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" Actually by Pet Shop Boys was one of the few records our parents bought around the time of release," writes Field Music 's David Brewis, explaining his band's decision to cover PSB's "Rent" and "Heart" for a Record Store Day release on Memphis Industries . "It was a fairly constant fixture in our mam's car cassette player in the late '80s. We're still quite besotted with that record." It's a lovely image-- the young brothers Brewis being driven around Sunderland, a somewhat deprived industrial town in Britain's north east, absorbing the subtle, sensual sounds of club music. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe frequently express emotional ambiguity, conjuring affect from unlikely situations. That ability resonates through Field Music's most recent album, Plumb , and lends their take on the Pet Shop Boys' 1987 hit, which concerns a politician's mistress professing her love of being a kept woman, its own shades of grey.manalogue
D’STEPH has a serious DJ CV with residencies at some of Belgium’s most legendary clubs. As well as her resident slots at clubs like Café D’Anvers and Club Geluk she has been a regular fixture behind the decks at the legendary FUSE, Kissinger and Petrol clubs and rocked the stage at massive festivals like Pukkelpop, I Love Techno and Ten days Off. Her production CV is not too shabby either with releases on Solar Kollektiv in Germany and Chez in the US as well as on JALAPENO who have recently signed her up to do an album for them. The first of her new material came out at the end of 2011 in the shape of ragga bass bomb “Rude Gal.” Here we have the premier and free download of a re-rub from RACKNRUIN who grinds the bassline out with a chainsaw and adds a subtle break under the ragga vocals.
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By Benjamin Aspray Chris Clark's latest IDM long-player is serenely gorgeous where his previous albums were abrasively mercurial, lacking only his sense of humor. By Adam Finley Mercurial Midwest collective turns in an album of fuzzy rock that once again redefines their style and the lyrics are as devastating as ever. By Steve Horowitz