DOSEONE / SUBTLE Around The Word In Many Ways
Interview with Doseone
Doing an email interview with Adam Drucker, aka Doseone, man of many words and voice of cLOUDDEAD and Themselves, amongst other projects, was always going to be an interesting experience. As Lex releases the first full-length album by his latest project, Subtle, we cought up with the man in between live dates in the UK and Europe. Although we have, for the sake of easy read, revisited some of his punctuation, these are his answers to our questions… unaltered. Here, he talks about how novels bore him, the next Themselves album, planned for release within the next fifty years, the importance of being part of Anticon, compiling some of his more personal written work into a book, favouring friendship over musical ambition, and his future projects…

KIM HIORTHØY The Dilettante
Interview with Kim Hiorthøy
With a talent that extend to music, filmmaking and graphic design, Kim Hiorthøy, the man behind Rune Grammophone’s stunning visual identity, is a difficult man to pin down. With three very different releases under his belt this year, it was well overdue for us to grill him about his music and graphic design. With us, he talks about being an amateur at everything, the difficulty to transfer electronic music from studio to live environment and continuously avoiding expectations.

SECRET FREQUENCY CREW Forest Of The Echo Downs
Secret Frequency Crew blend, on their first full-length album, warm analogue electronica, eighties pop, pianos, trombones and guitars to create one of the most impressive and memorable records of the year.

JAMES T. COTTON The Dancing Box
James T. Cotton is the latest of Tadd Mullinix’s many project. Following incursions into electronica, hip-hop and drum’n’bass, Mullinix now investigates early house and techno, seamlessly rewriting history in the process.

ARVE HENRIKSEN Chiaroscuro
Three years after his debut solo album, Arve Henriksen takes a break from Supersilent to introduce Chiaroscuro, recorded with Jan Bang and Andun Kleive

KIM HIORTHØY Live Shet
Second mini-album this year from the multi-talented Kim Hiorthøy, Live Shet once again reset the man’s sonic landscapes and provides an insight into his live performances.

JAGA JAZZIST Magazine
Long-awaited release of Jaga Jazzist’s classic second release outside of Norway, on Smalltown Supersound, this mini-album provide more than just an insight into the band's original sound.

ED LAWES 14 Tracks/Pieces
Ed Lawes’s first album is a complex, and often difficult, record, yet these fourteen tracks are also extremely rewarding.

MCENROE Five Years In The Factory
McEnroe follows last year’s Disenfranchised album with his first release for Vertical Form.

PANDA BEAR Young Prayer
Animal Collective member Panda Bear releases his first solo album on the band’s imprint, Paw Tracks. Although scouring on similar grounds to the Collective, this solo project gives Panda Bear the chance to reflect upon the death of his father, and affirm his musical identity away from the band.

STATE RIVE WIDENING Cottonhead
Third album for London-based instrumental trio State River Widening, Cottonhead reaffirm the beautiful acoustic soundscapes sketched by the band in their earlier recordings.

SUBTLE A New White
Latest project from Anticon’s Doseone and Jel, Subtle is a glorious celebration of the pair’s talent as this sextet takes on far wider sonic landscapes than that of hip-hop.

TYCHO Sunrise Projector
Sunrise Projector is the first album from Sacramento, CA-based multimedia artist Scott Hansen. Creating lush soundscapes and melodies, Hansen’s first major foray onto the electronic scene is a promising one indeed.

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