Enzo Van Baelen
ECCO CHAMBER #11 [November 2024]
Your FutureSounds staff writers are back with their latest picks and ‘on-repeats’ plus this month we also welcome a new contributor to the team: Mr Groove Remote! Enzo’s Pick: Mitch Murder x Pizza Hotline – ‘Anti Gravity Tournament’ [WRWTFWW] Having lived through the early days of Jungle and Drum & Bass – not old enough…
3PEACESWEETZ RETURN WITH A JUNGLE-INFUSED LOVE LETTER TO LOPATIN’S ECCO JAMS
3PeaceSweets return this week with a love letter to Daniel Lopatin’s seminal mixtape ‘Ecco Jams’. It’s the second release on My Pet Flamingo sub-label – INNERSENSE RECORDINGS and here at FutureSounds we’ve got exclusive previews of 2 new tracks! The new EP is a rave tinged homage to an album that helped to define the…
FutureSounds meets: Pensacola Mist, to talk Halloween gigs,theatrics and synthpop
Ahead of a mini-tour in North-East England and Edinburgh centred around the spooky season, Rob grabbed some time with Daniel Lee Cox from the busiest three-piece in synthpop, Pensacola Mist. Rob Dyson: Thanks so much for taking the time to talk to Future Sounds, I appreciate how busy you all are! How have you been,…
ECCO CHAMBER #10 [ feat. Gost, Mitch Murder, Pizza Hotline, Long Distance Dan and THAT’S MATT! ]
Your FutureSounds staff writers are back with their latest summer picks and on-repeats plus this month we also welcome guest contributor, Occams Laser. Occams’ Laser’s Pick Gost – Prophecy [Metal Blade Records] This…Album…Is…CHAOS Gost has been conducting these hellish sermons of sound since 2013 and what a devilish ride its been! Many count Gost as…
One To One With Mitch Murder: Talking Nostalgia, ‘Businesswave’ & the Enduring Appeal of the 80s
In the history of Synthwave music, few names resonate like ‘Mitch Murder’; an artist whose captivating blend of nostalgic melodies and infectious grooves helped to shape the genre in its early days. Enzo caught up with the artist recently to talk about his future plans, creative inspirations, and his recent MPF release – Salary Man…
Boom, it’s a fucking smash: Review of ‘Rose Room’ – from Donor Lens (released on My Pet Flamingo)
‘Rose Room’ showcases a club-heavier sound in the Donor Lens catalogue, giving us a satisfying long player that contextualises the recent slew of killer singles Cardiff’s finest (strictly speaking one half lives in London), Donor Lens is back. Rose Room represents their first long player since 2021’s Error Area. And whilst three years can feel…
One to one with US Golf 95:Talking [PlayStation] jungle & the future of Vaporwave
A year on from its release, US Golf 95’s [PlayStation] jungle.psx album gets the platinum reissue treatment. We caught up briefly with the Scottish producer in advance of its re-release, which sees 50 cassettes available with a fresh new design from Pacific Plaza Records. We talked about the VGM revival, translating the sound to the live…
ECCO CHAMBER #09 [ feat. SkyYamaha, Morgan Willis,DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ, Sferro and Full Eclipse ]
The FutureSounds staff writers kick off the first Ecco Chamber of 2024 with their latest listens. Jay’s Picks SkyYAMAHA – Limerence “Limerence is a state of involuntary obsession with another person. The experience of limerence is different from love or lust in that it is based on the uncertainty that the person you desire, called…
One to one with Duett: How sticking to an aesthetic palette (and peril!) drives creativity.
This month, Future Sounds team member, Rob, sat down with a solid stalwart of the retrowave scene, London UK based, Duett. With releases reaching back a decade, and over a dozen long players and EPs in his catalogue, Duett’s place in the annals of synthwave is secured. His (for Duett is a really a singular)…