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808 State vs Humanoid: In Place Of Language (digital, De:Tuned, April 2026)

Well, now. Graham Massey out of 808 State and Brian Dougans out of Future Sound Of London (under his solo alias Humanoid), collaborating in the year of our lord 2026? Don’t mind if I do. It even has artwork by Strictly Kev and DJ Food (credited here as Openmind). The acid sounds you’d expect are […]

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Head Technician: Profane Architecture (LP, Ecstatic, April 2018)

I never quite got into Martin Jenkins’ work as Pye Corner Audio: it’s retro seemed heavy-handed and lacking in substance. But this, his second LP as Head Technician, I like. It’s basically dark acid techno, and so, yeah, it’s still pretty retro… but it’s big and chunky and bouncy and fluid and basically it’s really […]