Description: Proto-industrial gods, Cabaret Voltaire formed in Sheffield, England in 1973. Originally consisting of Stephen Mallinder on vocals and bass, Richard H. Kirk on guitar, keyboards, and sound manipulation duties, and Chris Watson on keyboards and tapes, Cabaret Voltaire took the philosophy of punk and pushed forward a music concrete approach to music. Accord to the Mallinder, “the manipulation of sound in our early days – the physical act of cutting up tapes, creating tape loops and all that – had a strong reference to Burroughs and Gysin; in terms of the Dada thing, there’s a similarity between the Dadaists’ reaction to the bourgeoisie and the war and our own position – we felt alienated from popular culture ourselves. I think those kinds of attitudes become embedded within you, but I’m not sure how it relates now…”
Playlist:
“Seconds Too Late” from Seconds Too Late
“Sluggin’ for Jesus” from Rip It Up and Start Again
“Yashar” from 2×45
“The Set Up” from Extended Play
“No Escape” from The Orginal Sound of Sheffield ‘78/’82
“Nag Nag Nag” from Nag Nag Nag
“Landslide” from Red Mecca
“Sensoria” from Micro-Phonies
“I Want You” from The Covenant, The Sword, And The Arm
Description: Actress is the brainchild of Darren Cunnigham. His music may be best described as a deconstruction of contemporary electronic music— deliberately lo-fi, infused with compression and distortion. His tracks are the result of very much an impressionistic process. Although they are intricately detailed, very beautiful sound sculptures, they’re still very much alive.
Playlist:
“Hubble” from Splazsh
“Crushed” from Hazyville
“Ivy May Glipin” from Hazyville
“Caves of Paradise” from R.I.P.
“Silver Cloud Dream Come True” from Silver Cloud
“Purple Splazsh” from Splazsh
“Maze” from Splazsh
“The Lord’s Graffiti” from R.I.P.
Description: Andy Stott is a DJ and producer from Manchester, UK. Since his debut Replace EP in 2005, he has released four full-length albums, five more EPs, and several singles. Drawing inspiration from the usual dub techno suspects and fusing them with minimalist ideals and bathwater-warm melodies and textures, Stott’s tracks offer a deep home listening experience, as well as the requisite punch to make club floors move. Blessed with an ear for space and a knack for constructing tracks that are simultaneously smooth and rumbling, Stott neatly strides the axis between intelligent techno, dub techno and dubstep.
Playlist:
“Blocked” from Merciless
“Herztog” from Merciless
“Handle With Care” from Unknown Exception
“Dark Details” from Passed Me By
“Posers” from We Stay Together
“Numb” from Luxury Problems
