CdV P074 Terrence Dixon special
Techno has always had a close relationship with anonymity, but there are not many artists who can claim to be unknown after 20 years in the business despite always remaining in full sight. Detroit’s...
View ArticleCdV P075 Deadbeat and Paul St Hilaire special
Canadian producer Scott Monteith has long been one of the best dub and dub techno producers and Paul St Hilaire (aka the artist formerly known as Tikiman) is a living legend amongst reggae vocalists....
View ArticleCdV P076 Príncipe and African electro special
The nucleus of the Príncipe label may be in Lisbon, but the music they release is perhaps best described as “community music”. In this sense, community means not only the global electronic music...
View ArticleCdV P077 Lucy special
The first release on Luca Mortellaro aka Lucy’s Stroboscopic Artefact imprint was his own single “Why don’t you change?” which in retrospect sounds like both a manifesto and an ultimatum to electronic...
View ArticleCdV P078 Legowelt special
This week Cabeza de Vaca celebrates the release of Legowelt’s latest album “Crystal Code 2080” released on Crème Organization which arrives amidst a flood of impressive releases from the ever prolific...
View ArticleCdV P079 Perc special
Sometimes Perc still feels like a new artist, but it is easy to forget that his rise to prominence has taken a decade of hard work, perseverance and risks. The north London-based artist has recently...
View ArticleCdV P080 Kassem Mosse special
Gunnar Wendel aka Kassem Mosse has always been an understated figure in electronic music. He has been quietly leading the line for years, being one of the pioneers who ushered in the recent wave of...
View ArticleCdV P081 Untold special
In a recent interview Jack Dunning aka English producer Untold said that “having intense experiences with music that you don’t quite understand” was the way in which music moved forward. As well as...
View ArticleCdV P082 Ambient mix
An out of body experience this week as we are out of the studio and instead present an ambient mix that is out of this world. The mix starts and finishes with some New Age tendencies including the...
View ArticleCdV P083 Classic house special
It has been a couple of years running in which the scene has been alive with retro house issues. Thankfully there is still a lot of historically important collections coming out with long overlooked...
View ArticleCdV P084 Bass music special
Our first bass music program of the year finds dubstep either on the ropes or nonchalantly promiscuous, particularly with techno, with many traditional artists and labels edging towards more regimented...
View ArticleCdV P085 Efdemin special
Another mix this week as we move studio and consequently the theme is movement, an idea perfectly captured in the music of Phillip Sollman as Efdemin. Across three albums the Efdemin sound has gained...
View ArticleCdV P086 Drum n bass special
Following on from our recent bass music show it seems like time to check in to drum n bass and see where things are at the midpoint of 2014. There is still plenty of invention going on, especially...
View ArticleCdV P088 Fennesz special
Despite being a prolific artist who is always up to something new, solo albums by Austrian artist Christian Fennesz only seem to come around once in a while. This week on Cabeza de Vaca we celebrate...
View ArticleCdV P089 Donato Dozzy special
The career of Italian producer and DJ Donato Dozzy has developed much like his music: slow, mercurial, hypnotic and gradually overwhelming. Ten years ago he founded the Elettronica Romana label with...
View ArticleCdV P091 Sonar 2014 Roundup
This week we return to the fold of Sonar 2014 and recap some of the highlights, lowlights and tendencies from this year starting with Japanese all-girl group Nisennenmondai who delivered the standout...
View ArticleCdV P092 Max Graef special
Despite only being 21 years old German producer Max Graef has a distinctly mature sound. This is drawn in part from his magpie instincts and his inspirational collection of old records and also his...
View ArticleCdV P094 Martyn special
It is easy to take Martijn Deykers for granted. For the last decade the Dutch producer has been a constant presence at the forefront of electronica, crossing over from drum n bass to dubstep and then...
View ArticleCdV P095 Bass and grime special
This week we return to the constantly shifting frontiers of bass and grime as we feature a heavy contingent of UK artists, but also plenty more from further afield, especially the USA. Stylistically we...
View ArticleCdV P096 Drum n bass special
It doesn’t seem so long ago that we had a drum n bass show, but such is the dynamism and freshness of the scene at the moment that we need to return again for our last show before summer. Rather than...
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