Indole Records founder Jimmy Billingham recounts the steps he’s made for his music to reach a state of beatless bliss.
A tape compilation covering artists from Moscow, Kiev, Kazan and beyond is among the label’s June batch.
A new transatlantic collaboration from Luke Younger and Pat Murano will manifest on Opal Tapes.
Take a peek into the New York underground in this hour long selection from Lili ‘51717’ Schulder.
Records from Endangered Species, In Paradisum, Opal Tapes, Cómeme and, yes, FXHE, feature in our first Best Record Sleeves column of 2015.
Readers of Juno Plus may have recently seen an extensive feature on the story behind The Wipe by Teste on the site. One of the most influential techno records of the past two decades; it’s hard to trace a musical connection to this release on Stephen Bishop’s label. However, there is a link and Dave Foster from Teste and Rich Oddie from Orphx are behind Ontario Hospital. Like Adam X, whose Sonic Groove label he has put out key records on, Oddie and his production partner Christine Sealey in the Orphx project inhabit the shadowlands between club techno and industrial noise, sometimes referred to as ‘power noise’.
The Portland-based artist is on uneasy, scratchy form with “IOVIS,” the final cut from his new tape Form And Void.
We contacted the Canadian pairing of Rich Oddie and David Foster about the upcoming Future Ready EP due for release next month.
Brendan Arnott speaks with Max Ravitz, the man behind Opal Tapes and Ghostly International artist Patricia.
The experimental producer will follow up last year’s White Wall EP with a new eight-track cassette later this month.
Read on for details on upcoming vinyl releases from the London and Detroit-based artists and listen in full.
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Previously unreleased tracks from Yves De Mey, Best Available Technology, Karen Gwyer, Alis and more feature on the label’s new compilation.
The Opal Tapes and No Pain In Pop musician speaks to Red Bull Music Academy Radio on Iggy Pop, Autechre, Moroder and more – tune in here.
Music from Austin Cesear, S Olbricht and Ford Foster forthcoming from the Teeside tape operation.
The amount of new music currently being released is verging on the unquantifiable; in any given week there is on average around 150 new twelve inches classed as deep house alone. As if it wasn’t hard enough to keep up with all this music, new labels have continued to pop up throughout 2013, with some presuming all it takes to successfully cloak themselves in authenticity is an increasing reliance on well-worn terminology and a sizeable PR budget.
That’s obviously not the case, but if not that, then what are the criteria for a record label to stand out in this well populated climate? A label with a strong sense of curation, a distinct aesthetic and conviction in the music they release tends to be key, all of which breed expectation in those that follow the label, and which encourages the artists involved with the label to dig deeper into their creative processes. The people behind the labels listed below certainly fall under this category, and regular readers of Juno Plus should find the ten inclusions make for perfect sense. As well as reflecting the overall enthusiasm for techno, house and more experimental flavours that have felt so prevalent in the underground this year, these ten labels came with a strong work ethic and a genuinely passionate view of music which has made it a pleasure to show them our support.
The vinyl-specific endeavour will launch with a 12″ reissue of Body Issues by Patricia.