Label Of The Month: Opal Tapes
Nice feature on Opal Tapes as RA’s Label Of The Month. Doing things right.
Rhythm Section, now well into its second year, will continue to do its thing. “I guess after a year is the point where a lot of other club nights think, ‘step it up’—whether it’s doing bigger events, booking bigger names, taking it on the road. But I want to scale it back, so that it can’t be eaten up by hype,” Phillip says. “I’ve got no plans to move out of the pool hall at the minute because I like the atmosphere here. And if something changed it would stay in Peckham, somehow.” He has even considered taking his anti-hype approach one step further: “The plan is, eventually, not to announce lineups at all—it’s just Rhythm Section, it’s twice a month and you just come down. Not to say that I’m not going to make any effort in booking DJs. But I guess it’s to foster a tighter community around [the night]. You know it’s going to be good, regardless of who’s playing. I don’t think it really does matter who’s playing anyway.
— Nice piece by Angus Finlayson on Rhythm Section, a really cool club in Peckham. I would like to see something like this in Dublin sometime. Not sure if we have the community spirit for it but it’d be interesting to try.
(Source: residentadvisor.net)
RA: Breaking Through - Skirt
Hugely impressed by the songs here. Definitely my favourite breaking artist on RA in ages. Can really hear the Surgeon influence on some tracks but really it’s quite unlike anything in particular. Deep though, that’s for sure.
RA: The Esoteric Art Of Great Sound
A not-too-nerdy dipping of toes into the world of good sound. Kind of an ad feature for Funktion One but who cares, they do actually do what they say they do so no major complaints here. Worth a read for anyone not really up to speed on live sound, as I know many studio heads get confused when things get physical. I’m one of them, most of the time…
RA: Label of the Month: Swamp 81
Great interview with Loefah. Such a cool head, very old school but not blinkered at all. He knows the score. Very inspiring stuff.
Machine Love: Dadub
“The Italian dub techno duo talk mastering, live shows and world politics.”
Interesting thoughts on what it means to master someone’s record.
Floating Points - Podcast for Resident Advisor
Get on it. Can’t wait to see him live after missing his last visit due to DJing in a different room in the same venue at the same time.
