A lesson in how less is more. Daniel Bell (DBX) is a master at taking a few elements and making it work. Pure minimal (in a good sense) club music. Made to make you sweat. His tracks really need to be heard on a good system in a sweaty club to make sense.

5 below that bang.

Been listening to some early breakbeat and ‘rave-y’ stuff lately. Not sure why this appeals to me more as I get older, but it just does. I suppose it’s the sheer simplistic naive joy of these types of tracks that I love. A lot haven’t dated that well – but the ones that have still sound amazing.

I just wish more producers were making this sort of raw music now, rather than polishing their tracks to polite pointlessness.

One of the best things about horror films is they often have the best scores.

So if you are gonna’ go concept on the music front, better make em count!

5 belters below…

Thank god for new blood such as Yak!

His amazing programming and solid understanding of percussion and rhythm is very refreshing in the current beigeness of coffee table synth house.

Here are five that ignite…

The Sex Tags crew can turn their hand to all sorts. I love the care free attitude of this label, they obviously know their stuff but it’s always done with a smile. Hefty and suitably odd back catalogue to go digging through for those that way inclined.

5 below as per usual.