Finally surveying Denmark with Kasper Bjørke, whose currently dining out on his elegant fourth album ‘After Forever’, released on hfn Music. As always, Kasper’s work is meticulously considered, recruiting fellow Scandinavians Jaakko Eino Kalevi and Sísý Ey for sessions, commissioning…
It always amazes me how one thing leads to another. Last year, Tokyo based Frenchman Qpchan contributed his first ever solo mix. I’d come across him via the youtube channel which he ran with Raphael Top Secret, another French collector…
Glasgow native Scott Fraser takes leave from producing druggy machine music in his East London studio to bask in the beating Australian heat. Playing Animals Dancing’s NYD 2015 party with Maxmillion Dunbar, Alfredo and Pender Street Steppers, he’s also just…
Noise In My Head is back at HQ. If you missed the 12 hour NTS Radio broadcast we hosted in Tokyo last week, you can find it archived on mixcloud. Here we clock even more time with Macadam Mambo boss…
Finishing a day’s digging in Osaka with two of good friends and some of this planet’s finest dealers – Norio from Rare Groove and Az (aka Eiji) from Revelation Time. We went back to back for two hours, playing new…
After years of nagging, one of Tokyo’s finally caves in with a brilliant downbeat mix ahead of headlining our 9th birthday next Saturday 22 November. KZA first hit the scene in the 90s as part of sample duo Force of…
DJ MUTANT MAKES A HOUSE CALL. PSYCHEDELIC CRUNCH PUNCH. PCP. 3 HEADS. 6 BALLS. NO SENSE. FREAK BEAT UNDER THE MICROSCOPE PERKS x NICK PELVIS x NIMH MUTATING Playlist beau wanzer dj candle in the wind don papa dopplereffekt drexciya…
With mixes from Andras Fox and Instant Peterson, Hey Convict, Phil Ransom and even our own Ken Drone, Australia’s musical past is increasingly becoming a point of intrigue. Melbourne odd record fanatic and Fabulous Diamond Jarrod Zlatic takes these investigations…
Helmed by Salem Rashid, Bedouin Records is a mysterious sand spout rising from the United Arab Emirates desert, an unlikely setting for deconstructed electronics and harmonious static. Rashid’s A&R ventures into largely uncharted territory, recruiting the illusive Alison Chanic, Japan’s…
Skatebård in the heat of the moment on his home turf of Bergen, Norway. A name synonymous with quality, Bård’s work stretches 13 years, self-releasing on Digitalo Enterprises as well as Sex Tags Mania and Untz Untz Records. Also operating…
Three time NIMH guest Tornado Wallace returns for more, having just polished off a new 3 tracker for ESP Institute. Recording Jonny Nash’s sweet licks, the group chants of higher beings and the nauseating pulsations of ‘Soft Light’, ‘Circadia’ is…
Blowing smokestacks with two hours of amplifier fire, the second seeing the welcome return of Andy Blake. Andy is a ruler around these parts – the man behind the World Unknown and Dissident labels that have given some of London’s…
As prophesied, we have Melbourne synthesist Harvey Sutherland in the mix. A while back “Harvey” covertly blipped on the map with a This Thing cassette, prompting me to send out a search party who identified him as Mike Kay, the…
A postcard from Greece sent by Dynamons aka Ilias Pitsios, the co-conspirer of Echovolt and Into the Light Records. Run with redlightrecords’ Tako, Into the Light has been shining a torch on the undiscovered heritage of Greek electronic music, issuing…
Next week’s Beppe Loda tour has had me reflecting on this hero’s impact. Hero isn’t a word I often band around but when I was introduced to a few of his 200+ mixtapes eight years ago, they blew open a…
Virtually commuting to the end of the Frankston line with this live set of zonked groove from Melbourne house fixtures Sleep D, recorded between Gilb’R and Fred P at Inner Varnika‘s Inner City Savanna earlier this year. The duo’s Corey…
Grim electronic passages from dark lords Jan Svensson and Johan Sturesson, who with Björn Isgren, make up veteran Swedish analogue unit Frak. Their legendary story dates back to 1987, when three Karlskrona teenagers started performing a confrontational synthesiser and drum…
A transmission from Born Free‘s Hong Kong post with Swedish DJ/producer Samo. Samo co-runs the label, which has issued Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Enchanté and Maxxxbass, with producer partner Sling, who he masquerades with as an eponymous artist duo and Hound…