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…
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 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…
George Clanton – Ooh Rap I Ya [100% Electronica]
George Clanton’s long awaited follow-up to Slide is finally landing on turntables everywhere. Rob Dyson soaks up the warm nostalgia, as Vaporwave’s King (of Baggy) serves up a stoner Shoegaze treat… Sonically, Clanton’s new, oddly titled, album pays unashamed homage to late 80s shoegaze and early 90s rave beats. In this vein, Clanton stays monogamous…
West Coast Rollin’ with Augnos & Enraile [Track Review]
As the video game jungle revival continues at pace, Enraile puts a rough & tough jump-up spin on Augnos’s ‘Chroma Trails’ from the upcoming Gilded Sentience EP (out on Pacific Plaza Records, 23rd June) Enraile uses the arpeggios, atmospherics and PS1-era percussion from the luscious original , then adds extra heft with his signature, contemporary…
‘WEEKEND RUSH’ – A Love Letter to the Underground Sound of ’90s London
The ‘3PeaceSweetz’ project returns on MPF this Friday, with a love letter to ‘90s London and the Pirate Radio stations that broadcasted the sound of London’s Underground dance music scene… Anyone with a car stereo in London in the early 90s would be familiar with the sudden bursts of crackle and static, as mainstream FM…
‘Back to the Old Skool’ with Finnish producer, Ursula’s Cartridges
Enzo talks to Finnish producer Ursula’s Cartridges – ahead of the vinyl release of his rave-infused opus, Braindance – about a love affair with 90s UK dance culture that he shared with his beloved brother. In the ever-evolving landscape of Vaporwave, UK rave culture is perhaps one of the more surprising reference points for artistic…
One to One with PowerPCME: How classic Jungle helped me ‘rediscover the itch’
Enzo talks to PowerPCME about his new album, enduring love of classic jungle and Boards of Canada; and the pressure to stay ‘relevant’. It feels like a significant moment for Ruben (aka PowerPCME); back with his first full length release since 2020’s ‘Numérique Growth’, and having been thought by many to have quit the scene…