Melbourne might be pretty friggin’ cold at the moment but luckily we’ve got some Detroit heat forthcoming in the name of Delano Smith. Over his esteemed career the house veteran has released on the likes of Apparel Music, Kolour Recordings, Stilove4music and Sushitech while playing at every festival and club under globe ranging from BPM to Movement, Panorama Bar to fabric. Y’all can catch the don on Friday July 22 at Brown Alley.
Sweet merciful Jesus. The Belleville Three AKA Detroit techno pioneers Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson and Derrick May, who have not performed together in almost a decade, are in the midst of planning a global reunion tour. In an interview with the Canadian publication We Got This Covered last week, Saunderson stated: “What I can say for the future is that we’re working on a tour now, for all three of us as the Belleville Three. We’re gonna try to kick it off next year, and it’s gonna start out with DJing and evolve into a much bigger thing, too.” This will be a bigger tour than Daft Punk, guys. Keep an eye out.
Tour rumours: they’re being crowned as the greatest live electronic act in Europe at the moment, and word on the street is that we’ll be seeing Moderat coming our way mighty soon. Oh, and Jackmaster? Would happily put $20 down on seeing his face on Australian shores before the year is out.
Best releases this week: after loads of hype the new record from Matthew Dear’s Audion project has finally dropped. It’s titled Alpha (on !K7 Record) and it, uhh, kinda sucks. Sigh. On a more positive note, however, spend this week spinning Monolake’s G M O (on Imbalance Computer Music), Eric Miller’s Flora (on Sushitech), Vicmari’s Autodidact (on Eclipser Chaser), Margaret Dygas’ Even 11 (on Perlon), FP-Oner’s 6 (on Mule Musiq) and Richie Brains’ Who Is Richie Brains (on Exit Records) and you’ll be set.
Some upcoming releases to look forward to: Nils Frahm, Frederic Gmeiner and Sepp Singwald AKA nankeen have revealed that their sophomore LP Oddments Of The Gamble (on R&S Records) will drop on Friday July 15; ol’ mate Aphex Twin will release a new EP titled Cheetah (on Warp Records) on Friday July 8; South African house visionary Culoe De Song has a new album entitled Washa (De Song Music) also coming on Friday July 8; while the Berlin-based producer Dinky will release her sixth studio record Casa (on Crosstown Rebels), again, on Friday July 8. Gonna be a goooooooood weekend for listening, that one.
