Exclusive: Forthcoming KM Editions track(s)

Not due out 'til Mid-November, we've got our dirty hands on Keyboard Masher's new three-tracker. If you were a fan of the debut KM Editions release (still a few copies left to buy here), then the new one won't disappoint - plenty of globe-trotting, sun-drenched grooves to keep the sprit of summer alive. This has...

Evasion 85 – Van La Ka Vante

After yesterday's lengthy revisiting of the 1986 DMC Championships, a quick one today from the 500MH cassette-ripping centre. Don't know much about this track, other than it came out in 1985 on the French DEBS label. It's unclear whether Evasion 85 is the name of the band or the title of an album by Hiver...

DMC 1986: When the mixing had to stop…

By the mid-80's, mixing had made its way from the clubs of New York to the more enlightened night spots in the UK. Thanks to the efforts of mixing pioneers such as Greg James, the concept of a continuous musical flow - based on beatmatching skills and vari-speed turntables - was slowly replacing the traditional...