 6, 2012

  If you care about house, you know who the goateed guy in the hat is: On his own and as part of Masters at Work, “Little” Louie Vega... More >>

• 'Basic' w/ Speedy J

  published May 23, 2012

  When rave first blew up in Rotterdam, the sounds inspired hip-hop fan Jochem Paap to create some of the 1990s’ most respected techno: Speedy... More >>