Jaša Bužinel
, February 25th, 2021 07:00
Hyperspecific is back with the first instalment from our new columnist Jaša Bužinel, bringing you a selection of exciting new releases from Kode9, Autechre, Rian Treanor, Venus Ex Machina, Pauline Anna Strom and Giant Swan, among others
Venus Ex Machina by Karsten Buch
My name is Jaša Bužinel, a music writer from Slovenia, and I m going to be taking over tQ s monthly Hyperspecific column, dedicated to pinpointing the most intriguing electronic, dance and experimental electronic records released each month. I m writing this from my Central European motherland where I currently live. As the pandemic slowly approaches another year, we ve reached a, hopefully temporary, point in dance music history where it doesn t really matter where you are situated as a music writer. Be it in London or Ljubljana, we all have access to the same nexus of deterritorialised electronic music scenes which currently only exist in cyberspace via a constant f
SHERELLE, Adam Beyer and Flava D are among the acts locked for the opening weekend of Tobacco Dock s virtual festival.
Last month, London party and festival promoter, LWE, announced a new, virtual hybrid music event at their usual stomping ground of Tobacco Dock.
Now, they ve announced the full line-up for the the forthcoming opening weekend, which will take place on Friday 2nd & Saturday 3rd April 2021, and is completely free-to-attend across all platforms and devices. The events will run from 8PM until 2AM, and over 40 artists will perform across four arenas hosted by the likes of Hospitality, Keep Hush and Mr. Afterparty.
Hooversound Recordings is kicking 2021 off with a bang. The label’s first release of the year sees breakthrough jungle star Tim Reaper remixing cuts from Special Request’s 2019 album, ‘Zero Fucks’.
Set for release on 22nd January via SHERELLE and Naina’s burgeoning imprint, the four-track EP is a blazing feast of breaks. Reaper, whose encyclopedic knowledge of jungle’s history and knack for innovation has seen him rise to dazzling heights in the past year, puts a fresh spin on Paul Woolford’s febrile rhythms as Special Request.
Where ‘Zero Fucks’ focussed “purely on the heavyweight original hardcore ethos of taking whatever you want from anywhere”, Reaper’s reworks hold the magnifying glass to those tracks’ most striking features; paring the beats back to let the melodies shine through, or letting the drums run loose over freshly chopped up vocal samples.