New Arrivals

  • Oni Ayhun, OAR004
  • Tensnake, Coma Cat
  • Tom Trago, Voyage Direct Remixes Part 2
  • Seth Troxler, Boogy Bytes Vol.05
  • Matt O’Brien/Peter Van Hoesen & Donato Dozzy, Into the Red/Talis
  • James Blake, The Bells Sketch
  • Red Rack’em, All I Ever Wanted
  • LWE Podcast 09: Pär Grindvik retires this week
  • Elektro Guzzi, Hexenschuss/Elastic Bulb
  • Falty DL, All In The Place

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Events

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    @TBA Nicolas Jaar

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Tag Archive: function

N/A, Variance Edits

Where is the original version of “Variance”? What about “Variance II”? Who is N/A (or is the artist’s name just “not available”)? Thing is, the original artist’s name doesn’t really matter; the only name that does is Sandwell District. They’ve always had a penchant for facelessness, and with the recent release of the “Variance Edits” over two pieces of vinyl they’ve gone a step further into anonymity. But you always know where you stand with Sandwell District, and here they give you exactly what you ordered: “True. Techno. Music.”

Function, Anticipation

[Sandwell District] (buy vinyl) (buy mp3s)
The label Sandwell District has always been a mixed bag. In an RA profile, label keystone Function, (or Dave Sumner of NYC if anonymity’s not your thing), explained that Sandwell release are selected by any of the artists involved. So the aesthetic values put forward can therefore have as much [...]