Hailing from Japan, Avec Avec otherwise known as Takuma has been making waves in Japans underground electronic scene for years now. I first came across the artist after hearing a release of his on Astro Nautico’s 7 by 7 album with his the track The F.O.R.C.E Is With U, and after the first 10 seconds of his track… I was hooked (give it a listen [...]

To those of us who have completely immersed ourselves in the realm of electronic music, a true appreciation for live instrumentation can sometimes come out of nowhere, slap us in the face and remind us that these are the pieces of equipment that made our type of music possible in the first place! So what/who made me come to this realization so recently? [...]

I owe a lot to Gold Panda, I clearly remember first hearing the euphoric sounds of his Quitters Raga EP years ago and I clearly recall it energizing me in my musical rummagings around the web. After enjoying the EP so thoroughly and having listened to it so many times, I was determined to find more. His sounds, which share artistic borders with the likes of Four [...]

Leave it up to Animal Collective to rack up one of the most interesting groups of musicians to be featured on their new remix EP Monkey Been to Burn Town set to release on May 28th. The remix album featurres remixes by juke producer Traxman, New York’s loopy electro duo Teengirl Fantasy, Seattle based hip-hop collective Shabazz Palaces and last but certainly not least [...]

It’s hard to pick a better release date than April 20th when we are talking about this kind of music. Astro Nautico’s Atlantics Vol. 3 was announced to drop without much warning at all but man…what a pleasant surprise; and just in time for the holidays! I wanted to personally thank Astro Nautico for giving me the perfect soundtrack to this years [...]