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“In The Dark is a reality, a small example of how music music and cultural activity thrives in Detroit,” says Still Music label boss Jerome Derradji in his sleeve notes for the imprint’s first compilation. “Every day and night, through the hands, ears and mouths of essential creators, the future of Detroit’s music is being shaped. All we can do is listen and dance in the darkness of a sweaty club.”
Various – In The Dark: The Soul Of Detroit review
by Juno Plus on 09.06.2012 at 11:50amFull details of J Dilla LP on Mahagoni unveiled
by Juno Plus on 17.05.2012 at 16:16pm
The full tracklisting for the forthcoming J Dilla release on Moodymann’s Mahogani imprint has been unveiled.
Watch: Detroit – The Blueprint Of Techno
by Juno Plus on 04.10.2011 at 13:54pmDetroit producer Terrence Parker today uploaded a 20-minute documentary from the late 90s which explores the electronic music scene in his native city.
Kyle Hall – Kaychunk review
by Juno Plus on 09.04.2010 at 17:07pm
Artist: Kyle Hall
Title: Kaychunk
Label: Hyperdub
Genre: Dubstep/Grime
Format: 12″, Digital
Buy From: Juno Records, Juno Download
Detroit meet dubstep: dubstep, meet Detroit. Kyle Hall knocks down barriers on this release, bringing his free-flowing, insouciant production style to the UK bass music scene. After dropping a remix of Darkstar’s “Aidy’s Girl Is A Computer” in 2009, Hyperdub boss Kode9 called on Hall’s precocious talents for a solo release on the imprint.
His brief production career has so far encompassed house, techno, jazz and now dubstep, although such parameters are fairly meaningless to a young producer for whom the internet, analogue equipment, high tech kit and software programming are all part of one wonderful, disjointed bundle for making and consuming music.
“Kaychunk” features soft melodic synths floating over the top of a schizophrenic drum pattern, while vocal snippets help give the track some structure. B-side “You Know What I Feel” is very much in the Floating Points school of dubstep, meandering gently along with no obvious destination – but of course the destination hardly matters, because the ride itself is so damn fun.
Make no mistake, Hall is a prodigious talent and with releases slated for labels as diverse and forward-thinking as Carl Craig’s Planet E, Sheffield’s iconic Warp and Instra:mental’s Non Plus, it’s already obvious that the serious players are taking notice.
Review: Aaron Coultate
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Interview: Scott Ferguson (Ferrispark)
by Juno Plus on 30.11.2009 at 10:40am
Scott Ferguson has made some of the most captivating deep house records of recent times, from his collaborations with Marvin Belton to his own solo productions that echo the likes of Theo Parrish and Moodymann. In a revealing interview, the Ferrispark boss spoke to Juno Plus editor Aaron Coultate over a pint of Guinness in one of Camden’s backstreet boozers…