[Re-post from i-D magazine’s Soundlcoud] Underground house and techno producer duo Leonidas & Hobbes make the best acid funk-inspired house music you’ll have heard all week, guaranteed. Having just dropped their Mo Machines EP via Hobbes Music, we got them … Continue reading →

A lot of people have been talking about Daft Punk’s new hit, Get Lucky, over the last few weeks, with the majority seeming to agree that it’s pretty big.  Now I don’t hate this record but i don’t think it’s … Continue reading →

This is the first part of a compilation (fully mixed this time) of my stand-out tunes of the last year or so (includes a few 2011 killers that I missed in last year’s Top 50). 105 – 125bpm, it lasts … Continue reading →

Bar the night’s live set from Lord Of The Isles, this is the live recording of all the night’s DJ sets from our Midsummer Night’s Loft Party at a secret warehouse location on the outskirts of Edinburgh city centre. N.B. … Continue reading →

I was invited to be resident DJ/music programmer the live music for this year’s inaugural Edinburgh International Fashion Festival. It included DJing for the runway shows (a first for me) by Leith’s Bebaroque (sported by Jessie J at the closing ceremony … Continue reading →

I first heard this record back in January, when i found a copy at the consistently great Rough Trade (East) record shop in Brick Lane.  Being a big fan of Terje’s productions, i was excited to see he had a … Continue reading →

Here’s last week’s NeW IDoLs recording from 99 Hanover St in two parts. I was back-to-back with DD for the night.  DD is resident at Compakt and produces his own music as part of The Set Up. Part I runs … Continue reading →

Cosmic (disco), adj/proper noun, aka Afro Cosmic, also Space Disco Originally an highly eclectic, down-tempo (90-105 BPM) style, which nowadays generally exhibits a lot of space, reverb and echo/delay in the production, bubbling synths, delicate keys, langurous guitars and percussion instruments more often found … Continue reading →

Here’s a Hobbesian Top 50 for the year (of sorts), downloadable in three parts here, here and here, to help get your party started this festive season.  I’m not really a massive fan of charts but did quite enjoy reflecting on some of my … Continue reading →

So Norse legend of the disco re-edit, Todd Terje, finally puts out some new material of his own via Running Back and he doesn’t disappoint.  This record has been kicking around for a few months already and Jack Haighton at … Continue reading →